Gothic tomb at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Commander Charles Spencer Ricketts RN d. 1867
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORIAM / CHARLES / SPEN / CER / RICKETTS / COMMANDER / ROYAL NAVY / OBIT FEBRUARY XVII: MDCCCLXVII / AGED LXX1X YEARS'
Details
Description: Three corner gargoyles missing. Elaborate and fanciful Portland Stone canopied tomb with sarcophagus decorated with naval icons as inlay in artificial stone. The sarcophagus is supported by green Cornish Serpentine colonettes with the canopy supported by polished pink Peterhead Granite columns. The monument was designed by William Burges (1827-1881) and is Grade II listed. It is located on the South side of South Branch Avenue. Type: Tomb Position: 20242/47/RS Materials: Portland Stone, Pink Peterhead Granite; Cornish serpentine. Artists: William Burgess
People
Ricketts, Charles Age: 79 Date of Death: 1867 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial window by Marc Chagall in All Saints Church, Tudeley, Kent commemorating Sarah Venetia d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, d. 1963
Location
All Saints Church, Tudeley, Kent, England
Details
Description: Crucifixion scene with angel. Below a rider on a red horse, symbolising happiness. The lower part of the window shows the drowned girl and her boat below the sea surrounded by grieving relatives and a figure of the virgin and child. Type: Window Position: East arch of south wall Materials: Stained glass Date Erected: November 1967 Artists: Marc Chagall
People
d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sarah Venetia Age: 21 Date of Death: 19/9/1963 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Dedicated in November 1967 to commemorate the 21 year old daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Rosemary D'Avigdor-Goldsmid drowned in 1963 while sailing off Rye.
The Tudeley windows are inspired, said Chagall, by the words of Psalm 8, especially verses 4-8:
"What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.”
Gravestone at Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland commemorating Jack Crawford, the hero of Camperdown d. 1831
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'THE / GRAVE / OF / JACK CRAWFORD / THE HERO OF / CAMPERDOWN' [base] 'THE SAILOR WHO HEROICALLY NAILED / ADMIRAL DUNCAN'S FLAG / TO THE MAIN-TOP-GALLANT MAST OF / HMS VENERABLE AFTER IT HAD BEEN SHOT AWAY / IN THE GLORIOUS ACTION OFF CAMPERDOWN / OCTOBER 11TH 1797 / JACK CRAWFORD WAS BORN IN POTTERY BANK SUNDERLAND 1775 / AND DIED IN HIS NATIVE TOWN 1831 / AGED 56 YEARS'
Details
Description: In relief, a Union Flag nailed to a diagonally-placed mast, a cannon and shot in the pediment above. Type: Gravestone Date Erected: 1888
Event
Battle of Camperdown
Event Date
1797
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Crawford, Jack Age: 38 Date of Death: 1813 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: 'Church Monuments Society Newsletter' (Summer 1988) p.13.
Memorial at All Hallow’s Church, Woolbeding, Sussex commemorating Lt Col. Henry Arthur Lascelles d. 1913
Location
All Hallow's Church, Woolbeding, Sussex, England
Transcript
'WE PRAY YOU REMEMBER IN THE LORD / HENRY ARTHUR / AND / CAROLINE MARIA LASCELLES / HE SERVED IN THE NAVY AND ARMY LT. COL. 1882 / THEY LIVED AT WOOLBEDING TOGETHER OR IN SUCCESSION / FROM 1893-1945 / HE DIED JULY 29 1913 IN THE 71ST YEAR OF HIS AGE /S HE DIED NOVEMBER 6 1945 IN THE 89TH YEAR OF HER AGE'
Details
People
Lascelles, Henry Arthur Age: 70 Date of Death: 29/7/1913 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Headstone in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh commemorating Captain David F.B. Gorrie d. 1909 and Lieutenant David Todd Gorrie RNR d. 1927
Location
Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'IN / MEMORY OF / CAPT. F.B. GORRIE / BELOVED HUSBAND OF / MARGARET TODD / LOST AT SEA 14th JAN. 1909 / ALSO / OUR DEARLY LOVED SON / DAVID TODD LIEUT R.N.R. / DIED 5TH APRIL 1927 AGED 35 YEARS / ALSO THE SAID MARGARET TODD / DIED 2nd MAY 1931'
Details
Description: Headstone on plinth. Type: Headstone Materials: Grey granite
People
Gorrie, David F. B. Age: Date of Death: 14/1/1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Gorrie, David Todd Age: 35 Date of Death: 5/4/1927 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Extra
Notes: This cemetery is in private ownership and is in an overgrown and neglected condition. Recorder: John Steele 1988
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Ellis RN d. 1854
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED / THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAW [sic] ELLIS / AB / LATE OF BMS WINCHESTER [sic] / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECR 1st / AGED 25 / DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS SHIPMATES WHO / HAVE ERECTED THIS STONE / AS A TESTIMONY OF THEIR REGARD'
Details
Description: With carved flowers in a Chinese style above the inscription. Seems to have been carved by a local mason. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Winchester
People
Ellis, William Age: 25 Date of Death: 1/12/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Highgate Cemetery commemorating Captain Henry Windham RN d. 1868
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / Captain HENRY WINDHAM, R.N. / 4th son of Admiral Windham, / Of Felbrigg, in the county of Norfolk / Born 22 Oct, 1809, died 10th Nov., 1868'
Details
People
Windham, Henry Age: 59 Date of Death: 10/11/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 154.
Monument in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating Commander Edward Bremer RN d. 1847
Location
Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD GORDON BREMER / COMMANDER R.N. / ELDEST SON OF / SIR J. J. GORDON BREMER / K.C.B., K.C.H., / PRIORY, COMPTON, DEVON / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT EDINBURGH CASTLE / APRIL 8th 1847 / AGED 26 YEARS'
Details
Description: Square pedestal surmounted by an urn Type: Monument Position: South west area of churchyard Materials: Sandstone
People
Bremer, Edward Gordon Age: 26 Date of Death: 8/4/1847 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Stone badly affected by lichen, in shadow of large trees. Recorder: John Steele, 13/6/1988