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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating George Taylor, RN, d. 1932

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Ordinary Seaman George Rowley Taylor who was drowned at sea while serving in H.M.S. Dragon 10 April 1932. Erected by his shipmates'

Details

Vessel: HMS Dragon

People

Taylor, George Rowley
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/4/1932
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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Chatham Historical Society Museum, Chatham, Kent, England

Brass plaque at Chatham Historical Society Museum, Chatham, Kent commemorating the Officers, Petty Officers and Men of the Royal Navy who died during the Campaigns in Egypt, Sudan and the Nile March for the Relief of Khartoum, d. 1882 – 1885

Location

Chatham Historical Society Museum, Chatham, Kent, England

Transcript

'FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH / TO THE MEMORY / of the / OFFICERS * PETTY OFFICERS * AND MEN / of the / ROYAL NAVY / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES BEFORE THE ENEMY OR DIED OF WOUNDS / DURING THE CAMPAIGNS IN EGYPT / THE SOUDAN / AND / THE NILE * MARCH FOR THE RELIEF OF KHARTOUM / 1882+1885 / COMMANDER W. RAWSON / W. PIGOTT / LIEUTENANT W.B. ALMACK / M.H. SEYMOUR / H. STEWART / W.H.H. MONTRESOR / F.S. JACKSON / H. CHARRINGTON / R.E. DELISLE / F.M. ROYDS / ENGINEER J. PIBWORTH / CARPENTER W. SHANNON / CHIEF BOSUN'S MATE F. RHODES / TORPEDO INSTRUCTOR J. STRIKE / GUNNER'S MATE C.F. WEBB / QUARTER MASTER H.T. BAILEY / ARMOURER W.J. MILLER / PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS E. CURNOW / LEADING SEAMAN J. WILLIAMS / J. MURRAY / J.L. HOWARTH / SIGNALMAN 2ND CL. F. HOGAN / ABLE SEAMEN T. SEARS / F. NYE / R. MARSHA / W. BAKER / W. CHOWN / J. CONNORS / W. FISHER / J. BEARD/J. MARSTON / J. MACLERNON / E. SOAR / R. NICHOLL / H. COWARD / B. PATRICK / F. O’BRIAN / J.S. BURNEY / C. COLLINS / ORDINARY SEAMAN J. STONER / A. NEWLAND/DOMESTIC A. HERN / G. SPRACKETT'

Details

Description: Columns flanking inscription
Type: Wall plaque
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS 'Euryalus'

Event

Egypt Campaign 1882-9

People

Almack, W. B.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bailey, H. T.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Baker, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 22/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Beard, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Burney, J.S.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Charrington, H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chown, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Collins, C.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Connors, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Coward, H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Curnow, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 2nd Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
DeLisle, R. E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fisher, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hern, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Domestic
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hogan, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Signalman 2nd Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Howarth, J.L.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jackson, F. S.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Maclernon, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marsha, R.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marston, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Miller, W. J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Armourer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Montresor, W. H. H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Murray, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Newland, A.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Nicholl, R.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Nye, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
O'Brian, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Parrick, B.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pibworth, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pigott, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rawson, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/9/1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rhodes, F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Chief bosun's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Royds, F. M.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sears, T.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Seymour, M. H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Shannon, W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation: Royal Navy
Soar, E.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sprackett, G.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Domestic
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stewart, H.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stoner, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Strike, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Torpedo Instructor
Organisation: Royal Navy
Webb, C. F.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1885
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Williams, J.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1882-85
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly in the Naval Chapel at Sheerness
Bibliography: Mark A. Reid 'Royal Navy and Royal Marine Casualties 1882-1885', 'Orders and Medals Research Society' vol. 35, p. 231 (Summer 1996) (illustration).

JSON

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M.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882-85","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Sears, T.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"20/3/1885","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Seymour, M. H.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882-85","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Shannon, W.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Carpenter","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Soar, E.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1885","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Sprackett, G.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882-85","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Domestic","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Stewart, H.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882-85","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Stoner, J.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882-85","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Ordinary Seaman","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Strike, J.","age":"Unknown","dateofdeath":"1882-85","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Torpedo Instructor","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Webb, C. 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St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard, commemorating casualties from the Royal Navy and Royal Marines sustained during the Bombardment of Lagos in 1851

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND ROYAL MARINES, / WHO WERE KILLED / OR MORTALLY WOUNDED, / IN THE ENGAGEMENTS AT LAGOS, / ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. / A.D. 1851. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR / SHIPMATES AND COMPANIONS IN ARMS / JOHN G.F. DYER AND HENRY H. HALL MATES OF H.M.S. NIGER KILLED 25TH NOVR. 1851 / FREDK. R. FLETCHER. MID; JNO. MCDONALD, W. LAWS, FREDK. HUNN, THOS. SUTTON, / JAMES WEBB. THOS. DAVIS, SAML. PITT, BENJ. TRACEY AND RICH. PEACOCK, SEAMEN / FRANCIS BONE, THOS. NONELEY AND WM. WILSON, ROYAL MAR. ART. AND KING GEORGE / KROOMAN, OF H.M.S. PENELOPE KILLED 26TH DECEMBER 1851, HY. M. GILHAM / MASTER'S ASSISTANT; GEORGE E. HOWELL, GUNNER, AND W. BOTTERS, R.M.A. H.M.S. / PENELOPE MORTALLY WOUNDED, THOMAS RICHARDS, MID; H.M.S. SAMPSON / KILLED 26TH DECEMBER 1851'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet flanked by pillasters carved with palm trees, carved brackets. Above, a trophy of flags, a sword, gun, anchor and oval union flag shield.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Niger, HMS Penelope; HMS Sampson

Event

Lagos

Event Date

1851

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Bone, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Botters, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Davis, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dyer, John G. F.
Age:
Date of Death: 25/11/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fletcher, Frederick R.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
George, King
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Krooman
Organisation:
Gilham, Henry M.
Age:
Date of Death: 1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master's Assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hall, Henry H.
Age:
Date of Death: 25/11/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Howell, George F.
Age:
Date of Death: 1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Gunner
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hunn, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Laws, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
McDonald, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Noneley, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Peacock, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pitt, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Richards, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tracey, Benjamin
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Webb, James
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wilson, William
Age:
Date of Death: 26/12/1851
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M6355",
  "location": "St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England",
  "transcript": "'TO THE MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND ROYAL MARINES, / WHO WERE KILLED / OR MORTALLY WOUNDED, / IN THE ENGAGEMENTS AT LAGOS, / ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA. / A.D. 1851. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THEIR / SHIPMATES AND COMPANIONS IN ARMS / JOHN G.F. DYER AND HENRY H. HALL MATES OF H.M.S. NIGER KILLED 25TH NOVR. 1851 / FREDK. R. FLETCHER. MID; JNO. MCDONALD, W. LAWS, FREDK. HUNN, THOS. SUTTON, / JAMES WEBB. THOS. DAVIS, SAML. PITT, BENJ. TRACEY AND RICH. PEACOCK, SEAMEN / FRANCIS BONE, THOS. NONELEY AND WM. WILSON, ROYAL MAR. ART. AND KING GEORGE / KROOMAN, OF H.M.S. PENELOPE KILLED 26TH DECEMBER 1851, HY. M. GILHAM / MASTER'S ASSISTANT; GEORGE E. HOWELL, GUNNER, AND W. BOTTERS, R.M.A. H.M.S. / PENELOPE MORTALLY WOUNDED, THOMAS RICHARDS, MID; H.M.S. SAMPSON / KILLED 26TH DECEMBER 1851'",
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    "description": "Inscription tablet flanked by pillasters carved with palm trees, carved brackets. Above, a trophy of flags, a sword, gun, anchor and oval union flag shield.",
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    "vessel": "HMS Niger, HMS Penelope; HMS Sampson"  },
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Mutiny

The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Statue at The Rocks, Sydney, Australia commemorating Admiral William Bligh d. 1817

Location

The Rocks, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'WILLIAM BLIGH / 1754-1817'

Details

Description: Full-length statue in uniform and hat on a plinth.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze
Artists: Marc Clark

People

Bligh, William
Age: 64
Date of Death: 7/12/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected by the Corporation and a group of individuals who thought Bligh had had a bad press.
Bibliography: Michael Hedger 'Public Sculpture in Australia' (Roseville East, NSW, c.1995) p. 52.

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Uncategorised

Royal Naval Cemetery, Shotley, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Royal Naval Cemetery, Shotley, Suffolk commemorating Harry Race, RN d. 1968

Location

Royal Naval Cemetery, Shotley, Suffolk, England

Details

Type: Plaque

People

Race, Harry Alan
Age: 19
Date of Death: 5/5/1968
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Polar Exploration

Odd Fellow Rural Cemetery, Salem, Oregon, USA, Rest of the World

Memorial at Odd Fellow Rural Cemetery, Salem, Oregon, USA commemorating Lieutenant Frederick G. Schwatka d. 1892

Location

Odd Fellow Rural Cemetery, Salem, Oregon, USA, Rest of the World

Transcript

'LIEUT. / F.G. SCHWATKA / 3RD U.S. CAV. / DIED / NOV 2 1892 / EXPLORER'

Details

Type: headstone
Materials: Stone

People

Schwatka, Frederick Gustavus
Age:
Date of Death: 2/11/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant US Army
Organisation: United States Army

Extra

Notes: Commander of a Franklin Search Expedition.
Bibliography: Ronald Savitt 'F.G. Schwatka's headstone', 'Polar Record' vol 43, no. 226, 2007

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Vessel Loss

Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial in Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating John Sladen d. 1895

Location

Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'John Herbert Sladen, aged 22, lost in the ship 'Lady Lawrence' sailed from New South Wales 11 July 1895 and not since heard of. John Heath Sladen died Monte Video 1884 age 35'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Lady Lawrence

People

Sladen, John Herbert
Age: 22
Date of Death: 7/1895
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage 1982

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Uncategorised

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire commemorating Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads d. 1868 and Admiral Sir Henry Chads d. 1906

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire, England

Transcript

‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR HENRY DUCIE CHADS, / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, AND A MAGISTRATE FOR THE COUNTY OF HAMPSHIRE / ELDEST SON OF CAPTAIN HENRY CHADS R.N. / BORN 24TH FEBRUARY 1788, DIED 7TH APRIL 1868 / A BRAVE, ENERGETIC, AND ZEALOUS OFFICER. / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING A LONG LIFE WITH HONOUR AND DISTINCTION. / HIS HIGH PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER WAS EARLY ESTABLISHED / BY HIS GALLANT DEFENCE OF H.M.S. JAVA / AGAINST THE U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION OF VERY SUPERIOR FORCE; / AND HIS EMINENT SERVICES IN COMMAND OF THE NAVAL FORCES IN THE IRRAWADDY / DURING A GREAT PART OF THE FIRST BURMESE WAR / INCREASED HIS REPUTATION. / HIS BRILLIANT CAREER EXTENDED OVER A PERIOD OF 68 YEARS / IN PEACE AND WAR / AND HE RECEIVED THE GOOD SERVICE PENSION SUCCESSIVELY AS A CAPTAIN AND ADMIRAL, / IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MERITS. / HE WAS A SINCERE, PRACTICAL CHRISTIAN / AND WAS ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / ALSO SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH TOWNSEND CHADS / BORN 28TH AUGUST 1794, DIED 24TH NOVEMBER 1861, / WHO FOR 46 YEARS WAS THE LOVING WIFE OF THE ABOVE. / AMIABLE AND AFFECTIONATE; / SHE CHEERED AND COMFORTED HIM THROUGH ALL THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE, / AND WITH HIM HUMBLY WALKED IN THE FEAR OF GOD. / BOTH DIED AS THEY HAD LIVED – IN FAITH AND PEACE. / THEIR MORTAL REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT IN THIS CHURCHYARD. / IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF PARENTS WHOM THEY DEEPLY LOVED AND REVERED / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY ALL THEIR CHILDREN. / THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED.’ [Below] ‘ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR HENRY CHADS K.C.B. / ELDER SON OF ADMIRAL SIR HENRY DUCIE CHADS G.C.B. / BORN 26TH OCTOBER 1819, DIED 29TH JUNE 1906’

Details

Description: Above the inscription tablet, a carved anchor and ensign on a staff, the family arms between them.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of nave
Materials: White marble, black limestone
Vessel: HMS Java

Event

War of 1812, First Burma War

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War, 19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Chads, Henry Ducie
Age: 80
Date of Death: 1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chads, Henry
Age: 87
Date of Death: 1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Commander of HMS 'Java' in action with USS 'Constitution'. Commanded Irrawaddy flotilla in First Burmese War.
Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 369, (Greenwich, 1981).
Recorder: Sighted B. Tomlinson 2018
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Uncategorised

Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Gravestone at Holy Trinity Church, Hull commemorating John Bailey Hartliffe d. 1837

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Transcript

'John Bailey Hartliffe aged 27 years who was drowned on board the Dove 20 Decr 1837 and interred at Flambro'

Details

Position: On path outside church to south
Vessel: Dove

People

Hartliffe, John Bailey
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/12/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

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Lifesaving

St Botolph's Church, Postman's Park, London, England

Memorial tile at Postman’s Park, City of London commemorating Edmund Emery d. 1874

Location

St Botolph's Church, Postman's Park, London, England

Transcript

'EDMUND EMERY OF / 272 KING'S ROAD CHELSEA / PASSENGER / LEAPT FROM A THAMES / STEAMBOAT TO RESCUE A / CHILD AND WAS DROWNED / JULY 31 1874'

Details

Description: Painted tile.
Type: Memorial tile
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Tile
Artists: William de Morgan, Ernest George

People

Emery, Edmund
Age:
Date of Death: 31/7/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: The tiles are set in a memorial loggia or cloister set up at his own expense by the painter and sculptor G. F. Watts in 1899.
Bibliography: Philip Ward-Jackson 'Public Sculpture of the City of London' (Liverpool, 2003)pp. 295-97

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