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Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Gravestone in the Memorial Garden next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Essex, commemorating George Frederick Dillon d. 1916

Location

Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Transcript

'IHS / George Frederick Dillon / Ship's Corporal 2nd Class / Died / March 28th 1916 / Aged 31 years'

Details

Description: Headstones arranged in two parallel lines.
Type: War Graves Commission headstone
Vessel: HMS Conquest

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Dillon, George Frederick
Age: 31
Date of Death: 28/3/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Corporal 2nd class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Crew members drowned in capsize of whaler.
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1981

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St Annes's Church, Limehouse, London, England

Memorial at St Annes’s Church, Limehouse, London commemorating William Curling d. 1853

Location

St Annes's Church, Limehouse, London, England

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: East end of north wall

People

Curling, William
Age: 80
Date of Death: 1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 276.

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Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Memorial at Arbroath Abbey commemorating Commander John Anderson RN d. 1843

Location

Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Details

Type: Memorial
Position: Kirkyard

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Anderson, John
Age: 72
Date of Death: 21/6/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Memorial to John Anderson, Commander RN, wounded in battle of the Nile and Egypt campaign. It also commemorates his widow Clementina Balfour who died in Edinburgh 2 June 1855.

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St Andrew's Church, East Allington, Devon, England

Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, East Allington, Devon commemorating Richard Jarvis d. 1867

Location

St Andrew's Church, East Allington, Devon, England

Transcript

'Richard Jarvis drowned at sea 15.3.1867 aged 22'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Jarvis, Richard
Age: 22
Date of Death: 15/3/1867
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Joseph Skingle d. 1912

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'JOSEPH SKINGLE / Stoker 2nd class H.M.S. 'Inflexible' / died / 4th May 1912 Aged 19'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Nonconformist 454
Vessel: HMS Inflexible

People

Skingle, Joseph
Age: 19
Date of Death: 4/5/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: 2nd class stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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  "transcript": "'JOSEPH SKINGLE / Stoker 2nd class H.M.S. 'Inflexible' / died / 4th May 1912 Aged 19'",
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Overton Cemetery, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland

Mausoleum at Overton Cemetery, Kincardine, Fife – place of burial of Admiral George Keith Elphinstone d. 1823

Location

Overton Cemetery, Kincardine, Perthshire, Scotland

Transcript

[Not exact] 'Admiral the Lord Viscount Keith, Baron Elphinstone born 7Jan 1746. Died Tulliallan 10 March 1823'

Details

Description: Rectangular Gothic buttressed mausoleum which contained family memorials.
Type: Mausoleum
Date Erected: 1830

People

Elphinstone, George Keith
Age:
Date of Death: 10/3/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed by fire in 1992.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

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  "transcript": "[Not exact] 'Admiral the Lord Viscount Keith, Baron Elphinstone born 7Jan 1746. Died Tulliallan 10 March 1823'",
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    "notes": "Destroyed by fire in 1992.",
    "bibliography": "'Dictionary of National Biography'.",
    "recorder": "",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Williams d. 1840

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William Williams shipwright died 5th March 1840 age 58'

Details

People

Williams, William
Age: 58
Date of Death: 5/3/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office,compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 47.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Andrew's Church, West Tarring, West Sussex, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, West Tarring, West Sussex commemorating Thomas Henty RN d. 1819

Location

St Andrew's Church, West Tarring, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'To the memory of Thomas Henty who after having served in H.M.S. MINDEN at the battle of Algiers proceeded in his ship to the East Indies where the rupture of a blood vessel occasioned his return to this country where he died June 28 1819 Aged 18 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Minden

Event

Bombardment of Algiers

Event Date

1816

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Henty, Thomas
Age: 18
Date of Death: 28/6/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Robert Walker d. 1882

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Robert Walker, Engineer, for 40 years a faithful servant of the Liverpool Steam Tug Co died suddenly on board the steam tug Spindrift 13 June 1882 age 66'

Details

Vessel: Spindrift

People

Walker, Robert
Age: 66
Date of Death: 13/6/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Liverpool Steam Tug Co

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 869. Believed to have been removed in the 1970's.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Robert Walker, Engineer, for 40 years a faithful servant of the Liverpool Steam Tug Co died suddenly on board the steam tug Spindrift 13 June 1882 age 66'",
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Thoresby Hall, Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, England

Pyramid at Thoresby Hall commemorating the Battle of the Nile 1798

Location

Thoresby Hall, Thoresby, Nottinghamshire, England

Details

Description: Pyramid clad in slate with an entrance porch flanked by pillars.
Type: Pyramid
Position: South of the lake
Date Erected: 1799

Event

Battle of the Nile

Event Date

1798

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

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: Put up in 1799 by Charles Herbert to commemorate the Battle of the Nile. Each of the original clumps of trees in the surrounding plantation was given the name of a naval captain or ship.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 130-1.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters