Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Rear-Admiral Sherard Osborn d. 1875
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'SHERARD ORBORN / REAR ADMIRAL C.B., F.R.S., ... / DIED 6TH MAY, 1875, AGED 64 / MUCH LOVED AND DEEPLY LAMENTED / THE LORD REDEEMETH THE SOUL OF HIS SERVENTS AND / NONE OF THEM THAT TRUST IN HIM SHALL BE DESOLATE Psalm 24 xxii'
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Description: Granite memorial with lead letters, in three tiers with a hipped-shaped top bearing a cross. Type: Gabled ledger Materials: Granite
People
Osborn, Sherard Age: Date of Death: 6/5/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Took part in the search for Franklin and published and account of the expedition. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 159.
Memorial in St Giles Cripplegate, London commemorating Martin Frobisher d. 1594
Location
St Giles Cripplegate, London, England
Transcript
'SIR MARTIN FROBISHER KT. / OF / NORMANTON, YORKSHIRE. 1535-1594 / INTERRED IN THIS CHURCH / SEEKER OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE / 1576-7-8 / FAMED FOR HIS DECISIVE ACTION AGAINST / THE SPANISH ARMADA'
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Description: Gold lettering on stone, coloured coat of arms above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Limestone?
Event
Spanish Armada
Event Date
1588
People
Frobisher, Martin Age: Date of Death: 1594 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Monument at the Church of St John the Baptist, Sutton-at-Hone, Kent commemorating Sir Thomas Smith, HEIC Merchant adventurer and Governor d. 1625
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Sutton-at-Hone, Kent, England
Transcript
'M.S. / To the glory of GOD and to ye pious / Memorie of the honble Sr THOMAS SMITH / Kt (late GOVERNOVR of ye East=Indian Moscovia / French & Sommer=Iland COMPANIES. TREASVRER for the / Virginian PLANTATION Prime VNDERTAKER (in the year/1612) for that noble Designe the Discoverie of the NORTH= / WEST=PASSAGE. Principall COMISSIONER for the London= / expedition against ye PIRATES & for A Voiage to ye Ryver SENEGA / vpon ye Coast of AFRICA. One of ye Cheefe Comissioners for ye NAVIE= / ROIAL & sometyme AMBASSADOVR from ye Ma:ie of Gr:BRIT. to ye / Emperour & great Duke of RVSSIA & MOSCOVIA &c. Who living / juditiously conscionably & with admirable facility managed many difficult / & weighty Affairs to ye honour & profit of this NATION rested from / his labours the 4 day of SEPTEM 1625 and his Soul returning to / Him that gave it his body was here laid vp in ye hope of a blessed Resurrection' 'From those large KINGDOMES where the SVNN doth rise; / From that rich new found=world that westward lies / From VOLGA to the flood of AMAZONS: / From vnder both the POLES an all the ZONES; / From all the famous RYVERS LANDES & SEAS / Betwixt this PLACE and our ANTE=PODES: / He gott intelligence, what might be found / To give contentment, through this massie ROVND. / But finding earthly things did rather tire / His longing SOVL then answer her desire: / To this obscvred VILLAGE he with drewe: / From hence his Heaunlie VOIAGE did persue: / Here, sumd vp all. And when his GALE of Breath / Had left becalmed in the PORT of DEATH / The Soules frail BARKE (and safe had landed her / Where FAITH his FACTOR and his harbinger / Made place before) He did (no doubt) obtain / That wealth wch here on earth wee seek in vain'
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Description: Effigy on sarcophagus flanked by columns, arms between two globes above. '...an epitome of the merchantman's outfit, its antiques' being made up of sextant, quadrant, globe, compass, corded bales, barrels, ships in full sail, a fascinating domed clock with weights indicated the passing of time, and globes marked with maps stand at the head and feet showing the extent of Smiths ventures ranging from the Amazon to the Volga' Esdaile. The navigational instruments are behind the pillars. Type: Monument
People
Smith, Thomas Age: c. 67 years Date of Death: 4/9/1625 Cause of Death: Possibly of plague Rank / Occupation: Merchant adventurer & Governor Organisation: East India Company & Virginia Company
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Notes: Merchant adventurer, after whom Smith Sound called. Also known as Smythe. Bibliography: K. A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 97
Memorial at Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating Thomas Morgan, d. 1854
Location
Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS MORGAN, A.B. / OF H.M. SHIP INVESTIGATOR, / WHO DIED ON BOARD / H.M. SHIP NORTH STAR, / AT BEECHEY ISLAND, / MAY 22ND, 1854, / AGED 34 YEARS / By grace are ye saved through / faith, and that not of yourselves, / it is the grace of God. Eph. Chap II Verse 8.'
Details
Description: George M'Dougall (master of 'Resolute') says that this was erected on Beechey Island as a headboard. Type: Headboard Materials: Wood Vessel: HMS Investigator
People
Morgan, Thomas Age: 34 Date of Death: 22/5/1854 Cause of Death: Scurvy Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Transcript in account of Belcher expedition 1852-4. 'Inscriptions on the Cenotaph in Beechey Island.’
Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.
Commemorative window in Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Pitminster dedicated to Captain William Robert Hobson RN d. 1880
Location
Church of St Mary and St Andrew, Pitminster, Somerset, England
Transcript
'THE EAST WINDOW IN / THIS CHURCH FROM / 1881 TO 1989 WAS GIVEN / BY CONSTANCE L. HOBSON / IN MEMORY OF HER PARENTS / AND HER HUSBAND / WILLIAM R. HOBSON, CAPTAIN R.N. / OBIT 11 OCTOBER 1890'[Date of death incorrect]
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Description: Scenes in the four main lights included the presentation in the temple, the resurrection and ascension. Type: Window
People
Hobson, William Robert Age: 49 Date of Death: 11/10/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Hobson buried 15th October 1880 at Pitminster. East window the gift of Mrs Hobson and her family June 1881. Replaced in 1989 with a more modern design entitled 'I WILL MAKE YOU FISHERS OF MEN'. Hobson was second-in-command to McClintock during his 1857 Arctic expedition and discovered the document revealing the fate of the Sir John Franklin's missing ships. Recorder: R.D. Ridding
Memorial at Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating William Braine, RM d. 1846
Location
Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / W. Braine R.M. / H.M.S. Erebus / Died April 3d 1846 / Aged 32 years / Choose ye this day whom ye will serve / Joshua C.24 part of 15V'
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Type: Headboard Vessel: HMS Erebus
People
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Notes: See John Torrington, d. 1846. Braine showed symptoms of tuberculosis and lead poisoning.
Bibliography: Peter C. Sutherland 'Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851...' (London, 1852) p. 304.
Cenotaph at Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating John Boyle, RN, d. 1853
Location
Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN BOYLE, A.B., / WHO DIED ON BOARD / H.M. SHIP INVESTIGATOR / AT BARING ISLAND / APRIL 6TH, 1853 / AGED 29 YEARS'
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Description: A lead plate fixed to an octagonal wooden memorial surmouted by a ball Type: Memorial Materials: Wood, lead Vessel: HMS Investigator
People
Boyle, John Age: 29 Date of Death: 6/4/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman / Sick Bay Attendant Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Transcript in account of Belcher expedition 1852-4 'Inscriptions on the cenotaph in Beechey Island’. Boyle is buried at Mercy Bay. Sherard Osborne says that Boyle '...by way of a joke, went into the surgery and drank off the washings of several medicine bottles' and this caused his death. ' John Calder attributed it to dysentery.
Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.
Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford to Edward Fenton d. 1603
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England
Transcript
[Upper] ‘M.S / H . S . E . ROGERVS BOYLE . RICHARDI COMITIS CORCAGIENSIS FILIVS PRIMO, / GENITVS, QVI IN HIBERNIA NATVS IN CANTIO, SOLO PATRIS NATALI DE / NATVS, DVM HIC INGENII CVLTVM CAPESSIT PVER EXIMIAE INDOLIS / PRAECOCITATEM INGENII FVNERE LVIT IMMATVRO SIC LVCIENTI SED / TERRENI, PATRIMONIO FACTVS EXHAERES CAELESTVM CREVIT HAEREDITA / TEM. DECESSIT AD. M. DC. XV. EID VIII BRIS’ [Lower] ‘RICHARDVS PRAENOBILIS COMES CORCAGIENSIS / VXORIS SVAE PATRVO B.M.P. / MEMORIAE PERENNI EDWARDI FENTON, REGINAE ELIZABETHAE OLIM PRO COR / PORE ARMIGERI IANO O-NEAL, AC POST EVM COMITE DESMONIAE IN HIBER / NIA TVRBANTIBVS FORTISSIMI TAXIARCHI; QVI POST LVSTRATVM IMPRO / BO AVSV SEPTENTIONALIS PLAGAE APOCHRYPHVM MARE ET EXCVSSAS / VARIIS PERIGRATIONIBVS INERTIS NATVRAE LATIBRAS. Ao. M. DCIII. / LXXXVIII. IN CELEBRI CONTRA HISPANOS NAUMACHIA, MERUIT NAVIS / PRAETORIAE NAVARCHVS, OBIIT ANNO DNI M. DC III / COGNATOS, CINERES, ET AMICAM MANIBVS VMBRAM / O FENTONE, TVIS, EXCIPIAS TVMVLO / VSVRAM TVMVLI VICTVRO MARMORE PENSAT / ET REDDIT GRATVS, PRO TVMVLO TITVLVM.’ [Translation of lower inscription] 'Richard Earl of Cork erected this well deserved monument to his wife's paternal uncle. To the perpetual memory of Edward Fenton, formerly Esquire of the Body to Queen Elizabeth, and who afterwards served with great distinction as Brigadier in the civil commotions occasioned by Shane O' Neil and afterwards by the Earl of Desmond, in Ireland. He subsequently undertook many bold and adventurous voyages in the unknown seas of the Far North exploring previously uninhabited regions. Finally he commanded the Admiral's flagship in the famous naval engagement against the Spanish Armada. He died in 1603.' 'Mid kindred dust Fenton, we lay thee down, Where kindred shade shall greet thy high renown. Not that the living marble shall set forth To future times a sailor's, soldier's worth; Recorded but the line 'Here Fenton lies' Shall living marble's self immortalize'
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Description: Two Ionic pilasters support an entablature and broken pediment within which is the arms of Boyle above which is a helm and crest. Within the pilasters, a relief depicting a youth kneeling with his left hand placed on a bible open upon a draped priedieu. To the left, a small lion and a cherub drawing back the sides of a tent to reveal a skull within on a table. To the right, above the altar, a scene of shipping on a river. Two inscription tablets below, on either side is scroll work and a shield suspended by a ribbon in looped bows. The shield to the left bears the arms of Boyle with a crescent for difference and on the right Boyle impaling Fenton. Type: Wall monument Position: East wall north side Materials: Alabaster, marble Artists: Epiphanius Evesham
Event
Spanish Armada
Event Date
1588
People
Fenton, Edward Age: Date of Death: 1603 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: naval commender Organisation:
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Notes: The monument was erected by Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork to his eldest son Roger Boyle d. 12/10/1615 aged 9 while at school in Deptford and to his wife's uncle, Edward Fenton. The latter was was an Elizabethan naval commander and was involved in a attempt to find a North West Passage. Roger Boyle is the figure depicted in the relief. Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27 p. 280 (Cambridge, 1941). Amy Louise Harris 'The Funerary Monuments of Richard Boyle Earl of Cork', 'Church Monuments' vol. xiii, pp. 70-86 (1998) Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Headstone in the Norwegian cemetery, Grytviken, South Georgia commemorating Ernest Henry Shackleton d. 1922
Location
Norwegian cemetery, Grytviken, South Georgia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Ernest Henry Shackleton / Explorer / Born 15th February 1874 / Entered Life Eternal / 5th January 1922' [on Back] 'I hold that man should strive to the uttermost for his life's set prize'
Details
Description: Headstone and kerbs. Nine pointed star above inscription. Type: Headstone Materials: Granite
People
Shackleton, Ernest Henry Age: 47 Date of Death: 5/1/1922 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Polar explorer Organisation:
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Notes: Died of heart attack off South Georgia. Buried there at request of Lady Shackleton. Bibliography: Harding McGregor Dunnett 'Shackleton's Boat: the Story of the James Caird' (Cranbrook, 1996) p. 95.
Statue in Waterloo Place, London depicting Captain Robert Falcon Scott RN d. 1912
Location
Waterloo Place, London, England
Transcript
'ROBERT FALCON SCOTT / CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY / WHO WITH FOUR COMPANIONS / L.A. WILSON . H.R. BOWERS . L.E.G. OATES . E. EVANS / DIED MARCH 1912 RETURNING FROM THE SOUTH POLE / "HAD WE LIVED I SHOULD HAVE HAD A TALE TO TELL / OF THE HARDIHOOD, ENDURANCE AND COURAGE / OF MY COMPANIONS WHICH WOULD HAVE STIRRED / THE HEART OF EVERY ENGLISHMAN / THESE ROUGH NOTES AND / OUR DEAD BODIES MUST TELL THE TALE" / FROM SCOTT'S DIARY' [On base] 'ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF THE FLEET'
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Description: Full-length statue in polar clothing. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze Artists: Kathleen Scott
People
Scott, Robert Falcon Age: 43 Date of Death: 29/3/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Neg C1708/17. PRO20-127. Paid for by naval officer's subscription. Comments from Admiral Beaumont MS 2 SPRI (he wanted a figure in naval uniform.)
There are several memorials to Scott around the United Kingdom and abroad. These include the sledge flag from his first expedition, in Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, a memorial at Cardiff City Hall, Wales, a memorial in Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay, Wales, a stone cairn at Glen Prosen, Angus, Scotland, a memorial window in St Peter’s Church, Binton, Warwickshire, commemorating Captain Scott and his companions, and a statue in Christchurch, New Zealand.
