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Peak Forest Chapel, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England

Memorial in Peak Forest Chapel, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England commemorating Commander Frederick Granville Egerton RN d. 1899

Location

Peak Forest Chapel, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England

Transcript

'In memory of FREDERICK GREVILLE EGERTON, COMMANDER RN YOUNGER SON OF ADMIRAL THE HON FRANCIS AND LADY LOUISA EGERTON, GRANDSON OF THE SEVENTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE K.G. HE DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE FROM H.M.S. POWERFUL IN THE DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH SOUTH AFRICA NOVR 2ND 1899 IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South wall
Vessel: HMS Powerful

Event

Second Boer War

Event Date

1899-1902

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Egerton, Frederick Greville
Age: 30
Date of Death: 2/11/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Naval Brigade, Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "location": "Peak Forest Chapel, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England",
  "transcript": "'In memory of FREDERICK GREVILLE EGERTON, COMMANDER RN YOUNGER SON OF ADMIRAL THE HON FRANCIS AND LADY LOUISA EGERTON, GRANDSON OF THE SEVENTH DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE K.G.  HE DIED FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION WHILE SERVING WITH THE NAVAL BRIGADE FROM H.M.S. POWERFUL IN THE DEFENCE OF LADYSMITH SOUTH AFRICA NOVR 2ND 1899 IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HIS AGE'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Peak Forest Chapel, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, England commemorating Commander Frederick Granville Egerton RN d. 1899</p>",
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    "event":"Second Boer War",
    "date": "1899-1902",
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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St Edmund's Church, Rigby, Lincolnshire, England

Gravestone at St Edmund’s Church, Rigby, Lincolnshire commemorating Robert Lidgett d. 1840. He was a veteran of Tenerife, Copenhagen and St Vincent

Location

St Edmund's Church, Rigby, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Here rest the remains of Robert Lidgett, out pensioner of Greenwich Hospital who died 4.5.1840 aged 70 years having served in the British Navy for a period of nearly 30 years. During which he bravely fought at Tenerife, Copenhagen and St Vincent. He returned to his native village and faithfully employed the remaining 26 years of his life in the service of those by whom this memorial is erected'

Details

Type: Gravestone

Event

Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797; Battle of Copenhagen 1801

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary Wars

People

Lidgett, Robert
Age: 70
Date of Death: 4/5/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Greenwich pensioner
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

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  "location": "St Edmund's Church, Rigby, Lincolnshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Here rest the remains of Robert Lidgett, out pensioner of Greenwich Hospital who died 4.5.1840 aged 70 years having served in the British Navy for a period of nearly 30 years. During which he bravely fought at Tenerife, Copenhagen and St Vincent. He returned to his native village and faithfully employed the remaining 26 years of his life in the service of those by whom this memorial is erected'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Edmund’s Church, Rigby, Lincolnshire commemorating Robert Lidgett d. 1840. He was a veteran of Tenerife, Copenhagen and St Vincent</p>",
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    "date": "",
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Dockyard Museum, English Harbour, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Rest of the World

Memorial at English Harbour, Antigua commemorating Alexander Bernard RN d. 1821

Location

Dockyard Museum, English Harbour, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of, / Mr ALEXANDER BERNARD; / late Assistant Surgeon / of H.M.S. Pyramus: / who departed this life / on the 16th day of October 1821, / Aged 27 Years. / This Stone is erected / to his memory by the Midshipmen / of that Ship / as a tribute of esteem.'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Pyramus

People

Bernard, Alexander
Age: 27
Date of Death: 16/10/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Damaged headstone retrieved from the nearby hospital graveyard and now on display in the museum.

JSON

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  "location": "Dockyard Museum, English Harbour, Antigua, Antigua and Barbuda, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory of, / Mr ALEXANDER BERNARD; / late Assistant Surgeon / of H.M.S. Pyramus: / who departed this life / on the 16th day of October 1821, / Aged 27 Years. / This Stone is erected / to his memory by the Midshipmen / of that Ship / as a tribute of esteem.'",
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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Fleet Surgeon William H. Clerk RN d. 1875

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

''Sacred to the memory of William H. Clark Esq. Fleet, Surgeon RN of H.M.S. 'Undaunted' Died Sept 5 1875. Aged 52 years'.

Details

Vessel: HMS Undaunted

People

Clark, William H.
Age: 52
Date of Death: 5/9/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fleet Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formely Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "id": "M4520",
  "location": "Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "''Sacred to the memory of William H. Clark Esq. Fleet, Surgeon RN of H.M.S. 'Undaunted' Died Sept 5 1875. Aged 52 years'.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Fleet Surgeon William H. Clerk RN d. 1875</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Formely Ceylon.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Peter and St Paul's Church, Godalming, Surrey, England

Memorial at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Godalming commemorating Rear-Admiral William Pierrepont d. 1813

Location

St Peter and St Paul's Church, Godalming, Surrey, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Rear Admiral William Pierrepont, who departed this life on the 7th August 1813, aged 46 years. He was highly and justly esteemed for the rectitude with which he discharged his public and private duties. Taken prematurely from his family and friends, they severely feel and deplore his loss. Their recollection of his virtues and kindness are too deeply engraved on their hearts ever to be forgotten.' [His coat of arms is underneath, followed by] 'Likewise Maria Pierrepont second daughter of the above who died June 29th 1814. aged [4 years*] To Charles Pierrepont second son of the above died April 27th 1814 aged 7 years.'

Details

Position: North Chapel

People

Pierrepont, William
Age: 46
Date of Death: 7/8/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "id": "M6223",
  "location": "St Peter and St Paul's Church, Godalming, Surrey, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Rear Admiral William Pierrepont, who departed this life on the 7th August 1813, aged 46 years. He was highly and justly esteemed for the rectitude with which he discharged his public and private duties. Taken prematurely from his family and friends, they severely feel and deplore his loss. Their recollection of his virtues and kindness are too deeply engraved on their hearts ever to be forgotten.' [His coat of arms is underneath, followed by] 'Likewise Maria Pierrepont second daughter of the above who died June 29th 1814. aged [4 years*] To Charles Pierrepont second son of the above died April 27th 1814 aged 7 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Peter and St Paul’s Church, Godalming commemorating Rear-Admiral William Pierrepont d. 1813</p>",
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  "details": {
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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St Nicholas's Church, Worth, West Sussex, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Worth, West Sussex commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Graham Cameron Thompson RN d. 1916

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Worth, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Graham Cameron Thompson R.N. H.M.S. Indomitable, youngest son of Sir Thomas Raikes Thompson Bt. and of Alice his wife, who was killed in the service of his country in the North Sea on 21 March 1916 aged 20'

Details

Type: Brass plaque
Position: West end
Vessel: HMS Indomitable

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Thompson, Lionel Graham Cameron
Age: 20
Date of Death: 21/3/1916
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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  "post_id": "4467",
  "id": "M4900",
  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Worth, West Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Graham Cameron Thompson R.N. H.M.S. Indomitable, youngest son of Sir Thomas Raikes Thompson Bt. and of Alice his wife, who was killed in the service of his country in the North Sea on 21 March 1916 aged 20'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Worth, West Sussex commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Lionel Graham Cameron Thompson RN d. 1916</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Brass plaque",
    "position": "West end",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Indomitable"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Thompson, Lionel Graham Cameron","age":"20","dateofdeath":"21/3/1916","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Sub Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Luke's Church, Kew, London, England

Memorial in St Luke’s Church, Kew commemorating Commander George Tyrrell RN d. 1872

Location

St Luke's Church, Kew, London, England

Transcript

'To the memory of George Tyrrell Commander Royal Navy formerly of this Parish which died at Fordbrook Ealing in the County of Middlesex May 11th 1872 in the 82nd year of his age "So he bringeth them to the haven where they would be'''

Details

People

Tyrrell, George
Age: 81
Date of Death: 11/5/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lieutenant 9/1/1812.
Recorder: Colin Harris 1994

JSON

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  "post_id": "4468",
  "id": "M2819",
  "location": "St Luke's Church, Kew, London, England",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of George Tyrrell Commander Royal Navy formerly of this Parish which died at Fordbrook Ealing in the County of Middlesex May 11th 1872 in the 82nd year of his age \"So he bringeth them to the haven where they would be'''",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Luke’s Church, Kew commemorating Commander George Tyrrell RN d. 1872</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Lieutenant 9/1/1812.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Colin Harris 1994",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal, Rest of the World

Memorial in British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal commemorating Hugh Pigot RN d. 1789

Location

British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal, Rest of the World

Details

Position: (A.S.3)
Vessel: HMS Trusty

People

Pigot, Hugh
Age: 19
Date of Death: 18/1/1789
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'British Naval Graves in Lisbon', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 27, p. 340, (Cambridge, 1941).

JSON

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  "id": "M2963",
  "location": "British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal commemorating Hugh Pigot RN d. 1789</p>",
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    "event":"",
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  "people": [{"name":"Pigot, Hugh","age":"19","dateofdeath":"18/1/1789","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Midshipman RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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Tynemouth Priory, Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England

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.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Wright, William
Age: 35
Date of Death: 9/4/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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JSON

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  "post_id": "4450",
  "id": "M5830",
  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Tynemouth Priory commemorating William Wright d. 1807</p>",
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    "position": "Churchyard",
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    "event":"",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "post_id": "4470",
  "id": "M172",
  "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'",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters