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
Memorial in the Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon commemorating Peter Robinson d. 1790
Location
Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England
Transcript
'PETER / ROBINSON / ESQR. / late Master / Attendant of his / Majesty's Yard / PLYMOUTH / died 4th April 1790 / Aged 65 / Whose remains are deposited / in a Vault Near this'
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Type: Wall tablet
People
Robinson, Peter Age: 65 Date of Death: 4/4/1790 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Attendant Organisation: HM Dockyard, Plymouth
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating John Keymer, HEIC, d. 1819
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Mr John Keymer / of the H.C. Marine / who departed this life 24th June 1819 aged 34 years. / This Monument is erected as a lasting / testimony of his virtues by his affectionate / brother James Keymer. / Adieu my friend, a long and sad farewell / No thought can utter, nor no tongue can tell, / the pangs I fell at the dear word farewell.'
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Keymer, John Age: 34 Date of Death: 24/6/1819 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.153.
Monument in St Michael Penkevil, Cornwall dedicated to Admiral Edward Boscawen d. 1761
Location
St Michael's Church, St Michael Penkevil, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Satis Gloriae sed haud [?] satis Reipublicae / Here lies the Right Honourable / EDWARD BOSCAWEN / Admiral of the Blue, General of Marines, / Lord of the Admiralty & One of his Majesty's / Most Honourable Privy Council / His Birth, tho' noble / His Titles, tho' Illustrious / Were but incidental Addition to His Greatness: / HISTORY / In more expressive & more indelible characters / Will inform latest Posterity / With what ardent Zeal, / With what successful Valour, / He serv'd His Country! / And taught Her Enemies / To dread Her Naval Power. / In Command / He was equal to ev'ry Emergency, / Superior to ev'ry Difficulty; / In his High departments, Masterly & upright; / His Example form'd while / His Patronage rewarded / MERIT / With the highest Exertions of Military Greatness, / He united the gentlest offices of Humanity. / & concern for the Interests & unweary'd Attentions to the Health / of All under his Command / Soften'd the necessary Exactions of Duty, / And the Rigours of Discipline / with the Care of a Guardian & the Tenderness of a Father. / Thus belov'd & rever'd / Amiable in private Life, as illustrious in publick, / This gallant & profitable servant of His Country / When he was begining to reap the Harvest / Of His Toils & dangers / In the full Meridian of Years & Glory / After having been providentially preserv'd thro' / Every period incident to his Proffession, / Died of a Fever! / on the 10th Janry, in the Year 1761, the 50th of His Age: / At Hatchlands Park in Surrey / A Seat He had just finish'd, at the Expense / of the Enemies of His Country: / And (amidst the Groans & Tears / of his Beloved Cornish men) was / HERE deposited. / His once happy wife inscribes this Marble, an unequal Testimony of His Worth & of her Affection)'
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Description: Plinth with bust flanked by naval trophies, grey marble pyramid behind.
Type: Free standing monument Position: North wall of nave, western end Materials: White marble Date Erected: 1763 Artists: Robert Adam, John Michael Rysbrack
People
Boscawen, Edward Age: 49 Date of Death: 10/1/1761 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation:
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Notes: Last important work by Rysbrack. Signed 'Robt. Adam, Archit. / Mich. Rysbrack, Sculpt. 1763' Bibliography: Marjorie I. Webb 'Michael Rysbrack, Sculptor' (London, 1954). Recorder: A J R, June 1987 Photographer: A J R 1987
Headstone at Arbroath Abbey commemorating members of the Anderson family
Location
Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Transcript
{Front] 'This stone was erected by Jas Ander / son in memory of his father and / mother Jas Anderson Jean Kenn / his Spouse who died in the year 1759 / aged 46 years, he died in the year / 1770 aged 53 years. She bare him / three children viz Jean & Jas. / who survive at this date 1777' [On a ribbon below] 'Tobit {?} who died in infancy and is interred' {Back] '177 / Also in memory of Alexr. / Kenny who died in the / year 1746 aged 76 [?] years & / Isobel Wallance his Spouse / who died 1743 aged 61 years / & in interred here'
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Description: The inscriptions in cursive script. The front of the stone is carved with a cherub's head above the inscription and crossed bones, a skull and an hour glass below. On the back, a brig is carved above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Position: Kirkyard Materials: Sandstone
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Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
