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St George's Military Cemetery, Bermuda, Rest of the World

Memorial in St George’s Military Cemetery, Bermuda commemorating George Mackenzie Samson VC d. 1923

Location

St George's Military Cemetery, Bermuda, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN / LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF / OUR DEAR SON / GEORGE MACKENZIE / SAMSON, V.C., / (AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF / CHARLOTTE GLASS) / WHO DIED AT BERMUDA ON THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1923 / AGED 34 YEARS'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS Strombus; HMS River Clyde

Event

Gallipoli Landings

Event Date

1915

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Samson, George Mackenzie
Age:
Date of Death: 23/2/1923
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Petty officer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Samson died of pneumonia whilst serving in the merchant navy after the Great War.
Bibliography: John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 101.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING REMEMBRANCE / OF / OUR DEAR SON / GEORGE MACKENZIE / SAMSON, V.C., / (AND BELOVED HUSBAND OF / CHARLOTTE GLASS) / WHO DIED AT BERMUDA ON THE 23RD FEBRUARY 1923 / AGED 34 YEARS'",
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    "bibliography": "John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 101.",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stannington, Northumberland, England

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Stannington commemorating Thomas Smith d. 1827

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stannington, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'Thomas Smith of Plessey, New Houses who died May 3 1821 aged 75 years. Ann his wife died Nov 23rd 1823 aged 78 years. Thomas, their son, Master Mariner, died at sea, Dec 10 1827 aged 40 years. Ralph Smith, Master Mariner, brother of the above first named Thomas Smith, died July 8th 1828 aged 76 years.'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Smith, Thomas
Age: 40
Date of Death: 10/12/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:
Smith, Ralph
Age: 76
Date of Death: 8/7/1828
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas Smith of Plessey, New Houses who died May 3 1821 aged 75 years. Ann his wife died Nov 23rd 1823 aged 78 years. Thomas, their son, Master Mariner, died at sea, Dec 10 1827 aged 40 years. Ralph Smith, Master Mariner, brother of the above first named Thomas Smith, died July 8th 1828 aged 76 years.'",
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St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ripple, Kent commemorating Captain Andrew Rand d. 1680

Location

St Mary's Church, Ripple, Kent, England

Transcript

'Here lyeth the body of / CAPT ANDREW RAND son of Mr ANDREW RAND / of DEALE who married MARY the / daughter of Mr SARLES MARCH: Hee / Dyed [3rd July] 1680 in ye 70th year of his Age. / And of MARY their Daughter married to / JOHN PARKER Gent and Merchant of the / Citty of LONDON. Shee departed this life / the 25th day of November 1670 / in the 36th Yeare / of her / Age'

Details

Description: Marble cartouche surrounded by palm branches, with a scroll and acanthus leaves at the top. A draped urn above. At the base of the cartouche, carved flowers and fruit flanked by two panels with ships in relief. Coat of arms below. Arms: Or, a lion rampant, gules, charged on the neck with three chevrons, argent; impaling a cross, flury, between four dogs heads, erased.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: white marble

People

Rand, Andrew
Age: 70
Date of Death: 3/7/1680
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Associated ledger on the floor.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983), p. 434. See also Kent Archaeological Society, inscription recorded by Rev. Bryan Fausett 1759. Andrew Rand buried on 7th July 1680.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981

JSON

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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Bokenham, d.1832 and Thomas Bokenham, d. 1836

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY BOKENHAM / WHO DIED MARCH 5 1877 / AGED 94 YEARS / THOMAS BOKENHAM / MASTER MARINER / HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE / DIED MARCH 31 1832 / AGED 47 YEARS / INTERRED IN ST GEORGE'S IN EAST LONDON / THOMAS BOKENHAM / THIRD SON OF THE ABOVE / DROWNED ON HIS PASSAGE TO HAVANNAH / SEPTEMBER 28 1836 / AGED 21 YEARS / JOSEPH FOSTER BOKENHAM / FOURTH SON OF THE ABOVE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE DEC 24 1868 AGED 52 YEARS'

Details

Description: Headstone with rope twist border
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Bokenham, Thomas
Age: 47
Date of Death: 31/3/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Unknown
Bokenham, Thomas
Age: 21
Date of Death: 28/9/1836
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Lieutenant William Horton RN d. 1835

Location

Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'THIS TOKEN OF AFFECTIONATE / REGRET IS INSCRIB'D BY HIS / SURVIVING BROTHERS AND SISTER. / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HORTON, R.M. / HE WAS BORN AT COALBROOKDALE / IN SHROPSHIRE, JULY 5TH 1793; / AND DIED IN THIS ISLAND / NOVEMBER 17TH 1835 / IN THE 43RD YEAR OF HIS AGE.'

Details

Description: Butterfly in relief above the inscription tablet.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of Nave
Materials: Marble

People

Horton, William
Age: 43
Date of Death: 17/11/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Liutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: One of the brackets below the inscription tablet missing.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'THIS TOKEN OF AFFECTIONATE / REGRET IS INSCRIB'D BY HIS / SURVIVING BROTHERS AND SISTER. / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUTENANT WILLIAM HORTON, R.M. / HE WAS BORN AT COALBROOKDALE / IN SHROPSHIRE, JULY 5TH 1793; / AND DIED IN THIS ISLAND / NOVEMBER 17TH 1835 / IN THE 43RD YEAR OF HIS AGE.'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, commemorating William Nickerson d. 1892

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM NICKERSON / LATE COMMANDER OF SS COLCHESTER / WHO DIED 19th SEPTEMBER 1892 / AGED 54 YEARS' [On kerb] 'SAFELY ANCHORED

Details

Description: Heavily carved, with a foul anchor beneath the pediment, now collapsed on the kerb. 'GER' at the top (Great Eastern Railway).
Type: Gravestone
Position: Area D
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: SS Colchester

People

Nickerson, William
Age:
Date of Death: 19/9/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, commemorating William Nickerson d. 1892</p>",
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    "recorder": "M.E. Manton 1997",
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St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

Tablet in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, commemorating Admiral Nicholas Haddock d. 1746

Location

St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

Details

Type: Tablet

People

Haddock, Nicholas
Age:
Date of Death: 26/9/1746
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Place of burial. Twenty years after his death, a white marble tablet to his memory was erected on the exterior wall of the church. This was destroyed in the restoration of 1837.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; 'Gentleman's Magazine' vol. 30, p. 623 (London, 1760).

JSON

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Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rest of the World

Stone column, Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, RN, d. 1805

Location

Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of / The Right Honourable / Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte / Who terminated his career / Of naval glory / In the memorable battle of Trafalgar / On the 21st of Oct'r 1805 / After inculcating by signal / a maxim that can never be forgotten / By his country / England expects every man will do his duty. / This monumental pillar. / was erected by public subscription / On [sic] the inhabitants of Montreal / In the year 1809' [West side below relief of Trafalgar] 'On the 21st Oct'r 1805 the British fleet / of 27 sail of the line commanded by / the Right Honourable Admiral / Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte / Attacked off Trafalgar the combined fleet / of France and Spain / of 33 sail of the line commanded by / Admirals Villeneuve and Gravina / When the latter was defeated with the / loss 19 sail Captured / And destroyed. / In this memorable action his country / has to lament the loss of / her greatest naval hero / but not a single ship' [Harbour side] 'On the 2nd April 1801 a British fleet / of 10 sail of the / Line and two ships of 50 / Guns under the immediate command of / the Right Honourable Vice Admiral / Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte attacked the Danish / line moored for the / Defence of Copenhagen consisting / of 6 sail of the line and 11 large / Ship batteries besides bomb and gun / vessels supported by the ground / And land batteries when after a severe / contest of four hours the / Whole line of defence was sunk, taken / or destroyed without / The loss of a British ship' [East side] 'On the 1st and 2nd August 1798 / Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. / With a British fleet of 12 sail of the line / And a ship of 50 guns / Defeated in Aboukir Bay a French Fleet / of 13 sail of the line / And 4 frigates under Admiral Bruyers / Taking and destroying the whole / Except 2 sail of the line and 2 frigates / without the loss / of a British ship'

Details

Description: Statue of Nelson on a pillar. Reliefs of battles on the base.
Type: Column
Materials: Coade stone
Date Erected: 1809
Artists: Robert Mitchell, Joseph Panzetta

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Renovated in 1900, the panels round the base replaced by granite replicas. The statue was replaced by a replica in Indiana limestone by Lawrence Voaides Cajban, a Torono artist in 1999.

Bibliography: Alison Kelly 'Mrs Coade's stone' (Upton-upon-Severn, 1990); 'Alongside: Bulletin of the Friends of the Royal Naval Museum and HMS Victory' (Dec, 1998); Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p. 189.

JSON

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  "location": "Place Jacques-Cartier, Old Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of / The Right Honourable / Admiral Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte / Who terminated his career / Of naval glory / In the memorable battle of Trafalgar / On the 21st of Oct'r 1805 / After inculcating by signal / a maxim that can never be forgotten / By his country / England expects every man will do his duty. / This monumental pillar. / was erected by public subscription / On [sic] the inhabitants of Montreal / In the year 1809' [West side below relief of Trafalgar] 'On the 21st Oct'r 1805 the British fleet / of 27 sail of the line commanded by / the Right Honourable Admiral / Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronte / Attacked off Trafalgar the combined fleet / of France and Spain / of 33 sail of the line commanded by / Admirals Villeneuve and Gravina / When the latter was defeated with the / loss 19 sail Captured / And destroyed. / In this memorable action his country / has to lament the loss of / her greatest naval hero / but not a single ship' [Harbour side] 'On the 2nd April 1801 a British fleet / of 10 sail of the / Line and two ships of 50 / Guns under the immediate command of / the Right Honourable Vice Admiral / Lord Viscount Nelson / Duke of Bronte attacked the Danish / line moored for the / Defence of Copenhagen consisting / of 6 sail of the line and 11 large / Ship batteries besides bomb and gun / vessels supported by the ground / And land batteries when after a severe / contest of four hours the / Whole line of defence was sunk, taken / or destroyed without / The loss of a British ship' [East side] 'On the 1st and 2nd August 1798 / Rear Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson K.B. / With a British fleet of 12 sail of the line / And a ship of 50 guns / Defeated in Aboukir Bay a French Fleet / of 13 sail of the line / And 4 frigates under Admiral Bruyers / Taking and destroying the whole / Except 2 sail of the line and 2 frigates / without the loss / of a British ship'",
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Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Gravestone at Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, commemorating John Lowdham Brett d. 1881

Location

Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In Memory Of / John Lowdham Brett / Late Of Corfe Lodge Dorset / Who Was Accidently Drowned / By The Capsizing Of His Boat / Off Ryde Pier / November 30th 1881 / Aged 77 Years / Resting on Jesus'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Brett, John Lowdham
Age: 77
Date of Death: 30/11/1881
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Headstone on SW side of the church, it has been cleaned but the inscription is weathered.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Priory Church of St Mary, Portchester, commemorating John Lowdham Brett d. 1881</p>",
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St Margaret's Church, Addington, Kent, England

Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Addington, Kent commemorating Admiral William Parry RN d. 1779

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St Margaret's Church, Addington, Kent, England

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'Near this Place / are deposited the Remains of / WILLIAM PARRY Esqr / ADMIRAL of ye BLUE SQUADRON / OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. / Obit 29th April / Aetatis 74.'

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Description: Oval marble tablet
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Marble

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Parry, William
Age: 74
Date of Death: 29/4/1779
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Patricia Barber 2007

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters