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Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Hull commemorating Harbord Harbord d. 1858

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HARBORD HARBORD / LATE OF HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, AT THIS PORT / AND FOR MANY YEARS / ONE OF THE SIDESMEN OF THIS CHURCH; / BORN AT GREAT YARMOUTH, 15TH APRIL, 1808 / DIED AT HULL, 4TH JUNE 1858 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW, / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AND FATHER / ALSO ELIZABETH / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE NAMED / HARBORD HARBORD / BORN AT HULL, 1ST AUGUST, 1809, / DIED AT HULL, 30TH JANUARY 1907. / ALSO ELIZABETH, / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF / HARBORD AND ELIZABETH HARBORD, / BORN 4TH JANUARY, 1833/DIED 28TH NOVR 1905 / The memory of the Just is blessed'

Details

Description: A leaf-shape inscription tablet placed on a square. Oak foliage is carved in the corners.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of Nave
Materials: Marble

People

Harbord, Harbord
Age:
Date of Death: 4/6/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Customs Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HARBORD HARBORD / LATE OF HER MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS, AT THIS PORT / AND FOR MANY YEARS / ONE OF THE SIDESMEN OF THIS CHURCH; / BORN AT GREAT YARMOUTH, 15TH APRIL, 1808 / DIED AT HULL, 4TH JUNE 1858 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW, / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND AND FATHER / ALSO ELIZABETH / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE NAMED / HARBORD HARBORD / BORN AT HULL, 1ST AUGUST, 1809, / DIED AT HULL, 30TH JANUARY 1907. / ALSO ELIZABETH, / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF / HARBORD AND ELIZABETH HARBORD, / BORN 4TH JANUARY, 1833/DIED 28TH NOVR 1905 / The memory of the Just is blessed'",
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  "details": {
    "description": "A leaf-shape inscription tablet placed on a square. Oak foliage is carved in the corners.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "North side of Nave",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
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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

Extra

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  "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'",
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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

Extra

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).

JSON

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  "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'",
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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.<br />",
    "bibliography": "H.F. Pullen 'Shannon and the Chesapeake' (Toronto, 1970).",
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Parish Church, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland

Gravestone at Irvine Parish Church , North Ayrshire commemorating James Niven RN d. 1812

Location

Parish Church, Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland

Transcript

Gravestone erected by David Niven, ship-carpenter, and his wife to their son James, a naval officer who perished on the African coast, 5th December 1812. 'Stand still, all passengers that pass by, / With mourning parents drop a tear; / Behold our sorrow for a son / we loved so tenderly and dear / But called from his native home, / And on a strange and foreign shore, / To pay the tribute due to death, / But hopes to meet to part no more'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Niven, James
Age:
Date of Death: 5/12/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Not the Lieutenant James Niven commissioned in 1808, probably a warrant officer.
Bibliography: Rev. Charles Rogers 'Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland' (vol i, 1871)

JSON

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  "transcript": "Gravestone erected by David Niven, ship-carpenter, and his wife to their son James, a naval officer who perished on the African coast, 5th December 1812. 'Stand still, all passengers that pass by, / With mourning parents drop a tear; / Behold our sorrow for a son / we loved so tenderly and dear / But called from his native home, / And on a strange and foreign shore, / To pay the tribute due to death, / But hopes to meet to part no more'",
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    "notes": "Not the Lieutenant James Niven commissioned in 1808, probably a warrant officer.",
    "bibliography": "Rev. Charles Rogers 'Monuments and Monumental Inscriptions in Scotland' (vol i, 1871)",
    "recorder": "",
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York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England

Memorial in York Minster commemorating Richard Wilson Fawcett RNVR d. 1915

Location

York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'To the glory of / God and in / loving memory of RICHARD WILFRED / FAWCETT of Rawden / Yorkshire, Surgeon Probationer / R.N.V.R. H.M.S Ferret, / 2nd Lieut, South Staffordshire / Regt. Under the Gallant / leadership of Captain / Kilby he fell fighting / Sept. 25 1915 aged 23. / Requiescat in Pace'

Details

Description: Inscription within a laurel wreath, the family arms above.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chapel of St Nicholas
Vessel: HMS Ferret

Event Category

1914 - 1918 First World War

People

Fawcett, Richard Wilfred
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon probationer RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982

JSON

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  "location": "York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "'To the glory of / God and in / loving memory of RICHARD WILFRED / FAWCETT of Rawden / Yorkshire, Surgeon Probationer / R.N.V.R. H.M.S Ferret, / 2nd Lieut, South Staffordshire / Regt. Under the Gallant / leadership of Captain / Kilby he fell fighting / Sept. 25 1915 aged 23. / Requiescat in Pace'",
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Parish Church, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall dedicated to Luke Brokenshaw d. 1840

Location

Parish Church, St Michael Caerhays, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'To The / Memory / of / Luke Brokenshaw / Master in the Royal Navy / Who died on the 3rd. of May / 1840 / Aged 60 years. / For a series of years he distinguished / himself in the service of his country, / and participated in the honors / of a perishable fame. / In the retirement of private life, the milder / virtues were equally conspicuous: / the love of kindred, and that / more extended benevolence / which embraces entire / mankind were his. / He taught both by precept and example, the / obligations of christian duty; and / in the hearts of a long race of / friends and dependants, / his name and memory / are embalmed. / To an open profession of religion, he added / the substantial evidences of a renewed / heart; and at the close of a life of / more than ordinary usefulness, / he esteemed it his greatest / happiness to know he was / A sinner saved by Grace'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Revenge

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Brokenshaw, Luke
Age:
Date of Death: 3/5/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Master of HMS 'Revenge' at Trafalgar. Inscription recorded in Cornwall Record Office AD.676/5. Born 1779. Original gravestone badly damaged. A wooden memorial was present in St Peter's churchyard, Mevagissy, Cornwall in 1967 but is no longer there.
Bibliography: Joseph Polsue 'Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall' vol.3 (1870)

JSON

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    "bibliography": "Joseph Polsue 'Lake's Parochial History of the County of Cornwall' vol.3 (1870)",
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All Saints Church, Botley, Hampshire, England

Gate at All Saints Church, Botley, Hampshire, commemorating HMS Amethyst

Location

All Saints Church, Botley, Hampshire, England

Details

Description: Gate made of a ship's wheel.
Type: Gate
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Amethyst

Event

Yangtze Incident

Event Date

1949

Extra

Notes: Memorial grove at the National Arboretum commemorating the 46 lives lost.

JSON

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    "vessel": "HMS Amethyst"  },
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    "event":"Yangtze Incident",
    "date": "1949",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": "",
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    "notes": "Memorial grove at the National Arboretum commemorating the 46 lives lost.",
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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 Joseph Weldon, HEIC, d. 1815

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Mr Joseph Weldon / late Branch Pilot in the Honble Company's / Marine who departed this life the 25th January / 1815, aged 50 years. / Living beloved, in all relations true / Exposed to follies, but inclined to few; / Reader - reflect and copy if you can, / the social virtues of this worthy man.'

Details

People

Weldon, Joseph
Age: 50
Date of Death: 25/1/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Branch Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.158.

JSON

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, Lincolnshire, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, Lincolnshire commemorating Captain Charles Leopold Cust RN d. 1931

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Belton, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES LEOPOLD CUST / FOR THIRTY NINE YEARS / THE DEVOTED SERVANT AND TRUSTED FRIEND / OF HIS SOVEREIGN / BORN FEBY 27 1864 DIED JANY 19 1931 / FEARLESS SIMPLE AND GENEROUS / HIS LOYALTY AND SINCERITY WERE / OF A QUALITY THAT IS GIVEN TO FEW / IN HS UNITY OF PURPOSE HE WAS / PERHAPS UNAWARE OF THE WIDE / AFFECTION WHICH HE INSPIRED / HE RESTS SECURE / IN THE KEEPING OF GOD'[other side] 'MDCCCLXIV MDCCCCXXXI' [motto] 'ESSE QUAM VIDERI', 'THIRD AND LAST BARON OF LEASOWE / IN THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL / VICTORIAN ORDER EQUERRY IN WAITING / TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH / A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY'

Details

Description: Inscribed on both sides and carved with a shield of arms and a crest.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Cust, Charles Leonard
Age:
Date of Death: 19/1/1931
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES LEOPOLD CUST / FOR THIRTY NINE YEARS / THE DEVOTED SERVANT AND TRUSTED FRIEND / OF HIS SOVEREIGN / BORN FEBY 27 1864 DIED JANY 19 1931 / FEARLESS SIMPLE AND GENEROUS / HIS LOYALTY AND SINCERITY WERE / OF A QUALITY THAT IS GIVEN TO FEW / IN HS UNITY OF PURPOSE HE WAS / PERHAPS UNAWARE OF THE WIDE / AFFECTION WHICH HE INSPIRED / HE RESTS SECURE / IN THE KEEPING OF GOD'[other side] 'MDCCCLXIV MDCCCCXXXI' [motto] 'ESSE QUAM VIDERI', 'THIRD AND LAST BARON OF LEASOWE / IN THE COUNTY PALATINE OF CHESTER / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL / VICTORIAN ORDER EQUERRY IN WAITING / TO HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FIFTH / A CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY'",
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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

JSON

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  "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'",
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    "bibliography": "'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.77-8",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters