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St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Wall monument at St Peter’s Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire commemorating Captain Alexander Dixie RN d. 1857

Location

St Peter's Church, Market Bosworth, Leicestershire, England

Transcript

'In memory of / Capt. Sir Alexander Dixie Bart. / who departed this life / on the 20th day of December A.D. 1857 / in the 78th year of his age. / "Be ye ready for in such an hour as ye think not the son of man cometh" Matthew. "What man is he that liveth and shall not see death'''

Details

Description: Sacophagus, anchor entwined with rope.
Type: Wall monument

People

Dixie, Alexander
Age: 77
Date of Death: 20/12/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Another wall memorial in All Saints Church, Cadeby.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 84.
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St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, Essex, commemorating Commander Philip Deane d. 1806, and his son Commander Philip Deane d. 1807

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'Philip Deane, Late Commander of His Majesty's Packet 'King George' and one of the capital Burgesses of this borough, who died 29 April 1806 in the 55 year of his age. Also of his son Philip Deane, who succeeded him in the command of this packet. He was detained at Helvoet Sluys at the commencement of hostilities in 1803[?] and marched as prisoner of war to Verdun in France where he died on the 5th Sept 1807 aged 32 years. Also to Bridget Rachel Deane, relict of Captain Philip Deane Senr she died 29 May 1837 aged 82'

Details

Vessel: King George

People

Deane, Philip
Age: 54
Date of Death: 29/4/1806
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Deane, Philip
Age: 32
Date of Death: 5/9/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1969
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Henry Fieldhouse d. 1893

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / HENRY BENJAMIN FIELDHOUSE / aged 16 1/2 years / who was accidentally killed in the / execution of his duty on board / H.M.S. BOSCAWEN / May 3rd 1893 / This stone was erected by the boys / of the ship to mark their regret / at his untimely death and is / a token of sympathy with his sorrowing parents / in the midst of life we are in death'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 387
Artists: W. J. Miller, Portland
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Fieldhouse, Henry Benjamin
Age: 16 1/2
Date of Death: 3/5/1893
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Williams RN d. 1826, Commander Richard Williams RN d. 1835 and George Williams, naval surgeon d. 1836

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'In front of this stone are deposited / the remains of / WILLIAM son of Lieut THOMAS WILLIAMS / of the Royal Hospital and ANN his Wife / Obiit 13th Oct 1805 Aet 6 / also ANN their daughter/Ob 9 Dec 1805 Aet 21 / Also of the above Lieut THOMAS WILLIAMS / Ob 18 Aug 1826 Aet 69 / Also ANN relict of the above Lieut / THOMAS WILLIAMS who died at Gosport 21 Dec / 1832 aged 70 years / where her remains are deposited / also Commander RICHARD WILLIAMS / Ob.12 Jan 1835 Aet 49 / Also GEORGE WILLIAMS Surgeon R.N. / Ob 1st April 1835 Aet 33 / also BLANCHE WILLIAMS Ob 9th Jan 1836 Aet 43'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Mausoleum (rear wall)

People

Williams, Richard
Age: 49
Date of Death: 12/1/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Williams, Thomas
Age: 69
Date of Death: 18/8/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Williams, George
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1/4/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
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St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Beccles, Suffolk commemorating Charles Leeder, RN d. 1802

Location

St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / Charles Leeder / late purser / in His Majesty's ship / The Zealand / who died 3rd of Janry 1802 / Aged 42 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Zealand

People

Leeder, Charles
Age: 42
Date of Death: 3/1/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating William Lindsey d. 1856

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'William Lindsey M.D. Medical Inspector of Haslar Hospital / died Dec 10th 1856 / aged 57 years'

Details

People

Lindsey, William
Age: 57
Date of Death: 10/12/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Medical Inspector
Organisation: Haslar Hospital

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Statue in St Paul’s Cathedral, London depicting  Admiral Edmund Lyons d. 1858

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'EDMUND LORD LYONS / ADMIRAL / GCB / BORN 1790. DIED 1858. / ERECTED BY HIS FRIENDS / AND / ADMIRERS'

Details

Description: Full-length statue in uniform.
Type: Statue
Position: South transept
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: 1862
Artists: Matthew Noble

People

Lyons, Edmund
Age:
Date of Death: 1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall dedicated to George White d. 1843

Location

St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE / Son of THO. and JUDITH / WHITE, of Cawsand / LATE OF H.M. SLOOP LEVERET / AND WAS UNFORTUNATELY / DROWN'D IN THE RIVER TAGUS / LISBON. JUNE 4TH 1843 AGED 17 / YEARS / Also ELIZABETH their / daughter died Nov. 4th 1812 / Aged 11 Years'

Details

Description: Gravestone in Cornwall dedicated to George White. d. 1843
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Leveret

People

White, George
Age: 17
Date of Death: 4/6/1843
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Bailey 1994
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St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Headstone at St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Captain Matthew Le Geyt RN d. 1807

Location

St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'SACRED / To the Memory of / CAPT MATTHEW LE GEYT / of His Majesty's Royal Navy / Who died the 28 of April 1807 / In the 79th Year of his Age / Also of his Grandson Philip / son of Mattw. & Rachel Le Geyt / Who died on the 8th Novr 1816 / Aged 7 Years and 4 Months [illegible verse]'.

Details

Description: Headstone with an oval inscription panel. Carved above, an oval shield bearing a cross, naval trophies behind, the whole flanked by drapes.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limetaone

People

Le Geyt, Matthew
Age: 79
Date of Death: 28/4/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, dedicated to Captain Robert Hockings RN d. 1849

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Boldre, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / MAGDELENA, / THE BELOVED WIFE OF ROBERT HOCKINGS, ESQR. / CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY, / AND ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE / GERARD MONTAGU, ESQRE. OF BURLINGTON HALL, NORFOLK, / WHO DIED 5TH DECEMBER 1848, AGED 61 YEARS. / ALSO OF / ROBERT HOCKINGS, ESQRE. / CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED 13TH OCTOBER 1849, AGED 73 YEARS. / ALSO TWO OF THEIR CHILDREN: / GEORGE MONTAGU, DIED 10TH MARCH 1824, AGED 11 MONTHS. / ARTHUR MONTAGU, DIED 25TH MAY 1826, AGED 11 MONTHS.'

Details

Description: Rectangular white marble tablet with a moulded cornice surmounted by a triangular pediment and mounted on black slate of conforming shape on two bracket feet.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North chapel, north wall
Materials: Marble, slate

People

Hockings, Robert
Age: 73
Date of Death: 13/10/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Mrs Penelope Chitty, Talbots, Rope Hill, Boldre, Lymington, Hants, SO41 8NE
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