Memorial at St Mary’s Church Llanfair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire commemorating Acting Commander John Shaw Grieve d. 1848 and Albany Moore Grieve d. 1858 both Indian Navy
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Llanfair Kilgeddin, Monmouthshire, Wales
Transcript
'John Shaw GRIEVE, Acting Commander in the Indian Navy died at Calicut East Indies April 6th 1848 aged 42. Albany Moore Grieve, Commander Indian Navy, died at Karachi East Indies, 17th January 1858 aged 41'
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People
Grieve, John Shaw Age: 42 Date of Death: 6/4/1848 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Acting Commander [Indian Navy] Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Indian Navy Grieve, Albany Moore Age: 41 Date of Death: 17/1/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Acting Commander [Indian Navy] Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Indian Navy
Wall tablet at All Saint’s Church, North Runcton, Norfolk commemorating Lieutenant Montagu Western Plumptre, RN d. 1927 at Malta
Location
All Saint's Church, North Runcton, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'MONTAGU WESTERN / PLUMPTRE / LIEUTENANT R.N. / ONLY SON OF / EDWARD MONTAGU / AND EVELYN PLUMPTRE / ACCIDENTALLY KILLED AT MALTA / AUG 20TH 1927 / AGED 24 / INTO THE EVERLASTING ARMS'
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Description: Rectangular wall tablet, the inscription in a frame with a beaded edge and round arched top. On either side of the arch are carvings of laurel and oak branches. A medieval ship is carved within the arch. Arms on a shield placed below the inscription: Argent, a chevron between two mullets pierced in chief and an annulet in base sable. The motto 'SUFFICIT MERUISSE' (enough to have served) on a scroll below. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel arch Materials: Wood Vessel: HMS Valiant
People
Plumptre, Montagu Western Age: 24 Date of Death: 20/8/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER photo.
Montague Plumptre was born in Limpsfield, Surrey in 1903, son of Rev. Edward Montagu Plumptre and Evelyn Plumptre. He is buried at Kalkara Naval cemetery, Malta. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial at St Seriol’s Church, Holyhead, Anglesey commemorating John Ellis d. 1917
Location
St Seriol's Church, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Thomas Edward Ellis son of John Ellis sailmaker who departed this life March 6th 1881 aged 5 years and 5 months also John Ellis sailmaker of [Bangor] departed this life July 2nd 1917 aged 74 years and father of the above'
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People
Ellis, John Age: 74 Date of Death: 2/7/1917 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker Organisation:
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating David Greig d. 1762
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Here lies interr'd The / body of David Greig / first Mate of the Anna / Maria, Thomas Shaw Com / mander born at Preston - / Pans in Scotland and de / parted this life the 14 / September 1762 aged / forty seven years'
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Vessel: Anna Maria
People
Greig, David Age: 47 Date of Death: 14/9/1762 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 1st Mate Organisation:
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Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.26.
Memorial at Abney Park Cemetery, London commemorating John Swan d. 1869
Location
Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington, London, England
Transcript
'In loving Remembrance / of / JOHN SWAN, ENGINEER, / OF 82 MANSFIELD ST, KINGSLAND RD / (FORMERLY OF DEPTFORD) / BORN AUGUST 22ND 1787, / AT COLDINGHAM, BERWICKSHIRE, / DIED FEBRY 1ST 1869, AGED 81 / NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE / BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE / FEW MEN HAVE BEEN / GREATER BENEFACTORS TO THEIR COUNTRY / THAN THE LATE JOHN SWAN / HE WAS THE ORIGINAL INVENTOR / OF THE 'SCREW PROPELLER' / IN THE YEAR 24, AS NOW USED IN / H.M.S., AND PUBLISHED / BY THE LATE DR. BIRKBECK, IN THE / 'MECHANIC'S REGISTER' OF THE SAME DATE / THE DECEASED / WAS ALSO THE INVENTOR OF THE / 'SELF ACTING CHAIN MESSENGER' / INTRODUCED INTO THE NAVY IN 1831, / A SAVING TO THE NATION OF ABOUT / 70,000 A YEAR, / ADMIRAL DUNDAS FRANKLY CONFESSED / THAT IT WAS A VERY GREAT SAVING / BOTH IN MONEY AND MEN'S LIVES, / AND THAT THE INVENTOR DESERVED / EVERY ENCOURAGEMENT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY / BY SOME MEANS OR OTHER THE / "INGENIOUS AND MODEST INVENTOR" / AS HE WAS STYLED BY DR. BIRKBECK, / NEVER RECEIVED THE SLIGHTEST REMUNERATION / SOME MEN LABOUR AND OTHERS ENTER / INTO THEIR LABOURS'
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Description: A column with a draped urn on the top. Type: Gravestone Position: TQ 3386 735/12/10055 Materials: White marble Artists: Millward [mason]
People
Swan, John Age: 81 Date of Death: 1/2/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation:
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Notes: Erected by his daughter. There are various other claimants to the invention of the screw propeller. Recorder: Alan Tucker 1981
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island commemorating John Coyle RMLI d. 1864
Location
St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN COYLE, Pte. R.M.L.I. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 13th FEBRY 1864 / AGED 33 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY HIS COMRADES / AS A LAST TRIBUTE TO HIS MANY ESTIMABLE / QUALITIES'
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Description: White marble wall tablet. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Coyle, John Age: 33 Date of Death: 13/2/1864 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
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Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters