Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Cole RN d. 1826
Location
Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'THIS STONE / IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS COLE / A LIEUTENANT OF THE ROYAL NAVY / A BRAVE AND SKILLED OFFICER / OF UNOBTRUSIVE YET ACKNOWLEDGED MERIT / ESTEEMED BY HIS SUPERIORS AND BELOVED BY HIS FRIENDS / DEVOTED FROM AND EARLY VOYAGE / TO HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE / HE WAS CONSTANTLY EMPLOYED / CHIEFLY IN FOREIGN CLIMATES FROM 1800 TO 1815 / (A BRILLIANT PERIOD IN OUR NAVAL HISTORY) / WHILST REMAINING UPON HALF PAY / HIS FEW REMAINING YEARS WERE PASSED / IN THE BOSOM OF HIS FAMILY / HIS DEATH / DEPRIVED A WIFE OF AN AFFECTIONATE HUSBAND / HIS CHILDREN OF A KIND PARENT / AND SOCIETY OF AN HONEST MAN / HE DIED AT EMSWORTH IN THIS PARISH / 13TH OF OCTR 1826 / AGED 34 YEARS'
Memorial headstone at St Mary’s Church, Woolwich, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Davis RN d. 1831
Location
St Mary's Church, Woolwich, Kent, England
Transcript
'In medio vite in morte: Sacred / to the memory of / Lieut Thomas T. Davis Royal Navy / Commander of H.M. Steam Vessel / Albi[o]n / who departed this life at Woolwich / on the 27 August 1831 / aged 44. / Beloved respected and lamented. This stone is erected to the memory of a beloved and affectionate husband by a disconsolate wife and widow'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Albion
People
Davis, Thomas T. Age: 44 Date of Death: 27/8/1831 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial near Moelfre, Anglesey commemorating the loss of the ‘Royal Charter’ in 1859
Location
On coast to north, Moefre, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'This memorial stone commemorates the loss of the steam clipper Royal Charter which was wrecked on the rocks nearby during the hurricane of 26 October 1859 when 400 persons perished. Erected by public subscription 1935'
Gravestone at St Michael’s Church, Minehead commemorating Richard Searle d. 1831
Location
St Michael's Church, Minehead, Somerset, England
Transcript
'Beneath this stone lies the mortal remains of Richard Searle, who with considerable credit fulfilled the office of collector of the customs of this port during the last twenty seven years of his valuable life. He died July 1st 1831 Aged 70 years. Deeply, universally and deservedly regretted, admired, respected and beloved' [an unreadable verse follows]
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Searle, Richard Age: 70 Date of Death: 1/7/1831 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Collector of Customs Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: F. Hancock 'Minehead: in the County of Somerset: a history of the parish, the manor, and the port' (Taunton, 1903).
Wall tablet at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cosgrove commemorating Admiral Sir Robert Moorsom d. 1835
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY / OF SIR ROBERT MOORSOM, K.C.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON / OF THE FLEET; / WHO DIED 14TH APRIL 1835, IN HIS 75TH YEAR.'
Details
Description: Carved with a weeping willow. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel North wall Materials: Marble Artists: M.W. Johnson
People
Moorsom, Robert Age: 75 Date of Death: 14/4/1835 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Brian S.H. Egan 'Signed Monuments in the Church of St Pater and St Paul, Cosgrove, Northamptonshire', 'Newsletter, Church Monuments Society' vol. 24, No 1, Summer 2008, p. 13.
Headstone at St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating Dr Alexander Younge, RN d. 1821
Location
St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Alexander Younge, M.D. / Surgeon in the Royal Navy / who had completed in A.D. 1805 / faithful maritime service / without example of 45 years. / He had performed his duties in / many naval engagements / chiefly at the capture in A.D. 1780 / of the Spanish Admiral Langara by Admiral Rodney / and in his brilliant victory in A.D. 1782 / won over the Comte de Grasse. / At this time he was surgeon on H.M. Ship 'London’ / and afterwards on the 'Royal Sovereign’ / in the famous battle of the Ist June 1794. / He was a man endowed with many and / conspicuous virtues and was greatly honoured. / On the 28rd Day of February 1821 he was then / suddenly prostrated from haemorrhage of the lungs / from which greatly mourned he died aged 83 years / Also of Amelia Younge.'
Details
Vessel: HMS ‘London’, HMS 'Royal Sovereign'
Event
1780 Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1782 Battle of the Saintes,
Event Category
1775-1783 American Revolutionary War
People
Younge, Alexander Age: 83 Date of Death: 23/2/1821 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Gravestone not sighted. Bibliography: Canon S.W. Wheatley 'Historical Notes: Rochester St Margaret' (Rochester, 1996).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
