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:
Obelisk in Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Henry Evans Judkins d. 1878
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF MARGARET / BELOVED WIFE OF ALFRED CAROLUS ANDERSON / & ONLY CHILD OF CHARLES & MARY JUDKINS / DIED 19TH SEPTEMBER 1868 aged 27 / also / CHARLES HENRY EVANS JUDKINS / died 7th OCTOBER 1878 / ALSO / MARY JUDKINS died 7th FEB 1905'
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Description: Obelisk on plinth. Type: Gravestone Materials: Granite
People
Judkins, Charles Henry Evans Age: Date of Death: 7/10/1878 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Cunard Line, Royal Naval Reserve
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Notes: Senior Master and First Commodore of Cunard Line. First to receive commission in RNR. Inscriptions on this monument to other members of the family. Recorder: H.M. Hignett
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Felbrigg, Norfolk commemorating Vice-Admiral William Windham, RN d. 1833
Location
St Margaret's Church, Felbrigg, Norfolk, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / to the memory of / WILLIAM WINDHAM / Vice Admiral of the White / eldest son of / Dr. Lukin, Dean of Wells by Catherine / daughter of Robert Lee Doughty, Esq. / of Hanworth / He was born 20th September 1768 / and died 12th January 1833 / Aged 64 years / By will, he succeeded to / the name and property of his uncle, / the late / Right Honourable William Windham / upon the demise of his widow in 1824 / Vice Admiral Windham married in 1801, Anne / second daughter of Peter Thellusson, Esq., / Broadsworth, Co. York / by her, he had issue / seven sons and six daughters, / all of whom survived him with the exception / of George, a Lieutenant in the Navy / who died at Malta / and Thomas who died an infant'
Details
Description: Naval trophies above the inscription tablet including mast, canon, axe and sextant. Below a lion in relief. Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble
People
Windham, William Age: 64 Date of Death: 12/1/1833 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating William Taylor, Master Mariner, d. 1895
Location
St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM TAYLOR / (MASTER MARINER) / WHO PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY / FEBRUARY 8TH 1908 / IN HIS 93RD YEAR. / ALSO OF / HANNAH / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED NOVEMBER 7TH. 1895 / IN HER 79TH YEAR / ‘Now the day of toil is done, / Now the race of life is run / Father, grant Thy wearied ones, / Rest for evermore.''
Monument at St Mary’s Church, Petworth, West Sussex commemorating Rear-Admiral Richard Willis d. 1829
Location
St Mary's Church, Petworth, West Sussex, England
Transcript
'REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD WILLIS / DIED ON THE 29TH JANUARY 1829 / AGED 74 YEARS / HE WAS THE FOURTH SON OF / THE REVD. FRANCIS WILLIS, M.D. / OF GREATFORD IN LINCOLNSHIRE / AFFECTION TO HIS FAMILY / KINDNESS TO HIS FRIENDS. / CHARITY TO THE POOR, / AND ABOVE ALL, / PIETY TO HIS MAKER / FILLED UP THE MEASURE / OF A TRULY WELL SPENT LIFE.'
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Description: On a grey mount, an oval, portrait medallion in white marble, showing the deceased in uniform facing 3/4 left. The incription on a draped cloth, the flukes of an anchor visible below. A speaking trumpet, sword belt and rope carved below. On the apron, a shield of arms flanked by two scallop shells. Type: Wall monument Position: Chancel, North wall Materials: Marble Artists: John Edward Carew
People
Willis, Richard Age: 74 Date of Death: 19/1/1829 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London 1964). Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Statue in Pier Head, Liverpool, dedicated to Sir Alfred Lewis Jones d. 1909
Location
Pier Head, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / SIR ALFRED LEWIS JONES K.C.M.G. / A SHIPOWNER STRENUOUS IN BUSINESS HE EN- / LARGED THE COMMERCE OF HIS COUNTRY BY HIS / MERCANTILE ENTERPRISE AND AS FOUNDER OF / THE LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE MADE / SCIENCE TRIBUTARY TO CIVILIZATION IN WESTERN / AFRICA AND THE COLONIES OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE', 'UNVEILED BY THE RIGHT HON / THE EARL OF DERBY / 5TH JULY 1913', 'ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW CITIZENS.'
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Description: A tall pedestal surmounting a female personification of the city of Liverpool wearing a mural crown and holding in her left hand a ship on a globe. On the base bronze seated lefthand figure has the atributes of Mercury with a basket of fruit and flowers in her lap, inscribed: 'FRUITS OF INDUSTRY.' Right hand figure has a book and microscope, she in inscribed: 'RESEARCH'. There are reliefs on the front and rear, the front showing Jones in profile, the rear, a medieval ship inscribed: 'ENTERPRISE'. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze, granite Date Erected: 1913 Artists: George Frampton, A.B. Burton
People
Jones, Alfred Lewis Age: 64 Date of Death: 1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Shipowner Organisation: Elder, Dempster & Co
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Bibliography: Terry Cavanagh 'The Public Sculpture of Liverpool' (Liverpool, 1997) pp. 135-6. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Albert Walter d. 1909
Location
Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Albert Thos P Walter / officers stew'd 2d Cl H.M.S. 'Circe' / died / 2nd Aug 1909 aged 44'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 242 Vessel: HMS Circe
People
Walter, Albert Thomas P. Age: 44 Date of Death: 2/8/1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Officer's steward 2nd Class Organisation: Royal Navy
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Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
