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St Mary's Church, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial to Trevor Luke d. 1818, Newport, Pembrokeshire

Location

St Mary's Church, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'ER SERCHUS GOF AM / TREFOR LUKE / ANWYL FAR DAVID A GARBETTA MICHAEL / O'R DREF HON YR ...HUNODD YN YR JESU / MAI 24 1818 [?] YR 7... WYDD OED ...'

Details

Description: A trunk entwined with oak wreaths standing on a rock, on which is a foul anchor and an inverted torch, crossed.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Luke, Trefor
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 24/5/1818
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: unknown
Organisation: unknown

Extra

Notes: The date of the memorial is late 19th century which is much later than the apparent date of death.
Recorder: Emilia Will 2015
Photographer: Emilia Will

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ER SERCHUS GOF AM / TREFOR LUKE / ANWYL FAR DAVID A GARBETTA MICHAEL / O'R DREF HON YR ...HUNODD YN YR JESU / MAI 24 1818 [?] YR 7... WYDD OED ...'",
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    "position": "Churchyard",
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    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Emilia Will 2015",
    "photographer": "Emilia Will"  }
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St Michael's Church, Penkridge, Staffordshire, England

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Penkridge commemorating Commander Geoffrey Cecil Congreve RN d. 1941

Location

St Michael's Church, Penkridge, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE / MEMORY / OF / GEOFFREY CECIL / CONGREVE / D.S.O., D.L., J.P. / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / FIRST BARONET / HE SERVED HIS COVNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / AND DIED FOR IT IN THE WORLD WAR / FALLING MORTALLY WOVNDED / DVRING A RAID ON THE / FRENCH COAST ON / JVLY THE TWENTY-EIGHTH / MCMXLI / AT THE AGE OF FORTY-FOVR / HE HAD WON THE D.S.O. IN / ACTION OFF NORWAY / THE BARONETCY WAS AWARDED IN / MCMXXVII / FOR THE SERVICES OF HIS FATHER / GEN. SIR W.N. CONGREVE / V.C. K.C.B. M.V.O.'

Details

Description: Architectural surround with the family arms in the pediment. The inscription in gold letters on a black background.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Limestone

Event

Operation Chess

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Congreve, Geoffrey Cecil
Age: 44
Date of Death: 28/7/1941
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond

JSON

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Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, East Sussex, England

Memorial in the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea commemorating John Stewart HEIC d. 1780

Location

Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, East Sussex, England

Transcript

[not exact] 'John Stewart Esq. Commander of the Mount Stuart Indiaman d. 3 Oct. 1780 aged 40, fourth son of Charles Stewart Esq. of Ardsheal, Argyllshire.'

Details

Description: An urn carved above the inscription tablet, a coat of arms on the apron.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle wall
Materials: Grey and white marble
Vessel: Mountstuart [HEIC]

People

Stewart, John
Age: 40
Date of Death: 3/10/1780
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Recorder: See biblio

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea commemorating John Stewart  HEIC d. 1780</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)",
    "recorder": "See biblio",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Slaugham, East Sussex, England

Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Slaugham, East Sussex commemorating Captain William Ellison RN d. 1817

Location

St Mary's Church, Slaugham, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'IN A BRICK GRAVE ON THS SIDE THE VAULT / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM ELLISON, / OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVY, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AFTER A LONG AND VIOLENT ATTACK OF THE GOUT / TO WHICH HE HAD BEEN SUBJECT FOR THIRTY YEARS, / ON THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1817, AGED 52. / HE FOUGHT AND CONQUERED, / IN SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE PEARL OF 32 GUNS, / AGAINST THE L'ESPERENCE FRENCH FRIGATE OF 36, / WHEN THE MAIN MAST OF THE PEARL WAS PERFORATED BY CANNON BALLS, / THAT IS PRESERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S DOCCKYARD / AT PORTSMOUTH AS A GREAT CURIOSITY, / HE LIVED AND DIED AN HONEST MAN, WHICH IS ONE / OF THE NOBLEST WORKS OF GOD, GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE / GUILIELMO FRATRI ADEPTO / ROBERTUS SUPERSTES UNICUS.'

Details

Description: White marble on a yellow and grey marble support. A lamp on a straight cornice above the inscription.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South aisle west, east end
Materials: Yellow and grey marble
Artists: R. Shout, London
Vessel: HMS Pearl

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

Ellison, William
Age: 52
Date of Death: 29/1/1817
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'L'Esperence' captured by 'Pearl' Captain George Montagu off the Bermudas in 1780.
Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Recorder: See biblio

JSON

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  "id": "M6563",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Slaugham, East Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'IN A BRICK GRAVE ON THS SIDE THE VAULT / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM ELLISON, / OF HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL NAVY, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AFTER A LONG AND VIOLENT ATTACK OF THE GOUT / TO WHICH HE HAD BEEN SUBJECT FOR THIRTY YEARS, / ON THE 29TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1817, AGED 52. / HE FOUGHT AND CONQUERED, / IN SEVERAL ENGAGEMENTS AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT MORE PARTICULARLY IN THE PEARL OF 32 GUNS, / AGAINST THE L'ESPERENCE FRENCH FRIGATE OF 36, / WHEN THE MAIN MAST OF THE PEARL WAS PERFORATED BY CANNON BALLS, / THAT IS PRESERVED IN HIS MAJESTY'S DOCCKYARD / AT PORTSMOUTH AS A GREAT CURIOSITY, / HE LIVED AND DIED AN HONEST MAN, WHICH IS ONE / OF THE NOBLEST WORKS OF GOD, GO THOU AND DO LIKEWISE / GUILIELMO FRATRI ADEPTO / ROBERTUS SUPERSTES UNICUS.'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Slaugham, East Sussex commemorating Captain William Ellison RN d. 1817</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "White marble on a yellow and grey marble support. A lamp on a straight cornice above the inscription.",
    "type": "Wall monument",
    "position": "South aisle west, east end",
    "materials": "Yellow and grey marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "R. Shout, London",
    "vessel": "HMS Pearl"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1775-1783 American Revolutionary War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Ellison, William","age":"52","dateofdeath":"29/1/1817","causeofdeath":"unknown","rankOccupation":"Captain","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "'L'Esperence' captured by 'Pearl' Captain George Montagu off the Bermudas in 1780.",
    "bibliography": "Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)",
    "recorder": "See biblio",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Holy Trinity Church, Poynings, East Sussex, England

Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Poynings commemorating Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Ball d. 1809

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Poynings, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / DAME MARY BALL / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 1832 / IN THE 85TH YEAR OF HER AGE / HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE CHANCEL / SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF SIR ALEXANDER BALL BART / CAPTAIN OF H.M. SHIP ALEXANDER / IN THE VICTORY OF THE NILE / AND AFTERWARDS / REAR ADMIRAL OF H.M. RED SQUADRON / AND / GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OF MALTA / WHERE HE ENDED AN ACTIVE AND HONOURABLE LIFE / ON THE 25TH OCTOBER 1809 / AGED 52 / THE REMAINS OF ALEXANDER BALL WERE HONOURED / BY A PUBLIC FUNERAL / AND A SPLENDID MAUSOLEUM HAS BEEN RAISED / BY THE MALTESE NATION / TO RECORD THE EMINENT SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM / TO THEIR COUNTRY.'

Details

Description: The inscription on a white tablet on a black baseplate, a draped urn on a plinth above, with a wreath with ribbons below it. The cornice on attached, hexagonal columns.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Sanctuary, north wall
Materials: Marble

People

Ball, Alexander
Age: 52
Date of Death: 25/10/1809
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Recorder: See biblio

JSON

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  "post_id": "8815",
  "id": "M6562",
  "location": "Holy Trinity Church, Poynings, East Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / DAME MARY BALL / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 28TH SEPTEMBER 1832 / IN THE 85TH YEAR OF HER AGE / HER REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE CHANCEL / SHE WAS THE WIDOW OF SIR ALEXANDER BALL BART / CAPTAIN OF H.M. SHIP ALEXANDER / IN THE VICTORY OF THE NILE / AND AFTERWARDS / REAR ADMIRAL OF H.M. RED SQUADRON / AND / GOVERNOR OF THE ISLAND OF MALTA / WHERE HE ENDED AN ACTIVE AND HONOURABLE LIFE / ON THE 25TH OCTOBER 1809 / AGED 52 / THE REMAINS OF ALEXANDER BALL WERE HONOURED / BY A PUBLIC FUNERAL / AND A SPLENDID MAUSOLEUM HAS BEEN RAISED / BY THE MALTESE NATION / TO RECORD THE EMINENT SERVICES RENDERED BY HIM / TO THEIR COUNTRY.'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Poynings commemorating  Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Ball d. 1809</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "The inscription on a white tablet on a black baseplate, a draped urn on a plinth above, with a wreath with ribbons below it. The cornice on attached, hexagonal columns.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Sanctuary, north wall",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)",
    "recorder": "See biblio",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Brighton and Hove, England

Wall tablet dedicated to Rear-Admiral Robert Swanton d. 1765, in St Nicholas of Myra’s Church, Brighton and Hove.

Location

St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Brighton and Hove, England

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Tower, south wall
Vessel: HMS Vanguard

Event

Siege of Louisbourg, Battle of Neuville

Event Date

1758, 1760

Event Category

1756-1763 Seven Years War

People

Swanton, Robert
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 11/7/1765
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also his widow Emma d. 18 July 1822 aged 84 and their daughter Mrs Frances Swanton d. 21 February 1841.
Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)

JSON

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  "post_id": "8811",
  "id": "M6561",
  "location": "St Nicholas of Myra's Church, Brighton and Hove, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet dedicated to Rear-Admiral Robert Swanton d. 1765, in St Nicholas of Myra’s Church, Brighton and Hove.</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Tower, south wall",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Vanguard"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Siege of Louisbourg, Battle of Neuville",
    "date": "1758, 1760",
    "category": "1756-1763 Seven Years War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Swanton, Robert","age":"unknown","dateofdeath":"11/7/1765","causeofdeath":"unknown","rankOccupation":"Rear-Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Also his widow Emma d. 18 July 1822 aged 84 and their daughter Mrs Frances Swanton d. 21 February 1841.",
    "bibliography": "Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Thomas a Becket's Church, Brightling, East Sussex, England

Monument at Thomas a Becket’s Church, Brightling commemorating Dr Primrose Blair d. 1819, Surgeon RN

Location

Thomas a Becket's Church, Brightling, East Sussex, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / DR PRIMROSE BLAIR / FORMERLY PHYSICIAN TO HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET IN THE WEST INDIES / WHO DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1819 / IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE VAULT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF / ST MARTIN'S CHURCH LONDON / HE WAS A MAN MOST EMINENT IN THE SKILL OF HIS PROFESSION / AND ONE OF INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY / JOHN FULLER. D.D.D. ' [patron]

Details

Description: In white marble, an urn with snakes for handles on a grey baseplate.
Type: Wall monument
Position: North chancel arch pier
Materials: White marble; grey slate

People

Blair, Primrose
Age: 59
Date of Death: 27/1/1819
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Physician
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)
Recorder: See biblio

JSON

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  "id": "M6560",
  "location": "Thomas a Becket's Church, Brightling, East Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'TO THE MEMORY OF / DR PRIMROSE BLAIR / FORMERLY PHYSICIAN TO HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET IN THE WEST INDIES / WHO DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1819 / IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE VAULT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF / ST MARTIN'S CHURCH LONDON / HE WAS A MAN MOST EMINENT IN THE SKILL OF HIS PROFESSION / AND ONE OF INFLEXIBLE INTEGRITY / JOHN FULLER. D.D.D. ' [patron]",
  "content": "<p>Monument at Thomas a Becket’s Church, Brightling commemorating Dr Primrose Blair d. 1819, Surgeon RN</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "artists": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Nigel Llewellyn 'East Sussex Church Monuments 1530-1830' (Sussex Record Society, 2011)",
    "recorder": "See biblio",
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}

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Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris of Vice-Admiral Denis Décres d. 1820

Location

Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Sarcophagus with acroteria, carved with a coat of arms on the end. Draped male figures at the corners are linked by heavy swags. Carved on the side a relief of the capture of the 'Guillaume Tell' by the Royal Navy on 30 March 1800 and of the Battle of the Saints, 1782. The sarcophagus stands on a high plinth with pilasters.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: Guillaume Tell

Event

Battle of the Saints

Event Date

1782

Event Category

American War of Independence; French Revolutionary War

People

Décres, Denis
Age: 59
Date of Death: 7/12/1820
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral
Organisation: French Navy

Extra

Notes: Vice-Admiral Denis Décres was Napoleon's Minister of the Navy.
Photographer: Pieter van der Merwe

JSON

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  "post_id": "8799",
  "id": "M6559",
  "location": "Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Decres-2-Saints-side-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8802\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Decres-2-Saints-side-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"M6559\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Decres-2-Saints-side-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Decres-2-Saints-side-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" /></a></p>\n<p>Tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris of Vice-Admiral Denis Décres d. 1820</p>",
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    "type": "Tomb",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Limestone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Guillaume Tell"  },
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    "event":"Battle of the Saints",
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    "category": "American War of Independence; French Revolutionary War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"D\u00e9cres, Denis","age":"59","dateofdeath":"7/12/1820","causeofdeath":"unknown","rankOccupation":"Vice-Admiral","organisation":"French Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Vice-Admiral Denis Décres was Napoleon's Minister of the Navy.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "Pieter van der Merwe"  }
}

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Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris of Rear-Admiral Richard Graves d. 1836

Location

Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Richard GRAVES / Admiral of Royal Navy / 1753-1836 / Frédéric / GRAVES Van de SMISSEN / 1820-1821 / Henriette STOKVIS / née GRAVES JONES 1851-1922 / Maud DURENT / née Van De SMISSEN / 1888-1971.’

Details

Description: Limestone altar tomb with new marble inscription panel.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Limestone; marble

People

Graves, Richard
Age: 83
Date of Death: 5/3/1836
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Pieter van der Merwe
Photographer: Pieter van der Merwe

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  "post_id": "8792",
  "id": "M6558",
  "location": "Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "‘Richard GRAVES / Admiral of Royal Navy / 1753-1836 / Frédéric / GRAVES Van de SMISSEN / 1820-1821 / Henriette STOKVIS / née GRAVES JONES 1851-1922 / Maud DURENT / née Van De SMISSEN / 1888-1971.’",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Adm-R-Graves-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8795\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Adm-R-Graves-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"M6558\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Adm-R-Graves-1-225x300.jpg 225w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/PL-Adm-R-Graves-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" /></a></p>\n<p>Tomb in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris of Rear-Admiral Richard Graves d. 1836</p>",
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    "description": "Limestone altar tomb with new marble inscription panel.",
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    "recorder": "Pieter van der Merwe",
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St Margaret's Church, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England

Ledger in St Margaret’s Church, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk commemorating Lieutenant Robert Baynes RN d. 1757

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St Margaret's Church, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England

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'Sacred to the Memory of / Robert Baynes / a Lieutenant of the Navy / who died Nov 3d 1757 / AGED 57 YEARS'

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Description: Black limestone ledger, cursive lettering partly inlaid in white.
Type: Ledger
Materials: Black limestone

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Baynes, Robert
Age: 57
Date of Death: 3/11/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Geoffrey Turner
Photographer: Pippa Lacey

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  "post_id": "8784",
  "id": "M6557",
  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of / Robert Baynes / a Lieutenant of the Navy / who died Nov 3d 1757 / AGED 57 YEARS'<br />",
  "content": "<p>Ledger in St Margaret’s Church, Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk commemorating Lieutenant Robert Baynes RN d. 1757</p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21219\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_9073-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_9073-300x300.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_9073-150x150.jpg 150w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_9073-768x768.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/IMG_9073-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" /></p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Geoffrey Turner",
    "photographer": "Pippa Lacey"  }
}

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