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Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating Captain John Thomson RN d. 1877

Location

Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

[South side] 'Captain John Thomson Paymaster in Chief R.N. / Born 24 April 1792 Died 23rd April 1877' [North side] 'Also Mary Harriett his widow / Born April 30 1810 Died September 10 1887' [West side] 'She hath done what she could' [East side] 'Elizabeth Dempster Thomson / Born Feb 11 1805 Died Aug 6 1889'

Details

Description: Flat cross within kerb stones that originally had iron railings.
Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone and marble

People

Thomson, John
Age:
Date of Death: 23/4/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain Paymaster in Chief RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Sketch.
Recorder: Keth Linder 1998

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  "location": "Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "[South side] 'Captain John Thomson Paymaster in Chief R.N. / Born 24 April 1792 Died 23rd April 1877' [North side] 'Also Mary Harriett his widow / Born April 30 1810 Died September 10 1887' [West side] 'She hath done what she could' [East side] 'Elizabeth Dempster Thomson / Born Feb 11 1805 Died Aug 6 1889'",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER. Sketch.",
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    "recorder": "Keth Linder 1998",
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating Francis Overman d. 1867

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Overman, Francis
Age: 29
Date of Death: 24/6/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Died at sea off Cape of Good Hope.

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating Francis Overman d. 1867</p>",
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St Gregory's Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Memorial in St Gregory’s Church, Dawlish, Devon, commemorating Admiral John Schank, RN d. 1823

Location

St Gregory's Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN SCHANK ESQ ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, FILLED BY HIS ABILITY ZEAL AND INTEGRITY, RAISED HIMSELF TO THE HIGHEST RANK IN HIS PROFESSION AND CLOSED AN HONOURABLE LIFE AFTER A SERVICE OF SIXTY YEARS ON 6TH FEBRUARY 1823 AGED 83 [?]. ALSO OF MARGARET HIS WIDOW WHO DIED 18TH FEBRUARY 1843 AGED 83'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: North transept
Materials: Portland stone

People

Schank, John
Age: 83
Date of Death: 6/2/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Council for Christian Care 1994

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN SCHANK ESQ ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, FILLED BY HIS ABILITY ZEAL AND INTEGRITY, RAISED HIMSELF TO THE HIGHEST RANK IN HIS PROFESSION AND CLOSED AN HONOURABLE LIFE AFTER A SERVICE OF SIXTY YEARS ON 6TH FEBRUARY 1823 AGED 83 [?]. ALSO OF MARGARET HIS WIDOW WHO DIED 18TH FEBRUARY 1843 AGED 83'",
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    "recorder": "Council for Christian Care 1994",
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Vessel Loss

British Cemetery, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA, Rest of the World

Memorial at Ocracoke Island, USA to Stanley Craig d. 1942 of HMS ‘Bedfordshire’,

Location

British Cemetery, Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, USA, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Bedfordshire

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Craig, Stanley
Age:
Date of Death: 11/5/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary telegraphist
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cunningham, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 11/5/1942
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Bedfordshire', sunk by 'U558'.
Bibliography: L. Vanloan Naisawald 'In Some Foreign Field: World War II on the Outer Banks'.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Ocracoke Island, USA to Stanley Craig d.  1942 of HMS ‘Bedfordshire’,</p>",
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    "notes": "HMS 'Bedfordshire', sunk by 'U558'.",
    "bibliography": "L. Vanloan Naisawald 'In Some Foreign Field: World War II on the Outer Banks'.",
    "recorder": "",
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St Mary's Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk commemorating the Officers and Ship’s Company of the HMS Invincible that was shipwrecked off Happisburgh on the Norfolk coast on 16 March 1801

Location

St Mary's Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England

Transcript

‘On the 16 March 1801, HMS INVINCIBLE / was wrecked off Happisburgh when / on her way to join a fleet with / Admiral Nelson at Copenhagen. / The day following, the Ship sank with / the loss of some four hundred lives. / One hundred and nineteen members / of the Ship’s Company lie buried here.’ / / “And the sea gave up the dead / that were in it ...” / Revelation 20:13 // This memorial stone was given jointly / by the Parochial Church Council and / the Officers and Ship’s Company of HMS Invincible, 1998

Details

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Notes: HMS Invincible was a third rate British Navy ship with 74 guns. She set sail from Yarmouth with 650 on board, preparing to meet up with Admiral Sir Hyde Parker as part of the British attack on the Danish navy. She became stuck on a sandbank off the Happisburgh coast in high winds, and eventually sank with the loss of 400 officers and crew. The Rear-Admiral Thomas Totty, along with 195 survived. Totty was later cleared at a court martial.

The mass grave was rediscovered and a memorial stone lain by the Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Invincible in 1988, together with the Happisburgh parochial church council.

Photographer: Pippa Lacey

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Happisburgh, Norfolk, England",
  "transcript": "‘On the 16 March 1801, HMS INVINCIBLE / was wrecked off Happisburgh when / on her way to join a fleet with / Admiral Nelson at Copenhagen. / The day following, the Ship sank with / the loss of some four hundred lives. / One hundred and nineteen members / of the Ship’s Company lie buried here.’ / /  “And the sea gave up the dead / that were in it ...”  / Revelation 20:13 //  This memorial stone was given jointly / by the Parochial Church Council and / the Officers and Ship’s Company of HMS Invincible, 1998",
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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Cross at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating Harold Sidney Watson RNR d. 1918

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

'Harold Sidney Watson R.N.R., who gave his life at sea in the Great War 20 January 1918 aged 43 years'

Details

Description: Large celtic cross.
Type: Celtic cross
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Watson, Harold Sidney
Age: 43
Date of Death: 20/1/1918
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "id": "M2059",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Harold Sidney Watson R.N.R., who gave his life at sea in the Great War 20 January 1918 aged 43 years'",
  "content": "<p>Cross at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating Harold Sidney Watson RNR d. 1918</p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
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St Mary's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool commemorating James Thomas d. 1861

Location

St Mary's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In memory of JAMES THOMAS, Pilot, who was accidentally drowned in the River Mersey, March 9th, 1861, aged 32 years. This stone was erected by his sorrowing wife in the hope of his joyful resurrection when the sea shall give up her dead'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: South of church

People

Thomas, James
Age: 32
Date of Death: 9/3/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 2, p. 575.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In memory of JAMES THOMAS, Pilot, who was accidentally drowned in the River Mersey, March 9th, 1861, aged 32 years. This stone was erected by his sorrowing wife in the hope of his joyful resurrection when the sea shall give up her dead'",
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St Ouen's Cemetery, St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at St Ouen, Jersey commemorating Captain John A’Court d. 1926

Location

St Ouen's Cemetery, St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Captain John A'Court / Who passed away November 22nd 1926 / At La Port, L'Etacq, St Ouen'.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: White marble
Vessel: Cutty Sark

People

A'Court, John
Age:
Date of Death: 22/11/1926
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Willis & Sons

Extra

Notes: Captain A'Court reputedly master of 'Cutty Sark' 1879-80.
Recorder: John Jean. Souete Jersiaise.

JSON

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  "location": "St Ouen's Cemetery, St Ouen, Jersey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'Captain John A'Court / Who passed away November 22nd 1926 / At La Port, L'Etacq, St Ouen'.",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone  at St Ouen, Jersey commemorating  Captain John A’Court d. 1926</p>",
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    "recorder": "John Jean. Souete Jersiaise.",
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating George Woodward, d. 1819

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here rest the remains of George Woodward / late Comdr. of the ship 'Bengal' of Liverpool / who died on the 14th Nov. 1819 aged 29 years.

Details

Vessel: Bengal

People

Woodward, George
Age: 29
Date of Death: 14/11/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.171.

JSON

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  "location": "South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Here rest the remains of George Woodward / late Comdr. of the ship 'Bengal' of Liverpool / who died on the 14th Nov. 1819 aged 29 years.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating George Woodward, d. 1819</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating David Morris d. 1887

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of David Morris, chief engineer of S.S. Dale, died August 5th 1887, aged 38 years ...'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Dale

People

Morris, David
Age: 38
Date of Death: 5/8/1887
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of David Morris, chief engineer of S.S. Dale, died August 5th 1887, aged 38 years ...'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters