Statue in Grosvenor Square, Southampton of Admiral Louis Mountbatten d.1979
Location
Grosvenor Square, Southampton, England
Transcript
'ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / EARL MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA / KG. PC. OM. GCB. GCSI. GCIE. GCVO. DSO. FRS. / SUPREME ALLIED COMMANDER, SOUTH EAST ASIA / 1943-1946 / SCULPTOR GRETA BERLIN / COMMISSIONED BY TIMBERLAINE PROPERTIES PLC / ERECTED BY PENTAGON DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION LTD / UNVEILED BY THE COUNTESS MOUNTBATTEN OF BURMA CD. JP. DL / ON 6TH JULY 1990'
Details
Description: Larger than lifesize bronze statue of Mountbatten on a pedestal in the Royal Navy uniform of Admiral of the Fleet (deck uniform, with admiral's peaked cap, and short-sleeved 'tropics' shirt). In front, a rough-hewn stone slab with a polished face which holds the text cut into its surface. Mountbatten lived in nearby Broadlands House. Type: Statue Position: On the roundabout Materials: Bronze Date Erected: 1990 Artists: Greta Berlin Vessel: Shadow V
Event Category
1939 - 1945 Second World War
People
Mountbatten, Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Age: 79 Date of Death: 27/8/1979 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Admiral of the Fleet and an uncle to Prince Philip. Lord Mountbatten was murdered in 1979 by members of the IRA while on his fishing boat, the 'Shadow V'.
Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Southgate d. 1834
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'William Southgate landing surveyor HM Customs of this Port who fell at the hands of an assassin and died 19th October 1834 age 50'
Details
People
Southgate, William Age: 50 Date of Death: 19/10/1834 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Landing surveyor Organisation: HM Customs
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 519. 'Liverpool Mercury' 24 October 1834. On the 17th of October, Southgate had been shot with a pistol by Norman Welch, who had been demoted from the post of looker to weigher in the course of a crackdown on dishonesty. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Hunstanton, Norfolk commemorating William Webb, 15th Light Dragoons, d. 1784
Location
St Mary's Church, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'In memory of William Webb late of the 15th Lt. D'ns who was shot from his horse by a party of smugglers on the 26 of Sepr. 1784. / I am not dead but sleepeth here / And when the trumpet sound I will appear / Four balls through me Pearced there [sic] way / Hard it was I'd no time to pray / This stone that her you do see / My comrades erected for the sake of me'
Details
Position: Churchyard
People
Webb, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 26/9/1784 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Soldier Organisation: 15th Light Dragoons
Extra
Bibliography: Joseph Jefferson Farjeon 'The Compleat Smuggler' (London, 1938) p.144. Recorder: David Saunders
Memorial at the Palisades Cemetery, Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Robert Hamilton, RN, Master’s Mate d. 1795
Location
The Palisades, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory of Robert HAMILTON, Masters mate of His Majesty's 'Raisonable', son of Robert Hamilton, M.D. of Lynn, Norfolk....Ane, his wife, who in consequence...at Kingston...Majesty's Service...given him, 20 June 1795, aged 23...He fell a victim to assassins, after near six years service in the Royal Navy, during which, on board the 'Tremendous' he had been a fortunate sharer in the engagements of 29th May and 1st June 1794 between the British and French fleets'
Details
Vessel: HMS ‘Reasonable'; HMS 'Tremendous'
Event
Glorious First of June
Event Date
1794
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Hamilton, Robert Age: 23 Date of Death: 20/6/1795 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Master's mate Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Gravestone at Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex commemorating David Watts of the Coast guard d. 1832 shot by smugglers
Location
Old burial ground, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, England
Transcript
'In memory of David Watts of the Coastguard. He was shot and almost instantly expired on the 21 Feb. 1832, aged 45 yrs'
Details
Type: Headstone
People
Watts, David Age: 45 Date of Death: 21/2/1832 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Coastguard Organisation: HM Coastguard
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Notes: TNA HO 52/20/9 report of the incident by the Mayor of Hastings. Probably the churchyard of St Peter's Bexhill. Bibliography: William Webb 'Coastguard: an official history of HM Coastguard' (London, 1976) p. 28. Recorder: E.R. Stage 1982
Memorial at Thursley, Surrey commemorating an anonymous sailor, murdered by robbers at Hindhead 1786
Location
Thursley, Surrey, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / A generous but unfortunate Sailor / Who was barbarously murder'd on Hindhead / On Sept 14th 1786 / By three Villains / After he had liberally treated them / And promised them his farther Assistance / On the Road to Portsmouth / When pitying Eyes to see my Grave shall come, / And with a generous Tear bedew my tomb, / Here shall they read my melancholy Fate, / With Murder and Barbarity complete / In perfect Health, and in the Flow'r of Age, / I fell a Victim to three Ruffians Rage; / On bended knees I mercy strove t'obtain, / Their Thirst of Blood made all entreaties vain, / No dear Relation or still dearer Friend / Weeps my hard Lot, or miserable End; / Yet o'er my sad Remains my Name unknown / A generous Public have inscrib'd this Stone'
Details
Description: Carved with a relief depicting the murder. Type: Memorial Artists: R. Morton [artist], J Eade [mason]
Extra
Bibliography: 'AA Illustrated Road Book of England and Wales' 1965 (London 4th Edition) pl. 330.
Wall monument in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating Lord High Admiral George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham RN d. 1628
Location
Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'GEORGIO VILARIO BUCKINHAM DVCI / QVI MAIIORIBVS VTRIQ. CLARISSIMIS ORIVNDVS: PATRE / GEORGIO VIILERIO DE BROOKSBY IN COMTI: LEICESTR: /MILIT: MATRE MARIA BEAUMONT BVCKINGH: COMITISSE / CVNCTIS NATVRAE FORTVNEQ DOTIBIS / INSIGNIS DVORV PRVDENTISSIMORV PRINCIPVM GRATIA SVISQ MERITIS / VOTA SVORVM SVPERGRESS. RERVM GERENDARV MOLI / PAR SOLI INVIDIAE IMPAR. DVM / EXERCITVS / ITERV IN HOSTE / PARAT HOC IN OPIDO CAEDIS IMANISS: FATALI ARENA / NOVO CRVORIS ET LACHRIMAR INVNDANTE OCEANO / NEFERIA PERDITISSIMI SICARII MANV. / PERCVSSVS OCCVBVIT ANO: DNI: MDCXXVIII: MENSE AVG: DIE XXIII / VIRO AD OMNIA QVAE MAXIMA ESSENT NATO EIVSQ. / SUSANNA SOROR DENBIGHIAE COMITISSA / CVM LACHRIMIS ET LVCTV PERPETVO P: / ANO: DNI: MDCXXXI / TV VIATOR SI QVA TIBI PIETATIS VISCERA TAM INDIGNV / TANTI VIRI CASVM INDIGNABVNDVS GEME / ET VALE.' [Translation] To George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, a man sprung from most famous stock, his father being George Villiers, knight, of Brooksby in the County of Leicester and his mother Mary Beaumont countess of Buckingham. He was distinguished in all endowments of nature and fortune, through the favour of two most prudent princes. By his own merits he surpassed the promise of his own gifts, proving equal to the weight of state affairs and unequal only to envy and jealousy. While he was preparing armies a second time against the enemy, in this very town, fatal theatre of monstrous murder, where a new ocean overflows of blood and tears, he was struck down by the impious hand of a most accursed assassin on the twenty-third day of August in the year of our Lord 1628. To such a man, born to everything of greatest worth, Susanna his sister, countess of Denbigh, in tears and everlasting grief, erected this monument in the year 1631. His bowls, together with hers, are buried here. You, traveller, if you have any bowels of pity, groan with indignation at such unworthy fate of so great a man, and so depart.
Details
Description: Inscription tablet flanked by two allegorical figures-fame holding a trumpet, the other figure holds a heart. At the base of the monument, a skull. Above, an urn in a recess with panels of military trophies on either side. At the top, a pediment on which sit two putti with trumpets, Buckingham's arms in the centre. Type: Wall monument Position: South choir aisle Materials: Marble Artists: Hubert Le Sueur
People
Villiers, George Age: 35 Date of Death: 23/8/1628 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Lord High Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 1st Duke of Buckingham. The monument was originally at the East end of the chancel. It was moved in 1848. The bowels are buried here, the rest of his body in Westminster Abbey.
Bibliography: Nickolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996) p. 404; Adam White 'A biographical dictionary of London tomb sculptors', 'Sixty first volume of the Walpole Society' (1999); Nigel Llewellyn 'Funeral monuments in post-reformation England' (Cambridge University Press, 2000) p. 46.
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Lord High Admiral George Villiers, RN, d. 1628
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'Perennis Memoriae / Celsissimi Potentissimiq Principis Georgii Villiers, Dvcis, Marchionis, Comitis Bvcki/inghamiae, Comitis Coventriae, Vicecomitis Villiers, Baronis Whaddon, Angliae Hib= / erniae, Walliae Thalassiarchae, Omnivm Archivm Propvgnacvlorvmq Maritimorvm / Ac Classis Regiae Moderatoris, Eqvorvm Regiorvm Magistri, Qvinq Portvvm/Et Appendicvm Domini Tvtelarii, Castri Dovernensis Praefecti, Omnivm Reg= / iorvm Saltvvm Theriotrophior Ac Nemorvm Cis Trentanorvm Iustitiarii, / Castri Regii Vindesorii Praesidid, Monarchae Britannico Ab Intimis Cubic= / vlis, Senatvvm Sanctiorvm Angliae, Scotiae, Et Hiberniae Consiliarii / Eqvitis Nobilissimi Ordinis Periscelidis, Consilii Polemici Domini / Praesidis, Academiae Cantabrigiensis Cancellarii Dignissimi', 'Tantvs Tamen Heros/Omnibvs Corporis Et Animi / Dotibvs Memorablis Dvobvs / Potentissimis Ivicem Regibvs Intimvs / Charissimvs Omnibvs Togae Ivxta Sagiq / Artibvs Florentissimvs Literarvm Et / Literatorvm Favtor Singvlari Humanitate Et Omni / Morvm Svavitate Incomparibilis Immani / Teterrimi Parricidae Facinore Trvcidatvs/Commvni Invidiae Qvae Semper / Virtvtis Et Honoris Comes Individva / Innocentissimo Sangvine Svo/Immeritissimo / Litavit' 'Catharina Vero, Heroina Splendidissima, Comitis Rvtlandiae Fila Et Haeres/Vnica: prolis, Svmmae Spei, Vtrivsq Sexvs, D.D.D.D. Mariae, Caroli [Qui In / Cvnis Obijt] Georgij, Francisci Novissimi Postumiq Felicissima Ab Ipso Mater / Facta: Svavissimam Charissimi Conivgis Svi Memoriam Qva Pietate Qvo Honore / Potvit Prosecvta: Hos Titvlos [Non Vanitati Litatvra, Sed Optimorv Principv/Mvnificentam Testatvra] Praefigendos Cvravit: Tristesq Exvvias, Et Qvicqvid / Ipsivs Adhvc Caelo Non Debitvr, Honorario Hoc Monvmento Maestissima / Inclvsit Anno Epochae Christianae MDC XXXIIIJ' [Brass plate] 'PMS / Vane multitudinis improperium his jacet / Cuius tamen / Hispania Prudentiam / Gallia Fortitudinem / Belgia Industriam / Tota Europa mirata est Magnanimitatem / Quem Daniae & Sweciae Reges Integerrimum/Germaniae / Transilvaniae & / Nassvviae Princip. Ingenuum / Veneta Resp / Philo-Basilea/Sabavdiae & / Lotharingiae Dvces Politicum / Palitinus Comes Fidelem / Imperator Pacificum / Tvrca Christianum / Papa Prostestantem / Experti sunt: / Quem / Anglia Archithalassum / Cantabrigia Cancellarium habuit Bvckinghamia Ducem', 'Verum siste Viator & quid ipsa Invidia Sugillare nequit, audj / HIC et ILLE / calamitosae virtutis, BUCKINGHAMIVS. / Maritus redamatus Pater amans, Filius obsequens / Frater amicisssim Affinis beneficus Amicus perpetu / Dominus benignus / & / Optimus omnium seuus / Quem / Reges adamarunt Optimates honorarunt / Ecclesia defleuit / Vvlgvs oderunt / Quem / IACOBVS & CAROLVS / Regvm perspicacissimi intimum habuerunt / A quibus / Honoribus auctus & negotiis onustus / Fato succubuit / Antiqvam Par Animo Pericvlv Invenit / Quid iam peregrine / AENIGMA MVNDI MORITVR / Omnia fuit nec quidquam habuit / Patriae Parens & Hostis audijt / Deliciae idem et querela Parlamenti / Qui dum Papistis bellum infert, insimulatur Papista / Dum Protestantium partib consulit occiditur a Protestante / TESSERAM SPECTA RERV HVMANARVM / At non est, quod serio triumphet Malitia / Interimere potuit Laedere non potuit / scilicet has preces fundens expirauerit / TVO EGO SANGVINE POTIAR [MI IESV] DV MALI PASCVTVR MEO' [Translation] In perpetual memory of the most high and mighty prince George Villiers, Duke, Marquess and Earl of Buckingham, Earl of Coventry, Viscount Villiers, Baron Whaddon, Lord High Admiral of England, Ireland and Wales, Master of the Horse, Warden of the Cinque Ports, Constable of Dover Castle, Chief Justice in Eyre of the Parks and Forests south of the river Trent, Constable of Windsor Castle, Member of the Privy Council, Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, President of the Council and Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. So memorable a hero was he; highly endowed in both body and mind; the intimate in turn of two most powerful sovereigns, he was famous in peace and war; most famous in the arts; he was a magnificent patron of letters and literary men; of inexhaustible generosity to any worthwhile project, he was unrivalled for his singular humanity and the agreeable nature of his manners; his life was terminated by the most frightful and terrifying murder; to common envy (which is always the partner of virtue and honour) he fell an innocent and undeserved victim. Catherine, most glorious demi-goddess, daughter and sole heiress of the Earl of Rutland, was made by him [ie.Buckingham] a most joyful mother of children of the greatest promise and of either sex: Lady Mary, Lord Charles (who died in earliest childhood), Lord George, and Lord Francis his youngest and posthumous child. She honoured the most sweet memory of her dearest husband with all possible piety and respect, and saw to it that these titles should be appended, not to satisfy vanity, but to attest the generosity of the greatest Princes: and most sorrowfully enclosed within this monument, which honours him, his sad remains and whatever of him is not yet due to heaven, in the year of the Christian epoch 1634. Sacred to his dear memory: here he lies, a reproach to the fickle mob: however, Spain marvels at his prudence, France at his courage, Belgium at his diligence, and the whole of Europe at his magnanimity: who was known by the kings of Denmark and Sweden to be irreproachable, by the princes of Germany, Transylvania and Nassau to be upright, by the Venetian Republic to be a lover of monarchy, by the dukes of Lotharingia and Savoy to be a statesman, by the Count Palatine to be loyal, by the Emperor to be a peace maker, by the Turk as a Christian, by the Pope as a Protestant: whom England regarded as Lord High Admiral, Cambridge as Chancellor, and Buckingham as its Duke. Now stay, O passer by, and hearken to what even Envy herself cannot mock. Here is great Buckingham, a man of disastrous virtue: a loving husband, an affectionate father, an obedient son, a most kindly brother, a generous kinsman, an abiding friend, a beneficent lord, a nobleman who was the servant of all: whom kings loved deeply, whom the nobility held in honour, whom the Church lamented, whom the multitude loathed: whom James and Charles, most perspicacious of monarchs, regarded him as their intimate friend, adorning him with honours and burdening him with commissions: he succumbed to Fate before he found a danger to match his courage. What then, O stranger? The riddle of the world is dead. He was all things, yet had nothing: named his country's father and its foe: both the delight and the plaint of Parliament: who, while he was waging war against the Papists, was accused of papacy: while promoting the Protestant cause, was slain by a Protestant. Behold the dice of human fortunes. Yet it is not the case that malice shall truly triumph: it was able to kill him, but not to harm him: he who at the moment of death poured forth these prayers: Let me receive thy blood, my Jesus, while the wicked feast upon mine.
Details
Description: The monument consists of an altar tomb or sarcophagus with a wall piece at the back, figures at angles and a tablet at the east wall. Black marble base. The sarcophagus is of black marble with pedestals at angles on which rest four obelisks supported on bronze skulls and formerly enriched with metal ornaments now lost. Effigies on the sarcophagus of the duke in repousse plate-armour enriched with crossed anchors and monograms (GKB), ermine tippet, robe or mantle, coronet, chain and garter, his duchess in an embroidered gown, cloak and coronet. At the angles of the tomb, four bronze seated figures, two female figures at the head, and Neptune and Mars at the feet. On the wall at the back, a black and white marble wall piece flanked by two pairs of ionic pillasters with gilt bronze capitals ornamented with ram's heads. On the frieze above are the initials 'GV DB KDB'. On the cornice two cherubs and on the upper cornice, two female figures supporting a cartouche of arms. Between the pilasters, kneeling figures of two daughters and one son, all in white marble, also three panels with inscriptions. Type: Monument Position: Chapel of Henry VII Materials: Marble, bronze Date Erected: 1634 Artists: Hubert Le Sueur, Isaac Besnier
People
Villiers, George Age: 35 Date of Death: 1628 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Lord High Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 1st Duke of Buckingham
Bibliography: 'An Inventory of the historical Monuments in London' vol. i 'Westminster Abbey' (London, 1925-9), 67a pl.196; Adam White 'A biographical dictionary of London tomb sculptors', 'Sixty first volume of the Walpole Society' (1999); Nigel Llewellyn 'Funeral monuments in post-reformation England' (Cambridge University Press, 2000) p. 273.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
