Obelisk at New Road Garden, Chatham, Kent commemorating 21 Royal Navy officers and crew of HMS ‘Barfleur’, who died in China during the Boxer Rebellion 1900
Location
New Road Garden, Chatham, Kent, England
Transcript
IN / MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS AND MEN / HMS BARFLEUR / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN CHINA DURING / THE BOXER REBELLION OF 1900 / A.P. DONALDSON. / F.S. ESDAILE. / W. BATH. / W. BING. / T. BROWN. / I. BROOKS. / J.H. CONNOLLY. / J.J. FLEETWOOD. / E.V. GROVER. / F.A. GREAVES. / W.J. HORNE. / W. HORNING. / J.KING. / T.McCARTHY. / J. NICHOLAS. / J.O’BRIEN. / C. RODWELL. / J. SPENCER. / H. SNELL. / W.O. VIDLER. / F. WALLACE.
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Type: Obelisk Date Erected: 1902 Vessel: HMS ‘Barfleur'
Event
Boxer Rebellion 1900
Event Date
1900
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
Extra
Notes: Erected circa 1902. The HMS ‘Barfleur' Memorial is on the junction of New Road and Gibraltar Hill, Chatham, close to the statue of Lieutenant Thomas Waghorn.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 35. Recorder: Ian Davidson 1996
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Rotherhithe commemorating Captain Thomas Stone d. 1666
Location
St Mary's Church, Rotherhithe, London, England
Transcript
'As the Earth the Earth doth cover / So under this stone lies another / Here lyes in this Vault the Body of Capt Thomas Stone, Junior of this Parish. / He departed this Life the 9th August 1666 and had to wife Agnes, which surviveth / To you that live possess'd great Troubles do befal, / where we that sleep by Death do feel no harm at all. / An honest life does bring a joyful death at last, / and life begins when death is overpast. / Death is the Path to life, and way to endless wealth, / the door whereby we pass to everlasting Health. / These forty years and two have passed here my Life / And eighteen years thereof thou, Agnes wert my wife. / My loving wife farewell God Guide thee with His Grace / Prepare thyself to come and I will give thee Place. / Acquaintance all farewel, and be assur'd of this / Thou shall be brought to Dust as Tho. Stone here is'
Details
Position: North wall (outside)
People
Stone, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 9/8/1666 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation:
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Notes: Aubrey describes this memorial as a tomb. Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 248. John Aubrey 'The Natural History and Antiquities of the County of Surrey' pp29-30.
Memorial in St David’s Church, Exeter, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Richard Darke RN d. 1845
Location
St David's Church, Exeter, Devon, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Richard Darke Died 25 July 1827 / Aged 79 / Elizabeth his wife Died 15 August 1830 / Aged 64 / Also of their children / Joseph Died 3 March 1827 Aged 39 / Richard (Lieut R.N.) Died at Tavistock 10 August 1845 Aged 54 / Elizabeth Died 5 August 1851 Aged 63 / Grace wife of J W Snell Died 20 Feb 1854 / Aged 61 / Patience wife of Com Fell Died / 12 Nov 1866 Aged 62 / James Died 23 Nov 1869 Aged 75 / Also of / Sarah wife of George Darke. Died / 29 Dec 1850 Aged 38 / Also of / George Darke / Born 4th June 1800 / Died 31st May 1892'
Memorial in St Leonard’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating Duncombe Drake, RN d. 1734
Location
St Leonard's Church, Deal, Kent, England
Transcript
'Here lies the Body of / Duncombe Drake Esq / 2nd son of Sir Francis Drake of / Buckland in Con. Devon Bart. / by Elizth Daugt of Sir Henry / Polexfen Ld Chief Justice of / the Common Pleas / He married Grace Daug. of Sr / Nich. Trevanion Commissioner / of his Maj Dockyard at Plymouth. / He was one of his Maj. Commissioners / of Appeals and Commander of / his Maj. Ship Argyle Man of War / as he lived beloved he died / Lamented by all that knew him / in the 22nd day of May / in the year of his Age 40 / of our Lord 1734'
Details
Position: Nave Vessel: HMS ‘Argyle'
People
Drake, Duncombe Age: 39 Date of Death: 22/5/1734 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Andrew Paterson d. 1842
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Andrew PATERSON late commander of the barque 'Lady Hayes' who departed this life 22 July, 1842. Aged 45 years. Erected as a last tribute by his brother officers in China'
Details
Vessel: Lady Hayes
People
Paterson, Andrew Age: 45 Date of Death: 22/7/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: The 'Lady Hayes' was a famous opium ship, the crew of which were involved in a melee at Keeau Island, near Macao, in 1833. She was broken up eventually in 1868. Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'. Recorder: Christine Thomas
Wall tablet in King’s Chapel, Gibraltar commemorating Captain William Paget RN d. 1794
Location
King's Chapel, Gibraltar, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of The Honble WILLIAM PAGET, Second Son of the Earl of Uxbridge / A Captain of the Royal Navy / And Representative in Parliament for the County of Anglesey / Who having early devoted Himself to the service of his Country in the perilous Profession of a Seaman / Was in the 24th Year of his Age promoted to the Rank of a Post Captain / And appointed to the Command of the ROMNEY of 50 Guns. / In the sanguine Prospect of a glorious Career a Wound received at a more early Age / From the Dagger of an Assassin in a foreign Land brought Him to a premature End. / Yet short as his Life was, He lived long enough to be approved a gallant and skilful Seaman, / And one of the most amiable of Men. / The former stands recorded in the Annals of British Valour / By the Capture of LA SYBILLE a French Man of War,of 48 guns and 430 Men. / After a severe and obstinate Conflict in the Mediterranean Sea. / To the latter the heart of every Individual who knew Him will bear Testimony. / Natus Decr 22d 1769. Mortuus 1794. / Far from thy Country, Kindred and thy Friends, / Thy short but bright Career of Glory ends / Yet tho` thy Ashes grace a foreign Earth, / Britain exulting claims, brave Youth, thy birth. / Long as her Trident awes the boundless Deep /, Long as the subject Seas her navies sweep, / So long thy Virtue blended with her Fame / Shall gild thy Deeds, and consecrate thy Name.'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus marked ‘S.M. HON. WM. PAGET’. The inscription tablet below, flanked by winged, draped male figures holding inverted torches. Signed: 'Richd Westmacott Jnr London'. Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior Materials: Marble Artists: Richard Westmacott
Event
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Paget, William Age: Date of Death: 1794 Cause of Death: Murdered Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Commander Francis Ellis, RN d. 1858
Location
St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Francis Wilson ELLIS, Commander Royal Navy died 18 June 1858 aged 68 years. Francis Georgiana aged 13 years died 25th Dec 1847. John aged 8 years died 21 Oct 1841. Francis Laxford aged 3 months died 10 Feb 1856. All children of Commander Ellis and Charlotte his wife, their remains are interred in the chancel of the church at LINGWOOD in the county of Norfolk'
Details
Position: Churchyard
People
Ellis, Francis Wilson Age: 68 Date of Death: 18/6/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan Photographer: B. Tomlinson
