Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Highworth commemorating Captain John Robert Kernys Warneford RNVR d. 1960
Location
St Michael's Church, Highworth, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of John Robert Kernys Warneford Captain RNVR of Warneford Place. Died December 17th 1960 aged 80 years'
Details
Position: Warneford Chapel
People
Warneford, John Robert Kernys Age: 80 Date of Death: 17/12/1960 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RNVR Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Memorial at Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Rear Admiral Sir John Lindsay, RN, d. 1788
Location
Westminster Abbey, London
Details
Description: No known gravestone or monument Type: Grave Position: North transept Vessel: HMS Trent, HMS Tartar
Event
Battle of Havana, Seven Years War
Event Date
1762
People
Lindsay, John Age: 51 Date of Death: 4/6/1788 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Sir John Lindsay is buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey, adjoining the grave of Lady Mansfield.
Sir John Lindsay was knighted in 1764 following the Rochefort expedition and the taking of Havana, Cuba in 1762. His ship, HMS Tartar, carried one of John Harrison’s chronometers during their sea trials.
His daughter Dido Elizabeth Belle was raised by his uncle, Lord Mansfield.
Bust at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, depicting Charles Dibdin, writer and composer d. 1814
Location
Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'CHARLES DIBDIN / AUTHOR OF THE NATIONAL NAVAL BALLADS / 'For though his body's under hatches / his soul has gone aloft / 'Vide Tom Bowling'
Details
Description: Bust of Dibdin, a mourning female figure with a lyre below. Type: Bust Position: Peacock room Materials: Marble Artists: Robert William Sievier
People
Dibdin, Charles Age: 69 Date of Death: 25/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Writer and composer Organisation:
Extra
Notes: In the Peacock Room of the King Charles block, which was previously the pensioners' reading room and ORNC library. Bibliography: Pieter van der Merwe 'Charles Dibdin, Jack and the Windlass', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 193 (Greenwich, 1981).
Wall tablet at St Lawrence’s Church, Warkworth commemorating Samuel Burn d. 1816
Location
St Lawrence's Church, Warkworth, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'Samuel Burn Esq late of Berwick-upon-Tweed thirty-three years collector of his Majesty's Customs at that Port and a Magistrate of the Borough. Died 22 February 1816 in the 66th year of his age'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: West wall Materials: Marble
People
Burn, Samuel Age: 65 Date of Death: 22/2/1816 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Collector of Customs Organisation:
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Collins d. 1856
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of William COLLINS, late Master of the Barque 'Primula'... who died at sea on the 11th May 1856, aged 42 years. This stone was erected by the crew of the ship as a token of esteem for their late captain.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Set square and compasses carved above the inscription. Vessel: Primula
People
Collins, William Age: 42 Date of Death: 11/5/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: 'Primula' barque, Built Sunderland 1853, owner J. Alcock, Sunderland. Recorder: Christine Thomas
Wall monument at All Saints Church, Chelsea commemorating Anne Chamberlayne d. 1691
Location
All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England
Transcript
'HIC JUXTA IN CONDITORIO JACET ANNA / EDVARDI CHAMBERLAYNE, L.L.D. FILIA UNICA / LONDINI NATA XX JANUARII, 1667 / QUAE DIU SPETO CONNUBIO, MAGNA QUE / SUPRA SEXTUM ET AETATEM MOLIENS / XXX JUNII, 1690 / CONTRA FRANCI GENAS ARMIS HABITUQUE VIRILI, / IN RATE FLAMIFERA SEX HORAS SUB DUCE FRATRE / PUGNAVIT, DUM VIRGO FUIT; DUM CASTA VIRAGO / HEROUM POTERIT STIRPEM GENERARE MARINAM / NI PRAEMATURIS FATIS ABREPTA FUISSET / REDUX AB ISTA NAVALI PUGNA, AC POST ALIQUOT MENSES NUPTA / JOANNI SPRAGGE, ARMIGERO / QUOCUM VIXIT AMANTISSIMI SESQUI ANNUM; TANDEM ENIXA / FILIAM, POST PAUCOS DIES OBIT, XXX OCTOBRIS, 1692 / HOC MONUMENTUM UXORI CHARISSIMAE, NEC NON / PUDICISSIMAE, PONI CURAVIT MARITUS, MOETISSIMUS' [In an adjoining vault lies ANNE only daughter of EDWARD CHAMBERLAYNE, doctor of law, born in London, the 20th January 1667 who having long declined marriage and aspiring to great achievements, unusual to her sex and age, on the 30th June, 1690, on board a FIRE SHIP in mans cloathing, as a second Pallas, chaste and fearless, fought valiantly six hours against the French, under the command of her brother - snatched alas! how soon, by sudden death, unhonoured by a progeny like himself worthy to rule the main! -Returned from the engagement after some few months she married to JOHN SPRAGG, Esq with whom for sixteen more, she lived most amicably happy. At length in childbed of a daughter she encountered death 30th October 1691. This monument for a consort most virtuous and dearly beloved, was erected by her husband]
Details
Type: Wall monument Position: South west corner
People
Chamberlayne, Anne Age: Date of Death: 30/10/1691 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: 'Nautical Anecdotes', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 32, p. 111, (London, 1814). Recorder: Elizabeth Nellist 1983
