Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Hartest, Suffolk commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Carter, RM d. 1833
Location
All Saints Church, Hartest, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Near this place are deposited the remains of Tho. Burwell Carter first Lieut in his Majesty's Marine Forces who departed this life the 13th Feb 1833 aged 46 years'
Details
Description: Carved with a figure of hope with an anchor. Type: Wall tablet Position: South side nave
People
Carter, Thomas Burwell Age: 46 Date of Death: 13/2/1833 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Inscription difficult to read Recorder: B. Tomlinson, 1983
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating passengers John and Mary Jane Debenham lost at sea in 1866
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED IN THE MEMORY OF / CAROLINE DEBENHAM,/BORN 17TH OCTOBER 1835 / DIED 19TH JUNE 1836 / ALSO OF MARY DEBENHAM. / BORN 20TH MARCH 1842 / DIED 1[1]TH FEBRUARY 1846 / ALSO OF EDWARD DEBENHAM. / BORN 5TH DE 1844 / DIED 12TH AP 1846 / ALSO OF / WILLIAM DEBENHAM ESQre / FATHER OF THE ABOVE / DIED 24TH SEPT 1863 / AGED 69 YEARS, / ALSO OF [gothic style] / JOHN DEBENHAM / 3RD SON OF THE ABOVE / AGED 36 YEARS / AND OF EMILY JANE / HIS WIFE / AGED 29 YEARS / WHO WERE LOST AT SEA / [11] JANUARY 1866 / ALSO OF / CAROLINE DEBENHAM / WIDOW OF / WILLIAM DEBENHAM / DIED /... AUGUST 1880 / AGED 86 YEARS.'
Details
Description: Debenham family vault. Type: Chest tomb and railings Position: Section 92 Materials: Stone Vessel: London
People
Debenham, John Age: 36 Date of Death: 1/1866 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Jane, Emily Age: 29 Date of Death: 1/1866 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: The two passengers were probably drowned during the loss of the 'London' in the Bay of Biscay on 11 January 1866. Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh
Memorial at Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon, commemorating John Messer Grant d. 1917 in loss of HMS ‘Aragon’
Location
Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon, England
Transcript
'In / Ever Loving Memory / OF MY DEAR FATHER / WILLIAM GRANT / WHO DIED JUNE 21ST 1902 / AGED 56 YEARS / AT REST / ALSO OF MY ONLY BROTHER / JOHN MESSER GRANT / WHO LOST HIS LIFE AT SEA / ON H.M.S. ARAGON, DEC. 30TH 1917 / AGED 20 YEARS. / FOR HIS COUNTRY'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Aragon
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Grant, John Messer Age: 20 Date of Death: 30/12/1917 Cause of Death: Vessel loss Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: British Army
Extra
Notes: HMS 'Aragon', a troopship torpedoed off Alexandria on 30 December 1917. Same date of death as that given by CWGC for John William James Messer. He was serving with the Dorsetshire Regiment. Recorder: Lyn Collins
Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras) India, commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, RN d. 1814.
Location
St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE LAID THE REMAINS OF / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD, / KNIGHT OF THE BATH AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE EAST INDIES / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, WHOSE GREAT PUBLIC SERVICES / WILL LIVE IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT IN THE AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE LOST IN THE RECOLLECTION OF / HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES.'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus-shaped white marble wall tablet with guilloche decoration Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey
People
Hood, Samuel Age: c. 51 - 52 Date of Death: 1814 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Ordered by Lady Hood March 12 1818. Bibliography: 'List of Statues, Monuments and Busts Erected in Madras' (Madras, 1898) pp. 14f; Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 50 (1991-1992)
Daniel A. Baugh, Michael Duffy, ‘Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood (1724–1816)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13678, accessed 7 June 2017]
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters