Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Edward Paglar, d. 1828.
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'This Monument is erected in Memory of / Edward Paglar / Commander of the ship 'Cashmere Merchant' / by a friend who during a voyage from England to India in 1822, experienced his attentions / and esteemed his worth. Obit 8th / November 1828. Aetat 35'.
Details
Vessel: Cashmere Merchant
People
Paglar, Edward Age: 35 Date of Death: 8/11/1828 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.118.
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
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' '
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.
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.
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.
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
Tablet at St Andrew’s Church, Farnham commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Charles Graham Tanner RNVR d. 1943
Location
St Andrew's Church, Farnham, Surrey, England
Transcript
'This Porch and Door / were restored in 1948 / in Memory of / Charles Edward Tanner / MD FRCS Beloved Physician / Born 1861 Died 1934 / and of his son / Charles Graham Tanner / GM RNVR Aged 35 / Killed in Action 1943 / Undefeated'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: Outside wall of tower on N side of west door.
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Tanner, Charles Graham Age: 35 Date of Death: 22/9/1943 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Commander Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
