Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Welwyn commemorating Hugo Robert Boothby d.1863
Location
St Mary’s Church, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
‘Giving praise to God / And in gratitude for / The lives of / Hugo William Robert / Boothby / Midshipman R.N., 3rd son of / Rev Sir Brooke Boothby / Born Welwyn Rectory 12 / Feb 1863 Died HMS Wild Swan / 10 Aug 1881, aged 19, buried / At sea off C. Gardafui / “Wise unto salvation” / Also to the dear memory of / Beatrice Georgiana / Boothby 3rd daughter / Of Sir Brooke Boothby Bart / Born 23 Feb 1860 / Died 13 Feb 1921 / “Serving the Lord” / Also in dear memory of / Rosalind Louisa Boothby / 2nd daughter of Sir Brooke / Boothby formerly Rector / Of Welwyn, born Christmas / Eve 1854, died 29 Nov 1923 / “fervent in spirit” / Placed here by their brother / And sister Seymour Boothby / And Florence Boothby.’
Details
Description: A rectangular tablet in cream coloured alabaster (?), brown veined with an azure blue band running inside the edges of the tablet and surrounding the lettering. Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Wild Swan
People
Boothby, Hugo William Robert Age: 19 Date of Death: 10/8/1881 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Cape Guardafui is on the tip of the Horn of Africa.
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Masham commemorating Vice-Admiral Octavius Henry Cyril Venables Vernon Harcourt d. 1863
Location
St Mary's Church, Masham, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
‘TO THE MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND, / OCTAVIUS HENRY CYRIL VENABLES VERNON HARCOURT, / VICE ADMIRAL IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, AT SWINTON PARK, / THE 14TH AUGUST A.D. 1863, / AFTER A LONG ILLNESS WHICH HE BORE, / WITH EXEMPLARY PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS WIDOW ANNE HOLWELL DANBY VERNON HARCOURT / IN TOKEN OF THE DEEP AND AFFECTIONATE FEELING / WITH WHICH SHE DEPLORES HIS DEATH, / AFTER TWENTY SIX YEARS OF A HAPPY UNION; / SHE OFFERS THIS TRIBUTE TO HIS / ADMIRABLE QUALITIES IN SOCIAL LIFE, / TO HIS KINDNESS AND CONSIDERATION / TO ALL AROUND HIM / AND TO THE UNOSTENTATIOUS WORTH / AND STERLING EXCELLENCE OF HIS CHARACTER; / HIS ZEAL FOR THE HONOR AND GLORY OF GOD, AS WELL, / AS THE WELFARE OF HIS FELLOW CREATURES / WAS MANIFESTED NOT ONLY IN THE WORKS UNDERTAKEN / FOR THE SERVICE OF GOD, TO WHICH HE CONTRIBUTED / AND BY THE MUNIFICENCE OF HIS CHARIABLE BEQUESTS, / BUT ALSO BY A LONG CONSISTANT COURSE OF / BENEVOLENCE DURING HIS RESIDENCE IN THIS PARISH / HE WILL EVER BE REMEMBERED WITH AFFECTION / AND REGRET BY ALL THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, / BY THE TENENTRY OF SWINTON AND BY HIS FRIENDS / AND NEIGHBOURS OF EVERY RANK AND STATUS.’
Details
Description: Trophies, arms and coronet, also an inscribed scroll above the inscription tablet. This is flanked by pilasters carved with laurel branches tied with ribbon, shells and floral arabesques below. On brackets carved with acanthus leaves. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
Event
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Vernon Harcourt, Octavius Henry Cyril Venables Age: Date of Death: 14/8/1863 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Photograph by Professor Norman Hammond. Recorder: Professor Norman Hammond Photographer: Professor Norman Hammond
Memorial in Putney Vale Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral Charles Beresford d. 1919
Location
Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'HERE LIES ONE OF ENGLAND'S BEST LOVED SONS CHARLES, WILLIAM DE LA POER BERESFORD, SAILOR AND PATRIOT. This little memorial is erected by his sorrowing widow. ALSO HIS BELOVED WIFE. ELLEN JERAMINA. JOSEPHINE DE MANDELSLAH BERESFORD WHO DIED 26 MAY 1922. THIS LATTER INSCRIPTION WAS ADDED BY THEIR SORROWING DAUGHTER'
Details
Description: Headstone with kerbs carved with coat of arms. Type: Gravestone Position: 349B
People
Beresford, C.W. de la Poer Age: 73 Date of Death: 6/9/1919 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Also wall tablet in St Paul's Cathedral, London. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 237.
Memorial in Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, commemorating Commander Charles Friend RN, d. 1867
Location
Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / COMMANDER CHARLES FRIEND, R.N., / OF RAMSGATE, KENT. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 7TH SEPTEMBER, 1867 / AGED 73 YEARS. / ALSO ELIZABETH MALPAS, / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / COMMANDER CHARLES FRIEND, R.N., / WHO DIED AT RAMSGATE, AUGUST 21ST 1874, / IN HER 81ST. YEAR'
Details
Type: Tomb
People
Friend, Charles Age: 73 Date of Death: 7/9/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in the Church of St Michael-at-Plea, Norwich, Norfolk commemorating Lieutenant Zebedee Beckham RN d. 1829
Location
Church of St Michael-at-Plea, Norwich, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / ZEBEDEE BECKHAM / LATE LIEUT. IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 15TH 1829 / AGED 40 YEARS. / HOPE, WHICH ONCE SUSTAINED, / IS NOW EXTINCT, AND LEAVES NO SOLACE / BUT THE TEARS OF AFFECTION.'
Details
Description: Carved with a mourning female and anchor above the inscription tablet. On a grey marble mount. Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave, south wall. Materials: marble
People
Beckham, Zebedee Age: 40 Date of Death: 15/6/1829 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Sighted 2008
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan. 1971 Photographer: Pippa Lacey
Brass plaque at Isel Bassenthwaite, dedicated to John Bell d. 1880
Location
St Michael's Church, Isel Bassenthwaite, Cumbria, England
Transcript
'In memory of John Bell, Sailor / Son of Joseph and Jane Bell / of this parish. He departed this life on the 8th of Nov. 1880 / aged 15 years. on board the ship / Mitredale, at Sydney N.SW / "Who shall separate us from / the love of Christ"'
Details
Description: Carved with a foul anchor. Type: Brass plaque Position: Chancel north wall Materials: Brass, letters filled with mastic. Artists: John Hardman & Co Vessel: Mitredale
People
Bell, John Age: 15 Date of Death: 8/11/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating William Willoughby d. 1651
Location
Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'HEERE UNDER LYETH YE BODY / OF WILLI: WILLOUGHBY ESQ. / FORMERLY COLLO: OF A REGIMENT BELONGING TO / THE HAMLETS OF YE TOWER / LONDON & AT HIS DECEAS / A COMMISSIONER OF YE NAVIE / AGED 63 YEARS WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE YE 30TH MARCH 1651 / Mors Mihi Lucrum'.
Details
Description: Rectangular off white, inscribed, wall tablet with painted coat of arms set in larger rectangle above. The arms above the inscription are those of the D'Eresby family. Type: Wall tablet Position: Interior Materials: Stone
People
Willoughby, William Age: 63 Date of Death: 30/3/1651 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval commissioner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Colonel Willoughby was appointed Naval Commissioner at Portsmouth during the Commonwealth and was succeeded by Capt Moulton whose memorial lies next to his. Moulton was succeeded by William Willoughby's son Francis.
Wall tablet at Whitsbury, Hampshire, commemorating Captain E. H. Gage Lambery RN d. 1872
Location
St Leonard's Church, Whitsbury, Hampshire, England
Transcript
[Ribbon] GOD ALL PITING JESU BLEST GRANT HIM THINE ETERNAL REST', [On anchor] 'ERECTED BY HIS RELATIONS AND BROTHER OFFICERS / AS A MARK OF ESTEEM TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD HENRY GAGE LAMBERY, CAPTAIN R.N. WHO DIED 16 NOVEMBER 1872.'
Details
Description: An anchor with the inscription on a piece of cloth draped over it, above a cross, with an inscription ribbon below.
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Stone Artists: Gaffin & Co.
People
Lambery, E. H. Gage Age: Date of Death: 1872 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996) p. 653.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
