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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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  "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.'",
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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

JSON

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

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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  "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'.",
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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

JSON

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  "id": "M6498",
  "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.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Richard Evans d. 1912 General Manager, Barry Docks & Railways</p>",
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    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
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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

JSON

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in the Memorial Garden next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Essex, commemorating George Frederick Dillon d. 1916</p>",
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    "notes": "Crew members drowned in capsize of whaler.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "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.

JSON

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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.

JSON

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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

JSON

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  "location": "St Andrew's Church, East Allington, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'Richard Jarvis drowned at sea 15.3.1867 aged 22'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, East Allington, Devon commemorating Richard Jarvis d. 1867</p>",
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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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'JOSEPH SKINGLE / Stoker 2nd class H.M.S. 'Inflexible' / died / 4th May 1912 Aged 19'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters