Gravestone at Tynemouth Priory commemorating William Wright d. 1807
Location
Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM WRIGHT / MASTER MARINER SON OF ROBERT & / ELIZABETH WRIGHT OF STOCKTON / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE APRIL 19TH 1807 / AGED 35 YEARS / ALSO HERE ARE INTERRED TWO CHILDREN / OF JOHN & MARY ANN WRIGHT / OF NORTH SHIELDS / who died in infancy.'
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Henry Valentine RN d. 1907
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of our late shipmate Henry VALENTINE, A.B. of H.M.S. 'Sandpiper' who died on 30th August 1907 aged 20 years. This stone is erected by the officers and crew as a token of esteem', 'Tread lightly on the strangers grave / He came far oer the sea / No mother watched his dying bed / Nor voice said live for me. / Sudden and short his notice was / Messmates and Shipmates mourn, / And long will think upon his name / Gone never to return'
Details
Description: Headstone, cross within a circle above the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Sandpiper
People
Valentine, Henry Age: 20 Date of Death: 30/8/1907 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Brompton Cemetery, London commemorating Francis Pettit Smith d. 1874, inventor of the screw propeller
Location
Brompton Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS SPOT / ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS / OF / SIR FRANCIS PETTIT SMITH RN / LATE CURATOR OF THE / PATENT OFFICE MUSEUM / SOUTH KENSINGTON / WHO DIED 12TH FEBRUARY / AGED 66 YEARS / THIS MONUMENT/ HAS BEEN ERECTED / BY A FEW FRIENDS, TO COMMEMORATE / THE SERVICES / HE RENDERED HIS COUNTRY / IN CONNECTION WITH THE SCREW PROPELLER.'
Details
Description: Ragged cross on plinth. Inscription within gothic arch. Lead letters. Type: Cross Materials: Stone
People
Smith, Francis Pettit Age: 66 Date of Death: 12/21874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Inventor Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 1808-1874 Inventor of the 4-bladed screw propeller for steamships, first demonstrated by the 'Archimedes' in 1838. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 85.
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Botley, Hampshire, commemorating Admiral of the Fleet Nowell Salmon VC d. 1912
Location
All Saints Church, Botley, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'NOWELL SALMON VC GCB ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / Born Febry 20 1835 / Passed to his rest Febry 14 1912. / Thine eyes shall see the King in his beauty / They shall behold the land that is very far off'
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Alexander Macpherson d. 1878
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
[North side] 'ALSO OF ALEXANDER MACPHERSON / OF THE CHINESE MARITIME CUSTOM SERVICE / WHO DIED JANUARY 5 1878. AGED 38'
Details
Description: Low monument with gabled top and flat cross on top. Type: Coped stone Position: Section 88 Materials: Pink granite
People
Macpherson, Alexander Age: 38 Date of Death: 05/01/1878 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs
Wall tablet at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Naval Dockyard commemorating Francis Roger Martin d. 1873
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / FRANCIS ROGER MARTIN / MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. LORD WARDEN / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED NEAR / SALAMIS BAY, GREECE ON THE / 18 JANRY 1873, AGED 19 / SON OF CAPTAIN GEORGE BOHUN MARTIN C.B. / AND ISABELLA DAUGHTER OF ADMIRAL / SIR THOMAS BRIGGS K.G.B. / AS A MARK OF ESTEEM AND REGARD FOR HIS / NOBLE CHARACTER / BY HIS SHIPMATES', 'H.M.S. LORD WARDEN SANS TACHE'
Details
Description: Shield shaped tablet. Ship's badges on shields below with a motto ribbon, an anchor and cross above. Type: Wall tablet Position: East end of nave Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Lord Warden
People
Martin, Francis Roger Age: 19 Date of Death: 18/1/1873 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1998 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating Buxton Parker d. 1857
Location
All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory of Buxton Parker 3rd Officer of H. M. steam Transport 'Mauritius' son of Langston Parker Esq. M. D. Birmingham who died on board 22 Oct 1857 aged 27 years'
Details
Vessel: HM Transport Mauritius
People
Parker, Buxton Age: 27 Date of Death: 22/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 3rd Officer Organisation: unknown
Memorial at St Michael and All Angels Church, Bosherston commemorating Richard Warlow Hughes d. 1943, coastguard
Location
St Michael and All Angels Church, Bosherston, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / RICHARD WARLOW HOWELLS / KILLED IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTIES / AS A COASTGUARD / BY A MINE ON BROAD HAVEN BEACH / SATURDAY 9TH JANUARY 1943.'
Details
Type: Plate Position: Beneath 1914-18 war memorial Materials: Brass
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Howells, Richard Age: Date of Death: 9/1/1943 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Coastguard Organisation: HM Coastguard