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.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Charles Jenkins d. 1901
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / Charles / son of Edward & Ann Jenkins / Who died Feb 12th 1901 / on board S.S. Shakespeare / Aged 19 years / and was buried at sea off Cape Finisterre / S W Bay of Biscay / In perfect health he left his home / Not thinking that his time had come / But sudden death from God was sent / To bring him to His judgement seat / Also of ANN / beloved wife of the above / Edward Jenkins / who died May 1st 1903, Aged 58 years / I was weary and He gave me rest / Also the above / Edward Jenkins / who died May 25th 1919/ Aged 77 years.'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Shakespeare
People
jenkins, Charles Age: 19 Date of Death: 12/2/1901 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, commemorating Captain John Price RN d. 1709
Location
St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Transcript
'Here rest in hopes of a Glorious Resurrection / to everlasting life the Bodies of Captaine IOHN / PRICE and of MARTHA his first wife. / She was ye Daighter of THOMAS GODMAN / of ye City of Bristol Esq and departed this life / the 22nd Day of October Anno Dom. 1696. / He was borne in Cardiffe in Glamorganshire. Was / Commander of several Ships of Warr during ye Reign of / King William of Glorious Memory who honoured him / with his particuler Favour & Esteeme & Continued / in ye Service of his Countrey under her present Majty / with great Fidelity Bravery & Success He departed this / life the 1st Day of Aprill Anno Dom. 1709'
Details
Description: Arms above the inscription. Three chevrons for Price impalin a lion rampant for Godman of Bristol.
Position: Chancel
People
Price, John Age: Date of Death: 1/4/1709 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: P. Benton 'History of Rochford Hundred' p. 357
Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Joseph Ellison RN d. 1816
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Dorothea Elizabeth, daughter of / Captain Joseph Ellison Royal Hospital of Greenwich / who departed this life March 21st 1810 aged 21 years / The piety and resignation with which / she endured a long and painful / illness was truly exemplary / and the comfort she expressed / of the assurance of enjoying a / Blessed immortality alone consoled / her afflicted parents for the irreparable / loss they have sustained / Also Captain Joseph Ellison RN / who departed this life Oct the first 1816 / in the 64th year of his age.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum (east wall)
People
Ellison, Joseph Age: 64 Date of Death: 1/10/1816 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscription 99618.
Headstone in Cornwall dedicated to William Lane d. 1874
Location
St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'In memoriam. William LANE (Master Mariner lost at sea) December 28 1874 aged 35 years. Also Mary LANE wife of the above. Born July 29th 1832 died at Looe February 14th 1902 aged 70 years'.
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Lane, William Age: 35 Date of Death: 28/12/1874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Headstone at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Joseph Bennett d.1869
Location
St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of JOSEPH THOMAS BENNETT Master Mariner of this port (late of Vauxhall, London) who ded August 12th 1869 / Aged 53 years. He was an affectionate husband a tender father and a faithfull friend; beloved and deeply lamented by all who knew him. Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Bennett, Joseph Thomas Age: 53 Date of Death: 12/8/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.
