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Western cemetery, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Cross in Arbroath, Angus commemorating Patrick Wright Anderson d. 1879

Location

Western cemetery, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY / GRACE CARSE / IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND / PATRICK WRIGHT ANDERSON / SHIPOWNER IN ARBROATH / WHO DIED 17 MARCH 1879, AGED 53 YEARS / AND OF THEIR TWO CHILDREN / MAGDALENE AND ADAM WHO / ARE INTERRED IN THE ABBEY BURYING GROUND / THE ABOVE GRACE CARSE / DIED 30TH JANUARY 1907, AGED 73 YEARS / THEIR DAUGHTER HANNAH MAUD / DIED...FEBRUARY 1921 AGED 43 YEARS / THEIR DAUGHTER/MAY LOUISA/DIED 2ND FEBRUARY 1961 AGED 66 YEARS'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Compartment D
Vessel: Hawk

People

Anderson, Patrick Wright
Age: 52
Date of Death: 17/3/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship owner
Organisation:

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Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: Patrick W. Anderson 1997
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating James Depstall HEIC, d. 1825

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / Mr James Depstall, of the H.C. Marine / died 23d November 1825, aged 63 years.

Details

People

Depstall, James
Age: 63
Date of Death: 23/11/1825
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.123.
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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant Alexander McGregory RN d. 1802

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Lieut Alexander McGregory / late of this Hospital / died 6th January 1802 / aged 55'

Details

People

McGregory, Alexander
Age: 55
Date of Death: 6/1/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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All Saints Church, Malborough, Devon, England

Monument at All Saints Church, Malborough, Devon commemorating John Saunders RN d. 1919

Location

All Saints Church, Malborough, Devon, England

Transcript

'John Harry Saunders RN 17 Feb 1919 Aged 44'

Details

Position: Churchyard annex

People

Saunders, John Harry
Age: 44
Date of Death: 17/2/1919
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Old Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Oliver Mitchell d. 1850

Location

Old Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'...Seaman, a native of the State of Vermont U States of America who died of dysentery at the US Naval Hospital Macao on 23 July 1850 aged 43 years'

Details

People

Mitchell, Oliver
Age: 43
Date of Death: 23/7/1850
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

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Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 371 (Greenwich, 1981).
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St Thomas Rest Park, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Cross in St Thomas Rest Park, Sydney, Australia commemorating Commodore James Graham Goodenough RN d. 1875

Location

St Thomas Rest Park, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'HERE SLEEPS / JAMES GRAHAM GOODENOUGH / ROYAL NAVY C.B., C.M.G. / CAPTAIN AND COMMODORE 2ND CLASS / COMMANDING THE AUSTRALIAN STATION. / BORN 3RD DECEMBER 1830 / AT GUILDFORD, SURREY / DIED 20TH AUGUST 1875 / AT SEA / ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP "PEARL" / FROM ARROW WOUNDS / RECEIVED ON 12TH AUGUST OF THE SAME YEAR / AT CARLISLE BAY IN THE ISLAND OF / SANTA CRUZ / WHICH HE WAS VISITING / FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING FRIENDLY RELATIONS / WITH THE NATIVES / WHO NOT KNOWING WHAT THEY DID, KILLED / THEIR TRUEST FRIEND . / HE SAILED AWAY TO DIE / REFUSING TO ALLOW A SINGLE LIFE O BE TAKEN IN RETALIATION. / IN HIS LAST DAYS / GOD WAS ABUNDANTLY GLORIFIED / HAVING REVEALED HIMSELF TO HIS SERVANT IN GREAT LOVE, / HIS DEATH WAS A TRIUMPHANT VICTORY / ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS / RESTS / A / SEAMAN / WHO DIED IN THE SAME MANNER. / ERECTED BY / HIS WIFE / AND / THE OFFICES AND CREW OF / H.M.S. "PEARL".'

Details

Description: Celtic cross.
Type: Cross
Materials: Stone
Artists: Patten Bros, Sydney
Vessel: HMS Pearl

People

Goodenough, James Graham
Age: 44
Date of Death: 20/8/1875
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Small, Frederick
Age: 18
Date of Death: 21/8/1875
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Raynor, Edmund
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/8/1875
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Goodenough was one six men from the 'Pearl' struck by arrows on 12 August after landing on Santa Cruz in the New Hebrides. Goodenough ordered his men to fire over the heads of the local people and to burn down a couple of huts in retaliation. Three of the casualties died of tetanus, the other three recovered.
Bibliography: Jane Samson 'Hero, fool or martyr? The many deaths of Commodore Goodenough', 'Journal of Maritime Research' (February, 2008).
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Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial Wall tablet Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, commemorating Christopher Airey. RN d. 1847 and Lieutenant Edward Matthews RN d. 1846

Location

Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory / of I. C. RAIVEY [sic] EQR / Master of HMS IRIS / who departed this / life at / Singapore 22nd Janry 1847 / Aged 55 years / Also, / Lieutenant [sic] MATTHEWS / of the same ship / who departed this / life on the coast of BORNEO / Oct 18th 1846'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South east wall SE29
Vessel: HMS Iris (1840)

People

Airey, Christopher R.
Age: 55
Date of Death: 22/1/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy
Matthews, Edward M.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 18/10/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Also in memory of Lieutenant Matthew of HMS Iris. d. 1846
Bibliography: 'Navy list' 1846; Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 236.
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Old Town of Bartam, Java Java

Location

Old Town of Bartam, Java Java

Transcript

'Here lies the body of Captain Roger Bennett Commander of the Bombay Merchant on 3rd January 1677'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: 5m from east gateway of the fort

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Vessel: Bombay Merchant

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People

Bennett, Roger
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1/1677
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' (March, 1983).

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St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating  John Bullard, Master HM Yacht ‘Chatham’ d. 1795

Location

St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Transcript

'HERE LIETH THE BODY OF JOHN BULLARD 20 YEARS A PILOT AND LATE MASTER OF HIS MAJESTY’S YACHT THE ‘CHATHAM’ WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANY. THE 6th 1795 AGED 63 YEARS
“Dear wife and children be content / For unto you I was but lent / The debt is paid, [the] Grave you see, / Prepare [therefore?] to follow me” / ALSO ELIZABETH THE WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN BULLARD WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE THE 13th? 1816 / AGED 80 YEARS / JOHN BULLARD / LATE PRINCIPAL CLARK / IN H.M. VICTUALLING OFFICE / CHATHAM / DIED 2nd OCTOBER 1833 / AGED 67 YEARS / AND ELIZABETH / HIS WIFE / DIED [ ] [JUNE] 1851 / AGED 8[2] YEARS'

'...Pilot 20 years and Master of HM Yatch [sic] CHATHAM'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Western Boundary Wall
Vessel: HMY ‘Chatham'

People

Bullard, John
Age: 63
Date of Death: 6/1/1795
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master pilot
Organisation:

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Bibliography: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
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Trinity Road Cemetery, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

Gravestone at Trinity Road Cemetery, Cleethorpes commemorating George Turrel d. 1884

Location

Trinity Road Cemetery, Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'In memory of George Turrel lost at sea 27 Jan 1884 age 35 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Turrel, George
Age: 35
Date of Death: 27/1/1884
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham
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