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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Captain William Ranwell RN d. 1868

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Capt. William Ranwell, 60 years in the Royal Navy, who died at his residence La Follie, St Saviours Road on the 30th April 1868 in his 80th year 'His end was peace'. Also Sarah Elizabeth Ranwell, widow of the above born 11 May 1787. Died at La Follie 18th May 1874. 'Her children rise up and call her blessed".

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot 91 north

People

Ranwell, William
Age: 80
Date of Death: 30/4/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Record at Jersey archives, checked against 'Navy List'.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Capt. William Ranwell, 60 years in the Royal Navy, who died at his residence La Follie, St Saviours Road on the 30th April 1868 in his 80th year 'His end was peace'. Also Sarah Elizabeth Ranwell, widow of the above born 11 May 1787. Died at La Follie 18th May 1874. 'Her children rise up and call her blessed\".",
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Albert Ernest French d. 1922

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Albert Ernest French / aged 59 / S S 'Pemsco’ / Lost in the / Irish Channel / March 1922'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Pemsco

People

French, Albert Ernest
Age: 59
Date of Death: 3/1922
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Albert Ernest French / aged 59 / S S 'Pemsco’ / Lost in the / Irish Channel / March 1922'",
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Richard Michael d. 1846

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Richard Michael, Pilot aged 32, who was unfortunately killed on board the brig Harlequin 21 November 1846'

Details

Vessel: Harlequin

People

Michael, Richard
Age: 32
Date of Death: 21/11/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office,compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 661. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Richard Michael, Pilot aged 32, who was unfortunately killed on board the brig Harlequin 21 November 1846'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Richard Michael d. 1846</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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Outside Wallsall Free Library, Walsall, West Midlands, England

Bust outside Wallsall Free Library commemorating Henry Carless VC d. 1917

Location

Outside Wallsall Free Library, Walsall, West Midlands, England

Transcript

'JOHN HENRY / CARLESS V.C. / BORN AT WALLSALL 11TH NOVEMBER 1896 / KILLED IN ACTION HELIGOLAND / BIGHT 17TH NOVEMBER 1917 / AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS / FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. ALTHOUGH / MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN / HE STILL WENT ON SERVING THE GUN / AT WHICH HE WAS ACTING AS RAMMER / LIFTING PROJECTILES AND HELPING / TO CLEAR AWAY THE OTHER CASUALTIES / HE COLLAPSED ONCE BUT GOT UP / TRIED AGAIN AND CHEERED ON THE NEW/GUNS CREW. HE THEN FELL AND DIED / HE NOT ONLY SET A VERY INSPIRING / AND MEMORABLE EXAMPLE BUT HE / ALSO WHILST MORTALLY WOUNDED / CONTINUED TO DO EFFECTIVE WORK / AGAINST THE KING'S ENEMIES'

Details

Description: A bust of Carless on a stone plinth. A bronze lion in relief above the inscription and a wreath below it.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Portland stone, bronze
Artists: R. J. Emerson

Event

Heligoland Bight

Event Date

17/11/1917

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Carless, John Henry
Age: 21
Date of Death: 17/11/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.124-5 (photo); John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p.150
Recorder: David Saunders 1983

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  "location": "Outside Wallsall Free Library, Walsall, West Midlands, England",
  "transcript": "'JOHN HENRY / CARLESS V.C. / BORN AT WALLSALL 11TH NOVEMBER 1896 / KILLED IN ACTION HELIGOLAND / BIGHT 17TH NOVEMBER 1917 / AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS / FOR MOST CONSPICUOUS BRAVERY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. ALTHOUGH / MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ABDOMEN / HE STILL WENT ON SERVING THE GUN / AT WHICH HE WAS ACTING AS RAMMER / LIFTING PROJECTILES AND HELPING / TO CLEAR AWAY THE OTHER CASUALTIES / HE COLLAPSED ONCE BUT GOT UP / TRIED AGAIN AND CHEERED ON THE NEW/GUNS CREW. HE THEN FELL AND DIED / HE NOT ONLY SET A VERY INSPIRING / AND MEMORABLE EXAMPLE BUT HE / ALSO WHILST MORTALLY WOUNDED / CONTINUED TO DO EFFECTIVE WORK / AGAINST THE KING'S ENEMIES'",
  "content": "<p>Bust outside Wallsall Free Library commemorating Henry Carless VC d. 1917</p>",
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    "materials": "Portland stone, bronze",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "R. J. Emerson",
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  "event": {
    "event":"Heligoland Bight",
    "date": "17/11/1917",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Carless, John Henry","age":"21","dateofdeath":"17/11/1917","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"ordinary Seaman","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Victoria Cross winner.",
    "bibliography": "David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.124-5 (photo); John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p.150",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1983",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Woodthorpe, d.1836

Location

St Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Thomas Woodthorpe, late Commander of the Brig Enchantress of Great Yarmouth, who died at Smyrna 24th Sept 1836 aged 49 years. This tablet a mournful tribute to his worth has been raised by his widow whom he left to revere his memory and to lament her loss'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: Inside church
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Enchantress

People

Woodthorpe, Thomas
Age: 49
Date of Death: 24/9/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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  "location": "St Peter's Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Thomas Woodthorpe, late Commander of the Brig Enchantress of Great Yarmouth, who died at Smyrna 24th Sept 1836 aged 49 years. This tablet a mournful tribute to his worth has been raised by his widow whom he left to revere his memory and to lament her loss'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Carlton Colville, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Woodthorpe, d.1836</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "position": "Inside church",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
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}

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St Margaret's Church, Leiston, Suffolk, England

Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Leiston, Suffolk commemorating William Green d.1900

Location

St Margaret's Church, Leiston, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'William Green, Mariner, died 11 Feb. 1900 aged 72'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Green, William
Age: 72
Date of Death: 11/2/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1968

JSON

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  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Leiston, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'William Green, Mariner, died 11 Feb. 1900 aged 72'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Leiston, Suffolk commemorating William Green d.1900</p>",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1968",
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St Katharine’s Church, Knockholt, Kent, England

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.'

Details

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

Extra

JSON

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  "id": "M2897",
  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Katharine’s Church, Knockholt, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral William Ricketts  d.1840</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Vessel: SS Sassoon

People

Dewar, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 14/3/1887
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "post_id": "4910",
  "id": "M605",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Alexander Dewar d. 1887</p>",
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    "type": "Obelisk",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Old Naval Cemetery, Kure, Japan, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Old Naval Cemetery, Kure, Japan commemorating George Tibbins RN d. 1907

Location

Old Naval Cemetery, Kure, Japan, Rest of the World

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Alacrity

People

Tibbins, George
Age: 18
Date of Death: 13/4/1907
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected by Tibbins' shipmates. DOSSIER.
Recorder: Wilfred T. Aldridge 2001

JSON

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  "id": "M2906",
  "location": "Old Naval Cemetery, Kure, Japan, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Old Naval Cemetery, Kure, Japan commemorating  George Tibbins RN d. 1907</p>",
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    "recorder": "Wilfred T. Aldridge 2001",
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Joseph Tesseyman d. 1869 and another of the same name d. 1870

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Joseph Tesseyman, Office of Excise died 8 July 1869 age 46. Joseph Tesseyman. Office of Excise died 1 November 1870 age 73. Edward Bowen his son-in-law killed by an explosion of gas'

Details

People

Tesseyman, Joseph
Age: 46
Date of Death: 8/7/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Office of Excise

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.8, p.401. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Joseph Tesseyman, Office of Excise died 8 July 1869 age 46. Joseph Tesseyman. Office of Excise died 1 November 1870 age 73. Edward Bowen his son-in-law killed by an explosion of gas'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Joseph Tesseyman d. 1869 and another of the same name d. 1870</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters