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
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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
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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
Memorial in Yarborough Cemetery, Belize City, Belize commemorating Henry Shaw d. 1860
Location
Yarborough Cemetery, Belize City, Belize, Rest of the Wold
Transcript
'In Remembrance of / HENRY SHAW / OF SCARBORO: / LATE CARPENTER OF / THE VICEROY OF LONDON / WHO DIED HERE/OF YELLOW FEVER / SEPTR 23RD 1860 / AGED 22 YEARS / HIS HOPES WAS FIXED ON / CHRIST'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Marble Vessel: Viceroy of London
People
Shaw, Henry Age: 22 Date of Death: 23/9/1860 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation:
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Bibliography: Norman Hammond 'Outpost of Empire: Church Monuments in Belize', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol.xiv, pp.129-139, (London, 1999).
Wall monument at Canford Magna Church, Poole commemorating Admiral Thomas Russell d. 1824
Location
Canford Magna parish church, Poole, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Thomas Macnamara Russel [sic] Esq. Admiral of the White, late Commander in Chief in the North Seas. He actively served his country 70 years with ardour, bravery and ability and combated her enemes in 36 Engagements. His successful blockade of the Texel during the threatened invasion of our shores was conducted in a new and admirable system of his own. He was the first who ever dared to anchor a fleet there in the strongest gales of a northern winter, and an enemy's lee-shore. Heligoland surrendered to him, by which he secured invaluable advantages to his country. The magnanimous, intrepid and generous heart of a British seaman was united in his with the urbanity of a courtier. He departed this life on the 22nd day of July 1824 in his 85th year. This tribute is affectionately inscribed by his son in law Lieutenant George Edward Patey RN'
Details
Description: Naval trophies above inscription tablet, a shield of arms below.
Type: Wall monument Position: South chapel north wall Materials: White marble Date Erected: 1825 Artists: H. Harris Vessel: HMS Hussar
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Russell, Thomas Macnamara Age: 84 Date of Death: 22/7/1824 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: 'Salisbury Journal' 8 Aug 1825; 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol. ii, part 2, p. 199 (London, 1970); 'J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 191 (Greenwich,1987).
Memorial at Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Hide, RN, d. 1860
Location
Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / to / the memory of / MR JOHN HIDE / Gunner of / H.M.S. RENARD / who departed this / life 4th April 1860 / Erected by the Officers / And / Ship's Company'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: North wall N64 D26 Vessel: HMS Renard
People
Hide, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 4/4/1860 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 214.
Wall tablet in St Andrew’s Church, Shifnal, Shropshire commemorating Captain Basil Richard Brooke RN d. 1929
Location
St Andrew's Church, Shifnal, Shropshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Basil Richard Brooke DSO, Captain Royal Navy. Chevalier Legion d. Honneur, youngest son of John Townsend Brooke of Haughton Hall in this parish. Born November 28th 1882, served with the Grand Fleet 1914-1918. Died October 8th 1929. Buried at Hawkshead Churchyard, Westmorland'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: South nave aisle, east end Materials: Wood
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Brooke, Basil Richard Age: Date of Death: 8/10/1929 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Monument in Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Jonas Hanway d. 1786
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / JONAS HANWAY / who departed this life Sept. 5th 1786 / But whose NAME liveth and will ever live / whilst active Piety shall distinguish / the CHRISTIAN. / INTEGRITY AND Truth shall recommend / the BRITISH MERCHANT. / And universal Kindness shall characterize / the CITIZEN of the WORLD. / The helpless INFANT nurtur'd thro' his care / The friendless PROSTITUTE Sheltered and Reform'd / The helpless YOUTH rescu'd from Misery and Ruin / and train'd to serve and to defend his country / Uniting in one common Strain of Gratitude / Bear Testimony to their Benefactor's Virtues / 'THIS was the FRIEND and FATHER of the POOR'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus above the inscription tablet, with a relief showing a kneeling boy being clothed by Britannia, a lion anchor and ship behind. A boy clad as a seaman to the left holding a rudder and pointing upwards to Hanway's coat of arms. Oval portrait of Hanway below inscription. Type: Memorial Position: North transept, west aisle Materials: Marble Artists: John Francis Moore, James Moore
People
Hanway, Jonas Age: 74 Date of Death: 5/9/1786 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Philanthropist Organisation: Marine Society
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Notes: The sculptor's drawing is in the V&A 4910.20. This shows Hanway's portrait flanked by flags on the sarcophagus with the figures above.
Hanway was Commissioner for victualling to the Navy between 1762 -1783 Bibliography: John Physick 'Designs for English Sculpture 1680-1860' (London, 1969) pp. 130-131.
Ledger at Evergreen Cemetery, Stoughton, Massachusetts, commemorating William Henry Harrison Seeley VC d. 1914
Location
Evergreen Cemetery, Stoughton, Massachusetts, USA, Rest of the World
Transcript
'WILLIAM H.H. SEELEY / VICTORIA CROSS. ORDINARY SEAMAN, ROYAL NAVY / SHIMONOSEKI EXPEDITION . JAPAN / MAY 1 1840 -OCT 1 1914'
Details
Description: Victoria Cross engraved above the inscription. Type: Ledger Vessel: HMS Euryalus
Event
Shimonoseki
Event Date
1864
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Seeley, William Henry Harrison Age: 74 Date of Death: 1/10/1914 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Victoria Cross winner. First American citizan to win VC for action at Shimonoseki, Japan, September 1864. Place of burial.
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