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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Donald MacKenzie d. 1839

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Donald MacKENZIE, late Commander of the Brig 'Poppy' who departed this life at Macao on the 30th October, 1839 Aged 49 years. This monument is erected by a friend'

Details

Vessel: Poppy

People

MacKenzie, Donald
Age: 49
Date of Death: 30/10/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 'Poppy' opium clipper launched Kidderpore in 1838. Captain MacKenzie was her first skipper.
Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'.

JSON

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St Lawrence's Church, Bradfield, Essex, England

Memorial at St Lawrence’s Church, Bradfield, Essex, commemorating D. M. Prior d. 1917

Location

St Lawrence's Church, Bradfield, Essex, England

Transcript

'D.M. Prior, Able Seaman RN 361179 H.M.S. Vivid 24 May 1917'

Details

Vessel: HMS Vivid

People

Prior, D. M.
Age:
Date of Death: 24/5/1917
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "transcript": "'D.M. Prior, Able Seaman RN 361179 H.M.S. Vivid 24 May 1917'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Lawrence’s Church, Bradfield, Essex, commemorating D. M. Prior d. 1917</p>",
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St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, commemorating Rear-Admiral Jonathan Faulkner d. 1795 and Lieutenant-General Horatio Spry of the Royal Marines d. 1811

Location

St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Beneath / are deposited / The earthly remains of / Lt General HORATIO SPRY / Of the Royal MARINES / Also those of REBECCA His wife / And their Daughter CAROLINE / In the same vault are deposited the remains of Rear Admiral JONATHAN FAULKNER / And his Daughter / CAROLINE MARY / Interred on the 21st of Jany 1814 William Frederick Spry Major / Genl in the Army / & Son of Genl Wm Spry / Royl. Engineers'

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Nave north aisle

People

Faulkner, Jonathan
Age:
Date of Death: 1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Spry, Horatio
Age:
Date of Death: 1811
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant General
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "location": "St Peter's Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Beneath / are deposited / The earthly remains of / Lt General HORATIO SPRY / Of the Royal MARINES / Also those of REBECCA His wife / And their Daughter CAROLINE / In the same vault are deposited the remains of Rear Admiral JONATHAN FAULKNER / And his Daughter / CAROLINE MARY / Interred on the 21st of Jany 1814 William Frederick Spry Major / Genl in the Army / & Son of Genl Wm Spry / Royl. Engineers'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Titchfield, Hampshire, commemorating Rear-Admiral Jonathan Faulkner d. 1795 and Lieutenant-General Horatio Spry of the Royal Marines d. 1811</p>",
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, Hampshire, commemorating James Lind d. 1794

Location

St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Non omnis moriar / Here / lie the Remains of / James Lind MD / Who was Twenty-five years / Physician of the Royal Hospital / at Haslar / He died on the 18th July 1794 / In the 78th year of his age'

Details

Description: White marble wall tablet, a draped urn in relief above the inscription tablet, a shield of arms on the apron below.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Lind, James
Age: 78
Date of Death: 18/7/1794
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Physician
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: James Lind, father of nautical medicine, appointed to Haslar 1758, retired 1783, died 1794.

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  "transcript": "'Non omnis moriar / Here / lie the Remains of / James Lind MD / Who was Twenty-five years / Physician of the Royal Hospital / at Haslar / He died on the 18th July 1794 / In the 78th year of his age'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, Hampshire, commemorating James Lind d. 1794</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William George James d. 1905

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES / E.R.A. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died October 27th 1905 / aged 31 years / Thy will be done / Erected by his shipmates'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 273
Vessel: HMS Good Hope

People

James, William George
Age: 31
Date of Death: 27/10/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

JSON

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  "location": "Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM GEORGE JAMES / E.R.A. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died October 27th 1905 / aged 31 years / Thy will be done / Erected by his shipmates'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William George James d. 1905</p>",
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St Thomas Church, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Thomas Church, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands commemorating Jeremiah Murphy, d.1895

Location

St Thomas Church, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JEREMIAH DENIS MURPHY / BORN IN COURTMACSHERRY / COUNTY CORK, IRELAND / MARCH 21 1832 / DIED AT GRAND TURK, TURKS ISLAND / SEPTEMBER 20TH 1895'

Details

Description: Arched top, cross in relief above the inscription
Type: Tablet
Position: Murphy vault

People

Murphy, Jeremiah
Age: 63
Date of Death: 20/9/1895
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Salvage diver
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The date is probably incorrect and should be the 2nd March (his baptismal record is for the 2nd March).
Bibliography: David Challis 'Jeremiah Murphy, West Indies salvage diver from 1852 to 1895', 'Historic Diving Times' No. 36, Summer 2005.

JSON

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  "location": "St Thomas Church, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JEREMIAH DENIS MURPHY / BORN IN COURTMACSHERRY / COUNTY CORK, IRELAND / MARCH 21 1832 / DIED AT GRAND TURK, TURKS ISLAND / SEPTEMBER 20TH 1895'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Thomas Church, Cockburn Town, Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands commemorating Jeremiah Murphy, d.1895</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "notes": "The date is probably incorrect and should be the 2nd March (his baptismal record is for the 2nd March).",
    "bibliography": "David Challis 'Jeremiah Murphy, West Indies salvage diver from 1852 to 1895', 'Historic Diving Times' No. 36, Summer 2005.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales

Headstone at Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, Cardiff commemorating Isaac Hughes of Aberystwyth d. 1851

Location

Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Isaac Hughes of Aberystwyth / Master Mariner / who departed this life at this port / December 18th 1851 aged 42 years / Ffarwel deithio tir a moroedd / Hwyr a boreau dydd a nos / ffarwel bob ryw storam arw / Ffarwel bob rym chwere Ioes / Ar rym ddewrnod fe ddaeth cerby / Trugywddolfyd i fy nol / Yn union gyrohol hedais iddo / Or siwrnau hon ddoi byth yn nod.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Rear of chapel
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Confidence

People

Hughes, Isaac
Age: 42
Date of Death: 18/12/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "location": "Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Church, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Isaac Hughes of Aberystwyth / Master Mariner / who departed this life at this port / December 18th 1851 aged 42 years / Ffarwel deithio tir a moroedd / Hwyr a boreau dydd a nos / ffarwel bob ryw storam arw / Ffarwel bob rym chwere Ioes / Ar rym ddewrnod fe ddaeth cerby / Trugywddolfyd i fy nol / Yn union gyrohol hedais iddo / Or siwrnau hon ddoi byth yn nod.'",
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St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, commemorating Admiral John Kelly d. 1936

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

‘REMEMBER / JOHN DONALD KELLY / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / G.C.B., G.C.V.O. / Second son of Lieut. Col. H.H. Kelly R.M.A. / He served his Sovereign and the Royal Navy / faithfully for 52 years and then by the will of / God fell asleep, Nov. 4. 1936. Aged 65 years. / He served in the South African War 1902 / in HMS FORTE; / in the war of 1914-1918 / in HMS DUBLIN in pursuit of the Goeben; / in the Dardanelles & the Adriatic; in the Grand / Fleet in HMS DEVONSHIRE, HMS WEYMOUTH / HMS PRINCESS ROYAL 1919-1922 Admiralty / Director of Operations; 1922-1923, Rear Admiral / Mediterranean; 1924-1927 Fourth Sea Lord; 1927-1929 Vice Admiral Mediterranean; / 1929-1931 Admiral Commanding Reserves; / 1931-1933 Commander-in–Chief Atlantic & Home / Fleets; and ended his career in HMS VICTORY / as Commander-in-Chief of this Port 1939-1936. / ‘They go down to the sea in ships / and occupy their business in great waters / These men seek the works of the Lord / and his wonders in the deep… / Then they are glad, because they are at rest; / and so he bringeth them into haven / where they would be.’

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of nave
Artists: Eric Gill

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War,

People

Kelly, John Donald
Age: 65
Date of Death: 4/11/1936
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sir John Kelly.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996) p. 437.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘REMEMBER / JOHN DONALD KELLY / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / G.C.B., G.C.V.O. / Second son of Lieut. Col. H.H. Kelly R.M.A. / He served his Sovereign and the Royal Navy / faithfully for 52 years and then by the will of / God fell asleep, Nov. 4. 1936. Aged 65 years. / He served in the South African War 1902 / in HMS FORTE; / in the war of 1914-1918 / in HMS DUBLIN in pursuit of the Goeben; / in the Dardanelles & the Adriatic; in the Grand / Fleet in HMS DEVONSHIRE, HMS WEYMOUTH / HMS PRINCESS ROYAL 1919-1922 Admiralty / Director of Operations; 1922-1923, Rear Admiral / Mediterranean; 1924-1927 Fourth Sea Lord; 1927-1929 Vice Admiral Mediterranean; / 1929-1931 Admiral Commanding Reserves; / 1931-1933 Commander-in–Chief Atlantic & Home / Fleets; and ended his career in HMS VICTORY / as Commander-in-Chief of this Port 1939-1936. / ‘They go down to the sea in ships / and occupy their business in great waters / These men seek the works of the Lord / and his wonders in the deep… / Then they are glad, because they are at rest; / and so he bringeth them into haven / where they would be.’",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, commemorating Admiral John Kelly d. 1936</p>",
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
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St Nicholas's Church, Chawton, Hampshire, England

Window in St Nicholas’s Church, Chawton, Hampshire, dedicated to Captain Benjamin Clement RN d. 1835

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Chawton, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN CLEMENT CAPTAIN RN BORN MARCH 29TH 1785 DIED NOV 5TH 1835 ALSO OF ANN MARY HIS WIFE BORN SEPTR 22ND 1787 DIED AUG 30TH 1858'

Details

Description: Lancet window depicting the annunciation. Damaged by thieves in 1977 and repaired locally.
Type: Window
Materials: Stained glass
Date Erected: 1889

People

Clement, Benjamin
Age: 50
Date of Death: 5/11/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Clement married Ann Mary Prowting, a friend and neighbour of Jane Austen. He is believed to have carried one of Jane Austen's last letters from Winchester to a Mrs Tilson (Ref. letters of J.A. Deirdre Le Faye).
Recorder: Pam Morrison, The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN CLEMENT CAPTAIN RN BORN MARCH 29TH 1785 DIED NOV 5TH 1835 ALSO OF ANN MARY HIS WIFE BORN SEPTR 22ND 1787 DIED AUG 30TH 1858'",
  "content": "<p>Window in St Nicholas’s Church, Chawton, Hampshire, dedicated to Captain Benjamin Clement RN d. 1835</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
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Old Cemetery, Southampton, England

Tomb at Old Cemetery, Southampton of Captain John Smith RN d. 1850

Location

Old Cemetery, Southampton, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE SMITH / LATE A POST-CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / HE DIED AT SOUTHAMPTON ON THE 6TH OF APRIL 1850 / WHEN IN COMMISSION AS ADMIRALTY SUPERINTENDENT / OF THE ROYAL MAIL PACKETS / HE DEVOTED HIS BEST ENERGIES BOTH AT HOME / AND TOWARDS PARTS OF THE WORLD FOR THE GOOD OF HIS COUNTRY / HE MADE VERY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN NAVAL GUNNERY / WAS THEN IN COMMAND OF THE EXCELLENT AT PORTSMOUTH / AND AMONG MANY FURTHER VALUABLE INVENTIONS / HE INTRODUCED THE PADDLE BOX LIFE BOATS / ... LIFE HE WAS ... -OVED/ AND WAS EVER GENEROUS AND GOOD OF HEART'

Details

Description: An upturned lifeboat sits upon the top of the tomb accompanied by an anchor with chain attached. This memorial is now very badly damaged by natural causes.
Type: Chest tomb
Position: South of the southernmost chapel
Materials: Stone

People

Smith, George
Age:
Date of Death: 6/4/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Paddle box lifeboats could be stored above the paddle wheel of early steamships, so economising on a steamer's limited space whilst providing for passenger and crew safety. George Smith's invention was tried first on board HMS Carron in 1839. His lifeboats were stored successfully above each paddle wheel, could accommodate up to 50 passengers each, and did not affect the ship's performance.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE SMITH / LATE A POST-CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / HE DIED AT SOUTHAMPTON ON THE 6TH OF APRIL 1850 / WHEN IN COMMISSION AS ADMIRALTY SUPERINTENDENT / OF THE ROYAL MAIL PACKETS / HE DEVOTED HIS BEST ENERGIES BOTH AT HOME / AND TOWARDS PARTS OF THE WORLD FOR THE GOOD OF HIS COUNTRY / HE MADE VERY IMPORTANT IMPROVEMENTS IN NAVAL GUNNERY / WAS THEN IN COMMAND OF THE EXCELLENT AT PORTSMOUTH / AND AMONG MANY FURTHER VALUABLE INVENTIONS / HE INTRODUCED THE PADDLE BOX LIFE BOATS / ... LIFE HE WAS ... -OVED/ AND WAS EVER GENEROUS AND GOOD OF HEART'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters