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Protestant Cemetery, Santo Antonio, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Santo Antonio, Macau, China commemorating Captain William Huddart, HEIC, d. 1787

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Santo Antonio, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of Captain William HUDDART, Commander of the 'York' East Indiaman, who after a long and painful illness which he bore with the utmost fortitude, departed this life in Macao Roads on his passage to England, March 29th 1787. Aged 24 years'

Details

Vessel: HEIC York

People

Huddart, William
Age: 24
Date of Death: 29/3/1787
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: The Old Protestant Cemetery opened in 1821 and was closed in 1858. Earlier graves were moved to the cemetery from other locations. The cemetery is now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

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St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Ebenezer Scott MD, RN d. 1838

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of Ebenezer SCOTT, M.D., Surgeon of H.M.S. 'Cornwallis', who died of fever at Port Royal, December 30th. 1838. This tablet is erected as a small tribute of esteem and respect according to the wish of his Commander in Chief, Vice Admiral The Honourable Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H., who was destined within one month to follow his lamented friend to the grave cut off by the same fatal disorder. Requiescat in pace'

Details

Vessel: HMS Cornwallis

People

Scott, Ebenezer
Age:
Date of Death: 30/12/1838
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of Ebenezer SCOTT, M.D., Surgeon of H.M.S. 'Cornwallis', who died of fever at Port Royal, December 30th. 1838. This tablet is erected as a small tribute of esteem and respect according to the wish of his Commander in Chief, Vice Admiral The Honourable Sir Charles Paget, G.C.H., who was destined within one month to follow his lamented friend to the grave cut off by the same fatal disorder. Requiescat in pace'",
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St Mary's Church, Denbury, Devon, England

Monument in St Mary’s Church, Denbury, Devon commemorating Captain Joseph Taylor RN, d. 1733

Location

St Mary's Church, Denbury, Devon, England

Details

Description: A Grey obelisk in relief hung with a medallion portrait of Taylor and naval trophies, stacked gun barrels behind, a sarcophagus below. On the base, a relief of a naval action showing Taylor's ship engaging four galleys, probably representing the battle of Velez Malaga 13 August 1704 in which Taylor took part in the 'Charles Galley' 32.

Type: Monument
Materials: Grey and white marble
Date Erected: 1736
Artists: John Weston
Vessel: Charles Galley

Event

Battle of Velez Malaga

Event Date

1704

Event Category

1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession

People

Taylor, Joseph
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1733
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Ruper Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1951); Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: Devon' (Harmondsworth, 1991). Clive Easter 'John Weston of Exeter: New attributions and the identification of some lost monuments', 'Journal of the Church Monuments Society' Volume xxiii, 2008, pp.123-124.

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Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Gravestone in the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating William Webster, RN d. 1875

Location

Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'William Henry Bayley Webster, Surgeon Royal Navy who died at Ipswich November 24th 1875 aged 83 years'

Details

People

Webster, William Henry Bayley
Age: 83
Date of Death: 24/11/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

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  "transcript": "'William Henry Bayley Webster, Surgeon Royal Navy who died at Ipswich November 24th 1875 aged 83 years'",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978",
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St Lawrence's Church, Warkworth, Northumberland, England

Gravestone at St Lawrence’s Church, Warkworth commemorating John Clunie Clark d. 1958

Location

St Lawrence's Church, Warkworth, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'John Clunie Clark / Master Mariner / Passed away 18th Dec 1958'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Clark, John Clunie
Age:
Date of Death: 18/12/1958
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Sexton said he was a captain in one of the main shipping lines.
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1970

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Lawrence’s Church, Warkworth commemorating John Clunie Clark d. 1958</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Rev. William Henry Donnan 1970",
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St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Wall tablet in St Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral George Sayer RN d. 1831

Location

St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE SAYER / COMPANION OF / THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / HE WAS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED MOSTLY ON FOREIGN STATIONS / FROM 1788 UNTIL 1817 / AND DURING THE LATTER PERIOD OF HIS SERVICES / THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE EAST INDIES / TWICE DEVOLVED ON HIM AS COMMODORE. / BORN IN THIS PARISH ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1773 / DIED THE 29TH APRIL 1831 / AND INTERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN SAYER ESQ / WHO WAS 30 YEARS COLLECTOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS / AT THIS TOWN AND AT DEAL'

Details

Description: Draped urn and naval trophies above inscription tablet

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle, North wall
Materials: Marble
Artists: H. Spelt

People

Sayer, George
Age: c. 58 years
Date of Death: 29/4/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1992

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  "location": "St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE SAYER / COMPANION OF / THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / HE WAS ACTIVELY EMPLOYED MOSTLY ON FOREIGN STATIONS / FROM 1788 UNTIL 1817 / AND DURING THE LATTER PERIOD OF HIS SERVICES / THE CHIEF NAVAL COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES / IN THE EAST INDIES / TWICE DEVOLVED ON HIM AS COMMODORE. / BORN IN THIS PARISH ON THE 15TH NOVEMBER 1773 /  DIED THE 29TH APRIL 1831 / AND INTERRED IN THE FAMILY VAULT IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF BENJAMIN SAYER ESQ / WHO WAS 30 YEARS COLLECTOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS / AT THIS TOWN AND AT DEAL'",
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    "position": "South aisle, North wall",
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    "artists": "H. Spelt",
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St Lawrence's Church, Beeston, Norfolk, England

Wall monument at St Lawrence’s Church, Beeston, Norfolk commemorating Henry Hulton, First Commissioner of Customs in America, d. 1790

Location

St Lawrence's Church, Beeston, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'Henry Hulton Esq. First Commissioner of His Majesty's Customs in America; who lived in a regular performance of the Divine, Social and Personal Duties and died lamented by his family and friends in the 14th Feby 1790 aged 59. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Isaac Preston of this Parish; who died at Andover 15 April 1805 aged 66'

Details

Type: Wall monument
Position: East wall of chancel, south of altar
Materials: marble

People

Hulton, Henry
Age: 59
Date of Death: 14/2/1790
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commissioner of Customs
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Henry Hulton was First Commissioner of His Majesty's Customs & Excise at Boston Massachusetts tasked with collecting George III’s taxes from his American subjects at the time of the 'Boston Tea Party' in 1773. This protest escalated into the American Revolution (1765-1783). His son Thomas, changed his name to Preston, when he inherited Beeston Hall and estate in 1805 from his maternal uncle.
Another wall tablet dedicated to Henry and Elizabeth Hulton is located in the west entrance lobby of St Mary’s Church, Andover, Hampshire.

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1968

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  "transcript": "'Henry Hulton Esq. First Commissioner of His Majesty's Customs in America; who lived in a regular performance of the Divine, Social and Personal Duties and died lamented by his family and friends in the 14th Feby 1790 aged 59. He married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Isaac Preston of this Parish; who died at Andover 15 April 1805 aged 66'",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1968",
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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 Lieutenant Alexander Karley Woodrow, RN, d. 1880

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / A K Woodrow Esq, R.N. / late Snr Lieut. H.M.S. Ruby / born 16th June 1850 died 12th August 1880' Other side 'Life's uncertain, death is sure / sin's the wound and Christ the cure / Erected by his sorrowing parents'

Details

Type: Coped stone
Materials: Granite?
Vessel: HMS Ruby

People

Woodrow, Alexander Karley
Age: 31
Date of Death: 12/8/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: ADM 196/39/637

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / A K Woodrow Esq, R.N. / late Snr Lieut. H.M.S. Ruby / born 16th June 1850 died 12th August 1880' Other side 'Life's uncertain, death is sure / sin's the wound and Christ the cure / Erected by his sorrowing parents'",
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St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Memorial at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey commemorating John Francis RN d. 1904

Location

St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Transcript

'...Johnny son of the above William Francis, Ldg Seaman on H.M.S. Arun, died at Helensburgh Fever Hospital Scotland, June 9 1904, Aged 21...'

Details

Vessel: HMS Arun

People

Davis, John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 9/6/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: On memorial to the Davis family.
Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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  "location": "St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales",
  "transcript": "'...Johnny son of the above William Francis, Ldg Seaman on H.M.S. Arun, died at Helensburgh Fever Hospital Scotland, June 9 1904, Aged 21...'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey commemorating John Francis RN d. 1904</p>",
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Samuel Arden RN d. 1824

Location

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

Transcript

'OPPOSITE THIS TABLET / REST THE REMAINS OF / Captain Samuel Arden / of the Royal Navy WHO DIED THE 12TH APRIL 1824 / IN THE 64TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

People

Arden, Samuel
Age: 63
Date of Death: 12/4/1824
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: BB Tomlinson 10/06/81

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Samuel Arden RN d. 1824</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters