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
Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, commemorating Edward Ives d. 1786
Location
St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / EDWARD IVES Esquire / formerly Surgeon / of / the Kent / commanded by / Vice-Admiral WATSON / and of / his Majesty's Hospital / in the East Indies; / whose Remains are interred / in this Church. / Born at Lymington Feby 9th 1719, / Died at Bath September 26th 1786 / In the tender Connections / of Son and Brother, / of Husband Father and Friend; / In the constant exercise / of Humanity, Charity and Benevolence; / As an instructive and cheerful Companion / As a sincere lover of his Country; / As an upright and useful Magistrate; / As a liberal and unaffected Christian, / He afforded a striking Example / worthy of Imitation.' 'Of his offspring by ANN his wife, / the following were removed / from this Stage of sublunary Existence, / while in the full promise of Virtues, / worthy the Children / of such a Father. / ELIZA. Wife of EDWARD CLARK / Major in the Service / of the East India Company, / on their / Bengal Establishment; / Born April 8th 1760 / Died Augt. 19th 1783, / Buried at Coffimbazar / in Bengal. / ROBERT THOMAS IVES / of the civil Service / of the East India Company, of the same Establishment; Born Augt. 2nd 1763 / Died Decr. 3rd 1786. / JOHN RICHARD IVES / of St. John's College Cambridge, / Born April 3rd 1771, / Died Novr. 12th 1791.', 'Here also are interred the Remains of GERTRUDE IVES, / The Maiden Sister of EDWARD IVES Esquire / who died January 20th 1816, aged 88. / And of ANN his wife, / who died July 8th 1820, aged 88. / "And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace" 3 James V 18'
Details
Description: Carved with a mourning female figure beside an urn, a weeping willow behind.
Type: Wall tablet Materials: White marble Artists: Robert Cooke Vessel: HMS Kent
People
Ives, Edward Age: Date of Death: 26/9/1786 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 367, (Greenwich, 1981). Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Hamble, Hampshire, commemorating Admiral Billy Douglas d. 1817
Location
St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'In memory of Billy Douglas Esq Admiral of the Blue Squadron / who departed this life / December the 2nd 1817, aged 67 / Also in memory of Anne Douglas his wife / who died September 29th 1814 aged 59 / This monument is erected by their affectionate children'
Details
People
Douglas, Billy Age: 67 Date of Death: 2/12/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Bailie RM d. 1837
Location
Upper Park Street Burial ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'Died aged 57. Lieutenant Colonel of the Portsmouth Division and Commandant of the garrison at Pembroke'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Bailie, Edward Age: 57 Date of Death: 15/6/1837 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 438 (Greenwich, 1982). Recorder: Lawrence Philips
Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating George Addison d. 1763
Location
St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'Here are deposited the remains of / GEORGE ADDISON Master-Mariner who / departed this Life the 14th Day of March / 1763 Aged 32 Years...'
Details
Description: Local variant of the table tomb, instead of being box-shaped with four sides, it has three sides with a single vertical slab of stone across the centre supporting two ends and a top. Type: Tomb Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone
People
Addison, George Age: 32 Date of Death: 14/3/1763 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Sir John Ashby, RN d.1693.
Location
St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
[Slab] 'Hic jacet corpus / Johannes Ashby Equitis Auratii / qui obiit July 12 Anno Dni 1693 / Aetatis suae 48' [Wall tablet] [Translation] 'Sacred to the memory of / Sir JOHN ASHBY, Knight / Praefect at the Courts of SANDGATE / on whom, for his unshaken fidelity and approved of / Valour, in the engagement with the French at / BANTRY BAY / where he gloriously fought for his King and Country, / His Majesty conferred the honour of Knighthood / He afterwards gave many single examples of his bravery / and skilfulness in naval affairs / By which he obtained the post of Admiral and Commander / in chief of the Royal Navy, and general of marines / Adorned with these honours / He exchanged earthly glory for immortality / 12th July 1693'
Details
Description: Curved black marble inscription tablet, broken pediment above with urn, flanked by pilasters, trophies on a carved panel below and coat of arms at the base. Type: Wall monument Position: South aisle Materials: Black marble Vessel: Defiance
Event
Battle of Bantry Bay; Third Anglo-Dutch War; Battle of Schooneveld; Battle of Texel; The Glorious Revolution; War of the English Succession; Battle of Beachy Head; Action at Barfleur; Battle of La Hogue
Event Date
1689
Event Category
1688-1697 War of the League of Augsburg
People
Ashby, John Age: 48 Date of Death: 12/7/1693 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral; General of Marines Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Marble floor slab in addition to the wall monument Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft 1949); 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Monument in Stratton, Cornwall dedicated to Sir John Arundell d. 1561
Location
St Andrew's Church, Stratton, Cornwall, England
Transcript
[Round edge] 'Here lyeth buried Syr John Arundell Trerise Knight who praysed be God dyed in the Lorde the XXV day of November in the yeare of Our Lorde God a MCCCCC lxi and in the iiixxx and vii yeare of his age whose soul now resteth withthe Faythfull Chrystians in our Lorde.'
Details
Description: Arundell is shown in armour between his two wives, also depicted numerous children and four shields of arms, two now missing. Type: Brass
People
Arundell, John Age: Date of Death: 1561 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the West Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Sir John Arundell of Trenrice, Vice Admiral of the West under Henry VII and VIII. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'. Date of death in inscription incorrect.
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