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
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Notes: DOSSIER. Portrait in the Royal Maritime Museum Greenwich Collection (BHC2722) Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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'
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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
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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
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
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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 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
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Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 171.