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Rysnässet, Fårö, Gotland, Sweden, Rest of the World

Naval cemetery at Rysnässet, Fårö, Gotland, Sweden, Rest of the World

Location

Rysnässet, Fårö, Gotland, Sweden, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Small cemetery in which are buried seamen who died during a cholera outbreak in the Baltic Fleet in 1854. It is marked by a large granite boulder and bounded by iron chains between boulders. Individual graves are marked by mounds.
Type: Cemetery
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1854

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

British Conflicts in Asia

Extra

Notes: A granite marker with the names of those buried here was reputedly shipped out from England but was lost overboard during unloading. It was replaced by a wooden board which had become illegible by the 1930's.
Recorder: Hans von Heijne

JSON

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Highgate Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery commemorating John Henderson Smith d. 1904, Commander of HMS ‘Worcester’

Location

Highgate Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORIAM / JESSIE HIS WIDOW / DIED 9TH JULY 1918 / AGED 94 YEARS / JOHN HENDERSON SMITH / BORN 27TH DEC. 1826 / DIED 28TH DEC. 1904 / JANE ELLIS ROSS / DIED 30TH JUNE 1912 / AND IS IN INTERRED AT FOREST HILL.'

Details

Description: A gravestone with an arched pediment. Carved in relief at the top, a half-length figure of an angel holding a shield with the symbols of faith, hope and charity. Below, oval portraits of John Henderson Smith and his wife Jessie. At the base HMS 'Worcester'.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Worcester

People

Smith, John Henderson
Age: 78
Date of Death: 28/12/1904
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: unknown

Extra

Notes: John Henderson Smith was commander of HMS 'Worcester' the Thames Nautical Training College for 25 years.
Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond

JSON

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Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery, East Mudros, Lemnos, Greece, Rest of the World

Memorial to the men of HMS ‘Agamemnon’, who died during the First World War

Location

Commonwealth War Grave Cemetery, East Mudros, Lemnos, Greece, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN / EVER GLORIOUS / MEMORY / OF / W.F. SELLARS. CH. SH. CK. / B. WORTHINGTON. P.O. / W. SAFFHILL. P.O. / G.R.H.W. SMALL LG. SEA. / F.H. REED. A.B. / W.L. CULLINGFORD. A.B. / F. MOAT. A.B. / W.H. MC.CLURE. A.B. / W.J. MASON ORD. SEA. / W.R. MOCKETT. BOY 1ST. CL. / J. ANDERSON BOY 1ST. CL. / H.T. MONTEATH. STO. / G. WATSON STO. R.N.R. / T. RUDD. STO. R.N.R. / C.R. CRIDDLE PTE. R.M.L.I. / G.M.I. ANDERSON. PTE. R.M.L.I. / E.H.L. MILLER. BOY 1ST. CL.' [plinth] 'OF / H.M.S. "AGAMEMNON." / WHO DIED / ON ACTIVE SERVICE / 1913-16-17 / R.I.P."

Details

Description: Stele on double plinth, capped a gabled cross, the four pediments each carved with a cross in relief.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Agamemon

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Sellars, W.F.
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 6/9/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: chief ship’s cook
Organisation: Royal Navy
Worthington, Bertie
Age: 25
Date of Death: 25/2/1915
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Saffhill, W.
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 17/8/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Small, Richard Henry Welland
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 25/2/1915
Cause of Death: warcasualty
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Reed, Frank Henry
Age: 18
Date of Death: 25/04/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cullingford, Walter Leonard
Age: 22
Date of Death: 25/4/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Moat, Frank
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 10/8/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
McClure, William Henry
Age: 28
Date of Death: 23/9/1916
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mason, William, James
Age: 18
Date of Death: 5/2/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gresty, Samuel
Age: 19
Date of Death: 25/4/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mockett, Walter Richard
Age: 16
Date of Death: 5/3/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Anderson, J.
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 24/8/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Monteath, H. T.
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 25/9/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watson, G.
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 30/4/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Rudd, Thomas
Age: 31
Date of Death: 3/11/1916
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Criddle, C.R.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 30/7/1915
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Miller, Walter Henry Lionel
Age: 17
Date of Death: 6/6/1917
Cause of Death: war casualty
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: Kevin Fewster

JSON

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Seaforth Old Burying Ground, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Rest of the World

Memorial at Seaforth Old Burying Ground, Simon’s Town, Western Cape, South Africa, commemorating Commander William Barrow RN, d. 1838

Location

Seaforth Old Burying Ground, Simon's Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BARROW ESQUIRE / Late Commander of Her Majesty’s Ship ROSE / Who fell Victim to disease / contracted in the East Indies / When zealously employed in the execution / of his duty / This young Officer of great promise / thus cut off in the prime of Life / yielded it up in pious resignation / to the ALMIGHTY WILL on the / 26th February 1838 / Aged 28 Years.’

Details

Description: '...the grave is a black slab of a sort of land slate supported by four square stone pillars...' Fitzjames
Type: Ledger
Materials: Slate
Vessel: HMS 'Rose'

People

Barrow, William
Age: 28
Date of Death: 26/2/1838
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Barrow died of tuberculosis.

Bibliography: William Battersby 'James Fitzjames: the mystery man of the Franklin expedition' p. 126. John Barrow 'A privately printed memoir of the life and services of the Late William Barrow Esq. (H.M.S. Rose) Commander Royal Navy' p. 170.

Recorder: See biblio

JSON

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating John Jones, pilot, d. 1925

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory of / John Jones / Late Channel Pilot, Port Talbot / Beloved husband of / Margaret Jones / who died Feb 24th 1925 / Aged 54 years / "Thy will be done"'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone

People

Jones, John
Age: 54
Date of Death: 24/2/1925
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: pilot
Organisation: unknown

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "post_id": "8608",
  "id": "M6549",
  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In / loving memory of / John Jones / Late Channel Pilot, Port Talbot / Beloved husband of /  Margaret Jones / who died Feb 24th 1925 / Aged 54 years / \"Thy will be done\"'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating  John Jones, pilot, d. 1925</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
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Angra, Terceira, Azores, Rest of the World

Memorial at Angra in the Azores to John Watkins d. 1848

Location

Angra, Terceira, Azores, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / to the memory of / JOHN WATKINS / late master of the / British Schooner Nymph / who departed this life on the / 28th January 1848 / aged 21 years. / While endeavouring to board / his vessel off this port in a gale of / wind he was driven on the rocks where he perished. / His loss will be long and / severely felt by his disconsolate / widow and infant child, as well as by / a numerous circle of friends and /acquaintance who deplore his untimely fate in a foreign land.'

Details

Description: Plain headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Angra Museum
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Nymph

People

Watkins, John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 28/1/1848
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: unknown

Extra

Recorder: Mr Geoffrey Turner 2014

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / to the memory of / JOHN WATKINS / late master of the / British Schooner Nymph / who departed this life on the / 28th January 1848 / aged 21 years. / While endeavouring to board / his vessel off this port in a gale of / wind he was driven on the rocks where he perished. / His loss will be long and / severely felt by his disconsolate / widow and infant child, as well as by / a numerous circle of friends and /acquaintance who deplore his untimely fate in a foreign land.'",
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    "event":"",
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St Stephen's Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumberland, England

Memorial at St Stephen’s Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumberland to LieutenantJohn Hope RN d. 1824

Location

St Stephen's Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumberland, England

Transcript

'To the MEMORY of JOHN HOPE of / SOULBY. Lieutenant of the Royal Navy / who departed this life on Saturday / the 6th of March 1824 / Aged 43 / Also John TEBAY-HOPE his Son / who died ...7th Novr. 1817 / Aged 3 Weeks / Also of RUTH his daughter who died / September 26th 1841 aged 22 / Also of REBECCA his daughter who / died January 4th 1842. Aged 17 / Also of AGNES wife of the / above who died October 7th 1862 / Aged 75.'

Details

Description: Headstone, curved top.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Hope, John
Age: 43
Date of Death: 6/3/1824
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M5647",
  "location": "St Stephen's Church, Kirkby Stephen, Cumberland, England",
  "transcript": "'To the MEMORY of JOHN HOPE of / SOULBY. Lieutenant of the Royal Navy / who departed this life on Saturday / the 6th of March 1824 / Aged 43 / Also John TEBAY-HOPE his Son / who died ...7th Novr. 1817 / Aged 3 Weeks / Also of RUTH his daughter who died / September 26th 1841 aged 22 / Also of REBECCA his daughter who / died January 4th 1842. Aged 17 / Also of AGNES wife of the / above who died October 7th 1862 / Aged 75.'",
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St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Gravestone at St George’s, Deal, Kent, commemorating George Alanby Binnie d. 1835

Location

St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Transcript

'This stone / PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE ALANBY BINNEEY / WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED HERE / HE DEPARTED THIS [LIFE] / JULY 29TH 18... / ... PRIME OF MANHOOD / ... OVER EXERTION IN...'

Details

Description: The inscription (largely illegible) on a draped cloth tied in bunches at the upper corners, above a foul anchor and rudder.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Lord Lyndoch

People

Binnie, George Alanby
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: The parish registers note the burial of Binnie, George, Captain, 38 years of the 'Lord Lindoch' in the Downs July 31 1835. 'Lloyd's Register' 1835 lists 'Lord Lyndoch' built Calcutta, 1815, port - London - (there was a smaller vessel of the same name based in Perth). Binnie is not listed in Lloyd's Register as the master.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M6546",
  "location": "St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'This stone / PERPETUATES THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE ALANBY BINNEEY / WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED HERE / HE DEPARTED THIS [LIFE] / JULY 29TH 18... / ... PRIME OF MANHOOD / ... OVER EXERTION IN...'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/admin-ajax.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44929\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/admin-ajax.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/admin-ajax-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p> </p>\n<p>Gravestone at St George’s, Deal, Kent, commemorating George Alanby Binnie d. 1835</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2020/06/admin-ajax.jpg","/uploads/2020/06/admin-ajax-225x300.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "The inscription (largely illegible) on a draped cloth tied in bunches at the upper corners, above a foul anchor and rudder.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Lord Lyndoch"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Binnie, George Alanby","age":"38","dateofdeath":"1835","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"master","organisation":"Unknown"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "The parish registers note the burial of Binnie, George, Captain, 38 years of the 'Lord Lindoch' in the Downs July 31 1835. 'Lloyd's Register' 1835 lists 'Lord Lyndoch' built Calcutta, 1815, port - London - (there was a smaller vessel of the same name based in Perth). Binnie is not listed in Lloyd's Register as the master.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": "B. Tomlinson"  }
}

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Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Brass memorial in Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, commemorating Roger Morris, d. 1615

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Transcript

'HER LYETH INTERRED THE BODY OF ROGER / MORRIS SOMETIME ONE OF THE 6 PRINCIPALL / MTES: OF ATTENDANCE OF HIS MAITES NAVYE / ROYALL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFFE THE / 13TH OF OCTOBER 1615.'

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Description: Brass showing a warship with a lion figurehead and the Royal Standard a the main, two pennants and an English ensign.
Type: Brass
Materials: Brass

People

Morris, Roger
Age: unknown
Date of Death: 1615
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: master
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: Derrick Chivers

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  "post_id": "8546",
  "id": "M6545",
  "location": "Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'HER LYETH INTERRED THE BODY OF ROGER / MORRIS SOMETIME ONE OF THE 6 PRINCIPALL / MTES: OF ATTENDANCE OF HIS MAITES NAVYE / ROYALL WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFFE THE / 13TH OF OCTOBER 1615.'",
  "content": "<p>Brass memorial in Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, commemorating Roger Morris, d. 1615</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "Derrick Chivers"  }
}

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St Mura's Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Memorial at St Mura’s Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal commemorating John Higgs, RN, d. 1809

Location

St Mura's Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Transcript

'Beneath is the Remains of / John Higgs Lieutenant in his / Majesty's Navy who arrived / on this coast in the year 1804 with Gun Vessels and in the command of which he died March 28th 1809 / Aged 31 Years. / Farewell dear Friend a short farewell / Till we shall meet again above / in the sweet Groves where pleasures dwell / And trees of Life bear Fruits of love.'

Details

Description: Slate Slab 201 x 95 cm.
Type: Ledger
Materials: Slate

People

Higgs, John
Age: 31
Date of Death: 28/3/1809
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Owen McGonagle

JSON

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  "post_id": "8511",
  "id": "M6543",
  "location": "St Mura's Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland",
  "transcript": "'Beneath is the Remains of / John Higgs Lieutenant in his  / Majesty's Navy who arrived / on this coast in the year 1804 with Gun Vessels and in the command of which he died March 28th 1809 / Aged 31 Years. / Farewell dear Friend a short farewell / Till we shall meet again above / in the sweet Groves where pleasures dwell / And trees of Life bear Fruits of love.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mura’s Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal commemorating John Higgs, RN, d. 1809</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Slate Slab 201 x 95 cm.",
    "type": "Ledger",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Slate",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Higgs, John","age":"31","dateofdeath":"28/3/1809","causeofdeath":"unknown","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Owen McGonagle",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters