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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Gravestone at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Simpson, d.1848

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN SIMPSON, / (MASTER MARINER), SON OF JOHN AND / LYDIA SIMPSON / WHO DIED NOV. 20 1848 / AGED 42 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Simpson, John
Age: 42
Date of Death: 20/11/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Sighted 2008.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN SIMPSON, / (MASTER MARINER), SON OF JOHN AND / LYDIA SIMPSON / WHO DIED NOV. 20 1848 / AGED 42 YEARS'",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Sighted 2008.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Memorial, Gray's Inn, London, England

Memorial at Gray’s in, London commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Michael Harrington Matthews RN d. 1940

Location

Memorial, Gray's Inn, London, England

Transcript

'Michael Harrington Matthews, Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R., who was killed on board H.M.S. Greyhound at Dunkirk, 28 May 1940. He was the eldest son of the very Revd W.R. Matthews, former Dean of St Paul's, mentioned in his book "Memories and Meanings"'

Details

Type: Memorial
Vessel: HMS Greyhound

Event

Dunkirk

Event Date

1940

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Matthews, Michael Harrington
Age:
Date of Death: 28/5/1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1971

JSON

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  "location": "Memorial, Gray's Inn, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Michael Harrington Matthews, Sub-Lieutenant R.N.V.R., who was killed on board H.M.S. Greyhound at Dunkirk, 28 May 1940. He was the eldest son of the very Revd W.R. Matthews, former Dean of St Paul's, mentioned in his book \"Memories and Meanings\"'",
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    "date": "1940",
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1971",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Alban's Church, Earsdon, Tyne and Wear, England

Gravestone at St Alban’s Church, Earsdon commemorating Thomas Turner d. 1810 and Robert Turner d. 1819

Location

St Alban's Church, Earsdon, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'Thomas son of John Turner Pilot of HM Navy died 10 Oct 1810 aged 43. Robert son of above master mariner lost at sea 24 Dec 1819 aged 43 [?]'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Turner, Thomas
Age: 43
Date of Death: 10/10/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Turner, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 24/12/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Miss D.M. Sparks 1981

JSON

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  "location": "St Alban's Church, Earsdon, Tyne and Wear, England",
  "transcript": "'Thomas son of John Turner Pilot of HM Navy died 10 Oct 1810 aged 43. Robert son of above master mariner lost at sea 24 Dec 1819 aged 43 [?]'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Alban’s Church, Earsdon commemorating Thomas Turner d. 1810 and Robert Turner d. 1819</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
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    "recorder": "Miss D.M. Sparks 1981",
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Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Ledger in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating Captain Robert Cutts Barton RN d. 1827

Location

Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Robert Cutts Barton a Captain in the Royal Navy and Eldest son of Vice Admiral Robert Barton. He died on the 23rd day of October A.D. 1827 aged 39'

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Nave

People

Barton, Robert Cutts
Age: 39
Date of Death: 23/10/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 26-7.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Robert Cutts Barton a Captain in the Royal Navy and Eldest son of Vice Admiral Robert Barton. He died on the 23rd day of October A.D. 1827 aged 39'",
  "content": "<p>Ledger in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating Captain Robert  Cutts Barton RN d. 1827</p>",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 26-7.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes d. 1945

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'ADMIRAL / OF THE FLEET / SIR ROGER KEYES BT MP / FIRST BARON KEYES / OF ZEEBRUGGE AND DOVER / 1872-1945. / FIRST CHIEF OF COMBINED OPERATIONS / ALSO HIS ELDEST SON / LT COL. GEOFFREY KEYES V.C. M.C. / CROIX DE GUERRE / THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS / AND 11TH (SCOTTISH) COMMANDO / 1917-1941 / KILLED LEADING THE RAID / ON ENEMY H.Q. LIBYA / THEIR NAME / LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'

Details

Description: Carved with a coloured coat of arms, the supporters a Second World War period soldier and sailor.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Crypt
Materials: Limestone

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War, 1939-1945 Second World War

People

Keyes, Roger
Age: 73
Date of Death: 1945
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried Zeebrugge corner of St James, Cemetery, Dover.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982

JSON

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  "id": "M997",
  "location": "St Paul's Cathedral, London, England",
  "transcript": "'ADMIRAL / OF THE FLEET / SIR ROGER KEYES BT MP / FIRST BARON KEYES / OF ZEEBRUGGE AND DOVER / 1872-1945. / FIRST CHIEF OF COMBINED OPERATIONS / ALSO HIS ELDEST SON / LT COL. GEOFFREY KEYES V.C. M.C. / CROIX DE GUERRE / THE ROYAL SCOTS GREYS / AND 11TH (SCOTTISH) COMMANDO / 1917-1941 / KILLED LEADING THE RAID / ON ENEMY H.Q. LIBYA / THEIR NAME / LIVETH FOR EVERMORE'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating  Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Roger Keyes d. 1945</p>",
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    "notes": "Buried Zeebrugge corner of St James, Cemetery, Dover.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1982",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, dedicated to Major Jervis Cooke d. 1867

Location

St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of choir

People

Cooke, Jervis
Age:
Date of Death: 4/2/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Major RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Notes: Born 25/2/1792.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, dedicated to Major Jervis Cooke d. 1867</p>",
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  "details": {
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    "type": "Wall tablet",
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    "artists": "",
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  "event": {
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Born 25/2/1792.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1991",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World

Monument in Valetta, Malta, to Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Francis Fremantle d. 1819

Location

Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREMANTLE / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS / OF THE / BATH, GUELPH, SAINT FERDINAND AND MERIT, / SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF MARIA TERESA, / BARON OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE / AND VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, / WHO DIED AT NAPLES IN THE CHIEF COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / ON THE 19 DECR 1819 IN THE 54TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN A P GREEN / AND THE OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROCHFORT / IN WHICH HE HAD HIS FLAG / AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT / FOR HIS CHARACTER AND TALENTS'

Details

Description: Urn on plinth.

Type: Memorial
Position: Upper Barraca Gardens arcade
Vessel: HMS Rochfort

People

Fremantle, Thomas Francis
Age: 53
Date of Death: 19/12/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Hore, Peter 'Nelson's Band of Brothers : Lives and Memorials' (Barnsley, 2015) p. 69
Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979

JSON

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  "location": "Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / SIR THOMAS FRANCIS FREMANTLE / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS / OF THE / BATH, GUELPH, SAINT FERDINAND AND MERIT, / SAINT MICHAEL AND SAINT GEORGE, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF MARIA TERESA, / BARON OF THE AUSTRIAN EMPIRE / AND VICE ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, / WHO DIED AT NAPLES IN THE CHIEF COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / ON THE 19 DECR 1819 IN THE 54TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN A P GREEN / AND THE OFFICERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP ROCHFORT / IN WHICH HE HAD HIS FLAG / AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT / FOR HIS CHARACTER AND TALENTS'",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Rochfort"  },
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    "category": ""  },
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    "bibliography": "Hore, Peter 'Nelson's Band of Brothers : Lives and Memorials' (Barnsley, 2015) p. 69",
    "recorder": "Timothy Wilson 1979",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Peter Wood d. 1849

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Wood, Peter
Age: 45
Date of Death: 18/7/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Died at sea. Interred Bridlington Bay.

JSON

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  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Peter Wood d. 1849</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Died at sea. Interred Bridlington Bay.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Francis Ritchie d. 1855

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Francis Ritchie, Chief Officer on the steamship 'Etna' died Kamiech Bay, Black Sea. 14th September 1855 age 36'

Details

Vessel: Etna

People

Ritchie, Francis
Age: 36
Date of Death: 14/9/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 1021. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Francis Ritchie, Chief Officer on the steamship 'Etna' died Kamiech Bay, Black Sea. 14th September 1855 age 36'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Francis Ritchie d. 1855</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 1021. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating George Nunn d.1852

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'George Nunn, Trinity Pilot, died 28 Nov 1852 aged 67. Mary his wife died 20 Nov 1850 aged 64'

Details

People

Nunn, George
Age: 64
Date of Death: 28/11/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'George Nunn, Trinity Pilot, died 28 Nov 1852 aged 67. Mary his wife died 20 Nov 1850 aged 64'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating George Nunn d.1852</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters