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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Surgeon Evan Edwards RN d. 1838 and Lieutenant Robert Low Edwards RN d. 1840

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Evan Edwards, retired surgeon RN of Liverpool died 29 September 1838 age 67. Lieut Robert Low Edwards RN Government Emigration Agent at Liverpool, died 29 February 1840 age 50.'

Details

People

Edwards, Evan
Age: 67
Date of Death: 29/9/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Edwards, Robert Low
Age: 50
Date of Death: 29/2/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN. Government emigration agent
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 385.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "transcript": "'Evan Edwards, retired surgeon RN of Liverpool died 29 September 1838 age 67. Lieut Robert Low Edwards RN Government Emigration Agent at Liverpool, died 29 February 1840 age 50.'",
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    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Chelsea commemorating Captain William Daniel RN d. 1800

Location

All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England

Transcript

'William Daniel, Esquire, Late a Captain in the Royal Navy who died at Chelsea the 21st day of February 1800 aged 67 years'

Details

Position: South aisle

People

Daniel, William
Age: 67
Date of Death: 21/2/1800
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1972

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England",
  "transcript": "'William Daniel, Esquire, Late a Captain in the Royal Navy who died at Chelsea the 21st day of February 1800 aged 67 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at All Saints Church, Chelsea commemorating Captain William Daniel RN d. 1800</p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1972",
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St Andrew's Church, Farnham, Surrey, England

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'

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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

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1983

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Tablet at St Andrew’s Church, Farnham commemorating  Lieutenant-Commander Charles Graham Tanner  RNVR d. 1943</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating A.H. Harwood RMA d. 1892

Location

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

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE / MEMORY / OF / A. H. HARWOOD / GUNNER R.M.A. DIED 3RD JANUARY 1892 / AGED 20 YEARS 9 MONTHS' [Illegible verse below]

Details

Description: Gothic headstone carved with flowers and foliage, a grenade above inscription.
Type: Headstone

People

Harwood, A. H.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 3/1/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE / MEMORY / OF / A. H. HARWOOD / GUNNER R.M.A. DIED 3RD JANUARY 1892 / AGED 20 YEARS 9 MONTHS' [Illegible verse below]",
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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 Edward Cotter, RN d. 1888

Location

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

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory / of Edward Cotter / late Chief Yeoman of Signals / H.M.S. Boadicea / who departed this life / 11th September 1888 / aged 32 years / Much respected by all who knew him / "Waft him, angels, through the skies / far above yon azure plain, / glorious there like you to rise / there like you forever reign / This tablet was erected by his/brother masons'

Details

Description: Masonic insignia at top of headstone and initials 'WSSTKSH'.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Boadicea

People

Cotter, Edward
Age: 32
Date of Death: 11/9/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Yeoman of signals
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the memory / of Edward Cotter / late Chief Yeoman of Signals / H.M.S. Boadicea / who departed this life / 11th September 1888 / aged 32 years / Much respected by all who knew him / \"Waft him, angels, through the skies / far above yon azure plain, / glorious there like you to rise / there like you forever reign / This tablet was erected by his/brother masons'",
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St Andrew's Church, Charmouth, Dorset, England

Wall tablet in St Andrew’s Church, Charmouth, dedicated to Lieutenant Gabriel Bray RN d. 1835

Location

St Andrew's Church, Charmouth, Dorset, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUT. GABRIEL BRAY, / ROYAL NAVY; / WHO DIED ON THE 6TH OF DECEMBER 1823 / AGED 73 YEARS. / ALSO OF MARY HIS WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER 1835 / AGED 73 YEARS.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Bray, Gabriel
Age: 73
Date of Death: 6/12/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: His lively drawings in the collections of Royal Museums Greenwich.

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  "location": "St Andrew's Church, Charmouth, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUT. GABRIEL BRAY, / ROYAL NAVY; / WHO DIED ON THE 6TH OF DECEMBER 1823 / AGED 73 YEARS. / ALSO OF MARY HIS WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 20TH OF OCTOBER 1835 / AGED 73 YEARS.'",
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St Andrew's Church, Jevington, East Sussex, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Jevington, East Sussex commemorating Warley Pickering d. 1932

Location

St Andrew's Church, Jevington, East Sussex, England

Details

Description: Model ship with sails set.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Bronze
Artists: Dudley March

People

Pickering, Warley
Age: 50
Date of Death: 27/11/1932
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Model ship enthusiast. His father James Pickering was a shipowner.

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Captain David Boughton d. 1897

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory of / Captain David Boughton / who fell asleep October 30th 1897 / Aged 67 years / Sleep on, beloved sleep and take thy rest. / Lay down thy head upon thy saviour's breast. / We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best. / Good Night / Also of Emma wife of the above / who fell asleep October 14th 1906 / aged 76 years / At Rest.'

Details

People

Boughton, David
Age: 67
Date of Death: 30/10/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

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  "transcript": "'In / loving memory of / Captain David Boughton / who fell asleep October 30th 1897 / Aged 67 years / Sleep on, beloved sleep and take thy rest. / Lay down thy head upon thy saviour's breast. / We love thee well, but Jesus loves thee best. / Good Night / Also of Emma wife of the above / who fell asleep October 14th 1906 / aged 76 years / At Rest.'",
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St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England

Tomb in St Andrew’s Church, Holborn comemmorating Captain Thomas Coram d. 1751

Location

St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London, England

Transcript

'CAPTAIN THOMAS CORAM / Whose Name shall never want a Monument / So long as his Hospital shall subsist, / Was born in the year 1668; / A Man eminent in that most eminent virtue, / The love of Mankind; / Little attentive to his Private Fortune, / And refusing many Opportunities of increasing it, / His Time and Thoughts were continually employed / In endeavours to promote the Public Happiness / Both in this Kingdom and elsewhere; / Particularly in the Colonies of North America; / And his Endeavours were many times crowned / With the desired Success. / His unwearied Solicitation for above Seventeen Years together / (Which would have baffled the Patience and Industry / Of any Man less zealous in doing Good), / And his application to persons of distinction, of both sexes / Obtained at length the Charter of the Incorporation / (Bearing date of 17th of October, 1739 / FOR THE MAINTAINANCE AND EDUCATION / OF EXPOSED AND DESERTED YOUNG CHILDREN / By which many thousands of Lives / May be preserved to the Public, and employed in a frugal / And honest Course of Industry / He died the 29th March, 1751, in the 84th year of his age / Poor in Worldly Estate, rich in Good Works / And was buried, at his own Desire, in the vault underneath this / Chapel (the first here deposited), at the east end thereof. / Many of the Governors and other Gentlemen / Attending the funeral to do Honour to his Memory, / Reader, / Thy Actions will show whether thou art sincere / In the Praises thou mayest bestow on him; / And if thou hast Virtue enough to commend his Virtues, / Forget not to add also the Imitation of them' [Inscription formerly in the piazza adjoining the chapel of the Foundling Hospital, not now extant]. 'Capn. THOMAS CORAM / Founder of this Hospital / died 28th March 1751 / Aged 85 Years.' [on new tomb in St Andrews]

Details

Description: Tomb near entrance to the church. The arms of the Foundling Hospital on the side; a small weeping putto in marble, is placed in a niche above.
Type: Tomb
Position: West end
Materials: Stone

People

Coram, Thomas
Age: 85
Date of Death: 28/3/1751
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner. Colonial adventurer. Philanthropist
Organisation: Foundling Hospital

Extra

Notes: The Founding Hospital building was demolished in 1926. Coram was reburied in St Andrew's Churchyard in 1961. Memorial sighted 2010.
Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 235.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent, England

Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent commemorating Commander Edward Boys, RN d. 1822

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent, England

Transcript

'NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / EDWARD BOYS ESQ / LATE OF UPTON HOUSE IN WORD / AND FORMERLY OF SALMSTONE GRANGE IN THANET / A LINEAL DESCENDANT OF THAT NUMEROUS FAMILY / WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THIS CHURCH / A COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY / AND ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / BOTH FOR THIS COUNTY / AND THE LIBERTIES OF THE CINQUE PORTS / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 11TH OF NOVEMBER 1822 / IN THE 66TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Description: Carved with a flaming urn above
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Maltane

People

Boys, Edward
Age: 65
Date of Death: 11/11/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Promoted Lieut. 25 May 1809, Commander 8 July 1814.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters