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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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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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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).

JSON

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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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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

JSON

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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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Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Hull commemorating John Huntington d. 1790 Brother of Trinity House

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Hull, England

Transcript

'John Huntington, many years the senr Brother of the Corporation of Trinity House and of which he was 10 years a member and six times warden, he married Sarah, daughter of Joseph BERRY[?] of this town, by whom he had 16 children 12 of whom attained the age of maturity. He died on the 18th day of March 1790 at the age of 73'

Details

Description: Oval memorial.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Inside church near north door
Artists: E. Foster

People

Huntington, John
Age: 73
Date of Death: 18/3/1790
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Elder brother of Trinity House
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating William Watson, RN, d. 1896

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'W.J.J. Watson / Stoker / H.M.S. Philomel / died / 12 July 1896'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Philomel

People

Watson, William John James
Age: 25
Date of Death: 12/7/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: ADM 188/242/163716

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating William Watson, RN, d.  1896</p>",
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St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ross-on-Wye commemorating Richard Rudhall d. 1609

Location

St Mary's Church, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, England

Transcript

'Praeter / Hos iam superstites / liberos susceperunt / etiam octo alios, prae- / matura morte peremptos / Primogenitum suum charissi- / mumq filium dum Richardum / Rudhale qui Gaditana / victoria eques creatus, et / altera ad insulas expedi- / tione 24 aetatis suae anno / fato funtus, Plimothiae / requiescit Gilbertus optimae / spei ado[l]escens 17 anno / aetatis suae Londini mor- / tuus est reliugae sex iocosa / Ioanna Ursula Margarete / et duae Aliciae prima infantia / obierunt' '

Details

Position: Rudhall chapel
Materials: Slate, alabaster

Event

Cadiz expedition 1596

People

Rudhall, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 1609
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Richard and Gilbert were the two eldest sons of William Rudhall d. 1609. Through their early deaths the family estate passed to the 3rd son, John. Richard was with the Earl of Essex at Cadiz in 1596 and was knighted the following year after another voyage against the Spaniards. Less is known about Gilbert who died in London aged 17. Patron probably their brother John.

JSON

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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery London commemorating Captain George Pierce RN d. 1863

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / George Pierce, Captain R.N., / who died June 24th, 1863, aged 71 years / Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His / saints Psalm CXVI, 15'

Details

People

Pierce, George
Age: 71
Date of Death: 24/6/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 144.

JSON

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St Peter's Church, Chertsey, Surrey, England

Wall tablet at Chertsey, Surrey commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Hotham RN, d. 1833

Location

St Peter's Church, Chertsey, Surrey, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HONOURABLE SIR HENRY HOTHAM / OF SILVERLANDS IN THIS PARISH YOUNGEST SON OF BEAUMONT LORD HOTHAM / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE RED, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF / THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF / THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE / AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / WHO DIED AT MALTA APRIL 19TH 1833 AGED 56 YEARS / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED AT THE PLACE OF HIS DECEASE / WHERE IN TESTIMONY OF HIS HIGH PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER, / MERITORIOUS PUBLIC SERVICES AND EMINENT PRIVATE VIRTUES, / A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF HIS FLEET'

Details

Description: Egg and dart moulding, anthemion motifs, sword, belt and orders of knighthood carved above.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Gallery stairs
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Northumberland,

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hotham, Henry
Age: 56
Date of Death: 19/4/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J. K. Laughton, ‘Hotham, Sir Henry (1777–1833)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13850, accessed 7 June 2017]
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1995

JSON

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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "J. K. Laughton, ‘Hotham, Sir Henry (1777–1833)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13850, accessed 7 June 2017]",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1995",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters