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
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
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
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
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).
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.
