Memorial at St Katharine’s Church, Knockholt, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral William Ricketts d.1840
Location
St Katharine’s Church, Knockholt, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Rear Admiral William RICKETTS of this Parish who departed this life on the 17th of May 1840. Ann Mantell Ricketts daughter of Capt. W. Ricketts, R.N., died 27 June 1836 in her 28th year. Elizabeth widow of the late Rear Admiral William Ricketts died 19 December 1847.'
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Description: Obelisk within railings Type: Obelisk
People
Ricketts, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 17/5/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Alexander Dewar d. 1887
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of Alexr Dewar, fourth son of Angus and Elizabeth DEWAR, born at Lochgilphead, Argyllshire, Scotland, 19th February 1847, died 14th March 1887. He shall enter into peace - Isaiah. So fades a summer cloud away So sinks the gale when storms are o'er So gently shuts the eye of day So dies a wave along the shore Erected by the Officers and Engineers of the S.S. Sassoon'
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Type: Obelisk Vessel: SS Sassoon
People
Dewar, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 14/3/1887 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge, Kent commemorating Edward Chapman Bradford d. 1843
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Tonbridge, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN THE NORTH AISLE OF THIS CHURCH / LIETH THE BODY OF / EDWARD CHAPMAN BRADFORD / OF YORK STREET PORTMAN SQUARE LONDON ESQUIRE / AN ELDER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HOUSE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE XII DAY OF NOVEMBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD MDCCCXLIII / AND OF HIS AGE LXXIX'
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Description: Rectangular tablet with sarcophagus above in relief with claw feet. Type: Wall tablet Position: East arch of south wall Materials: White tablet on grey marble background
People
Bradford, Edward Chapman Age: 79 Date of Death: 12/11/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Elder Brother of Trinity House Organisation: Trinity House
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Notes: Also ledger in South Aisle Recorder: Mrs Margaret Burchett, 7 Heathfields, Sandrock Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3PU
Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Lieutenant Richard McClune d. 1861
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Lieut. Richard McClune RN died 8 December 1861 age 72'
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People
McClune, Richard Age: 72 Date of Death: 8/12/1861 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy McLune, Richard Age: 72 Date of Death: 8/12/1861 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p.121. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Vice-Admiral James Mighells, RN d.1733,
Vice-Admiral James Mighells, d.1733
Location
St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'To the memory of / JAMES MIGHELLS ESQ / Late Vice Admiral and Comptroller / of the Royal Navy / whose publick and private character / justly deserves remembrance / of courage and conduct in a commander / Fidelity and diligence in a commissioner / Sincerity in a Friend / usefulness in a relation / love and affection in a husband / care and indulgence in a parent / And the strictness in Justice & honesty to all men / Deserves to be remembered / He dyed March 21st 1733 / Aged 69 years'
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Description: Inscription tablet flanked by trophies, cherubs heads below, cartouche of arms above. Type: Wall tablet Position: Aisle Materials: Purbeck marble Artists: T. Shippe
People
Mighells, James Age: 69 Date of Death: 21/3/1733 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral. Comptroler of the Royal Navy Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Memorial to wife and children in West Ham Parish Church. Signed: T: Shippe Yarm: Fecit. Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft, 1949). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in St-Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Vice Admiral Benjamin Page, Admiral of the Blue d.1843
Location
St-Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / ELIZA HERBERT / 38 YEARS THE BELOVED WIFE OF / VICE ADMIRAL B.W. PAGE / SHE DIED AT IPSWICH / NOV. 30, 1834 / ALSO OF / BENJAMIN WILLIAM PAGE / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / WHO DIED IN THIS HIS NATIVE PARISH / OCT: 3RD 1843 AGED 80 / DURING A LONG PUBLIC LIFE, HE / HONORABLY & SUCCESSFULLY ACCOMPLISHED / EVERY APPOINTED SERVICE / TWICE RECEIVED THE THANKS OF / BRITISH MERCHANTS IN THE EAST INDIES / AND BY GOD'S BLESSING / IN THE ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES / REACHED THE SUMMIT OF HIS PROFESSION & ACQUIRED THE CHARACTER OF A GOOD SAILOR / A KIND FRIEND, A BOUNTEOUS MASTER / & A MUNIFICENT RELATION.'
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Type: Wall tablet Position: South side of the Nave Materials: Stone
People
Page, Benjamin William Age: 80 Date of Death: 3/10/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: The memorial was reinstated after the rebuilding of the church in 1850 but placed low down in a corner. Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) pp. 67. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Monument at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Robinson d. 1889
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
[East side] 'ADMIRAL SIR ROBERT SPENCER ROBINSON R.N., K.C.B. / YOUNGEST SON OF / SIR JOHN ROBINSON, BART, / OF ROKEBY HALL, CO. LOUTH / DIED JULY 27TH 1889', 'ALSO CLEMENTINA WIFE OF THE ABOVE AND DAUGHTER OF ADMIRAL SIR JOHN LOUIS, BART / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 13th 1897' [West side] 'LT COLONEL SIR RICHARD HARCOURT ROBINSON 5TH BARONET / LATE OF 60TH RIFLES / SECOND SON OF SIR RICHARD, 2ND BARONET OF ROKEBY HALL, CO. LOUTH, IRELAND. / AND THE LADY HELENA ROBINSON, / WHO DIED IN LONDON ON THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY 1910, IN THE 83RD YEAR OF HIS AGE. / AND IS BURIED IN THIS VAULT.'
Details
Description: Large, pink, low monument next to and east of the Buller enclosure. The monument is located to the North of Centre Avenue. Type: Coped stone Position: 18016/22/3 Materials: Pink granite
People
Robinson, Robert Spencer Age: Date of Death: 27/7/1889 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Robinson Entered the Royal Navy in 1821 becoming a commander in 1838. He held command of the Channel fleet 1850-1852 and of the Baltic in 1855. Robinson was controller of the Navy 1861-1871, Lord of the Admiralty 1868-1871 and Admiral 1871. Entry in DNB. Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Tobias Smollett d. 1773
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Memoriae / Tobiae Smollett, / qui Liberni / animam efflavit, 16 Sept. 1773, quidam / ex suis valde amicis / civibus, / hunc tumulum /facerunt'[In memory of Tobias Smollett who died at Livorno on 16 September 1773. Someof the citizens who were his good friends erected this memorial.]
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Description: Obelisk on plinth surmounted by a ball and surrounded by railings. Type: Obelisk Materials: Stone
People
Smollett, Tobias Age: Date of Death: 16/9/1773 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval surgeon; writer Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Translation Silvia Bozzato. Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.57.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
