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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Colin D. McLachlan d. 1897

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Colin D McLACHLAN a native of Argyllshire Scotland, late Chief Engineer S.S. 'Methven Castle', who died of heat apoplexy at Kowloon on 15th July 1897 aged 38 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Methven Castle

People

McLachlan, Colin D.
Age: 38
Date of Death: 15/7/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Screw brig 'Methven Castle' built 1883 at Glasgow, owner Sir W.G. Pearce, 2681 tons.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Colin D McLACHLAN a native of Argyllshire Scotland, late Chief Engineer S.S. 'Methven Castle', who died of heat apoplexy at Kowloon on 15th July 1897 aged 38 years'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool to James Gilling d. 1878 as a result of the collision between the ‘Gem’ and the ‘Bowfell’

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'...Also of JAMES GILLING, aged 38, who was drowned in the Mersey, Nov. 26th. 1878, through the collision of the GEM STEAMER, with the ship BOWFELL'

Details

Position: Headstone 159
Vessel: Gem

People

Gilling, James
Age: 38
Date of Death: 26/11/1878
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Gilling was one of five passengers who died as a result of the collision in fog between the steam ferry 'Gem' and the sailing vessel 'Bowfell'.
Recorder: Martin Davies 1985

JSON

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  "transcript": "'...Also of JAMES GILLING, aged 38, who was drowned in the Mersey, Nov. 26th. 1878, through the collision of the GEM STEAMER, with the ship BOWFELL'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool to James Gilling d. 1878 as a result of the collision between the ‘Gem’ and the ‘Bowfell’</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Martin Davies 1985",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Peter's Church, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

Tomb with effigy at St Peter’s Church, Yoxall, Staffordshire commemorating Admiral Henry Meynell d. 1865

Location

St Peter's Church, Yoxall, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE HONOUR OF GOD AND IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE OF / ADMIRAL HENRY MEYNELL / SECOND SON OF HUGO MEYNELL ESQR. AND THE HON. ELIZABETH INGRAM THIRD DAUGHTER AND COHEIRESS OF CHARLES IX VISCOUNT IRWIN / FROM HIS EARLIES YEARS BROUGHT UP IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY HE WAS EQUALLY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN HIS PROFESSION WHILE THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART AND HIS MANLY AND UPRIGHT CHARACTER ENDEARED HIM TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS / EVER SOLICITOUS TO HELP FORWARD ALL GOOD AND USEFUL WORKS HE ANXIOUSLY SOUGHT TO PROMOTE THE HAPPINESS AND WELL BEING OF OTHERS / DEEPLY LAMENTED HE DIED AT PARIS IN THE LXXIV YEAR OF HIS AGE MARCH XXIV MDCCCLXV / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS NIECES LOUISA MEYNELL INGRAM AND GEORGIANA MEYNELL INGRAM IN LOVING COMMEMORATION OF HIS VIRTUES AND AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR HEARTFELT AFFLICTION. / 'AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM TO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE.'

Details

Description: Tomb with canopy and a recumbant effigy shown in uniform holding a sword. A pillow and bolster are placed under the head.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Marble
Artists: Carlo Marochetti

People

Meynell, Henry
Age: 74
Date of Death: 24/3/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Window at Arrow, Warwickshire, buried at Hoar Cross.

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  "transcript": "'TO THE HONOUR OF GOD AND IN SACRED REMEMBRANCE OF / ADMIRAL HENRY MEYNELL / SECOND SON OF HUGO MEYNELL ESQR. AND THE HON. ELIZABETH INGRAM THIRD DAUGHTER AND COHEIRESS OF CHARLES IX VISCOUNT IRWIN / FROM HIS EARLIES YEARS BROUGHT UP IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY HE WAS EQUALLY BELOVED AND RESPECTED IN HIS PROFESSION WHILE THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART AND HIS MANLY AND UPRIGHT CHARACTER ENDEARED HIM TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS / EVER SOLICITOUS TO HELP FORWARD ALL GOOD AND USEFUL WORKS HE ANXIOUSLY SOUGHT TO PROMOTE THE HAPPINESS AND WELL BEING OF OTHERS / DEEPLY LAMENTED HE DIED AT PARIS IN THE LXXIV YEAR OF HIS AGE MARCH XXIV MDCCCLXV / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS NIECES LOUISA MEYNELL INGRAM AND GEORGIANA MEYNELL INGRAM IN LOVING COMMEMORATION OF HIS VIRTUES AND AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR HEARTFELT AFFLICTION. / 'AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM TO THE HAVEN WHERE THEY WOULD BE.'",
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

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

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Albert Thos P Walter / officers stew'd 2d Cl H.M.S. 'Circe' / died / 2nd Aug 1909 aged 44'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Albert Walter d. 1909</p>",
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    "vessel": "HMS Circe"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England

Wall tablet in Cookham, Berkshire commemorating Admiral Horatio Beauman d. 1879

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL HORATIO BEAUMAN, R.N. / 4th SON OF SIR SAMUEL YOUNG, BART / BORN APRIL 24th 1806 / DIED DEC 17th 1879 / THIS TABLET HAS BEEN PLACED HERE BY HIS CHILDREN'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

Event Date

1879

People

Young, Horatio Beauman
Age: 73
Date of Death: 17/12/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1993

JSON

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  "location": "Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL HORATIO BEAUMAN, R.N. / 4th SON OF SIR SAMUEL YOUNG, BART / BORN APRIL 24th 1806 / DIED DEC 17th 1879 / THIS TABLET HAS BEEN PLACED HERE BY HIS CHILDREN'",
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    "recorder": "Colin Harris 1993",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Memorial on Southsea Esplanade, Portsmouth to those who died during the 1857-1861 commission of HMS ‘Chesapeake’

Location

Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[North face of pedestal] 'IN MEMORY / OF THEIR COMRADES / WHO FELL IN BATTLE, / OR DIED FROM DISEASE AND ACCIDENT DURING AN EVENTFUL COMMISSION OF FOUR YEARS / THIS COLUMN WAS RAISED / BY / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JAMES HOPE, K.C.B., / THE CAPTAIN, OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF H.M.S. CHESAPEAKE / 1862', [on central band of column] 'CHESAPEAKE' [on base] 'PEIHO', 'CALCUTTA', 'JEDDAH', 'PEKIN'.

Details

Description: 'The memorial consists of a column, of a free Romanesque treatment, with plinth and sub plinth resting on a pedestal, the summit being ornamented with a naval crown of gilt bronze, elevated on a tripod also of bronze...The sculptured capital, the base and band of the column, the sub plinth and the die of the pedestal and the step, are of Portland stone. The base of the tripod and the cornice and plinth to the pedestal are of the grey Forest of Dean stone. The shaft of the column is in red Aberdeen granite, polished and the plinth is of grey granite, also polished. The plinth has on it a representation in bronze of the attack on the Taku Forts. The sculptor who executed this portion of the work was Mr T. Phyffers.'The Builder
Type: Column
Materials: Granite, limestone
Artists: T. Phyffers, Wilson & Nicholl
Vessel: HMS Chesapeake

Event

2nd China War; Indian Mutiny

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

Extra

Notes: Commemorates crew who died during commission of 1857-61 in action, or by disease or accident. Commission included 2nd China War and Indian Mutiny. Stonework executed by G.P. White of London.
Bibliography: 'The Builder' 6 Dec 1863 p. 862
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "location": "Clarence Esplanade, Southsea, Portsmouth, England",
  "transcript": "[North face of pedestal] 'IN MEMORY / OF THEIR COMRADES / WHO FELL IN BATTLE, / OR DIED FROM DISEASE AND ACCIDENT DURING AN EVENTFUL COMMISSION OF FOUR YEARS / THIS COLUMN WAS RAISED / BY / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JAMES HOPE, K.C.B., / THE CAPTAIN, OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF H.M.S. CHESAPEAKE / 1862', [on central band of column] 'CHESAPEAKE' [on base] 'PEIHO', 'CALCUTTA', 'JEDDAH', 'PEKIN'.",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5009Large-457x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7052\" width=\"295\" height=\"661\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5009Large-457x1024.jpg 457w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5009Large-134x300.jpg 134w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5009Large.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 295px) 100vw, 295px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial on Southsea Esplanade, Portsmouth to those who died during the 1857-1861 commission of HMS ‘Chesapeake’</p>",
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St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Memorial cross at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Paymaster Captain Scarlett De Verde Taylor, RN d. 1925

Location

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Transcript

[On south edge] 'To the dear memory of SCARLETT DE VERDE / TAYLOR, Paymaster / Captain, Royal Navy / died Oct 17th 1925 / aged 63 years.' [On east edge] 'Resurgam' [On north edge] 'HELEN GOLDIE TAYLOR died Dec 8th 1964 aged 88 years / and God shall wipe all / tears from her eyes'

Details

Description: Cross on top
Type: Tomb
Position: U356
Materials: Marble

People

Taylor, Scarlett de Verde
Age: 63
Date of Death: 17/10/1925
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Maureen Criddle 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part I, p.18, no. U356 (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1983).

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  "transcript": "[On south edge] 'To the dear memory of SCARLETT DE VERDE / TAYLOR, Paymaster / Captain, Royal Navy / died Oct 17th 1925 / aged 63 years.' [On east edge] 'Resurgam' [On north edge] 'HELEN GOLDIE TAYLOR died Dec 8th 1964 aged 88 years / and God shall wipe all / tears from her eyes'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial cross at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Paymaster Captain  Scarlett De Verde Taylor, RN d. 1925</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, commemorating Arthur John Fownes Luttrell RN, d. 1847

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'...Naval Cadet, late of H.M.S. Melampus. Died 28 Nov 1847 aged 15 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Melampus

People

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Extra

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326, (Greenwich, 1982).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'...Naval Cadet, late of H.M.S. Melampus. Died 28 Nov 1847 aged 15 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, commemorating Arthur John Fownes Luttrell RN, d. 1847</p>",
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St James's Church, Southwick, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Southwick, Hampshire, commemorating Captain Solomon Ferris RN d. 1803

Location

St James's Church, Southwick, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'SOLOMON FERRIS ESQRE. / FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH / WHO DIED IN THE WEST INDIES CAPTAIN OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP L'HERCULE / AT PORT ROYAL JAMAICA ON THE 27TH MAY 1803 / AGED 54 YEARS / WHERE HE WAS INTERRED WITH THE USUAL HONORS MUCH RESPECTED / AS A BRAVE AND GOOD OFFICER / A MONUMENT TO THE ABOVE EFFECT WAS PLACED IN THE CHURCH AT / KINGSTON JAMAICA (AS THIS IS) BY HIS WIDOW / ALSO OF ESTHER FERRIS / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED ON THE 13TH APRIL 1849 / AGED 85 YEARS'

Details

Description: Inscription on a sarcophagus in relief with an urn above.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Stone
Artists: John Ellis
Vessel: HMS L'Hercule

People

Ferris, Solomon
Age: 54
Date of Death: 27/5/1803
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Southwick, Hampshire, commemorating Captain Solomon Ferris RN d. 1803</p>",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "John Ellis",
    "vessel": "HMS L'Hercule"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool, England

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'

Details

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

Extra

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

JSON

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Obelisk in Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Henry Evans Judkins d. 1878</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters