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St Michael's Church, Southampton, England

Ledger at St Michael’s Church, Southampton commemorating William Saunders d. 1848

Location

St Michael's Church, Southampton, England

Transcript

'BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED / THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / WILLIAM SAUNDERS ESQ / COLLECTOR OF EXCISE / BORN AUGUST 14TH 1773 / DIED SEPTEMBER 24TH 1836 / ALSO/ ESTHER HIS WIFE / BORN JANRY 21ST 1776 / DIED MAY 9TH 1848'

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Interior
Materials: Stone

People

Saunders, William
Age: 73
Date of Death: 24/9/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Collector of Excise
Organisation: HM Customs

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  "location": "St Michael's Church, Southampton, England",
  "transcript": "'BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED / THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / WILLIAM SAUNDERS ESQ / COLLECTOR OF EXCISE / BORN AUGUST 14TH 1773 / DIED SEPTEMBER 24TH 1836 / ALSO/ ESTHER HIS WIFE / BORN JANRY 21ST 1776 / DIED MAY 9TH 1848'",
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Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Memorial at Portsmouth Cathedral to Henry Langley d. 1859, Ordnance Storekeeper

Location

Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'In memory of / HENRY LANGLEY,ESQUIRE / Late Ordnance Storekeeper of Her majesty's Gun Wharf Portsmouth / From which office he retired in the year 1845 / having served his country with signal fidelity and honour / for more than half a century / born January 20th 1767, deceased June 19th 1859 / The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance / Psalm CXII, Verse V1'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Artists: Craven, Josh.

People

Langley, Henry
Age: 92
Date of Death: 19/6/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordnance storekeeper
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth

Extra

Notes: Signed: 'JOSH. CRAVEN, CHURCH RD. KINGSTON'
Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson
Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson

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  "transcript": "'In memory of / HENRY LANGLEY,ESQUIRE / Late Ordnance Storekeeper of Her majesty's Gun Wharf Portsmouth / From which office he retired in the year 1845 / having served his country with signal fidelity and honour / for more than half a century / born January 20th 1767, deceased June 19th 1859 / The righteous shall be had in everlasting remembrance / Psalm CXII, Verse V1'",
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St John's Church, Staplegrove, Somerset, England

Tomb at St John’s Church, Staplegrove commemorating Robert Poole d. 1833

Location

St John's Church, Staplegrove, Somerset, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain Robert Poole...[who] crossed the Equator to and from the Pacific Ocean twenty two times, passed Cape Horn seventeen times, sailed once round the Globe and likewise to the 74th degree of South Latitude besides having performed many other voyages to different parts of the world...ob 5th May 1833 Aet 72'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Poole, Robert
Age: 72
Date of Death: 5/5/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: See Joseph Poole whaling captain 'Lloyd's List', master of 'William' 1801-2. 'Rebecca' 1802, 'L'Aigle' in 1819. 'Seringapatam' 1810.
Bibliography: Andrew F.C. David, 'A 1933 query answered','Mariner's Mirror' vol. 75, p. 98 (Greenwich, 1989).

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    "bibliography": "Andrew F.C. David, 'A 1933 query answered','Mariner's Mirror' vol. 75, p. 98 (Greenwich, 1989).",
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Ernest Caney d. 1899

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Ernest W Caney / Aged 27 / Master of barge 'Robert’ / Drowned in the Thames / Nov 11 1899 / Buried at Salcott'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Robert

People

Caney, Ernest W.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/11/1899
Cause of Death: Drowning
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey

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  "transcript": "'Ernest W Caney / Aged 27 / Master of barge 'Robert’ / Drowned in the Thames / Nov 11 1899 / Buried at Salcott'",
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Dutch cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Dutch cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating Willoughby Smith d. 1838

Location

Dutch cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Willoughby Smith Esq late Commander of the barque 'Soobrow' of Bombay, who died at Galle 25 May 1838 age 28 years. Tomb erected by his widow' [not exact]

Details

Vessel: Soobrow

People

Smith, Willoughby
Age: 28
Date of Death: 25/5/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Willoughby Smith Esq late Commander of the barque 'Soobrow' of Bombay, who died at Galle 25 May 1838 age 28 years. Tomb erected by his widow' [not exact]",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Dutch cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating Willoughby Smith d. 1838</p>",
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    "notes": "Formerly Ceylon.",
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Hilton Park, Shareshill, Staffordshire, England

Tower at Hilton Park, Shareshill, Staffordshire commemorating Admiral Edward Vernon d. 1757 and the capture of Porto Bello

Location

Hilton Park, Shareshill, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'This tower was erected by Henry Vernon of Hilton Park Born 13 Sept 1718 Died 1765. To commemorate the taking of Portobello with six ships of the line Nov. 22 1739 by Admiral Vernon. Born 12th November 1684 Died 1757'

Details

Type: Tower

Event

War of Jenkins' Ear

Event Category

1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession

People

Vernon, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 30/10/1757
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1980

JSON

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  "location": "Hilton Park, Shareshill, Staffordshire, England",
  "transcript": "'This tower was erected by Henry Vernon of Hilton Park Born 13 Sept 1718 Died 1765. To commemorate the taking of Portobello with six ships of the line Nov. 22 1739 by Admiral Vernon. Born 12th November 1684 Died 1757'",
  "content": "<p>Tower at Hilton Park, Shareshill, Staffordshire commemorating Admiral Edward Vernon d. 1757 and the capture of Porto Bello</p>",
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Urquhart Cemetery, Urquhart, Moray, Scotland

Wall tablet at Urquhart Cemetery, Moray commemorating John Cruikshank d. 1815, surgeon HEIC

Location

Urquhart Cemetery, Urquhart, Moray, Scotland

Transcript

'Here are interred the remains of John Cruikshank late surgeon in the service of the Hon St John Company at St Helena who died at Springfield near Elgin, on the 22nd October 1815 aged 34. This monument was erected to his memory by his affectionate widow Mrs Eliza Greentree daughter of Colonel Greentree of Fairyland, in the island of St Helena. Their son Thomas Greentree Cruikshank died in infancy at Banff on 7th May 1816 and is interred there'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Small stone enclosure
Vessel: Lord Nelson, Lady Burges

People

Cruikshank, John
Age: 34
Date of Death: 22/10/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Surgeon on East India Company ships 'Lord Nelson '1804-5 and 'Lady Burges' 1806,

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  "location": "Urquhart Cemetery, Urquhart, Moray, Scotland",
  "transcript": "'Here are interred the remains of John Cruikshank late surgeon in the service of the Hon St John Company at St Helena who died at Springfield near Elgin, on the 22nd October 1815 aged 34. This monument was erected to his memory by his affectionate widow Mrs Eliza Greentree daughter of Colonel Greentree of Fairyland, in the island of St Helena. Their son Thomas Greentree Cruikshank died in infancy at Banff on 7th May 1816 and is interred there'",
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St Nicholas' Church, New Romney, Kent, England

Memorial plaque in St Nicholas’ Church, New Romney, Kent commemorating Thurston Stringer, Staff Commander, RN d. 1886 in Bangkok, Thailand

Location

St Nicholas' Church, New Romney, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF THURSTON STRINGER, STAFF COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY, SECOND SON OF THE / LATE WILLIAM AND MARY STRINGER OF THIS TOWN, WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS KING AND COUNTRY / ON 11 FEB. 1886, AGED 46 YEARS, AND WAS BURIED IN THE EUROPEAN CEMETERY AT BANKOK, SIAM, WHERE A / MEMORIAL HAS BEEN PLACED OVER HIS GRAVE BY HIS SHIPMATES THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. 'AGAMEMNON'.'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Brass

People

Stringer, Thurston
Age: 46
Date of Death: 1886/2/11
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Staff Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "St Nicholas' Church, New Romney, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF THURSTON STRINGER, STAFF COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY, SECOND SON OF THE / LATE WILLIAM AND MARY STRINGER OF THIS TOWN, WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF HIS KING AND COUNTRY / ON 11 FEB. 1886, AGED 46 YEARS, AND WAS BURIED IN THE EUROPEAN CEMETERY AT BANKOK, SIAM, WHERE A / MEMORIAL HAS BEEN PLACED OVER HIS GRAVE BY HIS SHIPMATES THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. 'AGAMEMNON'.'",
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Samuel Coaker, RN, d. 1898

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

Samuel F. Coaker / Stoker / H.M.S. Barroso / died / 29th March 1898'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Barrosa

People

Coaker, Samuel Frederick
Age: 34
Date of Death: 29/3/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 20 March 1864.

JSON

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  "transcript": "Samuel F. Coaker / Stoker / H.M.S. Barroso / died / 29th March 1898'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Samuel Coaker, RN, d. 1898</p>",
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St Mary's Church, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England

Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, dedicated to Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Henry Keppel d. 1904

Location

St Mary's Church, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'THIS TOWER IS BUILT TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL of the Fleet The HONBLE / SIR HENRY KEPPEL G.C.B O.M. / Churchwarden of this Parish 1889-1895 / OCTOBER AD 1909'

Details

Description: The text is cut into a rectangular wall tablet with a rounded top. Above the text is the Keppel shield of arms (three scallop shells) to which a small rose has been added. Above, a knight's helmet with a coronet and a swan as the crest.
Type: Plaque
Position: Tower
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1909

People

Keppel, Henry
Age: 94
Date of Death: 1904/1/17
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: As commodore, Keppel was knighted for defeating pirates at the Battle of Fatshan Creek (1857). Keppel Harbour in Singapore is named after him. He was made Admiral of the Fleet in 1879.

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Bishopstoke, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'THIS TOWER IS BUILT TO / THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL of the Fleet The HONBLE / SIR HENRY KEPPEL G.C.B O.M. / Churchwarden of this Parish 1889-1895 / OCTOBER AD 1909'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters