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St Matthias's Church, Poplar, London, England

Wall tablet at St Matthias’s Church, Poplar commemorating Philip Worth HEIC d. 1843

Location

St Matthias's Church, Poplar, London, England

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: East end of south aisle

People

Worth, Philip
Age:
Date of Death: 1743
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Buried 30/3/1743.
Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 282.
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St Andrew's church, Charmouth, Dorset, England

Wall tablet in St Andrew’s church, Charmouth, dedicated to Captain Matthew Liddon RN d. 1864

Location

St Andrew's church, Charmouth, Dorset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CAPT. MATTHEW JOHN LIDDON R.N. / WHO DIED MAY 3RD 1864 / AGED 63 YEARS. / WE CANNOT LORD THY PURPOSE SEE / BUT ALL IS WELL THAT'S DONE BY THEE.'

Details

Description: Black base with coat of arms in white marble with motto 'EX . FIDE . VIVIMUS.' The inscription on a white marble scroll.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Artists: H.W. Pryer

People

Liddon, Matthew John
Age: 63
Date of Death: 3/5/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating Charles Hogan, d. 1889

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Chief Engineer, Colonial Steamer Pei Ho. Died 1 Jan 1889. Aged 35 years'

Details

Vessel: Pei Ho

People

Hogan, Charles Theophilus
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1/1/1889
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 325, (Greenwich, 1982).
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St Pancras Old Church, London, England

Memorial in St Pancras Old Church, London commemorating Captain Thomas Cole RN d. 1822

Location

St Pancras Old Church, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / Captain THOMAS COLE / of the Royal Navy / Who died Feby 3rd, 1822, aged 40 years / He lost his left leg in gallantly / storming the battery at Martinique / in 1804, being then First Lieutenant of / His Majesty's Ship Blenheim, of 74 guns / Also Lieutenant RICHARD COLE / of the Royal Navy / Brother of the above Commander / of the H.C. Ship James Sibbald, / Who died May 30th, 1832, aged 40 years'.

Details

Vessel: HMS Blenheim, James Sibbald

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Cole, Thomas
Age: 30
Date of Death: 3/2/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cole, Richard
Age: 40
Date of Death: 30/5/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol i, p. 132
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Wing d. 1853?

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory / of / James Wing / late fireman of the / P & O Co steamer Lady / Mary Wood who departed this life / July 21st 1853 aged 17 ? / years. This stone is erected / by his brother ship / mates as a tribute of esteem'

Details

Description: Carving above inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: Lady Mary Wood

People

Wing, James
Age: 17
Date of Death: 21/7/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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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 Charles Rayner, d. 1823

Location

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

Transcript

'Charles Rayner, Esq. / surgeon of the ship 'Woodford' died 15th / Dec. 1823 aged 27 years.'

Details

Vessel: Woodford

People

Reyner, Charles
Age: 27
Date of Death: 15/12/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.109.
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Church of St Michael and St Paul, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Michael and St Paul, Alnwick commemorating William Crisp d. 1842 Purser RN

Location

Church of St Michael and St Paul, Alnwick, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'William Crisp, Purser Royal Navy, son of Captain Robert Crisp and Jane, his wife, who died 12 Nov 1842 aged 52. Also, Eleanor, wife of the above William Crisp, who died 30 Sept 1830 aged 48'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Crisp, William
Age: 52
Date of Death: 12/11/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, Aug 1970
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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood d. 1810

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE TO THE MEMORY OF CUTHBERT LORD COLLINGWOOD / WHO DIED IN THE COMMAND OF THE FLEET IN THE MEDITERRANEAN ON BOARD OF THE VILLE-DE-PARIS / VII MARCH MDCCCX AND THE LXI YEAR OF HIS AGE / WHEREVER HE SERVED HE WAS DISTINGUISHED FOR CONDUCT, SKILL AND COURAGE; PARTICULARLY / IN THE ACTION WITH THE FRENCH FLEET 1 JUNE MDCCXCIV, AS CAPTAIN OF THE BARFLEUR / IN THE ACTION WITH THE SPANISH FLEET XIV FEBRUARY MDCCXCVII AS CAPTAIN OF THE EXCELLENT / BUT MOST CONSPICUOUSLY IN THE DECISIVE VICTORY OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR, OBTAINED OVER / THE COMBINED FLEETS OF FRANCE AND SPAIN / TO WHICH HE EMINENTLY CONTRIBUTED, AS VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, COMMANDING LARBOARD DIVISION / XXI OCTOBER MDCCCV' [On tomb in crypt] 'CUTHBERT LORD COLLINGWOOD / DIED 7TH MARCH 1810 / AGED 61'

Details

Description: The draped body of the admiral recumbent on the hull of a classical galley attended by Victory and the River Thames and his tributaries. The side of the galley is carved with reliefs of putti in boats emblematic of the progress of navigation.
Type: Monument
Position: South transept
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: 1813
Artists: Richard Westmacott

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Collingwood, Cuthbert
Age: 61
Date of Death: 7/3/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Voted by Parliament, date of contract 2/9/1811, value £4, 200.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Seaforth Old Burying Ground, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Rest of the World

Memorial at Seaforth Old Burying Ground, Simon’s Town, Western Cape, South Africa commemorating William Froude d. 1879

Location

Seaforth Old Burying Ground, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘R.I.P. / WILLIAM FROUDE / who died 4 May 1878 / Aged 68 // ‘Lord who shall dwell in thy / tabernacle even he that leadeth / an uncorrupt life.''

Details

Description: Large white marble celtic cross carved with flower at the centre, surrounded by a circle of thorns. The cross is decorated with oak leaves.

Materials: white marble

People

Froude, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 4/5/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Naval architect
Organisation: Heenan & Froude Ltd

Extra

Notes: Froude invited the first hydraulic dynamometer, which measures the power of naval engines. He died while an official guest of the Royal Navy in Simonstown, South Africa and was given naval honours.

Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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St Michael’s and All Saints Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Memorial in St Michael’s and All Saints Church, Stokenham, Devon dedicated to William Henry Soper d. 1871

Location

St Michael’s and All Saints Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Transcript

'... Wm Henry Soper drowned at sea 6 Dec 1871 aged 21'

Details

People

Soper, William Henry
Age: 21
Date of Death: 6/12/1871
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage
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