Memorial at Charlton Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral George Perceval d. 1874
Location
Charlton Cemetery, London, England
Details
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Perceval, George Age: 80 Date of Death: 1874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Sixth Earl of Egmont. Served as Midshipman at Battle of Trafalgar 1805. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 100.
Monument in All Saints Church, Ockham commemorating Vice-Admiral George Murray d. 1797
Location
All Saints Church, Ockham, Surrey, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / The Honble GEORGE MURRAY, / Brother to his Grace John Duke of Athol, / and Vice Admiral of the White in the Navy of Great Britain / He married Wilhelmina, Daughter of the Right Honble Lord King, / and died without issue, October 22nd 1797, / in the 56th Year of his Age / Sincerely regretted by all who knew him/as an honest and Worthy Man, / as well as / an able brave and experienced Officer'
Details
Description: Inscription within pilasters, a cornice above with anthemion acroteria. At the top an urn with a hatched coat of arms in a roundel flanked by naval emblems- an anchor, flags and a laurel wreath. Type: Wall monument Position: Nave, north aisle, north.wall Materials: White and grey marble Date Erected: 1800 Artists: John Bacon
People
Murray, George Age: 55 Date of Death: 22/10/1797 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Another memorial opposite to Wilhelmina Murray d. Dec.28th 1795 aged 58. DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Statue at Donington, Lincolnshire of Captain Matthew Flinders RN d. 1814
Location
Market place, Donington, Lincolnshire, England
Transcript
On map 'MATHEW FLINDERS 1774-1814' on Australia 'VOYAGE / TO / TERRA AUSTRALIS / 1801 1802 AND 1805'.
Details
Description: Full-length statue of Flinders in uniform holding a telescope, His cat Trim by his feet. On the base plate, a bronze map of Australia with his route and ship. Signed: 'Judith Holmes Drewry 2006 LEBLANC FINE ART FOUNDRY'. Set in the surrounding pavement are three other bronze plaques - sea creatures, a tree signed HB, two ships signed SC. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze Date Erected: 2006 Artists: Judith Holmes Drewry
People
Flinders, Matthew Age: 40 Date of Death: 19/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The pavement plaques produced with pupils from Thomas Crowley High School, Donington. The statue produced by Fens Tourism Ltd with funding from the European Union Regional Development Fund and Lincolnshire County Council.
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Captain Samuel Morrish RN d. 1861
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Erected by Commodore Dunlop, C.B. & Officers H.M.S. 'Imaum' in memory of Capt. Samuel MORRISH, late of that ship, who died 30th Sep 1861 & was buried at Half Way Tree Church, in the Parish of St Andrew's'
Details
Vessel: HMS Imaum
People
Morrish, Samuel Age: 47 Date of Death: 30/9/1861 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Memorial in Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia dedicated to Edward Munn, RN d. 1815
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World
Transcript
’SACRED / To The Memory Of / EDWARD MUNN / Late servant to / Rear Admiral / Sir Thomas Cochrane K.C.B. / who died on board / H.M.S. Agincourt / Off Penang on / 9th April 1815. / Aged 20 years. / Erected by his messmates who sincerely grieve his loss'
Details
Vessel: HMS Agincourt
People
Munn, Edward Age: 20 Date of Death: 9/4/1815 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Servant Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326, (Greenwich, 1982).
Memorial at Liverpool Street Station, London commemorating Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt d. 1916
Location
Liverpool Street Station, London, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN CHARLES FRYATT / + JULY 27TH 1916 + / FROM THE NEUTRAL ADMIRERS OF HIS BRAVE / CONDUCT AND HEROIC DEATH / THE NETHERLANDS SECTION OF THE LEAGUE / OF NEUTRAL STATES JULY 27TH 1917'
Details
Description: Marble tablet with a circular, bronze relief portrait of Fryatt. Type: Wall tablet Materials: bronze, marble Date Erected: 1916-17 Artists: H. T. H. van Golberdinge Vessel: SS Brussels
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Fryatt, Charles Algernon Age: 44 Date of Death: 27/7/1916 Cause of Death: Executed Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Obelisk at Beauregard, Sark commemorating Mansell Renouf and four of his passengers who died due to the loss of a sailing gig in 1868
Location
Beauregard, Sark, Channel Islands
Transcript
'In memory of Jeremiah Giles Pilcher Esq., J.P. D.L. Merchant of London, Agnew Giffard Esq. C. E. Walter J Giffard his brother, Dr C. S. Gatehouse and Mansell Renouf boatman who embarked in a sailing gig from the bay below this spot at 5pm on the 19th October 1868 and were all lost during a squall of wind which shortly afterwards arose, with heavy rain and thick darkness. "Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of the waterspouts. All thy waves and thy billows are gone over me." Psalm XLII V. 7. To the praise of Almighty God who tempereth his judgement with mercy and in humble submission to His holy will. This stone of remembrance is erected by the widow and children of the late Jeremiah Giles Pilcher, to mark their tender love for so excellent a husband and father and their deep and bitter sorrow for his loss, also to urge upon others, through the grace and mercy of God our saviour CAUTION AND WARNING. "Thy way is in the sea and Thy paths in the great waters and thy footsteps are not known." Psalm LXXVLI V. 19. This stone of remembrance was restored in 1968 by Beatrice Haigh Born 17th April 1890 died 14th March 1973 granddaughter of Jeremiah Pilcher she is remembered with affection by her cousins Nadine Bonsor, Alexandre Meynell and their mother Nadine Killearn nee Pilcher'
Details
Type: Obelisk Materials: Granite Artists: Blisson, W. T. Collings
People
Gatehouse, C. S. Age: 52 Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Giffard, Agnew Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Gifford, Walter J. Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Pilcher, Jeremiah Giles Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Renouf, Mansell Age: Date of Death: 19/10/1868 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Boatman Organisation:
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Notes: Jeremiah Gile Pilcher also has a tomb in West Norwood Cemetery, London. Bibliography: 'Guernsey Star' (14 Sept 1869); David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981
Tomb at Castel, Guernsey commemorating the crew of ‘L’Europe’ wrecked in 1849
Location
Parish Church, Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands
Transcript
[North panel] 'Ici sont repose les corps les marins' [South panel] 'Mehuet, Jean Marie, Master / Mehuet, Clothaire, Mate / Le Couet, Guillaume, seaman / Le Grand, Louis, seaman / Kermorgan, seaman / Chemise, seaman / Rosier, seaman / Megat, seaman / Vasal, Jules, seaman / Lavirin, seaman' [Not in full] [West panel] 'LES MARINS VOIENT DE DIEU / LES OEUVRES MERVEILLEUSES. / QUAND ILS SONT AU MILIEAU / DES VAGUES PERILLEUSES. / S'ILS LUI FONT EN TOUS TEMPS / PAR JESUS LEUR PRIERE. / CE GRAND MAITRE DES VENTS / SE MONTRERA LEUR PERE.', 'ALORS REMPLIE DE PAIX / AU MOMENT DU NAUFRAGE / LEUR AME POUR JAMAIS / A L'ABRI DE L'ORAGE. / IRA DU CREATEUR / ADORER LA PUISSANCE / ET DE SON REDEMPTEUR / CELEBRER LA CLEMENCE'
Details
Description: A tomb chest on a stepped base. In relief, a depiction of the wreck, and a cross on the east panel. Type: Memorial Position: Churchyard Materials: Portland stone Vessel: L'Europe
People
Chemise, Chemise Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Kermorgan, Kermorgan Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Lavirin, Lavirin Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Le Couet, Guillaume Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Le Grand, Louis Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Megat, Megat Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Mehuet, Jean Marie Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Mehuet, Clothaire Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Mate Organisation: Rosier, Rosier Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Vasal, Jules Age: Date of Death: 16/11/1849 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Erected by public subscription. Bibliography: David Kreckeler 'Nineteenth Century Monumental Memorials in Guernsey and their history of nautical interest' (typescript). Recorder: David Kreckeler 1981 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
