Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bildeston, Suffolk commemorating Captain Edward Rotheram, RN d.1830, a Trafalgar veteran
Location
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bildeston, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT. EDWD. ROTHERAM, R.N. / WHO COMMANDED THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN / THE LEADING SHIP / AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / HE DIED SUDDENLY AT BILDESTONE HOUSE / AND WAS BURIED IN THIS CHURCH YARD / NOVEMBER 6TH 1830 AGED 77 YEARS / A BROTHER OFFICER ERECTED THIS TABLET.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior S. Wall Materials: Marble, wood Vessel: HMS Royal Sovereign, HMS Culloden
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Rotheram, Edward Age: 77 Date of Death: 6/11/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Captain Rotheram died suddenly while staying with friend Richard Wilson, at Bildeston House. Portrait and letters and Rotheram Vase in Nelson collection at Lloyds. Bibliography: Ed. Colin White 'The Trafalgar Captains: Their lives and memorials' (London, 2005) p. 111.
Wall tablet in St Clement’s Church, Terrington St Clements, Norfolk commemorating Captain Sir Andrew Snape Hamond, RN d. 1828
Location
St Clement's Church, Terrington St Clements, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'Sir Andrew Snape Hamond Bt. of Hamond Lodge in this parish, captain in the Royal Navy, an elder brother of the Trinity House, and twice MP for the borough of Ipswich, who was born at Greenwich in Kent on the 17th Dec 1738. At the age of fourteen he entered the Naval Service and after signalising himself in various parts of the globe, but particularly so by his gallantry and activity while commanding His Majesty's ship ROEBUCK during the contest with America from 1775 to 1780, he became Lieutenant Governor of NOVA SCOTIA which post he relinquished at the end of 1782 to the deep regret of all the inhabitants of that province. In 1785 he was appointed Commodore and Commander in Chief in the River Medway and in 1794 he became Comptroller of his Majesty's navy, the duties of which honorable and laborious office he executed with great perseverance and distinguished ability until 1806 during a period of most arduous war with France and Spain, when retiring from public life in consequence of impaired health he found a residence in this neighbourhood, where beloved and respected by all, he continued to perform with kindness and benevolence the duties of an active magistrate, of an affectionate father and friend until his departure from this life on the 12th September 1828, universally regretted, having nearly attained the venerable age of 90 years. His character for piety, integrity, suavity of manners extraordinary memory and all intellectual endowments was of the first order and 'he doth to his descendants leave / the first best gift that man can claim / Better than pomp by crowds adored / or gold immeasurably stored / a pure and spotless name' PARATUS ET FIDELIS'
Details
Position: North side of nave behind organ Materials: Marble, slate background Artists: John Knapp Vessel: HMS Roebuck
People
Hamond, Andrew Snape Age: 89 Date of Death: 12/9/1828 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN. Elder Brother of Trinity House Organisation: Royal Navy, Trinity House
Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery, London commemorating shipowner Sir Arthur William Johns d. 1937, Director of Naval Construction
Location
Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / SIR ARTHUR WILLIAM JOHNS / K.C.B., R.C.N.C. / DIRECTOR OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTION /ADMIRALTY 1930-1936 / WHO DIED 13TH JANUARY 1937 / AGED 62 YEARS'
Details
Description: Headstone, separate panel engraved with cross and foul anchor. Type: Memorial Materials: Slate
People
Johns, Arthur William Age: 62 Date of Death: 13/1/1937 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Director of Naval Construction Organisation: Admiralty
Extra
Notes: Sir Arthur William Johns 1873-1937. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 239.
Obelisk at Alltron Rock, Holyhead, Anglesey commemorating Commander John Macgregor Skinner RN d. 1832
Location
Alltron Rock, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'This Monument was erected by his numerous friends to the memory of John Macgregor Skinner R.N., and for 33 years captain of one of the post office packets on this station, in testimony of his virtues, and in affectionate remembrance of him in his public capacity. He was distinguished for zeal, intrepidity and fidelity. In private life he was a model of unvarying friendship, disinterested kindness and unbounded charity. MDCCCXXXII.'
Details
Description: Large obelisk decorated with ship's prows, an urn with a winged sun disc above, and below, two vessels pouring oil into a lamp. Inverted torches are carved on either side of each corner of the base. Type: Obelisk Position: East of harbour Materials: Granite? Vessel: Escape
People
Skinner, John Macgregor Age: 72 Date of Death: 30/10/1832 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Skinner lost an arm and later an eye whilst serving in HMS 'Phoenix' during the American war of Independence. Washed overboard from 'Escape' off Holyhead. Bibliography: Peter Scott Roberts 'The Ancestry, Life and Times of Commander John Macgregor Skinner R.N. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall tablet at St Leonard’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating Richard Hight d. 1840, Robert Willimot Hight d. 1848, Commander Matthew James Hight d. 1843 and John Francis Hight d. 1844
Location
St Leonard's Church, Deal, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / FOUR SONS OF THOMAS AND SARAH HIGHT / WHO DIED ABROAD / VIZ RICHARD WHO WAS DROWNED / BY THE UPSETTING OF A BOAT IN NEW ZEALAND / AUGUST 26TH 1840 AGED 28 / ROBERT WILLIMOT, MIDSHIPMAN IN THE INDIAN NAVY / WHO DIED ABOARD THE HCS 'ATALANTA' IN THE RED SEA / JULY 14TH 1848 AGED 17 / MATTHEW JAMES COMMANDER OF THE ‘ANTARES’ / WHO DIED ON BOARD THAT SHIP SEPTEMBER 6TH 1843. / IN THE MACAO ROADS CHINA: AGED 27 / AND JOHN FRANCIS WHO DIED AT MACAO / FEBRUARY 9TH 1844 AGED 24'
Hight, Matthew James Age: 27 Date of Death: 6/9/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown Hight, Richard Age: 28 Date of Death: 26/8/1840 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown Hight, Robert Willimot Age: 17 Date of Death: 14/7/1848 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Midshipman HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Hight, John Francis Age: 24 Date of Death: 9/2/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: See also 1985 for memorial to Robert Willimot Hight
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 41 (photo).
Memorial sculpture to all Merchant Seamen who sailed to and from the ports of Bristol throughout the ages
Location
Welsh Back, Bristol, Bristol, England
Transcript
‘Merchant Seamen / In war and peace they plied their trade / Over the angry seas / Remember them as here you stand / beneath these placid trees.’ / Capt. J. Earl / June 2000 //
Details
Description: The memorial is mounted on two circular plinths and surrounded by metal seating formed in a wave pattern. There is a bronze compass rose on the second plinth. It is made of stone from the Tarn Valley, France with a bronze band at the top of the capstan.
Type: Memorial Position: Quayside Materials: stone, bronze Artists: David Backhouse
Extra
Notes: This memorial was erected by the Bristol branch of the Merchant Navy Association and was unveiled by HRH The Princess Royal on 21 May 2001. It is a memorial to all Merchant Seamen who sailed from the ports of Bristol and Avonmouth both in war and peace.
Memorial at Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Ross, d. 1844
Location
Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory / of / JOHN ROSS. / Late Marine Surveyor for this Port / and for many years a Master Mariner / in the Singapore and Batavia Trade. / He died here on the 20th Sept 1844 / Aged 57 years / and this small tribute of respect / for his Memory / is erected by a few friends'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: South wall B167
People
Ross, John Age: 57 Date of Death: 20/9/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Marine surveyor / Master mariner Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 138.
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 326 Vessel: HMS Boscawen
People
Sutton, John Nathaniel Age: 25 Date of Death: 2/8/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Extra
Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
