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St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Wall tablet in St Michael’s Church, Stokenham, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Holdsworth RN d. 1802

Location

St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of THOMAS WESTON HOLDSWORTH, / Lieutenant in HIS MAJESTY'S Navy, / Son of ARTHUR and ELIZABETH HOLDSWORTH, / of Widdicombe, / who departed this Life the 22.d Day of October, 1802; / in the nineteenth Year of his Age.'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus-shaped tablet of white marble on a dark grey slate ground. The pediment rests on a fluted cornice; below it is a bolection moulding which runs all round the sarcophagus, including the feet. The ground is supported on two white marble discs.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Holdsworth Chapel, East wall
Materials: Marble, slate

People

Holdsworth, Thomas Weston
Age: 18
Date of Death: 22/10/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Photographer: P Lacey
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Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Major Thomas Oldfield RM d. 1799

Location

Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / Major THOMAS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / who from early youth distinguished himself / under several Commanders and especially / in AMERICA and LORD CORNWALLIS / until / honored even by his Enemies in whose Front he fell / he sacrificed that Life / which he had so ofter hazarded in the Service of / his country / at the siege of ACRE in SYRIA / April VII A.D. MDCCXXCIX / AET XLIII / This Monument / was erected as a testimony / of sincere Affection and Gratitude / by the Widow and Son of / Lieutenant JOHN NICHOLS OLDFIELD / of the Marines / the loving and beloved brother of the above / who died April IX A.D. MDCCXCIII / AET XLII / and was interred at ALVERSTOKE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Oldfield, John Nichols
Age: 42
Date of Death: 9/4/1793
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Oldfield, Thomas
Age: 43
Date of Death: 7/4/1799
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Major RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Thomas Oldfield served in the attack on Teneriffe in 1797, and the battle of the Nile 1798. Buried with military honours by the French having died as a prisoner of war. Died of wounds received at St Jean d'Acre. John Nichols Oldfield is buried at Alverstoke.
Bibliography: 'Antiques Trade Gazette' 6 March 1999. (sale of profile portrait of Thomas Oldfield).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Thomas Oddy and Charles Stewart d. 1793

 

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Thomas Oddy / and Charles Stewart / This monument / is erected / the British Factory / to commemorate the/death of two English / sailors, who lost their / lives by the bursting of / a cannon on board the Constantine, Captain St Barbe / in celebrating the birth-day of our Royal Sovereign George / the third, the 4th June; A.D. 1793'

Details

People

Oddy, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 4/6/1793
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Stewart, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 4/6/1793
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p. 88.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Church of Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Wall tablet in the Church of Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral Robert Keeler RN d. 1810

Location

Church of Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'In a grave near the Desk are deposited the remains of Rear Admiral Robert Keeler, who died Nov. 4th, 1810, aged 76 years. Also those of Revd. Thomas Timms, who was curate of this parish for 23 years; He died August 3rd, 1811, aged 65 years. Likewise of Judith, wife of the Revd, Thomas Timms, and daughter of the above Admiral Keeler; she died April 29th, 1846, aged 81 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South abutment nave arch

People

Keeler, Robert
Age: 76
Date of Death: 4/11/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
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