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St Nicholas's Church, Combe Raleigh, Devon, England

Memorial wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Combe Raleigh, Devon commemorating Admiral Thomas Graves, RN d. 1814

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Combe Raleigh, Devon, England

Transcript

'UNDERNEATH ARE INTERRED ALL THAT WAS MORTAL / OF SIR THOMAS GRAVES, / KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONORABLE [sic] ORDER OF THE BATH, / AND ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MARCH 28th 1814. / ALSO OF HIS WIFE, BRIDGET, DAUGHTER OF PHILIP BACON ESQre / OF BISHOP'S HALL. / IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 24th 1795. "But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which / are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope." 1 Thess. IV. 13. / "For GOD hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, whether we wake or sleep, we / should live together with him.'" 1 Thess. IV. 9,10 / ALSO OF MARY GRAVES / THEIR ONLY CHILD, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / 4th MARCH 1860 AGED 87 YEARS'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble, slate

People

Graves, Thomas
Age: c. 67
Date of Death: 28/3/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Portrait in the Royal Maritime Museum Greenwich Collection (BHC2722)
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Commander John Undrell RN d. 1826

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Details

Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)

People

Undrell, John
Age:
Date of Death: 17/1/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: On a tablet listing the monuments destroyed in the 1939-45 war.
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Christie Place, Newcastle, Australia, Rest of the World

Fountain in Christie Place, Newcastle, Australia commemorating Captain John Shortland RN d. 1810

Location

Christie Place, Newcastle, Australia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SHORTLAND CENTENARY FOUNTAIN 1797. FOUNDATION STONE LAID BY THE HON. J.N. BUNKER M.P. COLONIAL SECRETARY 18TH SEPTEMBER 1897', 'LIEUTENANT JOHN SHORTLAND R.N. ARRIVED FIRST FLEET 26-01-1788 DIED 20-01-1810. FELLOWSHIP OF FIRST FLEETERS 1997. R. GAITES', 'ERECTED 1897 DAVID MILLER, MAYOR'

Details

Description: Stone drinking fountain with four lion's heads and basins.
Type: Drinking fountain
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1897

Event

Guadaloupe 1810

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Shortland, John
Age: 40
Date of Death: 21/1/1810
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 1769. Officer in First Fleet to Australia. Killed in action to capture Guadaloupe Jan-Feb 1810. Buried Basse Terre Cemetery, Guadaloupe. Lt RN John Shortland Snr 1737-1810, buried at Lille, France. The fountain was erected to commemorate the centenary of Shorland's landing on the site of Newcastle, and was late moved from Newcastle beach.
Recorder: J. Shortland 1997
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Protestant cemetery, L'Havre, France, Rest of the World

Memorial in  L’Havre, France commemorating Rear-Admiral Jon Washington d. 1863

Location

Protestant cemetery, L'Havre, France, Rest of the World

Details

People

Washington, John
Age:
Date of Death: 16/9/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Hydrographer Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, England

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)
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Andrew Bowie, d. 1835

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Andrew Bowie, Esq. / died 17th Sept. 1835, aged 45 years'

Details

People

Bowie, Andrew
Age: 45
Date of Death: 17/9/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Shipwright and proprietor of Morton's patent slip at Gussery.

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.133.
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Charles Holloway, RN, d. 1879

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘In / memory of / Chas Holloway / Stoker / H.M.S. Spartan / died 23 June 1879’

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Spartan

People

Holloway, Charles
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 23/7/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Elias Arnaud d. 1860

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Elias Arnaud for 32 years collector of HM Customs of the Port of Liverpool died 29 September 1860 age 74'

Details

People

Arnaud, Elias
Age:
Date of Death: 29/9/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Collector of Customs
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 621.
Recorder: J.P. Brand
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Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, commemorating William Robert Thorndick, d. 1849

Location

Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED / to the Memory of / WM ROBT THORNDICK / of UXBRIDGE / Apprentice on Board the / Ship 'RAFAEL' where he / was much esteemed / by all who knew him / and is now deeply / regretted. / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ON THE / 8th of MARCH 1849 / Aged 17 Years. // In the midst of life we / are in death.'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: West wall C22
Materials: granite
Vessel: Rafael

People

Thorndick, William Robert
Age: 17
Date of Death: 8/3/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 171.
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Dent d. 1874

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'William F Dent / age 23 / washed overboard from the / S.S. Lanarkshire, / in the Gulf of Lyons / Dec 28 1874'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Lanarkshire

People

Dent, William F.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 28/12/1874
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey
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