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St Peter's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant George Jolliffe RN d. 1799

Location

St Peter's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'To the Memory / of GEORGE JOLLIFFE, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, / third Son of WILLIAM JOLLIFFE Esquire M.P. for this Borough: / who in the Service of his Country bravely met an early but signally distinguished Death / on Board His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon, / in the glorious and triumphant Contest with the Superior Navy of France / in the Bay of Aboukir on the Coast of Egypt / August the 1st MDCCXCIX, in the 19th Year of his Age. / His grateful Country dedicate [sic] this Marble to perpetuate his well earned Fame / the Charges thereof having been defrayed from / a patriotic Subscription voluntary [sic] raised in aid of the Sufferers and in / honorable Memorial of those who so gallantly fell contending for / the brightest Victory ever atchieved [sic] even by / the British Navy'

Details

Description: Acanthus leaf border, fan shaped reliefs of mourning female with anchor and naval tropies above, battle scene below.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Tower north wall
Materials: Marble, stone
Vessel: HMS Bellerophon

Event

Battle of the Nile

Event Date

1798

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Jolliffe, George
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1/8/1798
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Date of the battle incorrect in the inscription.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "location": "St Peter's Church, Petersfield, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'To the Memory / of GEORGE JOLLIFFE, a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, / third Son of WILLIAM JOLLIFFE Esquire M.P. for this Borough: / who in the Service of his Country bravely met an early but signally distinguished Death / on Board His Majesty's Ship Bellerophon, / in the glorious and triumphant Contest with the Superior Navy of France / in the Bay of Aboukir on the Coast of Egypt / August the 1st MDCCXCIX, in the 19th Year of his Age. / His grateful Country dedicate [sic] this Marble to perpetuate his well earned Fame / the Charges thereof having been defrayed from / a patriotic Subscription voluntary [sic] raised in aid of the Sufferers and in / honorable Memorial of those who so gallantly fell contending for / the brightest Victory ever atchieved [sic] even by / the British Navy'",
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    "vessel": "HMS Bellerophon"  },
  "event": {
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    "date": "1798",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Date of the battle incorrect in the inscription.",
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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Church of St John the Baptist, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Tablet dedicated to Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Charles Edmund Nugent RN, d. 1844, in Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Little Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR CHARLES EDMUND NUGENT G.C.H. / AND ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET. / WHO DIED ON THE 7TH JANUARY 1844 IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE ENTERED THE SERVICE VERY EARLY IN LIFE / AND SERVED IN EUROPE AND AMERICA ABOVE SEVENTY YEARS. / MOST HONORABLY AND WITH GREAT CREDIT. / HAVING DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF, / BOTH AT SEA AND ON LAND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS / UNTIL HE ATTAINED A HIGH RANK IN HIS PROFESSION. / HE WAS BURIED AT STUDLAND, NEAR SWANAGE, IN DORSETSHIRE. / ON THE 13TH OF JANUARY 1844. / MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BE GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO HAVE MERCY / UPON HIS SOUL. AND MAY THE RECORDING ANGEL DROP A TEAR / UPON HIS TRANSGRESSIONS. AND BLOT THEM OUT FOR EVER. Sterne. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER / GENERAL SIR GEORGE NUGENT G.C.B. / AS A MEMORIAL OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR HIM / AND OF THEIR MUTUAL REGARD'

Details

Vessel: HMS Caesar

Event

Seizure of Omoa

Event Date

20/10/1779

Event Category

1793 - 1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Nugent, Charles Edmund
Age: 85
Date of Death: 7/1/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J. K. Laughton, ‘Nugent, Sir Charles Edmund (bap. 1759, d. 1844)’, rev. Michael Partridge, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/20386, accessed 31 May 2017]
Recorder: Colin Harris 1993

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR CHARLES EDMUND NUGENT G.C.H. / AND ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET. / WHO DIED ON THE 7TH JANUARY 1844 IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE ENTERED THE SERVICE VERY EARLY IN LIFE / AND SERVED IN EUROPE AND AMERICA ABOVE SEVENTY YEARS. / MOST HONORABLY AND WITH GREAT CREDIT. / HAVING DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF, / BOTH AT SEA AND ON LAND ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS / UNTIL HE ATTAINED A HIGH RANK IN HIS PROFESSION. / HE WAS BURIED AT STUDLAND, NEAR SWANAGE, IN DORSETSHIRE. / ON THE 13TH OF JANUARY 1844. / MAY GOD ALMIGHTY BE GRACIOUSLY PLEASED TO HAVE MERCY / UPON HIS SOUL. AND MAY THE RECORDING ANGEL DROP A TEAR / UPON HIS TRANSGRESSIONS. AND BLOT THEM OUT FOR EVER. Sterne. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER / GENERAL SIR GEORGE NUGENT G.C.B. / AS A MEMORIAL OF HIS GREAT LOVE FOR HIM / AND OF THEIR MUTUAL REGARD'",
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    "event":"Seizure of Omoa",
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    "recorder": "Colin Harris 1993",
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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating David Carman, d. 1801

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'DAVID CARMAN, Master Mariner died 18th April 1801 aged 53 years.'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Carman, David
Age: 53
Date of Death: 18/4/1801
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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    "recorder": "Rev. William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, West Sussex, England

Memorial formerly at the Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, West Sussex commemorating William Burnett d. 1861, Surgeon RN, a veteran of Trafalgar

Location

Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, West Sussex, England

Details

Type: Window
Vessel: HMS Defiance

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Burnett, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed by a bomb in 1940. Burnett was a surgeon on HMS 'Defiance' at Trafalgar.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 40.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial formerly at the Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, West Sussex commemorating William Burnett d. 1861, Surgeon RN, a veteran of Trafalgar</p>",
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    "notes": "Destroyed by a bomb in 1940. Burnett was a surgeon on HMS 'Defiance' at Trafalgar.",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 40.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Ralph Pearson d. 1879

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Ralph Pearson son of William Pearson drowned off the coast of India 26th September 1879 aged 25'

Details

People

Pearson, Ralph
Age: 25
Date of Death: 26/9/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol 6, p. 977.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Ralph Pearson son of William Pearson drowned off the coast of India 26th September 1879 aged 25'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Ralph Pearson d. 1879</p>",
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    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol 6, p. 977.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Jacob Fance d. 1917

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'William Jacob Fance / Aged 66 / Master of the Ketch / “Excellent" drowned / off Sheringham / Dec: 4: 1917 / Buried in this Churchyard'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Excellent

People

Fance, William Jacob
Age: 66
Date of Death: 4/12/1917
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
}

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St Macra's Church, Maker, Cornwall, England

Headstone in Maker, Cornwall dedicated to Joseph Martin d. 1868

Location

St Macra's Church, Maker, Cornwall, England

Transcript

Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOSEPH MARTIN / WHO WAS DROWNED ON THE 2ND / NOVR 1868 WHILST / PERFORMING HIS / DUTY ON BOARD / H.M. BRIG SQUIRREL / AGED 35 YRS. / In the midst of life we are in death

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard (right hand side of church)
Vessel: HMS Squirrel

People

Martin, Joseph
Age: 35
Date of Death: 2/1/1868
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Herbert Goodwin d. 1944

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'William Herbert Goodwin, aged 24, accidental death on MV 'Euresco' 5 June 1944'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: MV Euresco

People

Goodwin, William Herbert
Age: 24
Date of Death: 5/6/1944
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'William Herbert Goodwin, aged 24, accidental death on MV 'Euresco' 5 June 1944'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating William Herbert Goodwin d. 1944</p>",
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    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Thomas d. 1878 and Thomas Thomas d. 1900

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

In affectionate remembrance / of / the beloved sons of / Thomas & Catherine Thomas / Docks, Cardiff / David / who died Nov 13th 1865 / Aged 2 years & six months / Also Benjamin / who died March 15th 1871 / Aged 13 years / Also William / who was drowned from the pilot boat / February 23rd 1878, aged 29 years / The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away / Blessed be the name of the Lord / Weep not for us our parents dear / Nor wish us back again / But think how sweet it will be for us / to suffer no more pain / Also the above / Thomas Thomas / pilot, Cardiff / Who died Jan 8th 1900, aged 78 years / Also of Catherine / beloved wife of the above T Thomas / Born Dec 17th 1829, Died Jan 30th 1914'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone

People

Thomas, William
Age: 29
Date of Death: 23/2/1878
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:
Thomas, Thomas
Age: 78
Date of Death: 8/1/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "In affectionate remembrance / of / the beloved sons of / Thomas & Catherine Thomas / Docks, Cardiff / David / who died Nov 13th 1865 / Aged 2 years & six months / Also Benjamin / who died March 15th 1871 / Aged 13 years / Also William / who was drowned from the pilot boat / February 23rd 1878, aged 29 years / The Lord gave and the Lord hath taken away / Blessed be the name of the Lord / Weep not for us our parents dear / Nor wish us back again / But think how sweet it will be for us / to suffer no more pain / Also the above / Thomas Thomas / pilot, Cardiff / Who died Jan 8th 1900, aged 78 years / Also of Catherine / beloved wife of the above T Thomas / Born Dec 17th 1829, Died Jan 30th 1914'",
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Monument in Westminster Abbey commemorating Captain James Cornewall RN d. 1744

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'INTER PRISTINAE VIRTUTIS MONVMENTA / HAC IN AEDE SACRA CONSERVETUR NOMEN / JACOBI CORNWALL / HENRICI CORNWALL DE CASTRO BRADWARDINO / IN AGRO HEREFORDIENSI ARMIGERI / E FILIIS NATV TERTII / QUI DE PERVETVSTA ET ILLUSTRI PLANTAGENISTARVM STIRPE / ANIMUM VERE PRISCUM DUCENS / RERUM NAVALIVM DUX EVASIT FACILE PERITISSIMVS / BRITONVM AEQUE LACHRYMIS ATQVE APPLAUSV MERITO DECORATVS / QVIPPE QVI PATRIAE CAUSAM / IN NAVALI ILLO...IUXTA CERTAMINE STRENUE PROPUGNANS / ...VGALIS ICTV VTROQVE PARITER TRVNCATVS CRURE / ARDOREM SVAM COMMILITONIBVS SUPREMVM MVNVS MORIENTIS LEGANS / OCCVBVIT INVICTIS / III ID FEB AD MDCCXLII AETAT SUAE XLV / CVIVS EXIMIA VIRTVM / AMPLIORE ELOGIO AD POSTERITATIS INCITATIONEM COMMENDARE NEOVIIT / QUAM HONORIS EXEMPLO PLANE SINGLARIA / QUAM UNANIMI SAFFRAGIO PUBLICIS EXPENSIS / HOC MONUMENTVM VIRI FORTISSIMI MEMORIAE / SENATUS BRITANNICVS CONSECRARI VOLVIT'.
'Amongst the monuments of ancient merit, in this sacred cathedral, let the name of James Cornewall be preserved: the third son of Henry Cornewall of Bredwardine Castle in the County of Hereford, Esq who from the very old and illustrious stock of the Plantagenets desiring a truly ancient spirit became a naval commander of the first eminence equally and deservedly honoured by the tears and applause of Britons, as a man who bravely defending the cause of his country in a sea fight off Toulon and by a chain-shot being deprived of both his legs at a blow, fell unconquered on the 27th Feb 1743 in the 45th year of his age. Bequeathing his animated example to his fellow sailors as the legacy of a dying Englishman and whose extraordinary valour could not be recommended to the emulation of posterity in a more ample eulogy than by so singular an instance of honour, since the Parliament of Great Britain, by a unanimous sufferage, resolved that a monument at the public expense should be consecrated to the memory of this most heroical person'

Details

Description: 'On the Rock stand two figures, the one represents Britannia under the character of Minerva accompanied with a Lion, the other figure is expressive of Fame who having presented to Minerva a medallion of the Hero, supports it, whilst exhibited to public View. The Medallion is accompanied with a Globe, and various honourary crowns due to Valour. Behind the figures is a lofty spreading Palm-Tree [removed] whereon is fixed the hero's shield or coat of arms together with a Laurel-Tree; both which issue from the naturally barren Rock, as attending to some heroic and uncommon event.' 'In the other cavity is a view of the Sea-fight before Toulon in Basso Relievo: on the foreground whereof the Marlborough of 90 guns is seen fiercely engaged with Admiral Navarro's ship the Real of 114 guns and her two seconds all raking the Marlborough fore and aft'
An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey etc
Type: Monument
Position: Cloisters (exit to Deanary courtyard)
Materials: Marble
Artists: Sir Robert Taylor

Event

Battle of Toulon 1744

Event Category

1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession

People

Cornewall, James
Age: 44
Date of Death: 27/2/1744
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: This incomplete part of the monument removed to the cloisters in 1932. Relief based on a painting by Samuel Scott. First monument to be erected by parliamentary subscription to a naval hero. Samuel Scott Bicentenary exhibition cat No 33. Damage to inscription in places. Photograph of memorial in its original location in the National Monuments Record.

Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); 'An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities ... designed as a guide to strangers' (London, 1754). Donald Garstang 'Sir Robert Taylor and Camillo Ruconi: the source of Britannia on the Cornwall monument in Westminster Abbey', 'Burlington Magazine' (145, no 1029, December 2003, pp. 869-71).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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  "post_id": "4940",
  "id": "M4779",
  "location": "Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England",
  "transcript": "'INTER PRISTINAE VIRTUTIS MONVMENTA / HAC IN AEDE SACRA CONSERVETUR NOMEN / JACOBI CORNWALL / HENRICI CORNWALL DE CASTRO BRADWARDINO / IN AGRO HEREFORDIENSI ARMIGERI / E FILIIS NATV TERTII / QUI DE PERVETVSTA ET ILLUSTRI PLANTAGENISTARVM STIRPE / ANIMUM VERE PRISCUM DUCENS / RERUM NAVALIVM DUX EVASIT FACILE PERITISSIMVS / BRITONVM AEQUE LACHRYMIS ATQVE APPLAUSV MERITO DECORATVS / QVIPPE QVI PATRIAE CAUSAM / IN NAVALI ILLO...IUXTA CERTAMINE STRENUE PROPUGNANS / ...VGALIS ICTV VTROQVE PARITER TRVNCATVS CRURE / ARDOREM SVAM COMMILITONIBVS SUPREMVM MVNVS MORIENTIS LEGANS / OCCVBVIT INVICTIS / III ID FEB AD MDCCXLII AETAT SUAE XLV / CVIVS EXIMIA VIRTVM / AMPLIORE ELOGIO AD POSTERITATIS INCITATIONEM COMMENDARE NEOVIIT / QUAM HONORIS EXEMPLO PLANE SINGLARIA / QUAM UNANIMI SAFFRAGIO PUBLICIS EXPENSIS / HOC MONUMENTVM VIRI FORTISSIMI MEMORIAE / SENATUS BRITANNICVS CONSECRARI VOLVIT'.<br />\n'Amongst the monuments of ancient merit, in this sacred cathedral, let the name of James Cornewall be preserved: the third son of Henry Cornewall of Bredwardine Castle in the County of Hereford, Esq who from the very old and illustrious stock of the Plantagenets desiring a truly ancient spirit became a naval commander of the first eminence equally and deservedly honoured by the tears and applause of Britons, as a man who bravely defending the cause of his country in a sea fight off Toulon and by a chain-shot being deprived of both his legs at a blow, fell unconquered on the 27th Feb 1743 in the 45th year of his age. Bequeathing his animated example to his fellow sailors as the legacy of a dying Englishman and whose extraordinary valour could not be recommended to the emulation of posterity in a more ample eulogy than by so singular an instance of honour, since the Parliament of Great Britain, by a unanimous sufferage, resolved that a monument at the public expense should be consecrated to the memory of this most heroical person'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4779Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6934\" width=\"363\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4779Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4779Large-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Monument in Westminster Abbey commemorating Captain James Cornewall RN d. 1744</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2014/05/M4779Large.jpg","/uploads/2014/05/M4779Large-214x300.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "'On the Rock stand two figures, the one represents Britannia under the character of Minerva accompanied with a Lion, the other figure is expressive of Fame who having presented to Minerva a medallion of the Hero, supports it, whilst exhibited to public View. The Medallion is accompanied with a Globe, and various honourary crowns due to Valour. Behind the figures is a lofty spreading Palm-Tree [removed] whereon is fixed the hero's shield or coat of arms together with a Laurel-Tree; both which issue from the naturally barren Rock, as attending to some heroic and uncommon event.' 'In the other cavity is a view of the Sea-fight before Toulon in Basso Relievo: on the foreground whereof the Marlborough of 90 guns is seen fiercely engaged with Admiral Navarro's ship the Real of 114 guns and her two seconds all raking the Marlborough fore and aft' <br />\nAn Historical Description of Westminster Abbey etc",
    "type": "Monument",
    "position": "Cloisters (exit to Deanary courtyard)",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Sir Robert Taylor",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Toulon 1744",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Cornewall, James","age":"44","dateofdeath":"27/2/1744","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "This incomplete part of the monument removed to the cloisters in 1932. Relief based on a painting by Samuel Scott. First monument to be erected by parliamentary subscription to a naval hero. Samuel Scott Bicentenary exhibition cat No 33. Damage to inscription in places. Photograph of memorial in its original location in the National Monuments Record.<br />",
    "bibliography": "K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); 'An Historical Description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities ... designed as a guide to strangers' (London, 1754). Donald Garstang 'Sir Robert Taylor and Camillo Ruconi: the source of Britannia on the Cornwall monument in Westminster Abbey', 'Burlington Magazine' (145, no 1029, December 2003, pp. 869-71).",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters