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St Mary's Church, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Cardigan commemorating  Thomas Jones d. 1850 in the loss of the ‘Pomona’

Location

St Mary's Church, Cardigan, Ceredigion, Wales

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Pomona

People

Jones, Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1850
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Lost with all hands on coast of Scotland.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 154.
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Wesleyan chapel, Upper Stanhope Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial in Wesleyan chapel, Upper Stanhope Street, Liverpool commemorating Evan Jones d. 1854

Location

Wesleyan chapel, Upper Stanhope Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Evan Jones, shipwright died 27 March 1854 age 33'

Details

People

Jones, Evan
Age: 33
Date of Death: 27/3/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol .5, p. 447.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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All Saints Church, Hartest, Suffolk, England

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
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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Walter B. Dines d. 1915

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Walter B. Dines / Aged 29 / Accidentally killed on H. M. / Patrol Yacht ‘Clementina' / Buried at Cushendall'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Clementina

People

Dines, Walter B.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 20/9/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey
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Norton, Durham, England

Memorial in Norton, Durham commemorating Captain Robert Gregory  RN d. 1774

Location

Norton, Durham, England

Transcript

'...who bore with manly fortitude a long and painfull illness, the consequence of a broken constitution acquired in the service of his country'

Details

People

Gregory, Robert
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1774
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 90.
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

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:

Extra

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
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All Saints Church, Owston, South Yorkshire, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, Owston commemorating Anthony Henry Cooke RN d. 1823

Location

All Saints Church, Owston, South Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'....Anthony Henry Cooke RN, Born August 6th 1801. Died at Trincomalee in the island of Ceylon February 11th 1823'

Details

Type: Memorial
Position: South wall of chancel

People

Cooke, Anthony Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 11/2/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982
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Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain Henderson, d. 1833

Location

Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / CAPTAIN HENDERSON / of the ship RENOWN / who died at SINGAPORE / on the 8th March 1833'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South boundary wall A118
Artists: H. Kyte
Vessel: Renown

People

Henderson
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 8/3/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 73.
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Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon, England

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
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St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

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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