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Church of St John The Baptist, Bishopsteignton, Devon, England

Gravestone in the Church of St John The Baptist, Bishopsteignton, Devon commemorating John Rhodes, RN, d. 1864

Location

Church of St John The Baptist, Bishopsteignton, Devon, England

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Rhodes, John Henry
Age: 75
Date of Death: 1864
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Patricia Barber 1987

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone in the Church of St John The Baptist, Bishopsteignton, Devon commemorating John Rhodes, RN, d. 1864</p>",
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City of London Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at the City of London Cemetery commemorating David John Vigiland RN d. 1946

Location

City of London Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'...DAVID JOHN VIGILAND R.N. / DIED 20 DECEMBER 1946 MOMBASA E.A. / REINTERRED HERE 9TH DECEMBER 1952 AGED 26 YEARS...'

Details

Description: In the form of a carving based on 'The Deposition from the Cross' Peter Paul Rubens.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Marble

People

Vigiland, David John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 20/12/1946
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Conserved in 2003 with sponsorship from the Corporation of London.
Recorder: Patricia Barber

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  "id": "M907",
  "location": "City of London Cemetery, London, England",
  "transcript": "'...DAVID JOHN VIGILAND R.N. / DIED 20 DECEMBER 1946 MOMBASA E.A. / REINTERRED HERE 9TH DECEMBER 1952 AGED 26 YEARS...'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the City of London Cemetery commemorating David John Vigiland RN d. 1946</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Conserved in 2003 with sponsorship from the Corporation of London.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Patricia Barber",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Margaret's Church, Leiston, Suffolk, England

Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Leiston, Suffolk commemorating William Parker, coastguard, d. 1872

Location

St Margaret's Church, Leiston, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'William Parker, late of the coastguard service died 27 Jan 1872 aged 49'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Parker, William
Age: 49
Date of Death: 27/1/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Coastguard
Organisation: HM Coastguard

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Leiston, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'William Parker, late of the coastguard service died 27 Jan 1872 aged 49'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Leiston, Suffolk commemorating William Parker, coastguard, d. 1872</p>",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Cantonment Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Cantonment Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar commemorating Fred Morgan RN d. 1852 Assistant Surgeon

Location

Cantonment Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Fred Morgan (Asst. Surgeon) aged 32. R.N. H.M. Ship Fox. who was present in every engagement with the enemy on Board, and on detached service during the war; worn out by his exertions on behalf of others he fell a victim to cholera on 22nd Sept. 1852.'

Details

Vessel: HMS Fox

Event

Second Anglo-Burmese War

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Morgan, Frederick
Age: 32
Date of Death: 22/9/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "Cantonment Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Fred Morgan (Asst. Surgeon) aged 32. R.N. H.M. Ship Fox. who was present in every engagement with the enemy on Board, and on detached service during the war; worn out by his exertions on behalf of others he fell a victim to cholera on 22nd Sept. 1852.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Cantonment Cemetery, Rangoon, Myanmar commemorating Fred Morgan RN d. 1852 Assistant Surgeon</p>",
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St Nicholas, Tooting, London, England

Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Tooting, London commemorating Captain Philip Gidley King RN d. 1808

Location

St Nicholas, Tooting, London, England

Transcript

[Wall tablet] 'IN A VAULT NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / PHILIP GIDLEY KING CAPTAIN R.N. / LATE GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S TERRITORY / NEW SOUTH WALES / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 3 1808 / AGED 49 YEARS' [brass plate] 'THE STONE COVERING THE VAULT TO WHICH THIS TABLET REFERS / WAS INSTALLED IN THE CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE / ST MARYS' NEW SOUTH WALES IN 1988 AS A MEMORIAL TO / CAPTAIN P.G. KING R.N. THE THIRD GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY / (1800-1806) / DURING THE BICENTENARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE / FIRST FLEET IN JANUARY 1788 IN WHICH HE SERVED / BORN AT LAUNCESTON CORNWALL 23RD APRIL 1758 / DIED AT TOOTING 3RD SEPTEMBER 1808 / The Vault and Tablet were originally inside the ancient / church demolished after completion of the new Church in 1832'

Details

Description: White marble neoclassical memorial with anthemion acroteria. Brass plate placed below it.

Type: Wall tablet; plaque
Position: South Transept
Materials: Marble, brass

Event Category

British colonization of Australia

People

King, Philip Gidley
Age: 3/9/1808
Date of Death: 49
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "[Wall tablet] 'IN A VAULT NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / PHILIP GIDLEY KING CAPTAIN R.N. / LATE GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S TERRITORY / NEW SOUTH WALES / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 3 1808 / AGED 49 YEARS' [brass plate] 'THE STONE COVERING THE VAULT TO WHICH THIS TABLET REFERS / WAS INSTALLED IN THE CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE / ST MARYS' NEW SOUTH WALES IN 1988 AS A MEMORIAL TO / CAPTAIN P.G. KING R.N. THE THIRD GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY / (1800-1806) / DURING THE BICENTENARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE / FIRST FLEET IN JANUARY 1788 IN WHICH HE SERVED / BORN AT LAUNCESTON CORNWALL 23RD APRIL 1758 / DIED AT TOOTING 3RD SEPTEMBER 1808 / The Vault and Tablet were originally inside the ancient / church demolished after completion of the new Church in 1832'",
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    "description": "White marble neoclassical memorial with anthemion acroteria. Brass plate placed below it.<br />\r\n<br />",
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    "position": "South Transept",
    "materials": "Marble, brass",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough commemorating the Reverend John Cobb Whicher d. 1841, naval chaplain

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory / of the / Rev'd John Cobb Whicher / rector of this parish / 45 years / He departed this life / March 12th 1841 / Aged 69 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Achilles

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Whicher, John Cobb
Age:
Date of Death: 12/3/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 144.

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough, West Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory / of the / Rev'd John Cobb Whicher / rector of this parish / 45 years / He departed this life / March 12th 1841 / Aged 69 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough commemorating the Reverend John Cobb Whicher d. 1841, naval chaplain</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "vessel": "HMS Achilles"  },
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 144.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Borough cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Memorial at Borough cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Ernest Edward Salter d. 1907 in the loss of the SS ‘Berlin’

Location

Borough cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ERNEST EDWARD SALTER / THE DEARLY BELOVED SON OF / ROBERT AND SARAH SALTER / WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THE SS BERLIN / AT THE HOOK OF HOLLAND / 21st FEBRUARY 1907 / AGED 32 YEARS. / "INTO THY ARMS O LORD I COME"'

Details

Description: Three tier plinth surmounted by cross. Inlaid inscription.
Type: Cross
Position: Area B
Materials: White marble
Vessel: SS Berlin

People

Salter, Ernest Edward
Age: 32
Date of Death: 21/2/1907
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Saloon Steward
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway Company

Extra

Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997

JSON

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  "post_id": "5799",
  "id": "M2513",
  "location": "Borough cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ERNEST EDWARD SALTER / THE DEARLY BELOVED SON OF / ROBERT AND SARAH SALTER / WHO LOST HIS LIFE ON THE SS BERLIN / AT THE HOOK OF HOLLAND / 21st FEBRUARY 1907 / AGED 32 YEARS. / \"INTO THY ARMS O LORD I COME\"'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Borough cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Ernest Edward Salter d. 1907 in the loss of the SS ‘Berlin’</p>",
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    "description": "Three tier plinth surmounted by cross. Inlaid inscription.",
    "type": "Cross",
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    "materials": "White marble",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Berlin"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "M.E. Manton 1997",
    "photographer": ""  }
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial in Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating J. T. Herbert d. 1919

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'J.T. Herbert, Steward, SS 'Lord Tilbury', 21 January 1919'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Lord Tilbury

People

Herbert, J. T.
Age:
Date of Death: 21/1/1919
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: According to Herbert's entry in the CWGC grave register: the SS 'Lord Tilbury' was hit by a mine off the Dover coast in January 1919. See 'The Times' 24 January 1919, 'Lord Tilbury' was hit by a mine while in the Channel. Joseph Thomas Herbert died in Dover of injuries received as a result of the explosion.'
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'J.T. Herbert, Steward, SS 'Lord Tilbury', 21 January 1919'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating J. T.  Herbert d. 1919</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England

Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Southborough, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Eardly Culling Carr RN of HMS ‘St George’ d. 1896 at Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Location

St Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England

Transcript

'...Also of their second son EARDLY CULLING CARR R.N. 1st Lieut H.M.S. St George who died at Simonstown CAPE OF GOOD HOPE on December 10th 1896 in the 36th year of his age'

Details

Position: Old graveyard
Vessel: HMS 'St George'

People

Carr, Eardley Culling
Age: 35
Date of Death: 10/12/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Parents were Francis Culling and Jennie Elizabeth Chetmond Carr. She was the only daughter of Major Franklyn NEICS.
Recorder: J. Quarmby, 1989

JSON

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  "id": "M4084",
  "location": "St Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'...Also of their second son EARDLY CULLING CARR R.N. 1st Lieut H.M.S. St George who died at Simonstown CAPE OF GOOD HOPE on December 10th 1896 in the 36th year of his age'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Southborough, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Eardly Culling Carr RN of HMS ‘St George’ d. 1896 at Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa</p>",
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    "vessel": "HMS 'St George'"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "J. Quarmby, 1989",
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}

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Memorial at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth commemorating John Dunscombe RM d. 1832

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Transcript

'In Memory / of John Dunscombe / late of the Royal Marine / who died 3rd Septr 1832 / aged 48 years'

Details

People

Dunscombe, John
Age: 48
Date of Death: 3/9/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In Memory / of John Dunscombe / late of the Royal Marine / who died 3rd Septr 1832 / aged 48 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth commemorating John Dunscombe RM d. 1832</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters