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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).
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating John Swift, d. 1791

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Mr. John Swift, Mariner, / departed this life 26th April 1791, Aet 70 years. / An old inhabitant of Calcutta and near / 50 years a resident in India. / Happy is he, the only happy man / Who out of choice does all the good he can; / who business loves, and others better makes, / By prudent industry, and care he takes, / God's blessing here he'll have, and man's esteem / And when he dies his works will follow him'

Details

Vessel: Rodney

People

Swift, John
Age: 70
Date of Death: 26/4/1791
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.77-8
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Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating David Cowan d. 1853

Location

Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'MARY HARFIELD / WIFE OF DAVID COWAN ESQ / LATE SURGEON / OF PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD / DIED 7TH FEBRY 1841 AGED 52 / Near this dear spot I first was blest / with Mary's spotless love. / Beneath this stone her ashes rest. / Her soul has soared above. / ALSO / THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE / DAVID COWAN ESQR. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 13TH OF NOVEMBER 1853 / AGED 76 YEARS'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Cowan, David
Age: 76
Date of Death: 13/11/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Sketch.
Recorder: Daphne Meryon
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Thomas Dowling d. 1906

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Thomas Dowling / A.B. H.M.S. 'Illustrious' / died / 18th Octr 1906 Aged 20'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 374
Vessel: HMS Illustrious

People

Dowling, Thomas
Age: 20
Date of Death: 18/10/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry, 1987
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Old Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Statue at the Old  Library, Lichfield of a  naval brigade rating from HMS ‘Powerful’

Location

Old Library, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England

Details

Description: Sailor in field service order holding a Lee Enfield rifle Mark 1. 'HMS POWERFUL' on his cap ribbon.
Type: Statue
Position: South wall
Materials: Ketton stone
Date Erected: 1905
Artists: Robert Bridgeman & Sons, George Frederick Bodley
Vessel: HMS Powerful

Event

Boer Wars

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

Extra

Notes: From a South African war memorial erected in Duncombe Place York. Replaced with an unarmed figure.
Bibliography: Public Monument and Sculpture Association, National Recording Project. Pieter van der Merwe 'Another Lichfield Sailor', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 95, No. 4. (November 2009) P. 483.
Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe
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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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