Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Arthur J. Edmunds d. 1885
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memoriam Arthur J EDMONDS, 3rd Officer S.S. 'Sikh' who died at this port December 8th 1885, aged 27 years. This stone is erected by the Ships Company'
Details
Description: Gothic style headstone flanked by pillars. Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Sikh
People
Edmonds, Arthur J. Age: 27 Date of Death: 8/12/1885 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 3rd Officer Organisation:
Wall tablet in Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant Philip Bromfield RN d. 1795
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / to the memory of Lieut. PHILIP BROMFIELD / late of His Majesty's ship St FIORENZO; Who after a liberal Education at Westminster School, entered at an early Age into the Naval Service / of his Country. / Under his brave and excellent Commander / Sir HARRY BURNARD NEALE Bart., / who was likewise his patron and Friend. / This Youth in a few Years had serv'd with Honour / in Ships of every description from a Sloop, to a first rate Man of War: / in every Station he gain'd the respect of his Superiors, / and the Esteem of his Equals / being modest, brave, and dilligent [sic], / and so devoted to his Profession / that had it pleas'd the Almighty / to have given him greater length of Days, / he would probably have been an Ornament / to the Character of a BRITISH NAVAL OFFICER / But - having exerted himself beyond his Strength / he died at Plymouth, on the 24th day of Novr. 1795 / having just enter'd his 19th Year / regretted by his brother officers and sorely lamented by his friends. / Yea speedily was he taken away / Lest that Wickedness might alter his Understanding, or Deceit beguile his Soul. / Wisdom Chap 4. VII.'
Details
Description: Rectangular stone tablet supported on a moulded base on two brackets. Surmounted by a moulded cornice with an arch-shaped pediment against which there is a relief carving of a draped, fluted urn surrounded by a foul anchor, ramrod and cannon. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel Materials: Coade stone Artists: Coade Vessel: HMS 'St Fiorenzo'
People
Bromfield, Philip Age: 19 Date of Death: 24/11/1795 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Possibly Phillip Broomfield Lt 7 Oct 1794 'Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy'.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 215, (Greenwich, 1972)
Headstone in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Burton d. 1924 and Thomas Burton d. 1938
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / William / beloved son of / William & Anne Burton / who was drowned on the steamtug / "White Rose" June 12th 1924 / Aged 24. / Also of his brother / Thomas / Lost at sea March 1938 / and uncle Frank / Lost at sea March 1938 / Thy will be done.'
Details
Description: Headstone Type: Gravestone Vessel: White Rose
People
Burton, William Age: 24 Date of Death: 12/6/1924 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Burton, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 3/1938 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Walmer, Kent commemorating John James Douglas, Lieutenant RMLI d.1858, John Douglas, Commander RN d. 1884, George Amelius Douglas, Captain RN d. 1900, Robert Gordon Douglas, Admiral RN d.1910
Location
Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England
Transcript
‘In Memory of / JOHN DOUGLAS ESQr., J.P. / Commander R.N. / Born Dec. 31st 1797, Died Nov. 11th, 1884. / Also of ROBINA, wife of above, / Born Sept. 20th, 1803, Died June 14th, 1874 / and of their children, / LOUISA JANE, Born March 10th 1833. Died October 1834. / JOHN JAMES, a Lieut. R.M. Lt. I. / Born Feby. 27th 1831, Died Feby. 8th. 1858. / HENRY DE WEND McDONNELL Mjr. Genl. B.S.C. / Born July 10th 1835, Died Feby 9th 1897. / GEORGE AMELIUS, Capt R.N. / Born Augst. 14th. 1832. Died Novr 20th 1900 / ROBERT GORDON DOUGLAS, Admiral, / Born June 7th 1829. Died January 12th 1910. / FENELLA ELIZABETH JULIANA SPARKS, / Born 1842. / Died 1924'
Details
Description: Carved with the arms of the Douglas family. Type: Wall tablet Position: South wall of nave Materials: White marble on black background
People
Douglas, John James Age: 26 Date of Death: 8/2/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Douglas, John Age: 86 Date of Death: 11.11.1884 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Douglas, George Amelius Age: 68 Date of Death: 20/11/1900 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Douglas, Robert Gordon Age: 80 Date of Death: 12/1/1910 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk commemorating Henry Sanderson d. 1876 Surgeon RN
Location
St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
[Centre panel] 'IN MEMORY OF / AGNES THOM / WIFE OF HENRY SANDERSON SURGEON R.N. / WHO DIED AT MUSSELBURGH 14TH NOVR. 1871 / AGED 75 YEARS / HENRY SANDERSON SURGEON R.N. / DIED 3RD DECR. 1876 AGED 83 YEARS / ALEXANDER MACDONALD SANDERSON F.R.C.S.E. / BORN 29TH SEPTEMBER 1826, DIED 9TH OCTOBER 1892/ HENRY LESLIE / SON OF / ALEXANDER MACDONALD SANDERSON FRCSE / BORN 23RD MAY 1857 DIED 23RD SEPTEMBER 1920 / ISABELLA / YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF ROBERT PATERSON. / NUNFIELD DUMFRIES / AND WIFE OF A M SANDERSON F.R.C.S.E. / BORN 20TH JULY 1837 DIED 14TH APRIL 1929'
Details
Description: Three inscribed stone panels. Type: Memorial Position: North east corner of churchyard
People
Sanderson, Henry Age: 83 Date of Death: 3/12/1876 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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)
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
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.
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