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St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Hamble, Hampshire, commemorating Rear-Admiral James Bradby d. 1809 and Captain Matthew Barton Bradby RN d. 1831

Location

St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Near this Place are deposited the remains of James Bradby Esq. Rear Admiral of his Majesty's Navy, who departed this life on the 3rd of August 1809, aged 72 years. Also Mary, wife of the above Rear Admiral Bradby who died on the 20th of April 1808 aged 63 yrs. Also Matthew Barton Bradby Esq their son Captain in the Royal Navy who was unfortunately drowned on the 5th May 1831 aged 51 yrs. Catherine H Bradby widow of the above died June 17th 1873 aged 89 years'

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People

Bradby, James
Age: 72
Date of Death: 3/8/1809
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bradby, Matthew Barton
Age: 51
Date of Death: 5/5/1831
Cause of Death: Vessel loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Matthew Barton Bradby was lost in the yacht 'Catherine' with Admiral Sir Joseph Sidney Yorke. The vessel was struck by lightning and capsized.
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Needham's Point Military Cemetery, Barbados, Rest of the World

Memorial at Needham’s Point Military Cemetery, Barbados commemorating William Faithfull Tegg RN d. 1896

Location

Needham's Point Military Cemetery, Barbados, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of / W. F. TEGG A.B. / H.M.S. "PALLAS" / DIED AT BARBADOS / 2 MAY 1896 / AGED 22 / ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES'

Details

Description: Foul anchor in relief above the inscription. Cracked and remounted.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Pallas

People

Tegg, William Faithfull
Age: 22
Date of Death: 2/5/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Born 9/2/1874 at Portsmouth. Died of peritonitis. ADM 188/216/150885
Recorder: C. Flintham
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St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon, England

Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, Colyton, Devon commemorating Commander Henry Wilson, HEIC, d. 1810

Location

St Andrew's Church, Colyton, Devon, England

Transcript

'In full Assurance of the Resurrection of the Dead; / Near this place lieth the Body of / CAPT. HENRY WILSON / Who commanded the Hon.ble East India Company`s Packet, the Antelope, / when wrecked on the Pelew islands, in August, 1783; / and was wonderfully preserved with the Ship`s Company, / amongst Strangers, in a land, unfrequented and unknown. / He departed this life May 11th 1810; Aged 70 Years. / READER! / Reflect on thy Life, and the Days which are past,and/ thou wilt most assuredly see Cause to acknowledge, that/ THERE IS A GOD, / Who governeth the Earth, and observeth the Actions and ways of / MEN, and that THOU / hast had frequent Occasions, wherein to declare with the / PATRIARCH JACOB / "Surely the LORD is in this PLACE and I knew it not" / Genesis xxviii ver xii'

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Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: 'Antelope'

People

Wilson, Henry
Age: 70
Date of Death: 11/5/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the  Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating Robert Polhill MD d. 1813

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Robt Polhill Esqr M.D. of Maidstone in Kent / Physician to H.B.M. Naval Hospital & to the British Factory / who departed this life the 17th Jany 1813 aged 59 years & 6 months'

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Description: Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4, (or) on a bend (gules) three crosses crosslet (of the first); 2 and 3 (argent) and eagle displayed (sable), beaked and unguled (or) Buckland; over all a crescent for difference, impaling, a lion rampant on a chief a mullet between two roundels.

People

Polhill, Robert
Age: 59
Date of Death: 17/1/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Physician
Organisation:

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Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p. 21.
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Sewree (Sewri), Christian Cemetery, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India commemorating Walter Clarke, RN, d. 1900

Location

Sewree (Sewri), Christian Cemetery, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘In / Loving Memory / of / Walter Clarke, / Stoker, H.M.S. Eclipse / Who departed this life / February 6th / 1900 / aged 30 years. / This stone was erected by / the engine room ratings / of H.M.S. Eclipse.'

Details

Vessel: HMS Eclipse

People

Clarke, Walter
Age: 30
Date of Death: 6/2/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also Sewri

Bibliography: David Hutchfield 'Sewree Christian Cemetery, Mumbai, India', 'Family Tree Magazine' vol. 15, no. 4. pp. 48-9 (Feb 1999).
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Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Gravestone in Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating John Robarts VC d. 1888

Location

Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of / JOHN ROBARTS V.C. R.N. / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ANNE E.V. ROBARTS / WHO DIED OCTOBER 17TH 1888 / AGED 68 YEARS / ALSO WILLIAM CECIL ROBARTS ...'

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Description: Gothic gravestone carved with flowers and flanked by pillars.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Robarts, John
Age: 68
Date of Death: 17/10/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Died of heart disease.
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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial brass plaque at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating the crew of HMS ‘Amphion’ which sunk on 5th August 1914

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘In Memory of / the Men of HMS Amphion / the first Battleship that sunk in the War / on August 5th 1914 / Several of her Crew .... / going out to .... '

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: West end
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Amphion

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Amphion' scout cruiser sunk by mine in North Sea 5/8/1914.


Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
Photographer: Temporary image
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Fred Wheeler d. 1951

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

‘FRED WHEELER / 42 / DROWNED IN BUNCRANA / HARBOUR ATTEMPTING / TO SAVE ONE OF HIS / CREW / 26TH OCT 1951'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Wheeler, Fred
Age: 42
Date of Death: 26/10/1951
Cause of Death: Drowning
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey
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Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Wall tablet in the Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, commemorating Rear Admiral Edward Walpole Browne d. 1846

Location

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'S.M. of / Mary Fuller wife of / Rear Admiral / Edward Walpole Browne / and da. of the late William BOYS Esq., of Sandwich; / ob. 27th of Sept., 1837, / Aged 68 yrs. / Edward Walpole BROWNE., Rear Admiral of the Red / b. Jan. 16th A.D. 1766, / ob. at Spittal, Durham, Oct. 15th, A.D. 1846. /

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of nave

People

Browne, Edward Walpole
Age: 80
Date of Death: 15/10/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: See DOSSIER for details of arms.
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Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth commemorating John Kennion d. 1785

Location

Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Kennion Collector of Customs in Liverpool died 20th. June 1785, age 59'

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People

Kennion, John
Age: 59
Date of Death: 20/6/1785
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Collector of Customs
Organisation:

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Notes: From an MS in Liverpool. Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 5, p. 541.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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