Wall tablet in St Jude’s Church, Portsmouth commemorating Peter Wellington, commemder of HMS ‘Tyne’ d. 1856
Location
St Jude's Church, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / PETER WELLINGTON / WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER / JUNE 15TH 1856 / ON HIS PASSAGE FROM RIO TO ENGLAND / IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. TYNE / aged 47 years / Leaving a wife and five young children / to lament their sad loss'
Details
Description: Neoclassical design with a pediment. Type: Wall tablet Position: East wall, clergy vestry Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Tyne
People
Wellington, Peter Age: 47 Date of Death: 15/6/1856 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Master and Commander Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HMS Tyne 1826, storeship, 4 guns Bibliography: Tim Backhouse wwww.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk
Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral George Waldegrave, Lord Radstock d. 1857
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'But thanks be to God / who giveth us the victory / through our Lord Jesus Christ. / Sacred to the Memory of / GRANVILLE GEORGE / Lord RADSTOCK, C.B., / Vice-Admiral of the Red; / Born September 24th, 1786; / Died May 11th; 1857 / Distinguished by the calm courage, and / rare simplicity and truthfulness of character; / in early life his energies were devoted to the / service of his country in war; / in after-life his time and resources were consecrated / to the present and eternal welfare of his fellow / countrymen and comrades. / He trusted not, however, to his own merits; / all his hope was / fixed on his Saviour's cross'
Details
People
Waldegrave, George Age: 70 Date of Death: 11/5/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Lord Radstock. Served in the Peninsular War. Concluded a treaty with Ali Pasha in 1810. His library on Naval History was left to the Royal United Service Institution. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981; Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 120
Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, St Peter, Jersey commemorating Lieutenant John Thomas Le Seelleur RN d. 1916 in the Battle of Jutland and Sub-Lieutenant G.J. Le Seelleur d. 1917
Location
St Peter's Church, St Peter, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LIEUT J.T. LE SEELLEUR, R.M., H.M.S. INVINCIBLE, / KILLED IN ACTION IN NAVAL BATTLE OFF JUTLAND,/MAY 31ST 1916, IN HIS 28TH YEAR. / AND OF / SUB LIEUT. G.J. LE SEELLEUR, R.N.D., / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE,. AUGUST 11TH 1917, IN HIS 23RD YEAR. / BELOVED SONS OF CAPT. J.M. LE SEELLEUR, / HAUTE PLACE, ST PETER'S, JERSEY. / "THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE WHOSE MIND IS STAYED/ON THEE BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH IN THEE." / DEEPLY MOURNED BY THEIR SORROWING FATHER, / MOTHER, BROTHER AND SISTER'
Details
Description: Foul anchor carved above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Materials: White marble Vessel: HMS Invincible
Event
Battle of Jutland
Event Date
1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Le Seelleur, John Thomas Age: 27 Date of Death: 31/5/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM Organisation: Royal Marines Le Seeleur, G. J. Age: 23 Date of Death: 11/8/1917 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Naval Division
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating to Elizabeth Swift Nye Abbe d. 1863 following the loss of the ‘Hotspur’
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH / BELOVED WIFE OF B. R ABBE M.D. / OF BOSTON USA. / WHO DIED APRIL 4TH 1863 / Saved from the wreck of the “Hotspur” on February 19th, exposure for many days in an open boat / proved fatal to her, already / weakened by long / illness'
Details
Description: Obelisk on plinth Type: Obelisk Vessel: Hotspur
People
Abbe, Elizabeth Swift Nye Age: 40 Date of Death: 4/4/1863 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Wife of B. R. Abbe M.D. Buried in Hong Kong with another memorial at Fairhaven, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA. 'Hotspur' was wrecked on the Paracels Reef, on a voyage from Foo Chow to New York. The crew escaped in three boats and survived with the exception of Elizabeth Abbe. Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Liverpool commemorating Commander Azariah Uzuld RN d. 1799
Location
Holy Trinity Church, St Anne Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Azariah Uzuld Esq. late Commander of His Majesty's ship Acteon died 15th April 1799 age 53'
Details
Vessel: HMS Acteon
People
Uzuld, Azariah Age: 53 Date of Death: 15/4/1799 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 2, p. 323. The church was demolished in 1970. See will PROB11/1326. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating men of the Royal Marine Artillery and Royal Marine Light Infantry who died during campaigns in China 1857-1860
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / the officers, non-commissioned officers / buglers and privates / of the / Brigade of Royal Marines (Lt. Infantry) / and the non-commissioned officers and gunners / of the battery of Royal Marine Artillery / who fell in the execution of their duty / in China / during the years 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860 / Erected by their comrades', 'Loss in all ranks / three officers, two Staff Sergeants / Fifteen Sergeants, Thirteen Corporals / and 214 Gunners and Privates / Wounded / 27 Officers, 16 Sergeants, 20 Corporals / 4 Buglers and 155 Gunners and Privates', 'Killed in action or died of wounds / Officers- Lieuts. H. WOLRIGE and INGLIS, Staff Surgn. H.H. TURNBULL M.D. / Serjts. HARPER BULL HARDING Corpls. CARROL and CHURCHFIELD / Privates WOOD GIBBS MARRIOTT STEVENS DAVIS MOXHAM J. SMITH / ADAMS VICARY CANAVAN BATTER PIKE SHEARS GREATRIX MEMORY / OLIVER HAVEKIN HASTIE BRYAN GILLEGAN CANNING FINCH DUNN / CROFT JARVIS WELSH HUGHES HERBERT GATTON H. SMITH SWEENEY / BUNCE KELLY HOWELL ABBOTT SHARPE and THOMAS / Gunrs. COOPER MALMSLEY MOON DAW TURNER and HOLLEY', 'Services of the Brigade / The capture and occupation of Canton/White Cloud, Namtow and Shek Tsing expeditions / Taku Forts June 1859, Defence of Shanghai 1860 / Campaign on the Peiho including actions at Sinho / Attack and occupation of Tongku / Assault and capture of the Taku Forts / advance on Tientsin. March on Pekin / With the actions of CHAN KIA WAN and PA LI CHIAN / Occupation of Tungchow'
Details
Description: Urn on a square section pillar standing on a plint,h which is surmounted by anthemion acroteria, the globe and laurel symbol between them. Type: Memorial
Event
Second China War 1857-1860
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Turnbull, H. H. Age: Date of Death: 1857-60 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Staff Surgeon RM Organisation: Royal Marines Wolrige, H. Age: Date of Death: 1857-60 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Captain Henry Burton, d. 1693
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Here lies interred the body of / Captain Henry Burton / late commander of the Ship Loyal Captain from / Fort St George, who departed this life / on the 25th Day of December, Anno Domini / 1693 / Aged 42 Years 5 Months and 16 Days'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: Loyal Captain
People
Burton, Henry Age: 42 Date of Death: 25/12/1693 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.2
Place of burial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London of Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin d. 1854
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Details
Position: Catacomb B
People
Martin, Thomas Byam Age: 81 Date of Death: 25/10/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Adm Sir Thomas Byam Martin 1773-1854. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 191. Also memorials in St Ann's Church, Portsmouth.
