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All Saints Church, Hampreston, Dorset, England

Plaque in All Saints Church, Hampreston, Dorset, commemorating Lieutenant George Greathed RN d. 1854

Location

All Saints Church, Hampreston, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of George Herbert Harris Greathed, 3rd son of Edward Greathed. The First Lieutenant of H.M.S. Britannia who selected to command the seaman of his ship engaged in the siege, he fell gloriously in the trenches before Sebastopol on the 20th October 1854. He received his mortal wound in the act of laying a gun, after having in the words of his General 'Performed his duties in the trenches in a manner which exited the admiration of all' [not exact]

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Near east window of chancel
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Britannia

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Greathed, George Herbert Harris
Age: 33
Date of Death: 20/10/1854
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 195 (Greenwich,1987).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of George Herbert Harris Greathed, 3rd son of Edward Greathed. The First Lieutenant of H.M.S. Britannia who selected to command the seaman of his ship engaged in the siege, he fell gloriously in the trenches before Sebastopol on the 20th October 1854. He received his mortal wound in the act of laying a gun, after having in the words of his General 'Performed his duties in the trenches in a manner which exited the admiration of all' [not exact]",
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    "materials": "Brass",
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    "vessel": "HMS Britannia"  },
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    "event":"Crimea War",
    "date": "1853-1856",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 195 (Greenwich,1987).",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Norman d. 1861

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain John Norman, son of Mary Norman...died on board the ship 'John Norman' in the China sea on his homeward voyage from Foochow to London. 31 August 1861 age 52'

Details

Vessel: John Norman

People

Norman, John
Age: 52
Date of Death: 31/8/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 73. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain John Norman, son of Mary Norman...died on board the ship 'John Norman' in the China sea on his homeward voyage from Foochow to London. 31 August 1861 age 52'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Wall memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Sir James Scott d. 1872

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR JAMES SCOTT K.C.B. / ELDEST SON OF THOS. SCOTT ESQ OF HAM COMMON MIDDLESEX & GLENLUCE N.B. / BORN JUNE 18TH 1787 AND DIED MARCH 2ND 1872 / IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORTH / AND IN HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND FRIENDS
/HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE FRENCH, AMERICAN AND CHINESE WARS / AND IN THE COURSE OF AN ARDUOUS AND BRILLIANT CAREER / TOOK PART IN 2 GENERAL ACTIONS / 2 SIEGES / AT CAPTURE / AND / STORMING / OF / 1 CAPITAL / 23 TOWNS & CITIES / 32 BATTERIES / 22 FORTS / AT CAPTURE / AND / CUTTING OUT / OF / 1 LINE OF BATTLE SHIP / 5 FRIGATES / 21 GUN BOATS / 300 MERCHANT VESSELS / SEVERAL PRIVATEERS & LETTERS OF MARQUE / AND RECEIVED THE THANKS OF BOTH / HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT'

Details

Description: Baroque style wall memorial, the inscription within a pediment and columns, the Scott arms above and naval trophies below.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Crypt
Materials: Marble

People

Scott, James
Age:
Date of Death: 2/3/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: PRO WORK20-82.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "location": "St Paul's Cathedral, London, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR JAMES SCOTT K.C.B. / ELDEST SON OF THOS. SCOTT ESQ OF HAM COMMON MIDDLESEX & GLENLUCE N.B. / BORN JUNE 18TH 1787 AND DIED MARCH 2ND 1872 / IN HONOURED REMEMBRANCE OF HIS WORTH / AND IN HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS LONG AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND FRIENDS <br />\r\n /HE SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE FRENCH, AMERICAN AND CHINESE WARS / AND IN THE COURSE OF AN ARDUOUS AND BRILLIANT CAREER / TOOK PART IN 2 GENERAL ACTIONS / 2 SIEGES / AT CAPTURE / AND / STORMING / OF / 1 CAPITAL / 23 TOWNS & CITIES / 32 BATTERIES / 22 FORTS / AT CAPTURE / AND / CUTTING OUT / OF / 1 LINE OF BATTLE SHIP / 5 FRIGATES / 21 GUN BOATS / 300 MERCHANT VESSELS / SEVERAL PRIVATEERS & LETTERS OF MARQUE / AND RECEIVED THE THANKS OF BOTH / HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT'",
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1982",
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S'a Ali Bay Cemetery, Western Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World

Memorial at S’a Ali Bay Cemetery, Western Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman commemorating Frank Davis RN d. 1912

Location

S'a Ali Bay Cemetery, Western Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / FRANK DAVIS / ABLE SEAMAN / OF H.M.S. HIGHFLYER / ENTERED INTO REST AT MUSCAT / NOV. 25TH 1912 / AGED 20 YEARS / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Highflyer

People

Davis, Frank
Age: 20
Date of Death: 25/11/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / FRANK DAVIS / ABLE SEAMAN / OF H.M.S. HIGHFLYER / ENTERED INTO REST AT MUSCAT / NOV. 25TH 1912 / AGED 20 YEARS / R.I.P.'",
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Hamilton d. 1865

Location

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

Transcript

'Erected to the memory of William HAMILTON, late 2nd Officer S.S. 'Ottawa' P & O S.N.Co's Service, born at Londonderry, died at sea 11th December 1865, aged 27 years. This stone is erected by his commander, brother officers and shipmates as a mark of their esteem'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Ottawa

People

Hamilton, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/12/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Officer
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Notes: 'Ottawa' iron screw steamer built 1853, John Laird & Sons, Birkenhead, 1275 tons, purchased P & O 1857.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "id": "M227",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Erected to the memory of William HAMILTON, late 2nd Officer S.S. 'Ottawa' P & O S.N.Co's Service, born at Londonderry, died at sea 11th December 1865, aged 27 years. This stone is erected by his commander, brother officers and shipmates as a mark of their esteem'",
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    "notes": "'Ottawa' iron screw steamer built 1853, John Laird & Sons, Birkenhead, 1275 tons, purchased P & O 1857.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Paines Lane cemetery, Pinner, London, England

Memorial at Paines Lane cemetery, Pinner commemorating Horatia Nelson Ward d. 1881 and other members of her family

Location

Paines Lane cemetery, Pinner, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT PHILIP WARD / 24TH BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY / DIED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1865 / AGED 33 / YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE / REVD. PHILIP WARD VICAR / TENTERDEN KENT. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF ELEANOR PHILIPPA WARD / SPINSTER / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED / REVD PHILIP WARD / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED / 6TH AUGUST 1872 / AGED 48. / HERE ALSO RESTS HORATIA NELSON WARD / WHO DIED MARCH 6TH 1881 / AGED 80 / THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF / VICE ADMIRAL LORD NELSON / AND WIDOW OF THE ABOVE NAMED / REVD. PHILIP WARD'

Details

Description: Flat stone with railings.
Type: Gravestone
Position: No.295

People

Nelson Ward, Horatia
Age: 80
Date of Death: 6/3/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER Original inscription described her as the 'adopted daughter of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson'; altered later to 'beloved daughter'. Restored 1991 by the 1805 Club.

JSON

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  "id": "M3405",
  "location": "Paines Lane cemetery, Pinner, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT PHILIP WARD / 24TH BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY / DIED 12TH SEPTEMBER 1865 / AGED 33 / YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE / REVD. PHILIP WARD VICAR / TENTERDEN KENT. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF ELEANOR PHILIPPA WARD / SPINSTER / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE NAMED / REVD PHILIP WARD / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED / 6TH AUGUST 1872 / AGED 48. / HERE ALSO RESTS HORATIA NELSON WARD / WHO DIED MARCH 6TH 1881 / AGED 80 / THE BELOVED DAUGHTER OF / VICE ADMIRAL LORD NELSON / AND WIDOW OF THE ABOVE NAMED / REVD. PHILIP WARD'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Paines Lane cemetery, Pinner commemorating Horatia Nelson Ward d. 1881 and other members of her family</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER Original inscription described her as the 'adopted daughter of Vice Admiral Lord Nelson'; altered later to 'beloved daughter'. Restored 1991 by the 1805 Club.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas's Church, Worth, Sussex, England

Gravestone of Robert Whitehead d. 1905 in Worth, Sussex.

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Worth, Sussex, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT WHITEHEAD / OF FIUME, HUNGARY / AND FORMERLY OF PADDOCKHURST IN THIS PARISH / BORN AT BOLTON LE MOORS JAN 3 1823 / DIED AT BECKETT, SHRIVENHAM NOV 14 1905 / "HIS FAME WAS IN ALL NATIONS ROUND ABOUT"'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Whitehead, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 14/11/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Robert Whitehead is credited as the inventor of the modern torpedo.
Bibliography: 'The English in the Atlantic Islands', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 72, p. 318, (Greenwich, 1986).

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Worth, Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT WHITEHEAD / OF FIUME, HUNGARY / AND FORMERLY OF PADDOCKHURST IN THIS PARISH / BORN AT BOLTON LE MOORS JAN 3 1823 / DIED AT BECKETT, SHRIVENHAM NOV 14 1905 / \"HIS FAME WAS IN ALL NATIONS ROUND ABOUT\"'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone of Robert Whitehead  d. 1905 in Worth, Sussex.</p>",
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    "notes": "Robert Whitehead is credited as the inventor of the modern torpedo.",
    "bibliography": "'The English in the Atlantic Islands', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 72, p. 318, (Greenwich, 1986).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating James John Groom d. 1850

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'James John Groom of HM Customs of this port who died of Typhus fever 28 September 1850 age 49'

Details

People

Groom, James John
Age: 49
Date of Death: 28/9/1850
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: HM Customs

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 57. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared.
Bibliography: Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London 1824-2001' (Chichester, 2001).
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "id": "M695",
  "location": "St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'James John Groom of HM Customs of this port who died of Typhus fever 28 September 1850 age 49'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating James John Groom d. 1850</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 57. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared.",
    "bibliography": "Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London 1824-2001' (Chichester, 2001).",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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All Saints Church, Sutton, Essex, England

Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Sutton, Essex, dedicated to Lieutenant William Burchell RN d. 1814

Location

All Saints Church, Sutton, Essex, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Lieut William Burchell, R.N. son of Golden and Eleanor Burchell, late of this parish, who died on board His Majesty's Ship the Royal Oak, off the Chesapeak, on the 9th of August 1814, aged 27 years. Endeared to his family, by his many amiable qualities, they have erected this tablet as a token of their affection'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North nave wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Royal Oak

People

Burchell, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 9/8/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Half brother of Captain Thomas Swaine whose memorial is placed immediately below.

JSON

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  "id": "M4311",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Sutton, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Lieut William Burchell, R.N. son of Golden and Eleanor Burchell, late of this parish, who died on board His Majesty's Ship the Royal Oak, off the Chesapeak, on the 9th of August 1814, aged 27 years. Endeared to his family, by his many amiable qualities, they have erected this tablet as a token of their affection'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Sutton, Essex, dedicated to Lieutenant William Burchell RN d. 1814</p>",
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    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "North nave wall",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Andrew d. 1898

Location

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

Transcript

'In loving memory of our late shipmate John ANDREW A.B. who died at Hong Kong 4th March 1898, aged 33 years'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross

People

Andrew, John
Age: 33
Date of Death: 4/3/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "id": "M301",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of our late shipmate John ANDREW A.B. who died at Hong Kong 4th March 1898, aged 33 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Andrew d. 1898</p>",
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    "event":"",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters