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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.

JSON

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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

JSON

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  "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.'",
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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

JSON

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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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St Michael's Church, Oxnead, Norfolk, England

Effigy Tomb at St Michael’s Church, Oxnead, Norfolk commemorating Admiral Sir Clement Paston d. 1598

Location

St Michael's Church, Oxnead, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'YOU THAT BEHOLDE THIS STATLY MARBLE TOMBE / AND LONGE TO KNOWE WHO HERE ENTOMBED LIES / HERE RESTS Y CORPS, & SHALL TILL DAY OF DOMBE / OF CLEMMENT PASTON FORTUNAT, AND WISE / FOURTH SONE TO OLDERS WILLIAM PASTON KNIGHT / WHO DWELS WITH GOD IN SPHERE OF CHRISTAL BRIGHT / OF BRUTUS RACE PRINCES HE SERVED FOWRE / IN PEACE & WARR AS FORTUNE DID COMMAND / SOMETIME BY SEA, AND SOMETIME ONE THE SHORE / THE FRENCHE AND SCOTT HE OFTEN DID WITHSTANDE / HE TOKE IN FIGHT, & BROUGHT HIM HOME IN FETTERS / OXNETT HE BUILTE WHEREIN HE LIVED LONGE / WITH GREATE RENOWNE FOR FEDINGE OF THE POORE / TO FRENDES A FREND OF FOES HE TOKE NO WRONGE / TWICE FORTIE YEARS HE LIV'D & SOMEWHAT MORE / AND AT THE LAST BY DOMBE OF HIS BEHESTE / HIS SOULE IN HEAVEN HIS BODY HERE DOTH REST.'

Details

Description: Sir Clement Paston’s effigy dressed in armour, is placed on a fine marble tomb chest with white, black and red marble. His head is resting on carved marble woven matting rolled into a pillow. An effigy of his wife, Lady Alice Paston, is shown praying in kneeling position on the left-hand side of the tomb. She is placed between two family coat of arms.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Marble

People

Paston, Clement
Age: c. 83
Date of Death: 18/2/1598
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sir Clement Paston was a sea captain who served Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. Henry VIII called Paston his ‘champion’. Sir Clement died childless and his lands were left to his nephew, Sir William Paston.

Photographer: Pippa Lacey, 2018

JSON

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East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Memorial at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Rear-Admiral Henry John May d. 1904

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Rear Admiral Henry John May C.B. Captain RN College Greenwich 1900-1904'

Details

Description: Iron anchor and chain within marble kirb stones.
Type: Memorial

People

May, Henry John
Age: 51
Date of Death: 24/4/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Naval College, Greenwich

Extra

Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 251.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Rear Admiral Henry John May C.B. Captain RN College Greenwich 1900-1904'",
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1988",
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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating William Twynam RN d. 1821

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of Mr William Twynam Purser late of H.M.S. Liverpool. Died June 2nd 1821 aged 46 years. He was faithful and upright in his public capacity and his excellent private qualities have obtained this record of affection and regard'

Details

Vessel: HMS Liverpool

People

Twynam, William
Age: 46
Date of Death: 2/6/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "location": "Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of Mr William Twynam Purser late of H.M.S. Liverpool. Died June 2nd 1821 aged 46 years. He was faithful and upright in his public capacity and his excellent private qualities have obtained this record of affection and regard'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating William Twynam RN d. 1821</p>",
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore commemorating Commander P. J. Murray, RN, d. 1881 at Malacca.

Location

St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory / of / Commander P J MURRAY, RN / British Resident in / Sungei Ujong from 1874 to 1881 / who died at Malacca / on the 12th April 1881 / Tablet was here placed by his friends'

Details

Type: Plaque

People

Murray, Patrick James
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 12/4/1881
Cause of Death: Sunstroke
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain P. J. Murray, RN was British Resident of Sungei Ujong [Seremban, Malaysia] between 1874 - 1881.

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 341.

JSON

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  "id": "M496",
  "location": "St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'To the memory / of / Commander P J MURRAY, RN / British Resident in / Sungei Ujong from 1874 to 1881 / who died at Malacca / on the 12th April 1881 / Tablet was here placed by his friends'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore commemorating Commander P. J. Murray, RN, d. 1881 at Malacca.</p>",
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St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England

Wall tablet at St Laurence Church, Seale commemorating Captain Lewis Anselmo Ritchie RN d. 1867

Location

St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LEWIS ANSELMO RITCHIE / KCVO, CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY / "BARTIMEUS" / WHO LOVED THIS CHURCH AND / WORSHIPPED HERE 1949-1961 / DIED 7TH FEBRUARY 1967 / AGED 80 / HARRIET MARGUERITA / HIS WIFE / DIED 24TH MARCH 1976 / AGED 89'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Aisle, south wall
Materials: Marble

People

Ritchie, Lewis Anselmo
Age: 80
Date of Death: 7/2/1967
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "post_id": "4132",
  "id": "M5064",
  "location": "St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LEWIS ANSELMO RITCHIE / KCVO, CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY / \"BARTIMEUS\" / WHO LOVED THIS CHURCH AND / WORSHIPPED HERE 1949-1961 / DIED 7TH FEBRUARY 1967 / AGED 80 / HARRIET MARGUERITA / HIS WIFE / DIED 24TH MARCH 1976 / AGED 89'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Laurence Church, Seale commemorating Captain Lewis Anselmo Ritchie RN d. 1867</p>",
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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Gravestone in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating Charles Chingspore Anderson d. 1835

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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

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'Charles Chingspore Anderson / Late Bosun H.M. Ship Britannia Born near Stockholm May 1807 / died Haslar Hospital / 6th December 1835 / after a long and painful illness'

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Vessel: HMS Britannia

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Anderson, Charles Adolph Chingspore
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Date of Death: 6/12/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Bosun
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters