Gravestone at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating Hassard Leeke Stacpoole RM d. 1836
Location
Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man
Transcript
'In MEMORY / of / HASSARD LEEKE STACPOOLE Esq. / Only son of the late Capt. / HASSARD STACPOOLE R.N. / formerly of the Royal Marines / in which Corps he highly distinguished himself / on the / River Gambia Africa / during the year 1830 / Obiit 22nd March 1836 / Aetat 28 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Stacpoole, Hassard Leeke Age: 28 Date of Death: 22/3/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 2nd Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Captain Hassard Stacpoole RN d. 1814 Jamaica, killed in a duel. He married Isabella Leeke.
Plaque at Batheaston, Bath, commemorating Lieutenant Douglas Carteret Sealy d. 1922
Location
St John The Baptist's Church, Batheaston, Bath, England
Transcript
[Verse from Revelations XX:13 below and above inscription] 'To the glory of God and in Undying Memory of Lt Douglas Carteret Sealy DSC RN Youngest Son of the late Edmund Sealy Esq of Matihari, Bengal, India, Born November 23 1891 Commander HM submarine H42 lost with all hands off Europa Point, Gibraltar, March 23 1922'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Near choir Materials: Brass Vessel: H42
People
Sealy, Douglas Carteret Age: Date of Death: 23/3/1922 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HMS H42 was lost off Gibraltar in 1922, having been accidentally rammed by HMS Versatile whilst both were practicing maneuvers. Recorder: David Saunders 1984
Window dedicated to Sir Walter Raleigh d. 1618, in Bristol Cathedral.
Location
Cathedral, Bristol, England
Transcript
'ROBERT BLAKE’, 'WALTER RALEIGH'
Details
Description: Full length standing figure in four light window as companion to Robert Blake. Type: Window Position: South side of nave Materials: Stained glass
Event Category
1584-1604 Conflict between England and Spain
People
Blake, Robert Age: 58 Date of Death: 1657 Cause of Death: Wounds Rank / Occupation: General at Sea Organisation: Royal Navy Raleigh, Walter Age: c.65 Date of Death: 1618 Cause of Death: Executed Rank / Occupation: Explorer Organisation: Unknown
Memorial in the Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge commemorating Captain James Cook RN d. 1779
Location
Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / of CAPTAIN JAMES COOK, of the Royal Navy, / one of the most celebrated Navigators, that this/or former Ages can boast of; who was killed by / the natives of Owyhee, in the Pacific Ocean, on the /14th Day of February, 1779; in the 51st Year of his Age. / Of Mr. NATHANIEL COOK, who was lost with the / Thunderer Man of War, Captain Boyle Walsingham / in a most dreadful Hurricane, in October, 1780; / aged 16 years. / Of Mr. HUGH COOK, of Christ's College, CAMBRIDGE / who died on the 21st of December 1793; aged 17 Years. / Of JAMES COOK Esq: COMMANDER in the ROYAL NAVY / who lost his Life on the 25th of January, 1794; in / going from Poole to the Spitfire Sloop of War, which / he commanded; in the 31st Year of his Age. / Of ELIZth COOK, who died April 9th 1771. Aged 4 years / JOSEPH COOK, who died Sept 13th 1768. Aged 1 month / GEORGE COOK who died Oct 1st, 1772. Aged 4 Months / All Children of the first mentioned CAPT. JAMES COOK by / ELIZABETH COOK, who survived her husband 56 years & / departed this life 13th May, 1835 at her residence Clapham, Surrey / in the 94th YEAR of her Age. Her remains are deposited / with those of her Sons JAMES & HUGH, / in the middle Aisle of this Church'
Details
Description: Above the inscription tablet, a mourning figure flanked by naval trophies and navigational instruments in relief, the whole surmounted by an urn. Pilasters on either side of the inscription and the Cook arms beneath it. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of chancel Vessel: HMS Spitfire, HMS Thunderer
People
Cook, James Age: 51 Date of Death: 14/2/1779 Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Cook, Nathaniel Age: 16 Date of Death: 5/10/1780 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Cook, James Age: 31 Date of Death: 25/1/1794 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: PROB11/1847 The will of Mrs Elizabeth Cook leaves £1,000 for the upkeep of the monument 'which I have caused to be put up'. Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1989 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Admiral Sir George Pocock RN d. 1792
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED to the Memory of SIR GEORGE POCOCK, K.B. who entered into the Naval Service of his country under the Auspices of his Uncle LORD TORRINGTON. And who emulating his great Example rose with high Reputation to the Rank of ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, His abilities as an officer, stood confessed by his conduct upon a variety of occasions But his Gallant and Intrepid Spirit was more fully displayed By the distinguished Part he bore at the taking of Geriah And in leading the Attack at the Reduction of Chandernagore And afterwards when with an inferior Force, he defeated the French Fleet under M. D'ACHE, In three general Engagments Showing what British Valour can achieve, aided by proffessional skill and Experience. Indefatigably active and persevering in his own Duty, he enforced a strict observance of it in others. At the same time with so much mildness, with such condescending Manners, As to gain the Love and Esteem of All who served under Him; Whose Merits he was not more quick in discerning, or more ready to reward Though he was ever backward in acknowledging his own. Returning from his sucessful career in the East, He was appointed to command the Fleet upon the Expedition against the Havannah, By his united Efforts in the conquest of which He added fresh Laurels to his own Brow, and a valuable Possession to this kingdom. Upon retiring from Publick Employment He spent the remainder of his Life in a State of dignified Ease and Splendour; Hospitable and generous to his friends and exhibiting a striking Picture of CHRISTIAN BENEVOLENCE By his Countenance and Support of Publick Charities, and by his Liberalities to the Poor. A Life so honourable to himself and so endeared to his Friends and Family was happily extended to the Age of 86 When he resigned it with the same tranquil and serene Mind which peculiarly marked and adorned the whole course of it. He left by SOPHIA his wife, Daughter of GEORGE FRANCIS DRAKE Esqr, and who was first married to COMMODORE DENT a SON and a DAUGHTER GEORGE POCOCK Esqr who caused this monument to be erected; and SOPHIA married to JOHN EARL POULET'
Details
Description: Britannia holding a thunderbolt in her right hand and in her left, a medallion portrait of the admiral. Type: Monument Position: Chapel of St John the Evangelist Date Erected: 1796 Artists: John Bacon, the elder
People
Pocock, George Age: 86 Date of Death: 13/4/1792 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Buried in family vault at Twickenham. V&A cuttings III p. 771 - 'The monument is from the chisel of Bacon. It is erected at the expense of his son George Pocock, Esq. and the inscription, which does great justice to the Admiral's character, is from the pen of the Rev. Dr Jones, Archdeacon of Hereford.' Design in V&A E1534-1931.
Bibliography: John Physick 'Designs for English Sculpture 1680-1860' (London, 1969) pp. 158-9. Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1980
Memorial at Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating George Butcher, d. 1890 in the loss of SS ‘Thanemore’
Location
Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'George Frederick BUTCHER, eldest son of George Frederick and Louisa Susan Butcher, who lost his life by the foundering in the Atlantic of the SS THANEMORE of Liverpool, November 27th 1890, aged 50 years'
Details
Vessel: SS Thanemore
People
Butcher, George Frederick Age: 50 Date of Death: 27/11/1890 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Johnston Line
Extra
Notes: The SS 'Thanemore' burned and sank in heavy weather in the Atlantic, with the loss of 43 lives.
Memorial formerly at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground commemorating Admiral Sir Robert Stopford d. 1847
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford GCB GCMG / Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom / Master and Governor of Greenwich Hospital who / died at Richmond on 25th June 1847 / in the 80th year of his age and is interred / in the vault beneath / He served his country zealously and was a pattern / of true piety and Christian benevolence'
Details
Position: Mausoleum
People
Stopford, Robert Age: 79 Date of Death: 25/6/1847 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Destroyed in 1935-45 War. Inscription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital Memorial inscriptions. 99618.
Brass plaque in Holy Trinity Church, Arrow commemorating Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour d. 1801
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Arrow, Warwickshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Vice Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, fifth son of Francis first Marquis of Hertford. Lord Hugh was distinguished in the navy for skill and courage which were particularly evinced by him in the relief of Gibraltar 1782 also in command of the LEVIATHAN in the victory of the 1st June 1794 and in the successful action off L'Orient in 1795 when his flag was in the SANS-PAREIL. From 1795 to 1799 he was a Lord Commissioner of Admiralty and then proceeded as Commander in Chief to the West Indies where he died of yellow fever Sept. 11th 1801 aged 42 closing prematurely a career of honour. Also in Memory of Lady Anne Horatia, his beloved wife, daughter of James Earl of Waldegrave. She died in England two months previously aged 38. Both were deservedly revered and lamented, their remains are deposited beneath this church.'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Chancel south wall Materials: Brass
Event
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Seymour, Hugh Age: 42 Date of Death: 11/9/1801 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978
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