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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Percy Vincent Hunt, RN d. 1945

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Percy Vincent / Hunt R.N. / 23 / Drowned in / Cluny Harbour / Scotland / Buried 12th Mar. 1945'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Hunt, Percy Vincent
Age: 23
Date of Death: 3/1945
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Percy Vincent / Hunt R.N. / 23 / Drowned in / Cluny Harbour / Scotland / Buried 12th Mar. 1945'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Percy Vincent Hunt, RN d. 1945</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3968-1-960x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45232\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3968-1-960x1024.jpg 960w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3968-1-281x300.jpg 281w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3968-1-768x819.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/IMG_3968-1.jpg 1861w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" /></figure>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Memorial tile",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Hunt, Percy Vincent","age":"23","dateofdeath":"3/1945","causeofdeath":"Maritime accident","rankOccupation":"Unknown","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

Vessel Loss

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>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Vessel Loss"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Three tier plinth surmounted by cross. Inlaid inscription.",
    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "Area B",
    "materials": "White marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Berlin"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Salter, Ernest Edward","age":"32","dateofdeath":"21/2/1907","causeofdeath":"Vessel Loss","rankOccupation":"Saloon Steward","organisation":"Great Eastern Railway Company"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "M.E. Manton 1997",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World

Memorial in the New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman commemorating Corporal P.E. Swinerd RMLI d. 1913

Location

New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / CORP. P.E. SWINERD R.M.L.I. / OF H.M.S. SWIFTSURE E. INDIES / WHO DIED 17TH NOVEMBER 1913 / AGED 29 YEARS / ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND AFFECTION / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Cross plinth
Vessel: HMS Swiftsure

People

Swinerd, P.E.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 17/11/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

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  "id": "M5344",
  "location": "New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY / OF / CORP. P.E. SWINERD R.M.L.I. / OF H.M.S. SWIFTSURE E. INDIES / WHO DIED 17TH NOVEMBER 1913 / AGED 29 YEARS / ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND AFFECTION / R.I.P.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman commemorating Corporal P.E. Swinerd RMLI d. 1913 </p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Cross plinth",
    "position": "",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Swiftsure"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "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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  "id": "M1652",
  "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>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Lord Tilbury"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "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.'",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the men of HMS ‘Encounter’ who died 1879-82

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'This monument was erected / by the Captain, Officers and / men of / H.M.S. ENCOUNTER / ...late departed / ...who have died / during the Ships Commission / W. MARLOW Stoker / died H.K. 9th May 1880 / aged 22 years / W. ALLEN Stoker / buried at sea 10th August 1881 / aged 29 years / W. MUDGE / Boatswain / died at Natal / April 19th 1879 / aged 43 years / C. McCARTHEY / died at Shanghai / October 28th 1880 / aged 19 years / G.B. HILL / killed at Foochow / September 19th. 1882 / aged 29 years'

Details

Description: Stele.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: HMS Encounter

People

Allen, W.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 10/8/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hill, G. B.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 19/9/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marlow, W.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 9/5/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
McCarthey, C.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 28/10/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mudge, W.
Age: 43
Date of Death: 19/4/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985

JSON

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  "id": "M590",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'This monument was erected / by the Captain, Officers and / men of / H.M.S. ENCOUNTER / ...late departed / ...who have died / during the Ships Commission / W. MARLOW Stoker / died H.K. 9th May 1880 / aged 22 years / W. ALLEN Stoker / buried at sea 10th August 1881 / aged 29 years / W. MUDGE / Boatswain / died at Natal / April 19th 1879 / aged 43 years / C. McCARTHEY / died at Shanghai / October 28th 1880 / aged 19 years / G.B. HILL / killed at Foochow / September 19th. 1882 / aged 29 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the men of HMS ‘Encounter’ who died 1879-82</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Stele.",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Encounter"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas 1985",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Francis Rainier d. 1826

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Francis Rainier of Great Yarmouth died 23 December 1826 age 43'

Details

People

Rainier, Francis
Age: 43
Date of Death: 23/12/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 247. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "post_id": "5812",
  "id": "M654",
  "location": "Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Captain Francis Rainier of Great Yarmouth died 23 December 1826 age 43'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Francis Rainier d. 1826</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Rainier, Francis","age":"43","dateofdeath":"23/12/1826","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 247. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M3664",
  "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": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Achilles"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Whicher, John Cobb","age":"","dateofdeath":"12/3/1841","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Chaplain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 144.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery commemorating naval architect Edward James Reed d. 1906

Location

Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / SIR EDWARD REED K.C.B., F.R.S. / CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR OF THE NAVY / FOR MANY YEARS M.P. FOR CARDIFF; / BORN SEPT 19 1830, DIED NOVR 30 1906', 'ALSO HIS WIFE, DAME ROSETTA REED / BORN 1830 - DIED 1921'

Details

Description: Celtic cross.
Type: Cross
Materials: Granite

People

Reed, Edward James
Age: 76
Date of Death: 30/11/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval architect
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Naval architect and Chief Constructor in the Royal Navy 1863-71.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 242.

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  "post_id": "5810",
  "id": "M964",
  "location": "Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / SIR EDWARD REED K.C.B., F.R.S. / CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR OF THE NAVY / FOR MANY YEARS M.P. FOR CARDIFF; / BORN SEPT 19 1830, DIED NOVR 30 1906', 'ALSO HIS WIFE, DAME ROSETTA REED / BORN 1830 - DIED 1921'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery commemorating naval architect Edward James Reed d. 1906</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Celtic cross.",
    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Granite",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Reed, Edward James","age":"76","dateofdeath":"30/11/1906","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Naval architect","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Naval architect and Chief Constructor in the Royal Navy 1863-71.",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 242.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Andrew's Church, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England

Wall monument in St Andrew’s Church, Great Saxham, Suffolk, commemorating John Eldred d. 1632

Location

St Andrew's Church, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Memoriae Sacrum / John Eldred / New Buckingham in Norfolk was his first / Being In Babilon Hee spent some parte / of his time, and the rest of his earthly / pilgrimage hee spent in London and was / Alderman of that Famous Cittie / His Age LXXX / His Death / The Holy Land so called I have Seene / And in the land of Babilon have Bene / But in the Land where Glorious Saints doe live / My Soule doth crave of Christ a Roome to give / And There with Holy Angells Halliluiah's Singe / With Joyfull Voyce too God our Heavenly King / No content but in The O Lord’

Details

Description: Portrait head in seventeenth century clothing, with neck ruff. Heraldic crest above in an oval. A brass showing a merchant ship beneath the monument.
Type: Wall monuments with brass
Artists: Maximilian Colt

People

Eldred, John
Age: 80
Date of Death: 1632
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Merchant
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: English traveller and merchant. Eldred’s ‘Journal of his Voyage to Tripoli and Bassora’ was reproduced in Principal Navigations by Richard Hakluyt in 1599.

Born at New Buckenham, Norfolk, Eldred travelled to the Levant as a merchant in 1583 - 84 visiting Aleppo, Jerusalem, Gaza and Bethlehem.

Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 97
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979

JSON

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  "post_id": "5787",
  "id": "M2324",
  "location": "St Andrew's Church, Great Saxham, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Memoriae Sacrum / John Eldred / New Buckingham in Norfolk was his first / Being  In Babilon Hee spent some parte / of his time, and the rest of his earthly / pilgrimage hee spent in London and was / Alderman of that Famous Cittie / His Age LXXX / His Death  / The Holy Land so called I have Seene / And in the land of Babilon have Bene / But in the Land where Glorious Saints doe live / My Soule doth crave of Christ a Roome to give / And There with Holy Angells Halliluiah's Singe / With Joyfull Voyce too God our Heavenly King / No content but in The O Lord’",
  "content": "<p>Wall monument in St Andrew’s Church, Great Saxham, Suffolk, commemorating John Eldred d. 1632</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Portrait head in seventeenth century clothing, with neck ruff.  Heraldic crest above in an oval.  A brass showing a merchant ship beneath the monument.",
    "type": "Wall monuments with brass",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Maximilian Colt",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Eldred, John","age":"80","dateofdeath":"1632","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Merchant","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "English traveller and merchant.  Eldred’s ‘Journal of his Voyage to Tripoli and Bassora’ was reproduced in Principal Navigations by Richard Hakluyt in 1599.<br />\r\n<br />\r\nBorn at New Buckenham, Norfolk, Eldred travelled to the Levant as a merchant in 1583 - 84 visiting Aleppo, Jerusalem, Gaza and Bethlehem.<br />",
    "bibliography": "K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 97",
    "recorder": "Timothy Wilson 1979",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating John Read d. 1821

Location

Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'In Memory / of John Read / Who Was Lost At Sea / In December 1821 / Aged 37 Years. Also William Price Read / Who Died July 3 1828 / Aged 11 Years. And Also / Of Mary Elizabeth / Mother Of The Above / Who Died November 16 1823 / Aged 61 Years.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chapel west side north transept
Materials: Stone

People

Read, John
Age: 37
Date of Death: 12/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "post_id": "5789",
  "id": "M5475",
  "location": "Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England",
  "transcript": "'In Memory / of John Read / Who Was Lost At Sea / In December 1821 / Aged 37 Years. Also William Price Read / Who Died July 3 1828 / Aged 11 Years. And Also / Of Mary Elizabeth / Mother Of The Above / Who Died November 16 1823 / Aged 61 Years.'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating John Read d. 1821</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Chapel west side north transept",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Read, John","age":"37","dateofdeath":"12/1821","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters