Memorial in St Nicholas’ Church, Rochester, Kent, commemorating John Austen and his son, Thomas Austen
Location
St Nicholas' Church, Rochester, Kent
Transcript
HERE LYETH YE BODY OF HENRY LEAFE SOMETIME MAIOR OF YS CIT & ALSO YE BODY OF HENRY AUSTEN GRANDCHILDE OF YE SAID HENRY LEAFE, ALSO YE BODY OF ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF HENRY LEAFE, MOTHER TO YE SAID HENRY AUSTEN & WIFE TO JOHN AUSTEN ESQR: ONE OF YE 4 MASTERS OF HIS MA'TIES: NAVYE & SOMETIME MAIOR OF YS CITY, ALSO YE BODY OF ELIZABETH AUSTEN, DAUGHTER OF THOMAS AUSTEN ESQR: ONE OF YE 4 MASTERS OF HIS MA'TIES: NAVYE, SONNE OF YE SAID JOHN AUSTEN, SHEE WAS AGED 22 YEARS: & DECEASED YE 7TH MARCH 1635
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People
Austen, John Age: unknown Date of Death: unknown Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Royal Navy Austen, Thomas Age: unknown Date of Death: unknown Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Royal Navy
A memorial in Porthkerry, Rhoose, Wales commemorating an unknown seafarer who died in 1866
Location
St Curig's Church, Porthkerry, Rhoose, South Glamorgan, Wales
Transcript
A seafaring man found drowned 1866
Details
Type: Stone Slab
People
Anon Age: unknown Date of Death: 1866 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: unknown Organisation: unknown
Extra
Notes: Reportedly erected over the grave of an unknown sailor found on the shore about 1 mile from the village. Villagers paid for the funeral and memorial. Recorder: BC. & P.D Morgan. 10/2/1981
Wall tablet in St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Fareham, Hampshire, commemorating Captain John Miller Adye RN d. 1847
Location
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Fareham, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN. JOHN MILLER ADYE R.N. / WHO DIED THE 10TH. OF FEBRUARY 1847 / AGED 41 YEARS / ALSO OF ALLITHEA LAWLESS ADYE / RELICT OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JANUARY 30TH. 1853 / AGED 71 YEARS.'
Details
Description: Small, cross-shaped wall tablet. Type: Wall Tablet Position: South Wall of Nave
People
Adye, John Miller Age: 41 Date of Death: 1847 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Mr. P. Clissold. Recorder: Bridget Clifford 14/01/81 Photographer: B. Tomlinson 2018
Gravestone at the Howff, Dundee commemorating Alexander Myles d. 1828
Location
The Howff, Dundee, Scotland
Transcript
'1818 / Erected / by / Alexander Myles, Jun / Ship Masters Dundee. / in memory of Cathrine Meldrum, his spouse, who died 26th April, 1814; aged 48 years. / Likewise the said Alexander Myles, who died the 14th May 1828 aged 67 years.'
Details
Description: Triangular top headstone. On the front is the above inscription. On the back of the headstone, a globe in the centre of a plain pediment with dentils. Pilasters with Ionic capitals flank a circular relief carving of a single-masted vessel under sail. Below, two crossed ensigns are joined by a seal with two cannons.
Type: Gravestone Materials: Sandstone Date Erected: 1818 Artists: T. Bisset
People
Myles, Alexander Age: 67 Date of Death: 14/05/1828 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: master Organisation: unknown
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson. 2007. Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson
Memorial in the Howff, Dundee commemorating William Deuchars d. 1824
Location
The Howff, Dundee, Scotland
Transcript
"1818 / Erected / By / William Deuchars, Shipmaster, Dundee / Isabel Fairney, his spouse / in memory of their daughter, Cathrine / who died 25th Jan: 1795, aged 9 months; and / William their son, who died at sea, 13th April 1815, aged 17 years and 6 months / Also Jean; their daughter, who died in infancy. / Likewise their son John, who died 27th Oct: 1818 aged 15 years; / Also the said William Deuchars, who died 5th Nov: 1824 aged 53 years, / and their Grandchild Isabel Deuchars who died 24th Dec: 1826, aged 4 years.
Details
Description: Triangular topped headstone. On the front is the above transcript, on the back of the headstone is: above, a globe in the centre of a plain pediment with dentils. In the centre, there are two pilasters that flank a compass, anchor and a sextant.
Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone Date Erected: 1818 Artists: T. Bisset
People
Deuchars, William Age: 53 Date of Death: 15/11/1824 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: unknown Deuchars, William Age: 17 Date of Death: 13/4/1815 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation: unknown
Extra
Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson
Memorial at Lichfield Cathedral to Midshipman Edward I. Howard, RN d. 1896.
Location
Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
‘This is to the memory of Edward I. Howard, Midshipman H.M.S. ‘Active’, eldest son of the above [Edward Henry Howard]. Born 1877. Killed by a fall from aloft, August 4th, 1896. Buried at Vadsö Norway.’
Details
Description: Circular marble tablet in iron frame Type: Wall tablet Position: West door, west wall Materials: Marble; iron Vessel: HMS Active
People
Howard, Edward I Age: 19 Date of Death: 4/8/1896 Cause of Death: maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Savage, Morris Boscawen ‘Lichfield Cathedral: A history of the Naval and Military Monuments, Memorials and Colours’ (Lichfield, 1967) p. 39.
Memorial at Lichfield Cathedral to Vice-Admiral Edward Henry Howard d. 1890.
Location
Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
‘To the dear memory of Edward Henry Howard, Vice-Admiral, A.D.C. to Queen Victoria, Naval Attaché for Europe, 3rd son of the Very Rev. The Hon. Henry Howard, D.D., sometime Dean of this cathedral church. Born 1832, Died January 18th 1890. This tablet is dedicated by his mother.’
Details
Description: Bronze plaque, with marble head and marble inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: West door, west wall Materials: Marble; bronze
People
Howard, Edward Henry Age: 48 Date of Death: 18/1/1890 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Savage, Morris Boscawen ‘Lichfield Cathedral: A history of the Naval and Military Monuments, Memorials and Colours’ (Lichfield, 1967) p. 39.
Memorial at Lichfield Cathedral to Admiral Sir William Parker d. 1866.
Location
Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
[On wall behind the tomb] ‘IN MEMORY OF SIR WILLIAM PARKER, BARONET, OF SHENSTONE LODGE, / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, PRINCIPAL NAVAL AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN, / ONE OF THE ELDER BRETHREN OF THE HONOURABLE CORPORATION OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, / THE LAST SURVIVOR OF NELSON’S CAPTAINS. / BORN 1ST DECEMBER, 1781. DIED 13TH NOVEMBER, 1866. / ERECTED BY MANY ATTACHED PROFESSIONAL FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS / IN ADMIRATION OF HIS STERLING VIRTUES AND EMINENT PUBLIC SERVICES.’
Details
Description: Gothic altar tomb in an arched recess. The front carved with three quatrefoils containing a carving of Christ in majesty in the centre, on each side, an angel with a censer. In two intermediate quatrefoils, shields with the Parker arms impaled with those of Biddulph. An angel is carved at each end, one singing and holding a label inscribed ‘Alleluia’ and the other playing a harp. The jasper marble slab on the top is inlaid with a brass cross surrounded by rope, with an anchor at the foot of the cross which stands on a three-stepped base, engraved with waves and marine animals. Armorials above the inscription on the wall behind - Parker arms and two representations of the badge of the Order of the Bath (military). Type: Altar tomb Position: South wall behind the altar Materials: English alabaster and Pyrrenean jasper Artists: Scott, George Gilbert [designer]; Poole, Henry & Sons [maker]
Event
First China War
Event Date
1839 - 1842
Event Category
British conflicts in Asia
People
Parker, William Age: 85 Date of Death: 13/11/1866 Cause of Death: unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Buried at Shenstone. Bibliography: Savage, Morris Boscawen ‘Lichfield Cathedral: A history of the Naval and Military Monuments, Memorials and Colours’ (Lichfield, 1967) p. 24. Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson 2017
Memorial at Lichfield to Midshipman Charles Madan, d. 1854 during the Crimea War
Location
Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
‘TO THE BELOVED AND REVERED MEMORY OF / SPENCER MADAN, M.A. / CANON RESIDENTIARY OF THIS CATHEDRAL, / VICAR OF BATHEASTON AND TWERTON, SOMERSET. / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE, AUGUST 27TH 1851 / AGED 59 YEARS / AND WAS BURIED ON THE NORTH SIDE / OF THIS CHURCH. / “BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD / FROM HENCEFORTH, YEA, SAITH THE SPIRIT, THAT / THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS, AND THEIR WORKS DO FOLLOW THEM.” ALSO OF HIS DEAR SON / CHARLES MADAN, R.N. / MIDSHIPSMAN OF H.M.S SANS PAREIL; / HE FELL IN THE ATTACK OF THE COMBINED FLEETS / OF ENGLAND AND FRANCE / UPON THE FORTS OF SEBASTOPOL / OCTOBER 17TH 1854 / AGED 18 YEARS. / “WE COMMIT HIS BODY TO THE DEEP, TO BE TURNED / INTO CORRUPTION, LOOKING FOR THE RESURRECTION / OF THE BODY (WHEN THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP HER / DEAD) AND THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME, THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.” / AND ALSO OF HIS WIFE / LOUISA ELIZABETH MADAN / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE / REV’D WILLIAM GRESLEY, / OF NETHERSEALE, LEICESTERSHIRE / WHO DIED DECEMBER 22ND 1861 / AGED 60 YEARS / LOOKING FOR THE MERCY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST: UNTO ETERNAL LIFE.’
Details
Description: A cross above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: West wall, south transept Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Sans Pareil
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1853-1856
Event Category
British Conflicts in Asia
People
Madan, Charles Age: 18 Date of Death: 17/10/1854 Cause of Death: war casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Savage, Morris Boscawen ‘Lichfield Cathedral: A history of the Naval and Military Monuments, Memorials and Colours’ (Lichfield, 1967) Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2017 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
