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St George's Church, Beckington, Somerset, England

Memorial at Beckington to Rear-Admiral Henry Ffolkes Edmund Edgell d. 1846

Location

St George's Church, Beckington, Somerset, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY FFOLKES EDMUND EDGELL, ESQRE. / OF STANDERWICK COURT / A REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED QUADRON, / DEPUTY LIEUTENANT AND MAGISTRATE FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET / WHO DIED THE 14TH DAY OF JUNE 1846, AGED 78 YEARS. / AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTRY HONOURABLE BY SEA, / AND BEING PRESENT IN THE GREAT BATTLES OF THE WAR, / HE TERMINATED HIS GALLANT CAREER BY SERVING HER / AS FAITHFULLY ON LAND IN A CIVIL CAPACITY, / WHERE HIS JUSTICE AND INTEGRITY GAINED THE HEARTS OF ALL.'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet with moulded top supported on four cannon balls at either side. Above, beneath a plain pediment are a male and female mourning figure flanking a large anchor on which they rest their arms. The man is dressed in the uniform of a Captain RN, the women holds a book. The memorial includes the arms, crest and motto of the Edgell family. 'QUI SERA SERA'.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave, north side west end
Materials: White and black marble
Artists: Gaffin, T

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Edgell, Henry Ffolkes Edmund
Age: 78
Date of Death: 14/6/1846
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Signed 'T. GAFFIN / OF REGENT STREET, LONDON.'
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "id": "M6528",
  "location": "St George's Church, Beckington, Somerset, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY FFOLKES EDMUND EDGELL, ESQRE. / OF STANDERWICK COURT / A REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED QUADRON, / DEPUTY LIEUTENANT AND MAGISTRATE FOR THE COUNTY OF SOMERSET / WHO DIED THE 14TH DAY OF JUNE 1846, AGED 78 YEARS. / AFTER SERVING HIS COUNTRY HONOURABLE BY SEA, / AND BEING PRESENT IN THE GREAT BATTLES OF THE WAR, / HE TERMINATED HIS GALLANT CAREER BY SERVING HER / AS FAITHFULLY ON LAND IN A CIVIL CAPACITY, / WHERE HIS JUSTICE AND INTEGRITY GAINED THE HEARTS OF ALL.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Beckington to Rear-Admiral Henry Ffolkes Edmund Edgell d. 1846</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "description": "Inscription tablet with moulded top supported on four cannon balls at either side. Above, beneath a plain pediment are a male and female mourning figure flanking a large anchor on which they rest their arms. The man is dressed in the uniform of a Captain RN, the women holds a book. The memorial includes the arms, crest and motto of the Edgell family. 'QUI SERA SERA'.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Nave, north side west end",
    "materials": "White and black marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Gaffin, T",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Edgell, Henry Ffolkes Edmund","age":"78","dateofdeath":"14/6/1846","causeofdeath":"unknown","rankOccupation":"Rear Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Signed 'T. GAFFIN / OF REGENT STREET, LONDON.'",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
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All Saints Church, Hove, Brighton & Hove, England

Memorial at Hove to Sub Lieutenant Alexander Stewart Cleeve d. 1888

Location

All Saints Church, Hove, Brighton & Hove, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of GOD / and in sacred memory of / ALEXANDER STEWART CLEEVE / Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy who departed / this life 8 December 1888 at Hove / from the climatic effects of service on the West Coast / of Africa in HMS GOSHAWK he was / Born in Aldershot 1 December 1863 son of / COLONEL STEWART ALEXANDER CLEEVE / late 51st Light Infantry and the late / MARIA his wife and grandson of the late / WILLIAM CLEEVE Colonel on the /Staff of the Royal Artillery Knight of Saint / Louis of France for distinguished services.' [Motto] 'POSCE IPSUM TE'.

Details

Description: Inscription within decorative arch, a cross above, the family arms, crest and motto below.
Type: Brass
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Goshawk

People

Cleeve, Alexander Stewart
Age: 25
Date of Death: 8/12/1888
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: NADFAS photo on file.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2014

JSON

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Hove, Brighton & Hove, England",
  "transcript": "'To the Glory of GOD / and in sacred memory of / ALEXANDER STEWART CLEEVE / Sub Lieutenant Royal Navy who departed / this life 8 December 1888 at Hove / from the climatic effects of service on the West Coast / of Africa in HMS GOSHAWK he was / Born in Aldershot 1 December 1863 son of / COLONEL STEWART ALEXANDER CLEEVE / late 51st Light Infantry and the late / MARIA his wife and grandson of the late / WILLIAM CLEEVE Colonel on the /Staff of the Royal Artillery Knight of Saint / Louis of France for distinguished services.' [Motto] 'POSCE IPSUM TE'.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Hove to Sub Lieutenant Alexander Stewart Cleeve d. 1888</p>",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Goshawk"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2014",
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}

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St Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, England

Memorial at Stepney to Thomas Ward, ship owner d. 1847,

Location

St Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, England

Transcript

‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS WARD ESQRE. / LATE SHIPOWNER AND MERCHANT OF THE CITY OF LONDON, / HE WAS BORN OCTOBER 8TH 1775, / AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 24TH 1847, / IN THE 72ND YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THIS VAULT / “MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHOW AND DISQUIETETH HIMSELF / IN VAIN HE HEAPETH UP RICHES AND CANNOT TELL WHO / SHALL GATHER THEM.” “NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE BUT / ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US BY THE WASHING OF / REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST.’

Details

Description: Neo-classical sarcophagus on feet within iron railings.
Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Portland stone

People

Ward, Thomas
Age: 72
Date of Death: 24/1/1847
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: ship owner
Organisation: unknown

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS WARD ESQRE. / LATE SHIPOWNER AND MERCHANT OF THE CITY OF LONDON, / HE WAS BORN OCTOBER 8TH 1775, / AND DEPARTED THIS LIFE JANUARY 24TH 1847, / IN THE 72ND YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THIS VAULT / “MAN WALKETH IN A VAIN SHOW AND DISQUIETETH HIMSELF / IN VAIN HE HEAPETH UP RICHES AND CANNOT TELL WHO / SHALL GATHER THEM.” “NOT BY WORKS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH WE HAVE DONE BUT / ACCORDING TO HIS MERCY HE SAVED US BY THE WASHING OF / REGENERATION AND RENEWING OF THE HOLY GHOST.’",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/M6525.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8312\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/M6525-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"M6525\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" /></a></p>\n<p>Memorial at  Stepney to Thomas Ward, ship owner d. 1847,</p>",
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    "description": "Neo-classical sarcophagus on feet within iron railings.",
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    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Portland stone",
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    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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St Dunston's Church, Stepney, London, England

Wall tablet in St Dunstan’s Church, Stepney, London commemorating Lieutenant Harold Charrington RN, d. 1882

Location

St Dunston's Church, Stepney, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT HAROLD CHARRINGTON ROYAL NAVY/ AGED 26 YEARS / OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EURYALUS / FLAG LIEUTENANT TO REAR ADMIRAL / SIR W.N. HEWETT, K.C.B. VICTORIA CROSS / COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES, / WHO WITH / PROFESSOR EWD PALMER, / OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE / AND CAPTAIN W.J. GILL ROYAL ENGINEERS / WHILE ENGAGED IN A CONFIDENTIAL MISSION / INHE DESERT OF MOUNT SINAI, ARABIA,/ IN CONNECTION WITH THE WAR IN EGYPT / WERE ALL KILLED BY THE BEDOUIN ARABS / ON THE 11TH AUGUST 1882 / THEIR REMAINS ARE INTERRED / IN THE CRYPT OF ST PAULS CATHEDRAL / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF / SPENCER CHARRINGTON, ESQR . OF THIS PARISH / AND GREAT GRANDSON OF / JOHN AND KATHERINE CHARRINGTON / A TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF HUNSDON, HERTS . / BY THE ADMIRAL AND THE OFFICERS / OF HIS FLAG SHIP EURYALUS, / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / A GALLANT SAILOR / ONE WHO HAD ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THEM ALL.‘

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS ‘Euryalus'

Event

Egypt Campaign 1882-9

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Charrington, Harold
Age: 26
Date of Death: 11/8/1882
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2014

JSON

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  "post_id": "8297",
  "id": "M6524",
  "location": "St Dunston's Church, Stepney, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT HAROLD CHARRINGTON ROYAL NAVY/ AGED 26 YEARS / OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EURYALUS / FLAG LIEUTENANT TO REAR ADMIRAL / SIR W.N. HEWETT, K.C.B. VICTORIA CROSS / COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES, / WHO WITH / PROFESSOR EWD PALMER, / OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE / AND CAPTAIN W.J. GILL ROYAL ENGINEERS / WHILE ENGAGED IN A CONFIDENTIAL MISSION / INHE DESERT OF MOUNT SINAI, ARABIA,/ IN CONNECTION WITH THE WAR IN EGYPT / WERE ALL KILLED BY THE BEDOUIN ARABS / ON THE 11TH AUGUST 1882 / THEIR REMAINS ARE INTERRED / IN THE CRYPT OF ST PAULS CATHEDRAL / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF / SPENCER CHARRINGTON, ESQR . OF THIS PARISH / AND GREAT GRANDSON OF / JOHN AND KATHERINE CHARRINGTON / A TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF HUNSDON, HERTS . / BY THE ADMIRAL AND THE OFFICERS / OF HIS FLAG SHIP EURYALUS, / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / A GALLANT SAILOR / ONE WHO HAD ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THEM ALL.‘",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Dunstan’s Church, Stepney, London commemorating  Lieutenant Harold Charrington RN, d. 1882</p>\n<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/M6524.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8301\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/M6524-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/M6524-225x300.jpg 225w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/M6524.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" /></a></p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Nave",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS ‘Euryalus'"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Egypt Campaign 1882-9",
    "date": "",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Africa"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Charrington, Harold","age":"26","dateofdeath":"11/8/1882","causeofdeath":"War Casualty","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 2014",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, Wales

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen commemorating Richard Pritchard d. 1731, naval chaplain

Location

St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, Wales

Transcript

'RICHARD PRITCHARD born at Langadock / ye first & baptized ye 4th of August 1661 enter’d / in Js Coll. Oxon. March ye 30 1677 MR of Arts / in June 1683. Fellow and Preacher of Dulwich / College in Surrey for five years Chaplain to / ye New Castle at ye Bombardment of Calis / April ye 3D 1696 Chaplain to ye Dreadnought / 1697 on a dangerous Newfound Land Voyage / became Minister of Carmarthen 8. 1688 / Instituted Vicar of Langa March / 10 09 which he quitted & was / instituted Vicar of L[l]anegwad 8 / ye 25th 1712 / Chaplain to ye F.a. e / of Northampton’

Details

Description: Bust of The Reverend Pritchard with books in the background. In architectural surround. Lamps at the top, cherubs' heads below.
Type: Wall memorial
Vessel: Newcastle; Dreadnought

Event

Bombardment of Calais

Event Date

1696

Event Category

1688-1697 War of the League of Augsburg

People

Prichard, Richard
Age: 70
Date of Death: 1731
Cause of Death: unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson
Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond

JSON

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  "post_id": "8219",
  "id": "M6522",
  "location": "St Peter's Church, Carmarthen, Wales",
  "transcript": "'RICHARD PRITCHARD born at Langadock / ye first & baptized ye 4th of August 1661 enter’d / in Js Coll. Oxon. March ye 30 1677 MR of Arts / in June 1683. Fellow and Preacher of Dulwich / College in Surrey for five years Chaplain to / ye New Castle at ye Bombardment of Calis / April ye 3D 1696 Chaplain to ye Dreadnought / 1697 on a dangerous Newfound Land Voyage / became Minister of Carmarthen 8. 1688 / Instituted Vicar of Langa March / 10 09 which he quitted & was / instituted Vicar of L[l]anegwad 8 / ye 25th 1712 / Chaplain to ye F.a. e / of Northampton’<br />\r\n<br />",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Carmarthen-St-PeterRichardPrichard17301.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8270\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Carmarthen-St-PeterRichardPrichard17301-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Memorial Richard Pritchard d. 1731, Carmarthen\" width=\"258\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Carmarthen-St-PeterRichardPrichard17301-225x300.jpg 225w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Carmarthen-St-PeterRichardPrichard17301-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" /></a></p>\n<p>Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Carmarthen commemorating  Richard Pritchard d. 1731, naval chaplain</p>",
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    "type": "Wall memorial",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Newcastle; Dreadnought"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Bombardment of Calais",
    "date": "1696",
    "category": "1688-1697 War of the League of Augsburg"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Prichard, Richard","age":"70","dateofdeath":"1731","causeofdeath":"unknown","rankOccupation":"Chaplain","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Professor Norman Hammond & Dr J. L. Wilson",
    "photographer": "Professor Norman Hammond"  }
}

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St Mura's Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Memorial at St Mura’s Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal commemorating Lieutenant Matthew Milldridge, RN, d. 1810

Location

St Mura's Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Transcript

'SACRED / To the Memory of Lieutenant / Matthew Milldridge of his Majesty’s / Ship Emerald who was killed by accident / on the 14th October 1810 In the 21st year of / his age / This Monument is Erected by / Captain Maitland and Officers of / his Majesty’s Ship Emerald as a tribute / of their affectionate regard.

Details

Description: Slate slab 213 x 106 cm
Type: Ledger
Materials: Slate
Vessel: HMS Emerald

People

Milldridge, Matthew
Age: 21
Date of Death: 14/10/1810
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Owen McGonagle

JSON

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  "post_id": "8108",
  "id": "M5566",
  "location": "St Mura's Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / To the Memory of Lieutenant / Matthew Milldridge of his Majesty’s / Ship Emerald who was killed by accident / on the 14th October 1810 In the 21st year of / his age / This Monument is Erected by / Captain Maitland and Officers of / his Majesty’s Ship Emerald as a tribute / of their affectionate regard.<br />\r\n<br />",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mura’s Graveyard, Fahan, County Donegal commemorating Lieutenant Matthew Milldridge, RN, d. 1810</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "type": "Ledger",
    "position": "",
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    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Owen McGonagle",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Masham commemorating John Harrison RN d. 1808

Location

St Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

‘In Memory of JOHN HARRISON Esqr. Formerly Purser / in the ROYAL NAVY who died at Masham June 19th 1808 Aged 74. / A Man much esteemed both for his Public Station and in his / Retirement respected by the honourable for his Integrity. / Courted by the Social for his Vivacity & Information and much / sought after by the sick & needy for his active Beneficence / Also of / PHYLLIS HARRISON his Sister, who died April 23d, 1800, Aged 68 / This Monument is erected by GRACE the wife of SAMUEL / BROOMHEAD WARD Esqr: of Mount Pleasant near Sheffield, and / Daughter of the late THOS. Martindale of Masham Gentn. Who died / May 14th, 1789 aged 74: as a small tribute of Gratitude to a relative / who was a kind friend and Benefactor to her and her Family.’

Details

Description: White marble inscription tablet on a flat grey marble mount, the upper part in the shape of an obelisk.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Harrison, John
Age: 74
Date of Death: 19/6/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "8075",
  "id": "M6519",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "‘In Memory of JOHN HARRISON Esqr. Formerly Purser / in the ROYAL NAVY who died at Masham June 19th 1808 Aged 74. / A Man much esteemed both for his Public Station and in his / Retirement respected by the honourable for his Integrity. / Courted by the Social for his Vivacity & Information and much / sought after by the sick & needy for his active Beneficence / Also of / PHYLLIS HARRISON his Sister, who died April 23d, 1800, Aged 68 / This Monument is erected by GRACE the wife of SAMUEL / BROOMHEAD WARD Esqr: of Mount Pleasant near Sheffield, and / Daughter of the late THOS. Martindale of Masham Gentn. Who died / May 14th, 1789 aged 74: as a small tribute of Gratitude to a relative / who was a kind friend and Benefactor to her and her Family.’",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/M6519.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8105\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/M6519-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"John Harrison d.1808\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/M6519-225x300.jpg 225w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/M6519.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" /></a></p>\n<p>Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Masham commemorating John Harrison RN d. 1808</p>",
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    "position": "",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Samuel French, Master RN, d. 1806

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘To the Memory / OF SAMUEL FRENCH / late Master in the Royal Navy / who departed this Life August / 27th 1806, Aged 50 Years’

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

French, Samuel
Age: 50
Date of Death: 27/8/1806
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2014

JSON

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  "post_id": "8037",
  "id": "M3047",
  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "‘To the Memory / OF SAMUEL FRENCH / late Master in the Royal Navy / who departed this Life August /  27th 1806, Aged 50 Years’",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Samuel French, Master RN, d. 1806</p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8217\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8217\" style=\"width: 224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/M3047.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8217\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/M3047-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Samuel French, Master RN, d. 1806. \" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/M3047-225x300.jpg 225w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/M3047.jpg 336w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" /></a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Samuel French, Master RN, d. 1806</figcaption></figure>",
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St Mary the Less, Durham, England

Memorial at Durham to Victor Alexander Bradsham RN, d. 1874

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St Mary the Less, Durham, England

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‘M+S / Victor Alexander Bradsham / Sub-Lieutenant R.N. H.M.S. Encounter / died at Yan Coomassie / In service in the Naval Brigade / 16 February 1874, aged 25. / Not lost but gone before.’

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Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Encounter

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Ashanti War

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1873-74

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Bradsham, Victor Alexander
Age: 25
Date of Death: 16/2/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sub-Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson 2013

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St Giles Church, Bowes, Durham, England

Memorial at St Giles Church, Bowes, Durham to Thomas Emerson Headlam RMLI d. 1898

Location

St Giles Church, Bowes, Durham, England

Transcript

‘In Memory of / THOMAS EMERSON HEADLAM / Lieutenant ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY / Fifth son of MORLEY HEADLAM of Gilmanby Hall / BORN 16 JANUARY 1876. DIED 11 MAY 1898 / HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE IN THE WEST AFRICAN FRONTIER / FIELD FORCE AND WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN THE RIVER / NIGER AT JEBBA WHILST ON SERVICE IN THE LAGOS HINTERLAND.’

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: North side of chancel
Materials: Brass

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Headlam, Thomas Emerson
Age: 23
Date of Death: 11/5/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters