Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Thomas Midgeley d. 1846
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Captain Thomas Midgeley died 10 August 1846 age 42'
Details
People
Midgeley, Thomas Age: 42 Date of Death: 10/8/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 291. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool commemorating James Baxter d. 1868 and Captain William Calder d. 1867
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of James Baxter, son of Captain William Baxter, of Findhorn, Morayshire, who was killed on board the ship NOMAD, of Findhorn, on the 28th. of August 1868, aged 16 years. Also of the above Captain William Baxter, of the ship 'SIR ROBERT CALDER', of Findhorn, who was lost at sea, March 1867, aged 59 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Headstone 1.5 Vessel: Nomad; Sir Robert Calder
People
Baxter, James Age: 16 Date of Death: 28/8/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, dedicated to Lieutenant Commander Nigel Bowden-Smith and Lieutenant Commander John Bowden-Smith d. 1976
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / NIGEL BOWDEN-SMITH / LIEUT. COMMANDER D.S.C. / 13 JULY 1916-20TH NOV.1976 / AND OF / JOHN BOWDEN-SMITH / LIEUT. COMMANDER / 1ST JULY 1923-6TH SEPT. 1976 / SONS OF WILLIAM BOWDEN-SMITH / VICE ADMIRAL C.B.E.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: North aisle east wall Materials: Marble
People
Bowden-Smith, Nigel Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1976 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Bowden-Smith, John Age: Date of Death: 6/9/1976 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1984
Memorial at St John’s Church, Knowle, West Midlands commemorating Charles John Chadborne Chinn d. 1895
Location
Church of St John The Baptist, St Lawrence & St Anne, Knowle, West Midlands, England
Transcript
'In Loving memory of / CHARLES JOHN / CHADBORNE CHINN / Second Officer / ships 'Chimba' / Eldest son of / Capn. J.H. Chinn Royal Artillery, Born 13th January 1875 / Lost at Sea, off the / Cape of Good Hope 6th June 1895 / "Thy will be done"/ Erected by his sorrowing Parents'
Details
Vessel: Chimba
People
Chinn, Charles John Chadborne Age: Date of Death: 6/6/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Second Officer Organisation:
Memorial in St Michael and All Angels, Honiton, Devon commemorating Captain George Blagdon Westcott RN d. 1798
Location
St Michael and All Angels, Honiton, Devon, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE BLAGDON WESTCOTT / CAPTAIN OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP / MAJESTIC / WHO AFTER 33 YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE / FELL GLORIOUSLY / IN THE VICTORY OBTAINED OVER THE FRENCH FLEET OFF ABOUKIR / THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST IN THE YEAR MDCCXCVIII / IN THE FORTY SIXTH YEAR OF HIS AGE.'
Details
Description: In relief, a kneeling midshipman mourns at Westcott's tomb. A crocodile is carved on the front of the sarcophagus, which is draped with a naval ensign, a wreath placed round the truck. Sails and spars behind. A mortar and other naval trophies to the left of the tomb. Type: Monument Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Majestic
Event
Battle of the Nile
Event Date
1798
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Westcott, George Blagdon Age: 46 Date of Death: 1/8/1798 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet at St Michael’s Church, Betchworth commemorating Lieutenant Carl Hubert Sanders RNVR d. 1942
Location
St Michael's Church, Betchworth, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF CARL HUBERT SANDERS / LIEUT. R.N.V.R./1914-1918 1941-42 / KILLED ON ACTIVE SERVICE / OCTOBER 30 1942 AGED 58'
Details
Description: Carved with an RN Badge in low relief. Type: Wall tablet Position: South chancel Materials: Bronze Vessel: HMS Edinburgh Castle
People
Sanders, Carl Hubert Age: 58 Date of Death: 30/10/1942 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Gravestone at Portree, Isle of Skye commemorating Henry George Cramer RN d. 1859
Location
Portree Graveyard, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Transcript
'TO / THE MEMORY OF H G CRAMER R.N. / OF / H.M.S. PORCUPINE / WHO DIED HERE / 29 MARCH 1859 / AGED 39 / This stone is erected by / the Captain and officers of / HMS Porcupine / as a testimony of their regard and friendship'
Details
Description: Carved with a flower head above the inscription. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Porcupine
People
Cramer, Henry George Age: 39 Date of Death: 29/3/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Born circa 1820 at Hampstead, Middlesex. See 1851 Census. Served in HMS 'Alban' during the Crimea War in the Baltic. Bibliography: TNA ADM 38/4479. Recorder: Vice-Admiral Sir Roderick Macdonald
Monument in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy RN d. 1732
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'Near the west door of the Choir lieth interr'd the body of Sir THOMAS HARDY Knt. who died the 16 of August 1732, in the 67 year of his life and according to the directions of his will was buried in the same grave as his wife, who died the 28 of April 1720. He was born in Jersey and descended from Clement Le Hardy who removed from France and settled in that island and was made a Justice (commonly call'd there a Jurat) in 1381, and was succeeded in the same office by his son and grandson: his great grandson Clement was made a Lieutenant Governor, and had the office of Bailiff (or cheif magistrate) of the island, with the Seigneurie de Meleche confer'd upon him for life by Henry the 7, as a reward for the most important service he had rendered him when Earl of Richmond, after the disappointment he had met with in his first attempt upon England when being separated from the rest of his fleet by a storm he landed privately in Jersey, intending to stay there till he could obtain leave from the French King to come into his dominions, and was shelter'd at the house of the said Clement, who protected him and convey'd him safely to Normandy at the hazard of his own life, notwithstanding a proclamation from Richard the 3 for apprehending the said Earl, had been publish'd in the Island; his descendants have on all occasions distinguish'd themselves to the utmost of their power by their loyalty and fidelity to the Crown.
SIR THOMAS HARDY, to whose memory this monument is erected, was bred in the Royal Navy from his youth, and was made a Captain in 1693. In the expedition to Cadiz under Sr. George Rook he commanded the Pembrook, and when the fleet left the coast of Spain to return to England, he was order'd to Lagos bay, where he got intelligence of the Spanish galeons being arriv'd in the harbour of Vigo under convoy of 17 French men of war, commanded by Mons. Chateau Renaud, upon which he sail'd immediately in quest of the English fleet and notwithstanding he had been several days separated from it, by his great diligence and judgement he joyn'd it and gave the Admiral that intelligence which engag'd him to make the best of his way to Vigo, where all the forementioned galeons and men of war were either taken or destroy'd. After the success of that action, the Admiral sent him with an account of it to the Queen who order'd him a considerable present and knighted him; some years afterwards he was made a Rear Admiral and receeiv'd several other marks of favour and esteem from her Majesty, and from Her Royal Consort, Prince George of Denmark, Lord High Admiral of England.
He married Constance, daughter of Colonel Hook, Lieutenant Governor of Plymouth, a Lady of great virtue and merit, by whom he had several children, three of which survived him, a son and two daughters; the eldest married to George Chamberlayne of Wardington in the County of Oxford, Esqr. the sone and youngest daughter unmarried'
Details
Description: In front of a pyramid-shaped back plate in a niche, an effigy reclining on a sarcophagus with paw feet. Hardy is shown in in Roman costume with a cherub holding an urn at his feet. Type: Monument Position: Nave inside west door Materials: Coloured marble Artists: Henry Cheere
People
Hardy, Thomas Age: 66 Date of Death: 16/8/1732 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The arms are Hardy impaling Hook(e). Admiral Hardy married Constance Hook, who died 1720. Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
JSON
Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
