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Military graveyard, Menorca, Spain, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Military Graveyard, Menorca, Spain commemorating Henry Cooper USN d. 1792

Location

Military graveyard, Menorca, Spain, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lies the remains of / Henry Cooper / Cooper on the the United States / ship Delaware / His adze becoming blunt / His hoops rusted / His staves worm eaten / His bungs decayed / He laid down his tools / and with them his life / This year of our Lord 1792 / This tombstone was erected / by his shipmates out of / respect, / esteem and affection'

Details

Vessel: USS Delaware

People

Cooper, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Cooper
Organisation: United States Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Daily Telegraph' 14 July 1994.
Recorder: Richard Branson 1994

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Here lies the remains of / Henry Cooper / Cooper on the the United States / ship Delaware / His adze becoming blunt / His hoops rusted / His staves worm eaten / His bungs decayed / He laid down his tools / and with them his life / This year of our Lord 1792 / This tombstone was erected / by his shipmates out of / respect, / esteem and affection'",
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    "recorder": "Richard Branson 1994",
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St Wenna's Church, Morval, Cornwall, England

Brass plaque in St Wenna’s Church, Morval, Cornwall commemorating Lieutenant Philip Mayow, RN d. 1873

Location

St Wenna's Church, Morval, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In hoc signo vinces', 'To the Beloved Memory of PHILIP WYNELL MAYOW of Bray in the this Parish and of Hanworth in the County of Norfolk Esquire who died December 28th 1844. Aged 73. Also of ELIZABETH his Wife who died August 10th 1844. Aged 65. Also of their Eldest Child JOHN WYNELL MAYOW who died January 6th 1812 Aged 4. Also of their Second Son GEORGE WYNELL MAYOW Major-General C.B. of Bray and of Clipston Northamptonshire. He served throughout the war in the Crimea 1854-56 and was present at the Battles of Alma, Balaklava Light Cavalry Charge (the six hundred) Inkermann. He died January 1st 1873 Aged 64. Also of ELIZABTH JANE his Wife who died June 8th 1848, Aged 35. Also of PHILIP STAFFORD WYNELL MAYOW Lieut. R.N. Eldest son of the REVD. MAYOW WYNELL MAYOW of Bray. He died at Bombay on board HMS Briton March 26th 1873. Aged 23. Also of the Third son of the first above named PHILIP WYNELL MAYOW and Elizabeth his wife, the REVD. MAYOW WYNELL MAYOW of Bray who died at Southampton Feb. 26th 1895. Aged 84.', 'Requiescat in pace', 'I am the Resurrection and the Life'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: North aisle
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS 'Briton'

People

Mayow, Philip Stafford Wynell
Age: 23
Date of Death: 26/3/1873
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "transcript": "'In hoc signo vinces', 'To the Beloved Memory of PHILIP WYNELL MAYOW of Bray in the this Parish and of Hanworth in the County of Norfolk Esquire who died December 28th 1844. Aged 73. Also of ELIZABETH his Wife who died August 10th 1844. Aged 65. Also of their Eldest Child JOHN WYNELL MAYOW who died January 6th 1812 Aged 4. Also of their Second Son GEORGE WYNELL MAYOW Major-General C.B. of Bray and of Clipston Northamptonshire. He served throughout the war in the Crimea 1854-56 and was present at the Battles of Alma, Balaklava Light Cavalry Charge (the six hundred) Inkermann. He died January 1st 1873 Aged 64. Also of ELIZABTH JANE his Wife who died June 8th 1848, Aged 35. Also of PHILIP STAFFORD WYNELL MAYOW Lieut. R.N. Eldest son of the REVD. MAYOW WYNELL MAYOW of Bray. He died at Bombay on board HMS Briton March 26th 1873. Aged 23. Also of the Third son of the first above named PHILIP WYNELL MAYOW and Elizabeth his wife, the REVD. MAYOW WYNELL MAYOW of Bray who died at Southampton Feb. 26th 1895. Aged 84.', 'Requiescat in pace', 'I am the Resurrection and the Life'",
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All Saints' Church, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Wall tablet in All Saints’ Church, Wyke Regis, Dorset commemorating Admiral Marriott Arbuthnot d. 1794

Location

All Saints' Church, Wyke Regis, Weymouth, Dorset, England

Transcript

'To perpetuate the memory of a man who in the service of his king and country devoted the greater part of his life. This marble is erected by the filial affection of his son John Arbuthnot Esq. Governor of North Yarmouth and Captain in the Army the last of his family. It is not for him to record those actions which raised his much admired father to that rank in his profession, Admiral of the Blue. They are chronicled in numerous pages of the naval annals of his time and in the hearts of those he commanded. The remains of Marriott Arbuthnot Esq. are deposited near this place who died on Jan 31st 1794 aged 82 years.'

Details

Description: Oval tablet
Type: Wall tablet
Position: East wall of chancel

People

Arbuthnot, Marriott
Age: 82
Date of Death: 31/1/1794
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 191 (Greenwich, 1987).

JSON

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Bullock RN d. 1882

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In Memory of James BULLOCK signalman of Her Majesty's ship ALBATROSS who died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong, 25 November 1882 age 27 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Albatross

People

Bullock, James
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/11/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Signalman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In Memory of James BULLOCK signalman of Her Majesty's ship ALBATROSS who died at the Royal Naval Hospital, Hong Kong, 25 November 1882 age 27 years'",
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Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence commemorating Lieutenant Frederic Dickonson RN d. 1833

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT FREDERIC DICKONSON / OF THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY / SECOND SON OF THE LATE / THOMAS LACY DICKONSON ESQ OF / WEST RETFORD HALL IN THE COUNTY OF / NOTTINGHAM WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ON THE 3 OF MAY 1833 AGED 48 YEARS'

Details

Artists: Pietro Bazzanti

People

Dickonson, Frederick
Age: 48
Date of Death: 3/5/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT FREDERIC DICKONSON / OF THE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY / SECOND SON OF THE LATE / THOMAS LACY DICKONSON ESQ OF / WEST RETFORD HALL IN THE COUNTY OF / NOTTINGHAM WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ON THE 3 OF MAY 1833 AGED 48 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence commemorating Lieutenant Frederic Dickonson RN d. 1833</p>",
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St George's Church, Douglas, Isle of Man

Gravestone at St George’s Church, Douglas, Isle of Man commemorating William Clague d. 1837

Location

St George's Church, Douglas, Isle of Man

Transcript

'ERECTED IN MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM CLAGUE. / Carpenter of this Town / who died at Bonney on Board / of the Oscar; 3rd of August / 1837. Aged 46 Years. / on his 19th voyage to Africa. / ALSO / ANN BERRY. niece of the / above who departed this life / March the 15th 1840. in the 17th year of her age. / Mourn not for me my relation dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / My glass is ran my time is spent / My life is gone it was but lent'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: Oscar

People

Clague, William
Age: 46
Date of Death: 3/8/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "location": "St George's Church, Douglas, Isle of Man",
  "transcript": "'ERECTED IN MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM CLAGUE. / Carpenter of this Town / who died at Bonney on Board / of the Oscar; 3rd of August / 1837. Aged 46 Years. / on his 19th voyage to Africa. / ALSO / ANN BERRY. niece of the / above who departed this life / March the 15th 1840. in the 17th year of her age. / Mourn not for me my relation dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / My glass is ran my time is spent / My life is gone it was but lent'",
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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Frank Steward d. 1913

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'FRANK STEWARD / Aged 29 / Died and was Buried at / sea from S.S. 'Inkosi’ / between Durban & London / March 9. 1913.'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Inkosi

People

Steward, Frank
Age: 29
Date of Death: 9/3/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

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

JSON

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St Michael's Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England

Wall monument at Stone, Staffordshire commemorating Admiral John Jarvis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, d. 1823.

Location

St Michael's Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / JOHN JERVIS / EARL OF ST. VINCENT BARON JERVIS / OF MEAFORD IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD, KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF / THE BATH, AND OF THE PORTUGUESE ORDER OF THE TOWER AND SWORD / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET AND GENERAL OF THE MARINES. / HE WAS THE SECOND AND YOUNGEST SON OF SWYFEN JERVIS OF MEAFORD ESQ / AND WAS BORN ON 20TH JANUARY 1735 / AT THE EARLY AGE OF THIRTEEN HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY AND REMAINED / DURING A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS / IN 1759 ACTING AS COMMANDER OF THE PORCUPINE / HE ASSISTED IN TAKING QUEBEC AND IN THE CONQUEST OF CANADA / IN APRIL 1782, WHEN CAPTAIN OF THE FOUDROYANT, HE / SEPARATELY FROM THE REST OF THE FLEET, BOARDED AND CAPTURED LA PAGESE OF 74 GUNS. / BEARING THE FLAG OF A FRENCH ADMIRAL / THE MODEST TERMS IN WHICH HIS DESPATCH WAS WRITTEN WERE FINELY CONTRASTED / WITH THE GLOWING EULOGY PRONOUNCED ON HIS BY ADMIRAL BARRINGTON HIS COMMANDING / OFFICER AND HIS MERIT WAS STAMPED BY THE GRACIOUS APPROBATION OF HIS SOVEREIGN / WHO CREATED HIM A KNIGHT OF THE BATH / APPOINTED TO COMMAND IN 1793 OF THE SQUADRON SENT TO THE WEST INDIES HE AFFECTED / IN CO-OPERATION WITH GENERAL SIR CHARLES GREY / A CORDIAL UNION OF THE SERVICES, BEFORE UNEXAMPLED / AND BY THEIR COMBINED EFFORT / THE ISLANDS OF MARTINIQUE, GUADELOUPE, ST. LUCIE AND MARIE GALENTE / WERE SPEEDILY REDUCED / THE GRATITUDE OF THE NATION WAS EXPRESSED BY VOTES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT / IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, AND THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL PECULIARLY INTERESTED IN / THE PROSPERITY OF THE WEST INDIES, PRESENTED HIM WITH THEIR FREEDOM / IN 1795 HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / DURING THIS PERIOD A SPIRIT OF MUTINY DISORGANISED OUR FLEETS AT HOME / BUT WAS CRUSHED IN ITS INFANCY IN THE FLEET UNDER HIS COMMAND / BY HIS UNPARALLELED DISCIPLINE / ON THE EVER MEMORABLE 14TH FEBRUARY 1797 HE ACHIEVED OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT / WITH A FAR INFERIOR FORCE THAT CONQUEST OVER THE SPANISH FLEET / WHICH CARRIED HIS RENOWN TO THE GREATEST HEIGHT AND DESTROYED THE EFFECT OF / ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE COMBINATIONS OF THE ENEMY EVER DIRECTED AGAINST / THE POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN/HAVING BEFORE THIS PERIOD BEEN, FOR HIS FORMER SERVICES RAISED TO / THE PEERAGE BY THE TITLE OF BARON JERVIS / NOW THE JOYFUL ACCLAIMATIONS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN/THE EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE BY NUMEROUS CORPORATIONS / WHICH PRESENTED HIM WITH THEIR FREEDOM / THE THANKS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE BRITISH AND IRISH LEGISLATURE / RECEIVED THEIR TRIUMPHANT SANCTION FROM THE ACT OF AN APPROVING SOVEREIGN / BY WHOM HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE DIGNITY OF AN EARL AND VISCOUNT BY THE TITLE OF / THE NAME AND PLACE WHICH FORMED THE SCENE OF HIS GLORY / IN 1801 HE WAS APPOINTED FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY / BY HIS NOMINATION WERE REALIZED THE ADVANTAGES WHICH WERE EXPECTED / FROM HIS EXPERIENCES AS A NAVAL CAPTAIN / AND THE PUBLIC INTERESTS WERE PROTECTED BY THE REFORMS WHICH AS / A PATRIOT STATESMEN HE EFFECTED IN THE CIVIL DEPARTMENTS OF THE NAVY / HE INSTITUTED THE MEMORABLE COMMISSION OF NAVAL ENQUIRY / A MEASURE WHICH DREW UPON HIM THE HATRED AND OPPOSITION OF / A HOST OF PLACEMEN AND PENSIONERS, BUT WHICH EMINENTLY CHARACTERISTIC OF / HIS OWN PURITY, INTEGRITY AND LOVE OF ECONOMY WAS ADMIRABLY CALCULATED / TO DETECT AND PREVENT, FRAUD, PECULATION AND PROFUSION IN / THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FINANCES OF HIS COUNTRY. / IN 1806 HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE CHANNEL FLEET AND EXERCISED THAT COMMAND TIL 1807 / IN 1809 PORTUGAL GAVE HIM THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE TOWER AND THE SWORD. / IN 1814 HE WAS MADE GENERAL OF THE MARINES. / IN 1821, SEVENTY THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ENTRANCE INTO THE SERVICE / HE WAS APPOINTED ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / HAVING ATTAINED HIS 89TH YEAR HE EXPIRED THE 13TH MARCH 1823 / IN FULL POSSESSION OF ALL HIS FACULTIES / HE MARRIED HIS FIRST COUSIN MARTHA, DAUGHTER OF / THE LATE RT. HON SIR THOMAS PARKER, KNIGHT LORD CHIEF BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER / BUT LEFT NO ISSUE / HIS MORTAL REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE ADJACENT FAMILY MAUSOLEUM.' 'WITHIN THIS MAUSOLEUM / LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / ADMIRAL JOHN JERVIS / EARL OF ST VINCENT / 1735-1823'

Details

Description: Bust of St Vincent above inscription flanked by naval trophies, arms below.

Type: Wall monument
Position: West wall nave
Artists: Francis Leggatt Chantrey
Vessel: HMS Victory

Event

Battle of Cape St Vincent

Event Date

1797

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Jervis, John
Age: 89
Date of Death: 13/3/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried in mausoleum in churchyard DNB says born 9th Jan 1734/5. Earl of St Vincent (1734-1823).
Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1980

JSON

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  "id": "M4292",
  "location": "St Michael's Church, Stone, Staffordshire, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / JOHN JERVIS / EARL OF ST. VINCENT BARON JERVIS / OF MEAFORD IN THE COUNTY OF STAFFORD, KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF / THE BATH, AND OF THE PORTUGUESE ORDER OF THE TOWER AND SWORD / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET AND GENERAL OF THE MARINES. / HE WAS THE SECOND AND YOUNGEST SON OF SWYFEN JERVIS OF MEAFORD ESQ / AND WAS BORN ON 20TH JANUARY 1735 / AT THE EARLY AGE OF THIRTEEN HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY AND REMAINED / DURING A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE, ONE OF THE BRIGHTEST ORNAMENTS / IN 1759 ACTING AS COMMANDER OF THE PORCUPINE / HE ASSISTED IN TAKING QUEBEC AND IN THE CONQUEST OF CANADA / IN APRIL 1782, WHEN CAPTAIN OF THE FOUDROYANT, HE / SEPARATELY FROM THE REST OF THE FLEET, BOARDED AND CAPTURED LA PAGESE OF 74 GUNS. / BEARING THE FLAG OF A FRENCH ADMIRAL / THE MODEST TERMS IN WHICH HIS DESPATCH WAS WRITTEN WERE FINELY CONTRASTED / WITH THE GLOWING EULOGY PRONOUNCED ON HIS BY ADMIRAL BARRINGTON HIS COMMANDING / OFFICER AND HIS MERIT WAS STAMPED BY THE GRACIOUS APPROBATION OF HIS SOVEREIGN / WHO CREATED HIM A KNIGHT OF THE BATH / APPOINTED TO COMMAND IN 1793 OF THE SQUADRON SENT TO THE WEST INDIES HE AFFECTED / IN CO-OPERATION WITH GENERAL SIR CHARLES GREY / A CORDIAL UNION OF THE SERVICES, BEFORE UNEXAMPLED / AND BY THEIR COMBINED EFFORT / THE ISLANDS OF MARTINIQUE, GUADELOUPE, ST. LUCIE AND MARIE GALENTE / WERE SPEEDILY REDUCED / THE GRATITUDE OF THE NATION WAS EXPRESSED BY VOTES IN BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT / IN ENGLAND AND IRELAND, AND THE CORPORATION OF LIVERPOOL PECULIARLY INTERESTED IN / THE PROSPERITY OF THE WEST INDIES, PRESENTED HIM WITH THEIR FREEDOM / IN 1795 HE WAS APPOINTED COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / DURING THIS PERIOD A SPIRIT OF MUTINY DISORGANISED OUR FLEETS AT HOME / BUT WAS CRUSHED IN ITS INFANCY IN THE FLEET UNDER HIS COMMAND / BY HIS UNPARALLELED DISCIPLINE / ON THE EVER MEMORABLE 14TH FEBRUARY 1797 HE ACHIEVED OFF CAPE ST. VINCENT / WITH A FAR INFERIOR FORCE THAT CONQUEST OVER THE SPANISH FLEET / WHICH CARRIED HIS RENOWN TO THE GREATEST HEIGHT AND DESTROYED THE EFFECT OF / ONE OF THE MOST FORMIDABLE COMBINATIONS OF THE ENEMY EVER DIRECTED AGAINST / THE POWER OF GREAT BRITAIN/HAVING BEFORE THIS PERIOD BEEN, FOR HIS FORMER SERVICES RAISED TO / THE PEERAGE BY THE TITLE OF BARON JERVIS / NOW THE JOYFUL ACCLAIMATIONS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN/THE EXPRESSIONS OF GRATITUDE BY NUMEROUS CORPORATIONS / WHICH PRESENTED HIM WITH THEIR FREEDOM / THE THANKS OF EACH HOUSE OF THE BRITISH AND IRISH LEGISLATURE / RECEIVED THEIR TRIUMPHANT SANCTION FROM THE ACT OF AN APPROVING SOVEREIGN / BY WHOM HE WAS PROMOTED TO THE DIGNITY OF AN EARL AND VISCOUNT BY THE TITLE OF / THE NAME AND PLACE WHICH FORMED THE SCENE OF HIS GLORY / IN 1801 HE WAS APPOINTED FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY / BY HIS NOMINATION WERE REALIZED THE ADVANTAGES WHICH WERE EXPECTED / FROM HIS EXPERIENCES AS A NAVAL CAPTAIN / AND THE PUBLIC INTERESTS WERE PROTECTED BY THE REFORMS WHICH AS / A PATRIOT STATESMEN HE EFFECTED IN THE CIVIL DEPARTMENTS OF THE NAVY / HE INSTITUTED THE MEMORABLE COMMISSION OF NAVAL ENQUIRY / A MEASURE WHICH DREW UPON HIM THE HATRED AND OPPOSITION OF / A HOST OF PLACEMEN AND PENSIONERS, BUT WHICH EMINENTLY CHARACTERISTIC OF / HIS OWN PURITY, INTEGRITY AND LOVE OF ECONOMY WAS ADMIRABLY CALCULATED / TO DETECT AND PREVENT, FRAUD, PECULATION AND PROFUSION IN / THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FINANCES OF HIS COUNTRY. / IN 1806 HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE CHANNEL FLEET AND EXERCISED THAT COMMAND TIL 1807 / IN 1809 PORTUGAL GAVE HIM THE GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE TOWER AND THE SWORD. / IN 1814 HE WAS MADE GENERAL OF THE MARINES. / IN 1821, SEVENTY THREE YEARS AFTER HIS ENTRANCE INTO THE SERVICE / HE WAS APPOINTED ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / HAVING ATTAINED HIS 89TH YEAR HE EXPIRED THE 13TH MARCH 1823 / IN FULL POSSESSION OF ALL HIS FACULTIES / HE MARRIED HIS FIRST COUSIN MARTHA, DAUGHTER OF / THE LATE RT. HON SIR THOMAS PARKER, KNIGHT LORD CHIEF BARON OF THE EXCHEQUER / BUT LEFT NO ISSUE / HIS MORTAL REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE ADJACENT FAMILY MAUSOLEUM.' 'WITHIN THIS MAUSOLEUM / LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / ADMIRAL JOHN JERVIS / EARL OF ST VINCENT / 1735-1823'",
  "content": "<p>Wall monument at Stone, Staffordshire commemorating Admiral John Jarvis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, d. 1823.</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Bust of St Vincent above inscription flanked by naval trophies, arms below.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Wall monument",
    "position": "West wall nave",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Francis Leggatt Chantrey",
    "vessel": "HMS Victory"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Cape St Vincent",
    "date": "1797",
    "category": "1793-1802 French Revolutionary War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Jervis, John","age":"89","dateofdeath":"13/3/1823","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Admiral of the Fleet","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Buried in mausoleum in churchyard DNB says born 9th Jan 1734/5. Earl of St Vincent (1734-1823).",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "A.J. Richardson  1980",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Stowe Landscape Gardens, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England

Column erected in honour of Admiral of the Fleet, George Anson, d. 1747 in Stowe, Buckinghamshire.

Location

Stowe Landscape Gardens, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England

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'DIGNUM LAUDE', 'Sororis suae filio / THOMAE GRENVILLAE / Qui / Navis Praefectus Regiae, / Ducente Classem Britannicam / GEORGIO ANSON / Dum contra Gallos fortissimo pugnaret / Dilaceratae Navis ingente fragmine / Femore graviter percusso / Perire, dixit moribundus, omnino satius esse, / Quam / inertiae Reum in judicio sisti; / Columnam hanc Rostratam / Laudans & maerans posuit / COBHAM, / Insigne Virtutis, eheu! rarissimae / Exemplum habes; / Ex quo discas / Quid Virum Praefectura militari ornatum / Deceat / M.DCC.' [Translation] 'To his sister's son / THOMAS GRENVILLE / who, being a Captain of a Ship in the Royal Navy / (when George Anson commanded the British Fleet) / whilst he fough gallantly against the French, / and had a severe Stroke on his Thigh, / with a large Splinter of the shatter'd Vessel / declar'd it in his last Moments, infinitely better to perish, / than to be brought to Judgement for Cowardice: / This is alas, a rare Influence / of true English Bravery / from which let all British Officers / Learn their Duty / 1747'.

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Description: Rostral column with figure of Heroic Poetry by John van Nost on top (originally Neptune flourishing a splinter of a ship).
Type: Column
Position: The Elysian fields
Materials: Stone, lead
Vessel: HMS Nottingham

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Battle of Cape Finisterre

Event Date

1747

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1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession

People

Grenville, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 3/5/1747
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Thomas Grenville buried at Wotton, Buckinghamshire. The column was erected by his uncle, Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham. The epitaph written by George Lyttelton (1709-1773). Column moved from its original position to the north of the Temple of Concord and Victory in 1756. Statue replaced in 1763.
Bibliography: Joan Coutu 'Stowe: a Whig training ground', 'New Arcadian Journal' 43/44 (1997). Translation from Benton Seely 'A Description of the Gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham at Stowe in Buckinghamshire' (Northampton, 1749). George Clarke, Jonathan Marsden, Richard Wheeler, Michael Bevington, Tim Knox 'Stowe Landscape Gardens' (National Trust, 1997)
Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson

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  "location": "Stowe Landscape Gardens, Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England",
  "transcript": "'DIGNUM LAUDE', 'Sororis suae filio / THOMAE GRENVILLAE / Qui / Navis Praefectus Regiae, / Ducente Classem Britannicam / GEORGIO ANSON / Dum contra Gallos fortissimo pugnaret / Dilaceratae Navis ingente fragmine / Femore graviter percusso / Perire, dixit moribundus, omnino satius esse, / Quam / inertiae Reum in judicio sisti; / Columnam hanc Rostratam / Laudans & maerans posuit / COBHAM, / Insigne Virtutis, eheu! rarissimae / Exemplum habes; / Ex quo discas / Quid Virum Praefectura militari ornatum / Deceat / M.DCC.' [Translation] 'To his sister's son / THOMAS GRENVILLE / who, being a Captain of a Ship in the Royal Navy / (when George Anson commanded the British Fleet) / whilst he fough gallantly against the French, / and had a severe Stroke on his Thigh, / with a large Splinter of the shatter'd Vessel / declar'd it in his last Moments, infinitely better to perish, / than to be brought to Judgement for Cowardice: / This is alas, a rare Influence / of true English Bravery / from which let all British Officers / Learn their Duty / 1747'.",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4297Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6869\" width=\"335\" height=\"547\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4297Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4297Large-184x300.jpg 184w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Column erected in honour of Admiral of the Fleet, George Anson, d. 1747 in Stowe, Buckinghamshire.</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Rostral column with figure of Heroic Poetry by John van Nost on top (originally Neptune flourishing a splinter of a ship).",
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    "position": "The Elysian fields",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Nottingham"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Cape Finisterre",
    "date": "1747",
    "category": "1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Grenville, Thomas","age":"","dateofdeath":"3/5/1747","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Thomas Grenville buried at Wotton, Buckinghamshire. The column was erected by his uncle, Richard Temple, Viscount Cobham. The epitaph written by George Lyttelton (1709-1773). Column moved from its original position to the north of the Temple of Concord and Victory in 1756. Statue replaced in 1763.",
    "bibliography": "Joan Coutu 'Stowe: a Whig training ground', 'New Arcadian Journal' 43/44 (1997). Translation from Benton Seely 'A Description of the Gardens of Lord Viscount Cobham at Stowe in Buckinghamshire' (Northampton, 1749). George Clarke, Jonathan Marsden, Richard Wheeler, Michael Bevington, Tim Knox 'Stowe Landscape Gardens' (National Trust, 1997)",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "Barbara Tomlinson"  }
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Headstone at Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Hawke Smith d. 1896

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of / William Hawke Smith / Master Mariner / Died July 14th 1896, Aged 45 years / Also of Suzanna his wife / Died Nov 17th 1926, aged 72 years / Also of their son-in-law / Walter John Williams / beloved husband of Hilda Elizabeth / Died April 1st 1958, Aged 78 years / And the above Hilda Elizabeth / Died dec 30th 1975 Aged 93 years.'

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Description: Headstone. Ivy leaf pattern down each side of stone.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Black marble

People

Smith, William Hawke
Age: 45
Date of Death: 14/7/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

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Recorder: David J. Wickham

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  "id": "M6380",
  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of / William Hawke Smith / Master Mariner / Died July 14th 1896, Aged 45 years / Also of Suzanna his wife / Died Nov 17th 1926, aged 72 years / Also of their son-in-law / Walter John Williams / beloved husband of Hilda Elizabeth / Died April 1st 1958, Aged 78 years / And the above Hilda Elizabeth / Died dec 30th 1975 Aged 93 years.'",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "dateErected": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters