Table tomb at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, commemorating Benjamin Bunniss d.1859
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / BENJ. BUNNISS, / LATE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS AT THIS PORT / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 5TH 1856 / AGED 74 YEARS. / Also of EDWARD / HIS SON FOR MANY YEARS THE CHAMBERLAIN OF / THE CORPORATION OF ALDEBURGH / DIED 26 MARCH 1884 AGED 64 YEARS'
Headstone in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Bracegirdle d. 1864
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / JAS. BRACEGIRDLE, / LATE CHIEF ENGINEER, BARQUE 'ETTERICK', / A NATIVE OF DEPTFORD / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, 7TH JANUARY, 1864, / AGED 29 YEARS / THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY A FEW FRIENDS / AS A MARK OF RESPECT'[footstone] 'J.B.'
Details
Description: Headstone and endstone. 'B' on the footstone reversed. Type: Gravestone Materials: Granite Vessel: Ettrick
People
Bracegirdle, James Age: 29 Date of Death: 7/1/1864 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Barque 'Ettrick' built 1862 at Harwich, 309 tons, destined voyage 1864 Harwich to China. The footstone of this memorial has since been dislodged by erosion of the hillside. Recorder: Christine Thomas Photographer: Amelia Gourley
Headstone at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating John Rogers, d. 1782.
Location
St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'In memory of NATHANIELL ROGERS son of JOHN ROGERS he died December 22nd 1762 Aged 6 years. Also of the Above s'd JOHN ROGERS Master and Mariner who departed this life the 1st of August 1782 Aged 68 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Rogers, John Age: 68 Date of Death: 1/8/1782 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master and mariner Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.
Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Charles Sadler, d. 1855
Location
Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘In / Memory / of // Charles Sadler / Engineer S.S. Great Northern / who was accidentally drowned / close to Zanzibar / on 1st January 1855 / aged 31 years / "If thou shouldst call me to resign / what most thy prize, it ne'er was mine: / I only yield me what is thine: / Thy will be done” / This stone is erected by his sorrowing / mother as a last tribute of her affection'
Details
Description: White marble cross surrounded by metal box chain. Type: Cross Materials: Marble Vessel: Great Northern
People
Sadler, Charles Age: 31 Date of Death: 1/1/1885 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Unknown
Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Captain Charles Burney RN d. 1887
Location
East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'IN SACRED MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN / CHARLES BURNEY / R.N., C.B., / SUPERINTENDANT OF / THE ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL / GREENWICH / FROM AUGUST 1870 / TO JUNE 1887. / DIED 17TH JUNE 1887 / AGED 61 YEARS. / THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET / THEY SHALL BE WHITE AS SNOW / THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON / THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL. / THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE / WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE / BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH IN THEE. / THIS STONE / WAS ERECTED BY / HIS FIVE SURVIVING CHILDREN / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A DEVOTED FATHER'
Details
Description: Lid horizontal. Stone lead letters. Type: Gravestone
People
Burney, Charles Age: 61 Date of Death: 17/6/1887 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988 Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe
Gravestone at St Michael’s Church, Cropthorne commemorating James Williams Curtis d. 1877
Location
St Michael's Church, Cropthorne, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'SARAH LOUISA, wife of William Ayliffe, who died June 5th 1862 aged 46 years, also of PHILLIPIA MOORE, widow of the late Charles Moore, master mariner, and sister of the above, who died November 6th 1876 aged 54. Also of JAMES WILLIAMS CURTIS, son of the above, who died at Trinidad, West Indies Nov 17th 1877 aged 32 'Thy Will be done''
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: North wall of churchyard
People
Curtis, James Williams Age: 32 Date of Death: 17/11/1877 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Statue in Hobart, Tasmania of Captain Sir John Franklin RN d. 1847
Location
Franklin Square, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'THIS STATUE OF / THE GREAT NAVIGATOR / REAR ADMIRAL SIR JOHN FRANKLIN / K.C.H: K.R: D.C.L: F.R.S. / WHO LOST HIS LIFE IN ACCOMPLISHING / THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE / IS ERECTED BY THE COLONISTS OF TASMANIA / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / THEIR FORMER GOVERNOR. / BORN 16 APRIL 1786 / DIED 11 JUNE 1847'
Details
Description: Full-length figure in fur coat over uniform, anchor behind. On a tall plinth. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze Artists: Matthew Noble
People
Franklin, John Age: 61 Date of Death: 11/6/1847 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Richard Pullford RM d. 1869
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Richard PULLFORD, Private Royal Marines, of H.M.S. 'Ocean', who departed this life 13 [?] th September, 1869, aged 27 years 3 months. This tablet was erected to his memory by his sorrowing comrades. Young man pause and think...in eternity and you are on the brink'
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Ocean
People
Pullford, Richard Age: 27 Date of Death: 13/9/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Recorder: Christine Thomas
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
