Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Kent commemorating Admiral Thomas Young Greet d.1947
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Queenborough, Kent, England
Transcript
'In memory of Thomas Young Greet Esquire, / late of this borough who departed this life on the 26th day of December / 1829 in the eleventh year of his mayoralty and the 66th year of his age. / Also to the memory of Ann, wife of the above... (d.21 Oct 1838). / Admiral Thomas Young Greet, / grand nephew of above died September 25th 1947, aged 93 years'
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Type: Obelisk Position: Graveyard
People
Greet, Thomas Young Age: 93 Date of Death: 25/9/1947 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Reginald Streets RN d. 1907
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / REGINALD H. STREETS O.S. / H.M.S. TAMAR / A NATIVE OF / PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND / WHO WAS DROWNED / DEC 19, 1907 AGED 20 YEARS / GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN / ERECTED AS A MARK OF RESPECT BY / THE OFFICERS & SHIP'S COMPANY / H.M.S. TAMAR'
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Type: Cross Vessel: HMS Tamar
People
Streets, Reginald H. Age: 20 Date of Death: 13/12/1907 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton commemorating Captain Cecil Irby Prowse RN d. 1916 in the Battle of Jutland
Location
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England
Details
Type: Plaque Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Queen Mary
Event
Battle of Jutland 1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Prowse, Cecil Irby Age: 49 Date of Death: 31/5/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Marble plaque to Brigadier General C.B. Prowse DSO refers to his elder brother Captain C.I. Prowse RN of HMS 'Queen Mary' who went down with his ship at the Battle of Jutland May 31st 1916 aged 49. Recorder: David Saunders
Plaque in Burton in Wirral, Cheshire dedicated to Andrew Boyd d. 1874
Location
St Nicholas Church, Burton in Wirral, Cheshire, England
Transcript
'Andrew Boyd Baird of Paisley who died at sea May 22nd 1874 aged 31 years. Erected by the owners of the barque Maravilla of Liverpool of which he had command previous to his death'
Details
Type: Plaque Vessel: Maravilla
People
Baird, Andrew Boyd Age: 31 Date of Death: 22/5/1874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 32.
Wall monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, commemorating Joseph Edmonds d. 1794, James Edmonds d. 1794, and John Edmonds d. 1794
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / JOSEPH EDMONDS / Commander of the DEFIANCE of 24 Guns / Whose Bravery in conquering a French / Ship of Superior Force in 1758 was / generously rewarded by the Underwriters and Merchants of the City of LONDON / He died at Swanage 26th September 1794 / Aged 74 Years / And PRISCILLA his Wife an affectionate Mother / to their Children she died 11th March 1801 Aged 75 / The Monument Placed here as a testimony / of Filial Affection and Gratitude. / To the Memory of / JAMES Eldest son of / JOSEPH & PRISCILLA EDMONDS / Commander of the NEW ALBION / Died at Jamaica 5th July 1794 / Aged 53 Years / Also of / JOHN Youngest Son of / the said JOSEPH & PRISCILLA / Commander of the DORSET / Who was killed Gallantly defending his Ship / against the French off the Island of Cuba / 21 October 1794 / Aged 29 Years'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus flanked by cherubs, with relief of naval engagement on the front placed above the inscription tablet. The family arms on an obelisk-shaped backing plate above the sarcophagus. Type: Wall monument Vessel: Defiance, Dorset, New Albion
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Edmonds, Joseph Age: 74 Date of Death: 26/9/1794 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Edmonds, James Age: 53 Date of Death: 5/7/1794 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Edmonds, John Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/10/1794 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Monument removed from old church. Bibliography: 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset'' vol. iii, part 2, p. 292 (London, 1970); J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 193 (Greenwich,1987). Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent commemorating Michael Austin, RN Boatswain d. 1844 and George Daysh Austin, Assistant Surgeon RN d. 1836
Location
Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas Fitzherbert Austin / son of Michael & Mary Ann Austin / who departed this life / 28 June 1825 / aged 14 years. / Also John William Rawlinson / son of / the Revd John Samuel Rawlinson decd / 21st August 1826, Aged 11 months and 13 days. / Jane Fitzherbert Austin / Daughter of the above / Michael and Mary Ann Austin / Died June 29th 1827 AET 18 / Mary Ann Austin / Mother of the above Thomas and Jane, / Died on the 10th December 1829 / Aged 51 years / Also of George Daysh Austin / Assistant Surgeon of H.M. Mary and member of / The Royal College of Surgeons, London / son of the above / Michael and Mary Austin, / who died 6th June 1836 aged 27 years / also of Mr Michael Austin / who died 1st June 1844, aged 72 years'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Mary
People
Austin, Michael Age: 72 Date of Death: 1/6/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Royal Navy Austin, George Daysh Age: 27 Date of Death: 6/6/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 23; Rear Adm J.A.L. Myers 'The rating's son who became an admiral', 'The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society' vol. 39, pp. 268-9.
Window in Portsmouth Cathedral dedicated to Admiral Bertram Ramsay d.1945
Location
Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[Left] 'IN MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / SIR BERTRAM RAMSEY / KILLED IN ACTION 1945 WHO / COMMANDED THE SEABOURNE FORCES / AT DUNKIRK 1940' [Right] 'AND NORMANDY 1944 / HERE ARE REMEMBERED / ALSO THOSE UNDER HIS / COMMAND WHO WERE KILLED / DURING THESE OPERATIONS'
Details
Type: Window Position: Lower windows of transept
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Ramsay, Bertram Home Age: 61 Date of Death: 2/1/1945 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Born 1883. Commanded sea-bourne forces at Dunkirk 1940 and Normandy 1944. Buried at St German en Laye near Paris. He was killed in a fatal plane crash in 1945.
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, dedicated to William Rundle d. 1886
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'In / memory of / WILLIAM HENRY RUNDLE / late of / HMS Boscawen / son of / John and Eliz'th Rundle / of Lelant Cornwall / who died Nov'r 10th 1886 / Aged 16 1/2 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 315 Vessel: HMS Boscawen
People
Rundle, William Henry Age: 16 1/2 Date of Death: 10/11/1886 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Thomas Forshaw d. 1855
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Captain Thomas Forshaw drowned October 1855 with the upsetting of a boat whilst attempting to land off Lagos, West Coast of Africa age 51'
Details
People
Forshaw, Thomas Age: 51 Date of Death: 10/1855 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 685. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters