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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating Samuel Pemberton d. 1853

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the / memory of / Mr Samuel Pemberton / Chief Engineer R.N. / who departed this life / 20 July 1853 / aged 43 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Sphinx

People

Pemberton, Samuel
Age: 43
Date of Death: 20/7/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Burial Register- HMS 'Sphinx'.
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Promenade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Memorial on Southsea Promenade, Portsmouth to crew members of HMS ‘Aboukir’ who died in a yellow fever epidemic 1873-1874

Location

Promenade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / FORTY EIGHT OFFICERS & MEN WHO DIED / DURING THE EPIDEMIC OF / YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD / H.M.S. ABOUKIR / AT JAMAICA, IN 1873-74'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Materials: Limestone
Artists: Baker
Vessel: HMS Aboukir

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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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 Patrick Lindsay, HEIC, d. 1822

Location

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

Transcript

'In memory of Patrick Lindsay / 2nd officer of the H.C.S. 'Sir David Scott' / who died at Saugar on the 4th June 1822 / aged 27 years.'

Details

Vessel: Sir David Scott

People

Lindsay, Patrick
Age: 27
Date of Death: 4/6/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.135.
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Henry George Travers Strickland d. 1891

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In / loving memory / of / HENRY GEORGE TRAVERS STRICKLAND / M B staff surgeon, Royal Navy / who died at the Royal Naval Sick / Quarters Portland on the / 8th February 1891 Aged 38. / Til the day breaks and the shadows flee away'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 366

People

Strickland, Henry George Travers
Age: 38
Date of Death: 8/2/1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Staff Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Wall tablet at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground , Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant Henry Smith RN d. 1801

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / Lieutenant Henry Smith / late of the Royal Hospital / Greenwich / who departed this life / on the 11th February 1801 / in the 65th year of his age / Also of / John Bernard Smith Esq / Brother of the above / late of His Majesty's / 12th Regt of Foot / who departed this life / on 24th August 1791 / in the 52nd year of his age / Also of/Mrs Mary Smith / Widow of the above / Lieutenant Henry Smith / who departed this life / on the 31st December 1837 / aged 88 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Mausoleum

People

Smith, Henry
Age: 64
Date of Death: 11/2/1801
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
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St James Church, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England

Wall tablet dedicated to George W.  Nembhard, in Buckinghamshire, England, d. 1844

Location

St James Church, Fulmer, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE WM. NEMBHARD, / OF THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA; / LATE OF HER MAJESTY'S STEAM SHIP VESUVIUS, / WHO DIED OFF GIBRALTER, [sic] JUNE 19TH 1844, AGED 33, / AND WAS THERE BURIED. / THIS TABLET WAS PLACED HERE, BY HIS FRIENDS / JOHN AND CATHERINE KAYE, OF FULMER GROVE, IN THIS PARISH, / TO RECORD HIS WORTH / AND THEIR AFFECTION AND REGRET.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Vesuvius

People

Nembhard, George William
Age: 33
Date of Death: 19/6/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried at Gibraltar in Sandpits Cemetery. A memorial to him was erected there by Commander Ommaney and the officers of the ship.
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International Maritime Association, 1 Albert Embankment, London, England

International Memorial to Seafarers at 1 Albert Embankment, London

Location

International Maritime Association, 1 Albert Embankment, London, England

Transcript

'International Memorial to Seafarers / Unveiled by William A. O'Neil / Secretary General/International Maritime Organisation / On 27 September 2001 / Sculpture by Michael Sandle'

Details

Description: A seaman in a hard hat holding a coil of rope and standing on the bow of a vessel.
Type: Memorial
Position: Entrance
Materials: Bronze
Date Erected: 2001
Artists: Michael Sandle

Extra

Notes: The inscription in six languages on two plaques.
Bibliography: 'Royal Academy Magazine' No. 75 Summer 2002.
Photographer: © RMG E9055-1
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St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Captain Thomas Arnold RN d. 1737

Memorial to Captain Thomas Arnold RN.
Memorial to Captain Thomas Arnold RN.

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'In Memory of Capt THOMAS ARNOLD / who served in the Royal Navy forty years / And in every station / Distinguished his Conduct and Bravery / worthy to Command the BRITISH FLEET / As a Husband, a Father and a Friend / Tender, Indulgent, Sincere / After various toils and hazards / possessed of every comfort / (Tho ready in his declining years / to sacrifice his ease and even his life / in his county's cause) / He died in hopes of a joyful resurrection / Augst ye 31st AD 1737, aged 58'

Details

Description: Trophies beneath inscription flanked with navigational instruments.
Type: Wall monument
Artists: T. Shippe

People

Arnold, Thomas
Age: 58
Date of Death: 31/8/1737
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Signed: T: Shippe Yarm: Fecit
Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft 1949); 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Gravestone at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating  Paul Gelling d. 1834

Location

Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Transcript

'Here lie the Remains / of Paul Gelling of Douglas / Isle of Man, / who was unfortunately drowned / on his passage from Whitehaven / to the afore-said place the 21st / of October 1834 in the 56th / Year of his age / Tho' boreas blasts and neptunes waves / Have toss'd him to and fro / In spite of both by God's decree / He is harbour'd here below / Here at anchor he does sleep / With many of the fleet / Yet once again he will set sail / His Saviour Christ to meet'.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Gelling, Paul
Age: 56
Date of Death: 21/10/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: David Wilson 'Awful Ends: The Museum Book of Epitaphs' (London, 1992) pp. 39-40
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Richard Evans d. 1912 General Manager, Barry Docks & Railways

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In memory of / Annie / the wife of / Richard Evans / who died September 22 1870 / Aged 38 years / Also the above / Richard Evans J.P. / First general manager / of Barry Docks & railways / Born April 13th 1833 / Died Jan 12th 1912.

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone

People

Evans, Richard
Age: 78
Date of Death: 12/1/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Dock manager
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham
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