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Western Esplanade, Southampton, England

Memorial on the Western Esplanade, Southampton commemorating the departure of the ‘Mayflower’ in 1620

Location

Western Esplanade, Southampton, England

Transcript

'ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 1620, / FROM THE WEST QUAY NEAR THIS SPOT, / THE FAMOUS MAYFLOWER BEGAN HER VOYAGE / CARRYING THE LITTLE COMPANY OF / PILGRIM FATHERS / WHO WERE DESTINED TO BE THE FOUNDERS / OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES OF AMERICA / ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST 1913 / THIS MONUMENT / TO THEIR MEMORY / WAS UNVEILED BY / HIS EXCELLENCY DR WALTER HINES PAGE / AMBASSADOR / FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES'

Details

Description: Square, slightly tapering column on a stepped base. A cupola on top, with a dome of white and gold mosaic, surmounted by a copper model of the 'Mayflower'. Carved city arms and the date '1620' on reverse.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Portland stone
Date Erected: 1913
Artists: R. M. Lucas, Garret & Hayson
Vessel: Mayflower

Event

Pilgrim fathers

Event Date

1620

Event Category

English colonization of North America

Extra

Notes: Commemorates sailing of 'Mayflower' from Southampton 15/8/1620. Other commemorative plaques on the side of the monument including one to D-day.
Bibliography: Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M4946",
  "location": "Western Esplanade, Southampton, England",
  "transcript": "'ON THE NIGHT OF AUGUST 1620, / FROM THE WEST QUAY NEAR THIS SPOT, / THE FAMOUS MAYFLOWER BEGAN HER VOYAGE / CARRYING THE LITTLE COMPANY OF / PILGRIM FATHERS / WHO WERE DESTINED TO BE THE FOUNDERS / OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES OF AMERICA / ON THE 15TH OF AUGUST 1913 / THIS MONUMENT / TO THEIR MEMORY / WAS UNVEILED BY / HIS EXCELLENCY DR WALTER HINES PAGE / AMBASSADOR / FROM THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / TO THE COURT OF ST JAMES'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4946Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7022\" width=\"335\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4946Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4946Large-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial on the Western Esplanade, Southampton commemorating the departure of the ‘Mayflower’ in 1620</p>",
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  "categories": ["Emigration"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Square, slightly tapering column on a stepped base. A cupola on top, with a dome of white and gold mosaic, surmounted by a copper model of the 'Mayflower'. Carved city arms and the date '1620' on reverse.",
    "type": "Memorial",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Portland stone",
    "dateErected": "1913",
    "artists": "R. M. Lucas, Garret & Hayson",
    "vessel": "Mayflower"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Pilgrim fathers",
    "date": "1620",
    "category": "English colonization of North America"  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Commemorates sailing of 'Mayflower' from Southampton 15/8/1620. Other commemorative plaques on the side of the monument including one to D-day.",
    "bibliography": "Robert Douch 'Monuments and Memorials in Southampton' (Southampton, 1968).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

Uncategorised

City of London Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at the City of London Cemetery commemorating George Leslie Drewry VC, RNR d. 1918

Location

City of London Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'...In / Loving Memory / of / GEORGE LESLIE DREWRY V.C. / LIEUTENANT R.N.R., / WON THE VICTORIA CROSS / APRIL 25TH AND 26TH 1915 / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AUGUST 2ND 1918 / AGED 23 YEARS / Life's work well done'

Details

Description: Marble cross on three-stepped plinth. Curb stones mark the Drewry family grave plot.
Type: Cross
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS River Clyde

Event

Gallipoli Campaign

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Drewry, George Leslie
Age:
Date of Death: 2/8/1918
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Struck on the head by a block and sustained a fractured skull.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 110.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'...In / Loving Memory / of / GEORGE LESLIE DREWRY V.C. / LIEUTENANT R.N.R., / WON THE VICTORIA CROSS / APRIL 25TH AND 26TH 1915  / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE AUGUST 2ND 1918 / AGED 23 YEARS / Life's work well done'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the City of London Cemetery commemorating George Leslie Drewry VC, RNR d. 1918</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "description": "Marble cross on three-stepped plinth. Curb stones mark the Drewry family grave plot.",
    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS River Clyde"  },
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    "event":"Gallipoli Campaign",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Victoria Cross winner. Struck on the head by a block and sustained a fractured skull.",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 110.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, England

Wall tablet at St James’s Church, Piccadilly to marine artists Willem van de Velde the elder d. 1693 and Willem van de Velde the younger d. 1707 , both marine artists

Location

St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, England

Transcript

'Near this Place / were Deposited the Remains of / WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER / Born in 1610-11 Died in 1693 / and of his son / WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER / Born in 1633 Died in 1707 / After the Year 1673 / these Eminent Dutch Marine Artists / Lived and worked in this Country / as Painters of Seafights / to their Majesties / KING CHARLES THE SECOND / AND KING JAMES THE SECOND /T his tribute / Alike to their Artistic Merit / to their faultless Craftsmanship and to the Historical Value of their works / through money Publicly subscribed / was Erected here by / The Society for Nautical Research / in the Year 1929'

Details

Description: Carved with a relief of a warship.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Baptistry
Materials: Portland stone
Artists: W. B. Fagan, Cecil King

People

Van de Velde, Willem
Age:
Date of Death: 1693
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Marine painter
Organisation:
Van de Velde, Willem
Age:
Date of Death: 1707
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Marine painter
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'Unveiling of the Van de Velde Memorial', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 15, p. 302 (Cambridge, 1929).

JSON

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  "id": "M3403",
  "location": "St James's Church, Piccadilly, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Near this Place / were Deposited the Remains of / WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE ELDER / Born in 1610-11 Died in 1693 / and of his son / WILLEM VAN DE VELDE THE YOUNGER / Born in 1633 Died in 1707 / After the Year 1673 / these Eminent Dutch Marine Artists / Lived and worked in this Country / as Painters of Seafights / to their Majesties / KING CHARLES THE SECOND / AND KING JAMES THE SECOND /T his tribute / Alike to their Artistic Merit / to their faultless Craftsmanship and to the Historical Value of their works / through money Publicly subscribed / was Erected here by / The Society for Nautical Research / in the Year 1929'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St James’s Church, Piccadilly to marine artists Willem van de Velde the elder d. 1693 and Willem van de Velde the  younger d. 1707 , both marine artists</p>",
  "images": [],
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  "details": {
    "description": "Carved with a relief of a warship.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Baptistry",
    "materials": "Portland stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "W. B. Fagan, Cecil King",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "'Unveiling of the Van de Velde Memorial', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 15, p. 302 (Cambridge, 1929).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales

Gravestone at Tywyn Church, Gwynedd commemorating Henry Evans of Aberdovey d. 1882

Location

St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales

Transcript

'The Late Henry Evans of Aberdovey, Master Mariner, who died 2 Jany 1882, aged 74 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Evans, Henry
Age: 74
Date of Death: 2/1/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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  "id": "M4557",
  "location": "St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales",
  "transcript": "'The Late Henry Evans of Aberdovey, Master Mariner, who died 2 Jany 1882, aged 74 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Tywyn Church, Gwynedd commemorating Henry Evans of Aberdovey d. 1882</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Evans, Henry","age":"74","dateofdeath":"2/1/1882","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master mariner","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

All Saints' Church, Wouldham, Kent, England

Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Wouldham, Kent commemorating Walter Burke, Purser RN d. 1815

Location

All Saints' Church, Wouldham, Kent, England

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / Walter Burke / Esq of this Parish / who died on the 12th September 1815 / in the / 70th year of his age / He was purser on his / Majesty's ship Victory / in the glorious Battle of Trafalgar and in / his arms the immortal / Nelson died'

Details

Type: Grave
Position: By path
Vessel: HMS ‘Victory'

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Burke, Walter
Age: 69
Date of Death: 12/9/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Purser RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 37.

JSON

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  "post_id": "297",
  "id": "M4903",
  "location": "All Saints' Church, Wouldham, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the memory of / Walter Burke / Esq of this Parish / who died on the 12th September 1815 / in the / 70th year of his age / He was purser on his / Majesty's ship Victory / in the glorious Battle of Trafalgar and in / his arms the immortal / Nelson died'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Wouldham, Kent commemorating Walter Burke, Purser RN d. 1815</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Grave",
    "position": "By path",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS ‘Victory'"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Burke, Walter","age":"69","dateofdeath":"12/9/1815","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Purser RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 37.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating Richard Clayton d. 1853

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Richard Clayton, master mariner who was lost near PEN-GUGERUTH, Jany 20th 1853 aged 35 years'

Details

People

Clayton, Richard
Age: 35
Date of Death: 20/1/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan 1974

JSON

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  "id": "M1104",
  "location": "Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales",
  "transcript": "'Richard Clayton, master mariner who was lost near PEN-GUGERUTH, Jany 20th 1853 aged 35 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating Richard Clayton d. 1853</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Clayton, Richard","age":"35","dateofdeath":"20/1/1853","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master mariner","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "William Donnan 1974",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Cuthbert Williams d. 1898 in the loss of SS ‘Dunbar’

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In loving / memory of / David / the beloved husband of / Elizabeth Williams / who departed this life / Novr 29th 1879 / aged 29 years /Also of their beloved and only son / Cuthbert Williams / who was lost through the foundering of / the S.S. Dunbar in the Black Sea / Jan 23rd 1898 in his 22nd year / Also of Elizabeth Rolf / who died March 11th 1916 / Aged 91 years.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Dunbar

People

Williams, Cuthbert
Age: 22
Date of Death: 23/1/1898
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "post_id": "299",
  "id": "M6349",
  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In loving / memory of / David / the beloved husband of / Elizabeth Williams / who departed this life / Novr 29th 1879 / aged 29 years /Also of their beloved and only son / Cuthbert Williams / who was lost through the foundering of / the S.S. Dunbar in the Black Sea / Jan 23rd 1898 in his 22nd year / Also of Elizabeth Rolf / who died March 11th 1916 / Aged 91 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Cuthbert Williams d. 1898 in the loss of SS ‘Dunbar’</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Headstone.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Dunbar"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Williams, Cuthbert","age":"22","dateofdeath":"23/1/1898","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Exploration

St Mary's Church, Merton, London, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Merton commemorating Rear-Admiral Isaac Smith d. 1831

Location

St Mary's Church, Merton, London, England

Transcript

'IN THE VAULT BENEATH / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / CHARLES SMITH ESQR / LATE OF MERTON ABBEY IN THIS PARISH / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 6TH SEPTR 1827 AGED 72 / ALSO / THE REMAINS OF / ISAAC SMITH ESQR / REAR ADMIRAL IN HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2ND JULY 1831 / AGED 78 / ALSO/THE REMAINS OF ISAAC CRAGG SMITH ESQR. / THEIR NEPHEW, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 7TH DECR 1831 AGED 38 / ALSO / THE REMAINS OF / CAROLINE CRAGG SMITH HIS WIFE / WHO DIED IN CHILDBED, /T HE 4TH DECR 1823 AGED 30, / WHO WITH HER INFANT WAS REMOVED / FROM BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND / AND DEPOSITED IN THIS VAULT / THE DAY PREVIOUS TO HER HUSBANDS BURIAL / DECEMBER 1831'

Details

Type: Vault
Position: Churchyard

People

Smith, Isaac
Age: 78
Date of Death: 2/7/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Isaac Smith was a Midshipman in 'Endeavour'. He was the cousin of Captain Cook's wife Elizabeth.

JSON

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  "post_id": "300",
  "id": "M5555",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Merton, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN THE VAULT BENEATH / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / CHARLES SMITH ESQR / LATE OF MERTON ABBEY IN THIS PARISH / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 6TH SEPTR 1827 AGED 72 / ALSO / THE REMAINS OF / ISAAC SMITH ESQR / REAR ADMIRAL IN HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 2ND JULY 1831 / AGED 78 / ALSO/THE REMAINS OF ISAAC CRAGG SMITH ESQR. / THEIR NEPHEW, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 7TH DECR 1831 AGED 38 / ALSO / THE REMAINS OF / CAROLINE CRAGG SMITH HIS WIFE / WHO DIED IN CHILDBED, /T HE 4TH DECR 1823 AGED 30, / WHO WITH HER INFANT WAS REMOVED / FROM BUNHILL FIELDS BURIAL GROUND / AND DEPOSITED IN THIS VAULT / THE DAY PREVIOUS TO HER HUSBANDS BURIAL / DECEMBER 1831'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Merton commemorating Rear-Admiral Isaac Smith d. 1831</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Exploration"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Vault",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Smith, Isaac","age":"78","dateofdeath":"2/7/1831","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Rear Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Isaac Smith was a Midshipman in 'Endeavour'. He was the cousin of Captain Cook's wife Elizabeth.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Uncategorised

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Memorial in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, commemorating those who died during the 1878-1882 commission of HMS ‘Boadicea’

Location

Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Transcript

‘IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES, KROOMEN OF / HMS BOADICEA / COMMODORE SIR FW RICHARDS, KCB / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS / DISEASE OR ACCIDENT DURING HER COMMISSION / ON THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE / AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION / 1878 – 1882 / ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES' [lists of names on other three faces]

Details

Description: Obelisk on pedestal within railings.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Portland stone and granite
Vessel: HMS Boadicea

Event

First Boer War

Event Date

1880 - 1881

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Boadicea' 16 gun iron steam corvette. Commemorates commission on West Coast of Africa 1878/82 also casualties of Naval Brigade at Majuba Hills 2/28/1881. 11 Kroomen who died of smallpox Jan/Feb 1879 and two men who fell from aloft.

JSON

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  "post_id": "301",
  "id": "M4972",
  "location": "Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "‘IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES, KROOMEN OF / HMS BOADICEA / COMMODORE SIR FW RICHARDS, KCB / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS / DISEASE OR ACCIDENT DURING HER COMMISSION / ON THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE / AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION / 1878 – 1882 / ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES' [lists of names on other three faces]",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, commemorating those who died during the 1878-1882 commission of  HMS ‘Boadicea’</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Obelisk on pedestal within railings.",
    "type": "Obelisk",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Portland stone and granite",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Boadicea"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"First Boer War",
    "date": "1880 - 1881",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Africa"  },
  "people": "",
  "extra": {
    "notes": "HMS 'Boadicea' 16 gun iron steam corvette. Commemorates commission on West Coast of Africa 1878/82 also casualties of Naval Brigade at Majuba  Hills 2/28/1881. 11 Kroomen who died of smallpox Jan/Feb 1879 and two men who fell from aloft.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

Vessel Loss

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Ives, Cornwall dedicated to William Carbines d. 1912

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'ihs / In / LOVING MEMORY OF / ANN, THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM CARBINES / WHO / DIED 2ND OCTOBER 1904 / AGED 80 YEARS / "WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER." / ALSO OF THOMAS , BELOVED SON OF / SAMUEL & PEGGY W. COCKING; / AND GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 29 APRIL, 1906 / AGED 22 YEARS / HIS END WAS PEACE / ALSO OF THE ABOVE / WILLIAM CARBINES, / WHO DIED 21ST OCTR. 1908 / AGED 85 YEARS, / THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT / ALSO OF / WILLIAM CARBINES / GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE AND BELOVED SON OF / NICHOLAS AND JANE CARBINES, / WHO WAS DROWNED ON BOARD THE S.S. TITANIC, / 14TH APRIL 1912 / AGED 19 YEARS, / NEARER MY GOD TO THEE / NEARER TO THEE'

Details

Description: Marble headstone with lead lined lettering.

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Titanic

People

Carbines, William
Age: 19
Date of Death: 14/4/1912
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "post_id": "302",
  "id": "M5688",
  "location": "Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'ihs / In / LOVING MEMORY OF / ANN, THE BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM CARBINES / WHO / DIED 2ND OCTOBER 1904 / AGED 80 YEARS / \"WITH CHRIST WHICH IS FAR BETTER.\" / ALSO OF THOMAS , BELOVED SON OF / SAMUEL & PEGGY W. COCKING; / AND GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 29 APRIL, 1906 / AGED 22 YEARS / HIS END WAS PEACE / ALSO OF THE ABOVE / WILLIAM CARBINES, / WHO DIED 21ST OCTR. 1908 / AGED 85 YEARS, / THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD I SHALL NOT WANT / ALSO OF / WILLIAM CARBINES / GRAND-SON OF THE ABOVE AND BELOVED SON OF / NICHOLAS AND JANE CARBINES, / WHO WAS DROWNED ON BOARD THE S.S. TITANIC, / 14TH APRIL 1912 / AGED 19 YEARS,  / NEARER MY GOD TO THEE / NEARER TO THEE'",
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  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Marble headstone with lead lined lettering.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Titanic"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Carbines, William","age":"19","dateofdeath":"14/4/1912","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters