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St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Ledger at St Mary’s Church. Tenby commemorating Commander Thomas Hammond RN d. 1759

Location

St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'To the / Memory of / THOMAS HAMMOND / Esq. and Master & Commander / Late Royal Navy, he rose to this rank / through the strength of his own Personal Merits... / He dyed March 4, 1759 in the 41st year / [of] his Age much esteem'd & lamented / He was a fond Husband, a tender / Parent & a Sincere Friend / Here also are the Remains of / JOSEPH son of the above THOMAS HAMMOND by ELIZABETH his / wife Born March ye 20 1755 Dyed Feb...'

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Floor, north aisle
Materials: Black limestone

People

Hammond, Thomas
Age: 41
Date of Death: 4/3/1759
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master and Commmander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018

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St-John-in-Hampstead Church, Hampstead, London, England

Memorial in St-John-in-Hampstead Church, Hampstead, London commemorating John Harrison, inventor of the marine chronometer, d. 1776 and William Harrison FRS, d. 1815

Location

St-John-in-Hampstead Church, Hampstead, London, England

Transcript

On the North side:
In Memory of MR JOHN HARRISON, late of Red-Lion Square, LONDON / INVENTOR of the TIME-KEEPER for ascertaining the LONGITUDE at Sea. / He was Born at Foulby, in the County of York, and was the Son of a Builder at / that Place, who brought him up to the same Profession. / Before he attained the Age of 21, He without any Instruction employed himself / in cleaning & repairing Clocks & Watches & made a few of the former chiefly of Wood. / At the Age of 25 He employed his Whole Time in Chronometrical Improvements / He was the Inventor of the Gridiron Pendulum and the Method of preventing the Effect / of Heat and Cold upon Time keepers by Two Bars of different Metals fixed together, / He introduced the Secondary Spring to keep them going while winding up, and was / the Inventor of most (or all) of the Improvements in Clocks & Watches during his Time / In the Year 1735, his first Time keeper was sent to Lisbon, and in 1764, his then much / Improved fourth Time keeper having been sent to Barbadoes, the Commissioners of / Longitude certified that it had determined the Longitude within one Third of Half a / Degree of a great Circle having erred not more than 40 Seconds in Time. / After near sixty Years close Application to the above Pursuits, he departed this Life on the 24th Day of March 1776, Aged 83. / MRS ELIZABETH HARRISON. Wife of the above MR JOHN HARRISON, departed this Life March 5 1777, Aged 72.

On the South side:
And to his son / WILLIAM HARRISON F.R.S. born 1728 at Barrow-on- / Humber, died 1815. He was the custodian of his / father’s prize-winning watch H.4. during the vital / official trials at sea to Jamaica in 1761 and to / Barbados in 1764. He also actively helped his / father in the long and difficult negotiations with / the Board of Longitude and Parliament when claiming / the £20,000 prize. For many years he was a / prominent / Governor of the Foundling Hospital / teaching music to the children and was appointed / High Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1791.

Top of Tomb reads: RECONSTRUCTED AT THE EXPENSE OF THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF / CLOCKMAKERS OF THE CITY OF LONDON, 1879, WILLIAM PARKER MASTER

Details

Description: A Portland stone chest tomb decorated with pilasters and rosettes in Adam style (neo classical) Inscriptions in marble on the north and south sides.
Type: Chest tomb
Materials: Portland stone

People

Harrison, John
Age: 83
Date of Death: 24/3/1776
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Inventor
Organisation: Unknown
Harrison, William
Age: 87
Date of Death: 1815
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Scientific Instrument Maker
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Renewed and railings removed in 1934.

William Harrison tested the chronometers on their sea voyages to Jamaica and Barbados.

Memorial stone also in Westminster Abbey ‘JOHN ‘LONGITUDE’ HARRISON CLOCKMAKER 1693 1776. Stone was unveiled on 24th March 2006 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.

Photographer: Helen Payne, 2019

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St Peter and St Paul, Kedington, Suffolk, England

Memorial wall tablet in St Peter and St Paul, Kedington, Suffolk, commemorating Captain Thomas Legge Barnardiston, RN d.1912

Location

St Peter and St Paul, Kedington, Suffolk, England

Transcript

In Memory of / Nathaniel Walter Barnardiston. Born 1858 Died 1919 / Major-General. Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath / Member of the Royal Victoria Order / South African War 1899 - 1902 The Great War 1914-1918 / Thomas Legge Barnardiston. Born 1866 Died 1912 / Captain Royal Navy / Bombardment of Alexandria 1882 / Samuel John Barrington Barnardiston. Born 1875 Died 1924 / Lieutenant Colonel. Member of the Distinguished Service Order / South African War 1899 - 1902 The Great War 1914 - 1918 / Sons of Colonel Nathaniel Barnardiston / of The Ryes, Sudbury Suffolk / and of his wife Lady Florence Barndardiston / daughter of the 4th Earl of Dartmouth

Details

Description: White marble tablet with green surround. Topped by family crest.
Materials: marble

People

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Extra

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British Cemetery, Salvadore, Bahia, Brazil, Rest of the World

Memorial at All Saints Bay, Salvador, Brazil commemorating Commander William Frederick Fead RN d. 1853

Location

British Cemetery, Salvadore, Bahia, Brazil, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Low tomb with carved cocked hat and naval sword on top.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Express

People

Fead, William Frederick
Age: 44
Date of Death: 14/5/1853
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Navy News' (March 1994) p. 8.

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St Michael's Church, Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wall tablet at St Michael’s Church, Rudbaxton commemorating General William Picton d. 1811

Location

St Michael's Church, Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

‘In a Vault / belonging to the Parish Church / of St George’s Hanover Square / in the County of Middlesex / rest the remains of GENL WM. PICTON / who departed this Life the 14th Day of / October 1811, in the 87th year of his Age / having actually served / in Flanders, in Germany and at the Seige / of Gibraltar, against the combined Force / of France & Spain / and at the destruction of the battering Ships / on the 13th September 1782 / It was his earnest injunction to have it recorded / that he was duly impressed / to his latest moment / with the deepest sense of Gratitude and Veneration / for the Royal Protection / his most benevolent and beneficent Sovereign / most graciously and spontaneously / pleased to honor him with / in consideration of his Services.’

Details

Description: Plain wall tablet with black frame, family arms above.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: mable

Event

Siege of Gibraltar

Event Date

1782

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

Picton, William
Age: 87
Date of Death: 14/10/1811
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: General
Organisation: British Army

Extra

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St Peter’s Church, Dalwood, East Devon, England

Gravestone in St Peter’s Church, Dalwood, Devon commemorating William Burnham Adamson d. 1912

Location

St Peter’s Church, Dalwood, East Devon, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of / William / Burnham Adamson, / who fell asleep / May 6th 1912, / aged 67 years / also of his beloved wife / Sarah Ann, / who fell asleep / April 24th 1901, / aged 56 years' / Interred at Dundonald, Belfast / ‘Safe Home, Safe Home in Port’

Details

Description: Cross and anchor
Type: Gravestone

People

Adamson, William Burnham
Age: 67
Date of Death: 6/5/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Ship Surveyor
Organisation: Board of Trade

Extra

Recorder: Pippa Lacey
Photographer: Helen Lunnon

JSON

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The Cloister, Watts Mortuary Chapel, Compton, Surrey, England

Wall plaque in the Cloister, Watts Mortuary Chapel, Compton, Surrey commemorating Lieutenant Commander Wilfred Clayton, RN d. 1932

Location

The Cloister, Watts Mortuary Chapel, Compton, Surrey, England

Transcript

'TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND THE DEAR MEMORY OF / WILFRED HENRY CLAYTON / LIEUT-COMMDR ROYAL NAVY (RETIRED) / JULY 17TH 1897 - DECEMBER 14TH 1932 / "JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR US THAT / WHETHER WE WAKE OR SLEEP / WE SHALL LIVE TOGETHER / WITH HIM"'

Details

Description: Circular green wreath encircling the inscription. Words incised into white tile with the background highlighted in green.
Type: Wall plaque
Position: Rear wall of the Cloister
Materials: Glazed terracotta

People

Clayton, Wilfred Henry
Age: 35
Date of Death: 14/12/1932
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: P Lacey 2018

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ingestre, Staffordshire, England

Monument at St Mary’s Church, Ingestre commemorating Rear-Admiral Henry John Chetwynd Talbot d. 1868

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Ingestre, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'HENRY . JOHN . CHETWYND . TALBOT . 18TH . EARL . OF . SHREWSBURY / AND . WATERFORD . AND 3RD . EARL . TALBOT . HEREDITARY . LORD / HIGH . STEWARD . OF . IRELAND . REAR . ADMIRAL . IN . THE / ROYAL . NAVY . A . PRIVY . COUNCELLOR . C.B. K.S.L. K.S.A. K.R. / BORN . NOVEMBER . 8TH . 1803 . DIED . JUNE . 4TH . 1868 / HE . MARRIED . NOV . 8TH . 1828 . LADY . SARAH . ELIZABETH . BERESFORD / DAUGHTER . OF . HENRY . SECOND . MARQUIS . OF . WATERFORD / HE . COMMANDED . H . M. S . PHILOMEL . AT . THE . BATTLE / OF . NAVARINO . HE . WAS . KNIGHT . OF . THE SHIRE / FOR . THE . COUNTY . OF . THE . SHIRE / FOR . THE . COUNTY . OF . STAFFORD . FROM . 1837 . TO . 1849/ IN . HIS . PERSON . WERE . UNITED . THE . ELDER . AND / YOUNGER . BRANCHES . OF . THE HOUSE . OF . TALBOT . / BLESSED . ARE . THE . PURE . IN . HEART . FOR . THEY . SHALL . SEE . GOD / BLESSED . ARE . THE . MERCIFUL . FOR . THEY . SHALL . OBTAIN . MERCY / BLESSED . THAT . HUNGER . AND . THIRST / AFTER . RIGHTEOUSNESS . FOR . THEY . SHALL . BE . FILLED / TO . HIS . LOVED . MEMORY . THIS . MONUMENT . IS . ERECTED . BY . HIS . WIDOW.'

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Description: White marble tomb chest with recumbant effigy of the Earl in peer's robes. Shields of arms on either side of the inscription tablet on the base.
Type: Tomb with effigy
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Artists: John Steel
Vessel: HMS Philomel

Event

Battle of Navarino

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1827

Event Category

1821-1828 War of Greek Independence

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Talbot, Henry John Chetwynd

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Date of Death: 4/6/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018

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  "transcript": "'HENRY . JOHN . CHETWYND . TALBOT . 18TH . EARL . OF . SHREWSBURY / AND . WATERFORD . AND 3RD . EARL . TALBOT . HEREDITARY . LORD / HIGH . STEWARD . OF . IRELAND . REAR . ADMIRAL . IN . THE / ROYAL . NAVY . A . PRIVY . COUNCELLOR . C.B. K.S.L. K.S.A. K.R. / BORN . NOVEMBER . 8TH . 1803 .  DIED . JUNE . 4TH . 1868 / HE . MARRIED . NOV . 8TH . 1828 . LADY . SARAH . ELIZABETH . BERESFORD /  DAUGHTER . OF . HENRY . SECOND . MARQUIS . OF . WATERFORD / HE . COMMANDED . H . M. S . PHILOMEL . AT . THE . BATTLE / OF . NAVARINO . HE . WAS . KNIGHT . OF . THE SHIRE / FOR . THE . COUNTY . OF . THE . SHIRE / FOR . THE . COUNTY . OF . STAFFORD . FROM . 1837 . TO . 1849/ IN . HIS . PERSON . WERE . UNITED . THE . ELDER . AND / YOUNGER . BRANCHES . OF . THE HOUSE . OF . TALBOT . / BLESSED . ARE . THE . PURE . IN . HEART . FOR . THEY . SHALL . SEE . GOD / BLESSED . ARE . THE . MERCIFUL . FOR . THEY . SHALL . OBTAIN . MERCY / BLESSED . THAT . HUNGER . AND . THIRST / AFTER . RIGHTEOUSNESS . FOR . THEY . SHALL . BE . FILLED / TO . HIS . LOVED . MEMORY . THIS . MONUMENT . IS . ERECTED . BY . HIS . WIDOW.'",
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St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich, Staffordshire, England

Memorial at St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich commemorating Lieutenant William Victor Horatio Anson RN d. 1856 and other members of the Anson family

Location

St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'. SACRED . TO . THE . MEMORY . OF . / . THOMAS . WILLIAM . 1ST . EARL . OF . LICHFIELD . / . DIED . 1854 . AGED . 58 . BURIED . IN . THIS . VAULT . / . AND . OF . / . LOUSA . CATHERINE . HIS . WIFE . / . DIED . 1879 . AGED . 79 . / . BURIED . IN . THE . CHURCHYARD . OF . HAM . SURREY . / . ALSO . OF . THEIR . SONS . AND . DAUGHTERS . / . 1 . LOUISA . MAY . ANNE . B .
. 1819 . / . MARRIED . EDWARD . KING . TENNISON . / . OF . KINRONAN . CASTLE . CO . ROSCOMMON . / . D . 1882 . BURIED . AT . TRIESTE . / . 2 . ANNE . FREDERICA . B . 1823 . / . MAR'D . FRANCIS . 9TH . EARL . OF . WEMYSS . AND . MARCH . / . d . 1896 . BURIED . AT . ABERLADY . N . B . / . 3 . THOMAS . GEORGE . 2ND . EARL . OF . LICHFIELD . / . B . 1825 . D. 1892 . BURIED . AT . GREAT . HAYWOOD . / . 4 . HARRIET . FRANCIS . MARIA . B . 1827 . MARRIED . AUGUSTUS . 6TH . BARON . VERNON . / . D . 1898 . BURIED . AT . SUDBURY . DERBYSHIRE . / . 5 . WILLIAM . VICTOR . HORATIO . B . 1833 . / . LIEUT . RN . / . D . 1856 . BURIED . AT . HASLAR . HOSPITAL . CEMETERY . / . 6 . AUGUSTUS . HENRY . ARCHIBALD . B . 1835 . / . LIEUTENANT . COLONEL . V . C. / . D . 1877 . BURIED . AT . CANNES . S . FRANCE . / . IN . HOPE . / . "BLESSED . ARE . THE . DEAD . WHO . DIE . IN . THE . LORD" . / . THIS . MEMORIAL . TABLET . WAS . ERECTED . BY . / . THEIR . SURVIVING . DAUGHTER . AND . SON . / . GWENDOLINE . ISABELLA . ANNA . MARIA . / . WIFE . OF . NICHOLAS . RICHARD . POWER . OSHEE . / . OF . GARRAUNMOR . CO . WATERFORD . / . ADELBERT . JOHN . ROBERT . / . D . D . BISHOP . / . SOMETIME . OF . QU'APPELLE . CANADA . / . 1900 .'

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Description: Marble wall tablet with carved floral border.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1900

People

Anson, William Victor Horatio
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018

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St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Swaffham, Norfolk, England

Gravestone at St Peter and St Paul’s churchyard, Swaffham, Norfolk, commemorating Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet Wilson, VC, RN d. 1921

Location

St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Swaffham, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / SIR ARTHUR KNYVET WILSON BART. / V.C., G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O., D.C.L. / DIED MAY 25 1921 / AGED 79 YEARS. / 'NONE OF US LIVETH TO HIMSELF' / ROMANS XIV.7 / KATHERINE KNYVET WILSON / DIED DEC 20 1931 / AGED 86 YEARS / ‘WHETHER WE LIVE THEREFORE, OR DIE, WE ARE THE LORD’S’ / ROMANS XIV.8'

Details

Description: Gravestone with foul anchor in circle above the texts.
Type: Gravestone
Position: East graveyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Wilson, Arthur Knyvet
Age: 59
Date of Death: 25/5/1921
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also memorial brass in the church M6343. Awarded the Victoria Cross.

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