Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating David Jenkin Davies and James Francis who both died in 1902
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In loving memory of / David Jenkin DAVIES, Ord. Seaman, / died January 1st 1902 / aged 18 years / Also / James FRANCIS, A.B. / aged 22 years died 17 June 1902. / Buried at R.M. Cemetery Wei Hai Wei [sic]'
Details
Description: Column on plinth. Type: Monument Vessel: HMA Argonaut
People
Davies, David Jenkin Age: 18 Date of Death: 1/1/1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Francis, James Age: 22 Date of Death: 17/6/1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: David Jenkin Davies b. 20 Jul 1883 Llanon, Cardigan, died of an embolism. Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Somerleyton, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Sir Thomas Allen, RN, Master of Trinity House d. 1686
Location
St Mary's Church, Somerleyton, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘Near this Place lies interr’d / Sr. THOMs. ALLEN Bart. / Whose unshaken Fidelity to His Sovereign Charles ye. 2nd / Was rewarded with many Marks of His Royal Favour / Having had the Honour of serving Him, / As Admiral of His Fleets / In the British & Mediterranean Seas / Controller of the Navy, Capt. of Sandgate Castle / And Mastr. of Trinity House. / He died in 1686 in ye 73d. Year of His Age.'
Details
Description: Black marble tablet with a portrait bust in white marble above Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble
People
Allen, Sir Thomas Age: 72 Date of Death: 1686 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral. Master of Trinity House Organisation: Royal Navy, Trinity House
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Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography' Recorder: William Donnan. 1967 Photographer: P Lacey
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Captain Anthony Hunt, RN, d. 1798
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Underneath lie the remains / of / Captain Anthony Hunt / late commander of His Britannic Majesty's ship / La Virginie / And Post Captain in the Royal Navy: / who departed this life / At Calcutta in Bengal / on the 10th day of August, 1798 / After a short illness, in the twenty-eighth year of his age / and who at an early age had acquired / great honours in his profession; and the esteem and / regard of all who had the honour of his acquaintance / By his death the Navy has lost / one of its brightest ornaments / and society one of its most valuable members / for he lived greatly beloved and respected / and died universally regretted'
Details
Type: Tomb Vessel: HMS La Virginie
People
Hunt, Anthony Age: 27 Date of Death: 10/8/1798 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 9, pp. 26-32, (London, 1803); 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth...' (Calcutta, 1848) p.83.
Memorial tablet in Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating Thomas Boulden, RN d. 1867
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas Boulden / aged 33 years, boatswain of H.M.S. Perseus / who died December the 20th 1867 from the effects / of a fall received whilst actively assisting / at the fire at Hong Kong on the night of November 23rd. / This tablet is erected by his shipmates. / A tablet has also been erected in Hong Kong / Cathedral by the inhabitants of that city / and a stone placed over his grave / in Happy Valley by the warrant officers / of the squadron'
Details
Position: Inside Vessel: HMS Perseus
People
Boulden, Thomas Age: 33 Date of Death: 20/12/1867 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Transcript in Society of Genealogists Library. Recorder: B B T, 7/1/1987
Wall tablet at St Luke’s Church, Chelsea commemorating Rear-Admiral Matthew Squire d. 1800
Location
St Luke's Church, Chelsea, London, England
Transcript
'Near this spot is interr'd / the remains of MATTHEW SQUIRE, Esqr. / Rear Admiral of the Red / of His Majesty's Royal Navy, / who departed this Life; 22d January, 1800. / Aged 55 Years. / His Virtues are to [sic] well known / to be recorded here, being sincerely regretted / by all his friends'
Details
Description: Oval wall tablet Type: Wall tablet
People
Squire, Matthew Age: 55 Date of Death: 22/1/1800 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 131. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
Tablet in Deptford, London commemorating Commander Henry Butt RN d. 1838
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England
Details
Type: Tablet Position: South aisle east wall
People
Butt, Henry S. Age: Date of Death: 1838 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Commemorated with his mother and his brother, Lieutenant John Butt. Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, p. 288 (Cambridge, 1941)
Gravestone commemorating Admiral Sir John Sutton d. 1825, at St Mary’s Church, Portsmouth.
Location
St Mary's Church, St Mary's Road, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'Sir John Sutton / Knight Commander / of the Most Honorable Military Order of the Bath / Admiral of the White Squadron of / His Majesty's Fleet / Departed this Life / the 8th August 1825 / Aged 67 years'
Details
Type: Coffin plate
People
Sutton, John Age: 67 Date of Death: 8/8/1825 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy