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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

Extra

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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.

JSON

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  "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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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.

JSON

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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Owen Roberts d. 1892

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CAPT. OWEN ROBERTS / PORTMADOC / MASTER OF THE VESSEL 'WILLIAM OWEN' / WHO WAS DROWNED AT HARWICH / APRIL 9th 1892 / AGE 52 yrs. / "NID OES OND MEGIS EAM RHYNGOF FI AC ANGAU" / 1 SAMUEL 20-5'

Details

Description: Carved with a sunburst and Masonic insignia. 130 cm x 76 cm.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Area 'A' 5th row. Left of main gate
Materials: Slate
Vessel: William Owen

People

Roberts, Owen
Age: 52
Date of Death: 9/4/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CAPT. OWEN ROBERTS / PORTMADOC / MASTER OF THE VESSEL 'WILLIAM OWEN' / WHO WAS DROWNED AT HARWICH / APRIL 9th 1892 / AGE 52 yrs. / \"NID OES OND MEGIS EAM RHYNGOF FI AC ANGAU\" / 1 SAMUEL 20-5'",
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Headstone at Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William James Ropke d. 1918

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory / of/ William James Ropke / Master Mariner / the dearly beloved husband of / Emily Ropke / who died Feb 14th 1918 / aged 62 years / When alone in my sorrow the tears begin to flow / There comes as a dream the sweet long ago / Unknown to the world he stands by my side / And whispers "Dear wife death cannot divide. / Also of Emily / dearly loved wife of the above / who died Jan 5th 1926 / aged 70 years her end was peace.'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Ropke, William James
Age: 62
Date of Death: 14/2/1918
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In / loving memory / of/ William James Ropke / Master Mariner / the dearly beloved husband of / Emily Ropke / who died Feb 14th 1918 / aged 62 years / When alone in my sorrow the tears begin to flow / There comes as a dream the sweet long ago / Unknown to the world he stands by my side / And whispers \"Dear wife death cannot divide. / Also of Emily / dearly loved wife of the above / who died Jan 5th 1926 / aged 70 years her end was peace.'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Alex. Campbell d. 1878

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Alex. CAMPBELL, age 30 years, a native of Glasgow. Died at Hong Kong, 17th June 1878. This stone was erected by the officers of the Revenue Cruisers of Canton'

Details

Description: Headstone with semi-circular top, with a carved flower on either side.
Type: Headstone

People

Cambell, Alexander
Age: 30
Date of Death: 17/ 6/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Headstone at Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating John Denn, d. 1779

Location

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Transcript

'In memory of JOHN DENN, an officer / of Customs at St. Margaret's Bay. He departed this life/the 10th of June 1779 / aged 77 years / Also of CATHERINE his wife / who departed this life the 18th / of March 1776 aged 76 years / They left surviving one son / viz JAMES'

Details

Description: Carved with a winged cherub
Type: Headstone
Position: Q.14
Materials: Limestone

People

Denn, John
Age: 77
Date of Death: 10/6/1779
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Customs Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: E.R. Stage; W.F.J. Morris, 1982

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters