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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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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating John Morgan of Cardigan d. 1881

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of / John Morgan of Cardigan / (Master Mariner) / Interred at Quebeck Cemetery 1881 / Aged 58 years / Also Sarah Morgan widow of the above / Died at Marlborough Road Sept 14 1903 / Aged 80 years.'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Morgan, John
Age: 58
Date of Death: 1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In affectionate remembrance of / John Morgan of Cardigan / (Master Mariner) / Interred at Quebeck Cemetery 1881 / Aged 58 years / Also Sarah Morgan widow of the above / Died at Marlborough Road Sept 14 1903 / Aged 80 years.'",
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St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Window in Newcastle Cathedral dedicated to Charles Algernon Parsons d. 1931

Location

St Nicholas Cathedral, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES ALGERNON / PARSONS / BORN JUNE 9TH 1854 / DIED FEBRUARY 11TH 1931'

Details

Description: Three-light window depicting St Aidan, St Christopher and St Columba. Above are St Barbara the patron saint of miners and St Catherine, patron saint of wheelwrights. An angel in the centre, holds a model of 'Turbinia', the first turbine-driven steam yacht.
Type: Window
Position: St George's Chapel
Materials: Glass, lead
Vessel: 'Turbinia'

People

Parsons, Charles
Age: 86
Date of Death: 11/2/1931
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation:

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES ALGERNON / PARSONS / BORN JUNE 9TH 1854 / DIED FEBRUARY 11TH 1931'",
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Galle Face Burial Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at Galle Face Burial Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka commemorating Captain George Fleming, Indian Navy, d. 1838

Location

Galle Face Burial Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of George Fleming Esq of the Indian Navy who departed this life on 15 Dec 1838 aged 23 years. Midshipman Fleming I.N. was in command of H.C.S. Maldiva engaged with the surveying schooner 'Royal Tiger' which was employed on the coast of India, Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago in 1837-8. The 'Maldiva' left Galle for Cochin 9 Nov 1838 with Fleming in command'

Details

Vessel: HEIC Maldiva

People

Fleming, George
Age: 23
Date of Death: 15/12/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman HEIC
Organisation: Indian Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

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  "location": "Galle Face Burial Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of George Fleming Esq of the Indian Navy who departed this life on 15 Dec 1838 aged 23 years. Midshipman Fleming I.N. was in command of H.C.S. Maldiva engaged with the surveying schooner 'Royal Tiger' which was employed on the coast of India, Ceylon and the Malay Archipelago in 1837-8. The 'Maldiva' left Galle for Cochin 9 Nov 1838 with Fleming in command'",
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    "notes": "Formerly Ceylon.",
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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St Andrew's Church, Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Donhead St Andrew commemorating Captain John Cooke RN d. 1805 in the Battle of Trafalgar

Location

St Andrew's Church, Donhead St Andrew, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED to the Memory of / JOHN COOKE, Esqr late Captain of / His Majesty's ship BELLEROPHON, / Who in the Battle / OF TRAFALGAR / on the 21st of Oct'r 1805 / Having evinced the most consummate skill, / And Bravery, / In the conflict of that eventful day, / Fell / In a moment, glorious indeed to his COUNTRY, / But marked by individual tears / of all who knew him. / His inconsolable widow, / Places this tablet to record / His virtues and His Fate, / Near the spot which he had chosen / as his favourite retirement / And to which, / Having left it at the call of his Country, / He returned no more. / Peruit Anno Aetatis 43 / Be merciful to her O God who bends, / And mourns the best of Husbands, Fathers, Friends, / Oh "When she wakes at midnight" but to shed / Fresh tears of anguish on her lonely bed, / "Thinking on Him who IS NOT," -then restrain / Her bitter thoughts and her sad heart sustain. / FATHER of MERCIES she remembers still / Thy chast'ning hand, and to thy Sov'reign will / Bows silent, but not HOPELESS whilst her eye, / she raises to a bright FUTURITY, / And Trusts in better worlds thou will restore ,/ The Happiness she here can meet no more / Louisa, Relict of the above / Departed this life at Cheltenham Feby 5th, 1853 / Aged 96 Years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Bellerophon

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Cooke, John
Age: 43
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: N.M. Assheton 1984

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  "transcript": "'SACRED to the Memory of / JOHN COOKE, Esqr late Captain of / His Majesty's ship BELLEROPHON, / Who in the Battle / OF TRAFALGAR / on the 21st of Oct'r 1805 / Having evinced the most consummate skill, / And Bravery, / In the conflict of that eventful day, / Fell / In a moment, glorious indeed to his COUNTRY, / But marked by individual tears / of all who knew him. / His inconsolable widow, / Places this tablet to record / His virtues and His Fate, / Near the spot which he had chosen / as his favourite retirement / And to which, / Having left it at the call of his Country, / He returned no more. / Peruit Anno Aetatis 43 / Be merciful to her O God who bends, / And mourns the best of Husbands, Fathers, Friends, / Oh \"When she wakes at midnight\" but to shed / Fresh tears of anguish on her lonely bed, / \"Thinking on Him who IS NOT,\" -then restrain / Her bitter thoughts and her sad heart sustain. / FATHER of MERCIES she remembers still / Thy chast'ning hand, and to thy Sov'reign will / Bows silent, but not HOPELESS whilst her eye, / she raises to a bright FUTURITY, / And Trusts in better worlds thou will restore ,/ The Happiness she here can meet no more / Louisa, Relict of the above / Departed this life at Cheltenham Feby 5th, 1853 / Aged 96 Years'",
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Gunnersbury Cemetery, Hammersmith, London, England

Memorial in Hammersmith, London commemorating Admiral Sir Frederick Learmouth d. 1866

Location

Gunnersbury Cemetery, Hammersmith, London, England

Details

People

Learmouth, Frederick
Age: 75
Date of Death: 1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral. Hydrographer to the Navy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sir Frederick Learmouth.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 134.

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hammersmith, London commemorating Admiral Sir Frederick Learmouth d. 1866</p>",
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    "notes": "Sir Frederick Learmouth.",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 134.",
    "recorder": "",
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St Nicholas Church, Montgomery, Powys, Wales

Memorial in St Nicholas Church, Montgomery, Powys commemorating Admiral Charles Thomas Jones d. 1853

Location

St Nicholas Church, Montgomery, Powys, Wales

Transcript

‘REAR ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / OF FFONFRAITH IN THIS COUNTY, / WHO DIED ON THE 4TH APRIL 1853, IN 76TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HE ENTERED THE Navy 2ND MAY 1791. / SERVED ON BOARD LEVIATHAN 74, LORD HUGH SEYMOUR / AND WAS PRESENT AT THE TAKING OF TOULON, IN AUGUST 1793, /WAS WOUNDED ON BOARD THE SAME SHIP IN LORD HOWE'S ACTION, 1ST JUNE 1794 / AND IN THE SANS PAREIL, 80 / PARTICIPATED IN THE ACTION FOUGHT OFF ILE DE GROIX, 23 JUNE 1795. / HE COMMANDED THE HARRIER SLOOP OF WAR, 18 GUNS / ON THE NORTH AMERICA AND WEST INDIA STATION. / WAS PROMOTED TO THE RANK OF POST CAPTAIN, 12 AUGUST 1819, AND ATTAINED THAT OF REAR ADMIRAL IN SEPTEMBER 1851. / ALSO OF JANE HELEN MELVILLE / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED APRIL 1ST 1833, AGED 36 YEARS / ALSO OF / CHARLES SALTOUN, SON OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1842, AGED 22 YEARS, / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED TO THEIR MEMORY / BY THE THREE SURVIVING SONS’

Details

Description: Naval trophies and flags above the inscription tablet. Coat of arms.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Jones, Charles Thomas
Age: 76
Date of Death: 4/4/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1993

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  "location": "St Nicholas Church, Montgomery, Powys, Wales",
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Charles Hambley, RN, Arthur Moxley, RN, Albert Road, RN, Joseph Judd, RN, d. 1897

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Charles Hambley P.O. First Class / Arthur Moxley Lg Seaman / Albert W. Road A.B. / Joseph Judd A.B. / H.M.S. Gibraltar / killed by a torpedo explosion / 12 February 1897'

Details

Description: Marble tablet set into white concrete cross.
Type: Cross
Materials: Concrete, marble
Vessel: HMS Gibraltar

People

Hambley, Charles
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 12/2/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Judd, Joseph
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 12/2/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Moxley, Arthur
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 12/2/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Roach, Albert W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 12/2/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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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 John Statham, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1841

Location

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

Transcript

Here are deposited the revered remains of / John Statham / Master Pilot H.C.S. a well-known, active and / zealous officer, born 24th October 1808, / died 18th September 1841. / He was universally esteemed for his integrity / kindness of disposition and willing [sic] to oblige / and died deeply and deservedly regretted by his / relatives, friends and acquaintances, but / above all by his much afflicted widow, / who mourns the loss of such an / incomparable husband. / Thou art gone to the grave, twere wrong to deplore thee, / since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide, / He gave thee, He took thee, He soon will restore thee, / where death has no sting / since the Saviour has died. / Also his two infant children, who died in early infancy / Affections last token. / Also of Mary Anne Statham / widow of Mr Statham, died 12th Nov 1842 / aged 40 years, 5 months and 11 days.'

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Vessel: HMS Conway

People

Statham, John
Age: 33
Date of Death: 18/9/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.175.

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  "transcript": "Here are deposited the revered remains of / John Statham / Master Pilot H.C.S. a well-known, active and / zealous officer, born 24th October 1808, / died 18th September 1841. / He was universally esteemed for his integrity / kindness of disposition and willing [sic] to oblige / and died deeply and deservedly regretted by his / relatives, friends and acquaintances, but / above all by his much afflicted widow, / who mourns the loss of such an / incomparable husband. / Thou art gone to the grave, twere wrong to deplore thee, / since God was thy ransom, thy guardian, thy guide, / He gave thee, He took thee, He soon will restore thee, / where death has no sting / since the Saviour has died. / Also his two infant children, who died in early infancy / Affections last token. / Also of Mary Anne Statham / widow of Mr Statham, died 12th Nov 1842 / aged 40 years, 5 months and 11 days.'",
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St Mary's Church, Helmingham, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Helmingham, Suffolk commemorating Hon George Tollemache, RN d. 1760

Location

St Mary's Church, Helmingham, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'...Killed by falling from masthead of the Modeste man of war at sea'

Details

Vessel: HMS Modeste

People

Tollemache, George
Age: 16 years
Date of Death: 13/11/1760
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Hon George Tollemache drowned en route to Lisbon following a fall from the mizzen topmast of the HMS 'Modeste'.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

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  "transcript": "'...Killed by falling from masthead of the Modeste man of war at sea'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Helmingham, Suffolk commemorating Hon George Tollemache, RN d. 1760</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters