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Dulverton Cemetery, Dulverton, Somerset, England

Headstone in Dulverton Cemetery commemorating Commander John Dudley Freeman RN d. 1983

Location

Dulverton Cemetery, Dulverton, Somerset, England

Transcript

'In / loving memory of / John Richard Dudley / Freeman / Commander R.N. / 1895-1983.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone

People

Dudley, John Richard
Age: 87
Date of Death: 1983
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Memorial at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating William Johnson d. 1897

Location

Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Beneath this stone / LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF/WILLIAM JOHNSON / WHO AS A POWDER MONKEY / FOUGHT AT NAVARINO OCTOBER 20TH 1827 / ON BOARD H.M.S. GENOA / HE AFTERWARDS SERVED ON THE COAST OF SYRIA / AT ST JEAN D'ACRE AND IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD / BEING CAST ASHORE WHEN IN HMS WOLVERINE / HE DIED AT THE PORTSMOUTH WORKHOUSE / JULY 12TH 1897 AGED 86 YEARS / HE WAS DRAWN TO HIS GRAVE BY BRITISH SAILORS / ON A GUN CARRIAGE COVERED WITH THE UNION JACK / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION TO HONOUR ONE WHO IF IN A / HUMBLE CAPACITY HELPED TO BUILD UP OUR GREAT EMPIRE'

Details

Description: Foul anchor and rock.
Type: Gravestone

Event

St Jean D'Acre

Event Date

1840

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Johnson, William
Age: 86
Date of Death: 12/7/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Parish Church, Willisden, London, England

Memorial at the Parish Church, Willisden, London commemorating Captain Arthur Brooke, RN d. 1893

Location

Parish Church, Willisden, London, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of my husband, Captain Arthur T Brooke RN Born at Colebrooke Co Fermannah, Ireland 6th June 1838. Died at Devonport 5 April 1893 while in command of the Royal Naval Barracks and as flag captain to HRH the commander in Chief. He shall call upon me and I will hear him yea I am with him in trouble deliver him and bring him to honour Psalm XCI 15V'

Details

Description: In the form of a ship's mast with rope coiled round the base and an anchor (broken).
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble

People

Brooke, Arthur T.
Age: 55
Date of Death: 5/4/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England

Monuments at St Nicholas’s Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire commemorating Commander Walter Henry Leeke RN d. 1924

Location

St Nicholas's Parish Church, Newport, Shropshire, England

Transcript

'Walter Henry Leeke Commander Royal Navy son of Thomas Newton and Annabella Mary Leeke. Served in H.M.S. Warspite in the battle of Jutland. Died at Kampala Uganda, February 8th 1924 aged 38'

Details

Type: Wall monument.
Position: West wall of nave.
Vessel: HMS Warspite

Event

Battle of Jutland

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Leeke, Walter Henry
Age: 38
Date of Death: 8/2/1924
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1984
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Cathedral, Bristol, England

Wall tablet at Bristol Cathedral dedicated to Joseph Parker d. 1844

Location

Cathedral, Bristol, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH PARKER, / THE WIFE OF JOSEPH PARKER, / SURGEON IN THE ROYAL NAVY / AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE LUDOVICK GRANT ESQ OF KNOCKANDO IN MURRAYSHIRE / SHE BORE A LONG AND PAINFUL ILLNESS / WITH EXEMPLARY PATIENCE / AND YIELDED UP HER SPIRIT / INTO THE HANDS OF ITS MAKER / WITH PIOUS RESIGNATION / ON THE 29TH JUNE 1826 / ON THE 54TH YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO OF / JOSEPH PARKER ESQR. / HER HUSBAND / WHO DIED IN BATH / 4TH JULY 1844 AGED 84 YEARS / THEIR REMAINS ARE BURIED / IN A GRAVE NEAR THIS MONUMENT'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South transept
Materials: Marble

People

Parker, Joseph
Age: 84
Date of Death: 4/7/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: With associated ledger in North Aisle.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 1996
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North Font Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial in North Font Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating George Ewbank d. 1852

Location

North Font Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Transcript

'..of Barnard Castle, Durham. Ship chandler in this city for upwards of 20 years. Died 11.3.1852 aged 53 years'

Details

People

Ewbank, George
Age: 53
Date of Death: 11/3/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B.D. & G.L. Metherell 1985
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St Mary's Church, Tollesbury, Essex, England

Memorial in Tollesbury, Essex commemorating S.A. Herbert d. 1920

Location

St Mary's Church, Tollesbury, Essex, England

Transcript

'S.A. Herbert, Petty Officer 155129 HM Coastguard. 5 January 1920 age 44'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Herbert, S.A.
Age: 44
Date of Death: 5/1/1920
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Coastguard

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1971
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Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Ives, Cornwall dedicated to Alfred Wallis d. 1942

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'ALFRED WALLIS / ARTIST & MARINER / 1855 aug 18 - aug 29 1942 / INTO THY HANDS O LORD'

Details

Description: A flat slab made of twenty one tiles with a border of narrower tiles depicting a lighthouse.


Type: Gravestone
Materials: Tile
Artists: Bernard Leach

People

Wallis, Alfred
Age:
Date of Death: 29/8/1942
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Artist; mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'Family Tree Magazine' November 2003 p. 25
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, commemorating Lieutenant Walter Vivian Butler RN d. 1900

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WALTER VIVIAN BUTLER. R.N. / GUNNERY LIEUTENANT H.M.S. SEVERN / SON OF SPENCER PERCIVAL AND MARY BUTLER / DIED 12TH NOVEMBER 1900 / AGED 25 YEARS'

Details

Description: Three tier base, originally with a cross now missing.
Type: Gravestone
Position: see plan
Vessel: HMS Severn

People

Butler, Walter Vivian
Age: 25
Date of Death: 12/11/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunnery Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Paul’s Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating John Samwell, RN and William Stevens, RN, d. 1815

Location

St Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Mr. John Samwell Midshipman of HMS Shannon who died at the Naval Hospital on the 13th June 1815 aged 18 years. Also Mr William Stevens boatswain of the same ship who died there on the 19th June 1815 aged 36 years. Those brave officers clos'd their career in consequence of desperate wounds received in the gallant action between their own ship and the American frigate Chesepak [sic] on the 1 of June 1815 which ended in the capture of the enemy ship in 14 minutes'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Shannon

Event

War of 1812

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Samwell, John
Age: 18
Date of Death: 13/6/1815
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stevens, William
Age: 36
Date of Death: 19/6/1815
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Also memorial at the Royal Navy Burying Ground, Halifax commemorating five seamen of HMS 'Shannon' who died of their wounds in 1815.

Bibliography: H.F. Pullen 'Shannon and the Chesapeake' (Toronto, 1970).
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