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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Lieutenant Searles Wood Oldham RN d. 1843

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Lieut Searles Wood Oldham RN died 23 Feb. 1843 age 50'

Details

People

Oldham, Searles Wood
Age: 50
Date of Death: 23/2/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 6, p.523.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Peter’s Parish Church, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Harrison d. 1812

Location

St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thomas Harrison Shipwright, who unfortunately lost his life in the Queen's Dock 28th February 1812 age 55'.

Details

People

Harrison, Thomas
Age: 55
Date of Death: 28/2/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 280.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas Harrison Shipwright, who unfortunately lost his life in the Queen's Dock 28th February 1812 age 55'.",
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    "bibliography": "",
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Pier Head, Liverpool, England

Statue at Liverpool Pier Head depicting Captain Frederick John Walker RN d. 1945

Location

Pier Head, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain F.J. WALKER GB DSO*** Royal Navy / 1896-45', 'In memory of Captain F.J. WALKER CB DSO *** Royal Navy, the men of his 36th / Escort and 2nd Support Group and those who fought in the Battle of the / Atlantic 1939-45', ' This statue was commissioned by Captain Walker's Old Boys Association / sculpted by / Tom Murphy / and unveiled by / H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT / on 16th October 1998.'

Details

Description: Shows Walker striding forward holding binoculars. The granite plinth has a circular on a square layer.
Type: Statue
Materials: bronze, granite
Date Erected: 1998
Artists: Tom Murphy

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Walker, Frederick John
Age:
Date of Death: 1944
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain F.J. WALKER GB DSO*** Royal Navy / 1896-45', 'In memory of Captain F.J. WALKER CB DSO *** Royal Navy, the men of his 36th / Escort and 2nd Support Group and those who fought in the Battle of the / Atlantic 1939-45', ' This statue was commissioned by Captain Walker's Old Boys Association / sculpted by / Tom Murphy / and unveiled by / H.R.H. The Duke of Edinburgh KG KT / on 16th October 1998.'",
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St Edmund's Church, Crofton, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St Edmund’s Church, Crofton, Hampshire, commemorating Rear-Admiral Edward O’Bryen d. 1808

Location

St Edmund's Church, Crofton, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Near this place lie / The Remains of MARY / Wife of Rear Admiral / EDWARD O'BRYEN. / She departed this life March 28th / 1807 age 46 years. / In the same Vault / Are deposited the remains of / Rear Admiral / EDWARD O'BRYEN / who died December 25th 1808, aged 54 Years. / His whole life was / Devoted to the service / of His Country / And / In the glorious Action / Off Camperdown / on the 11th October 1797, / He was Captain of / His Majesty's Ship / Monarch'

Details

Description: Oval white tablet on a grey background.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave West Wall
Materials: White and grey marble

Event

Battle of Camperdown

Event Date

1797

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

O'Bryen, Edward
Age: 54
Date of Death: 25/12/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also his widow Martha Charlotte O' Bryen died 20 March 1857 aged 69 and daughter Mary O'Bryen died 9 November 1847 aged 53. Edward, son of Lucius and Elizabeth O'Bryen, baptized March 1854 at St Thomas' Portsmouth (IGI).
Bibliography: DNB, 'Hampshire Telegraph' 2 Jan 1809, p.3.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2005

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  "transcript": "'Near this place lie / The Remains of MARY / Wife of Rear Admiral / EDWARD O'BRYEN. / She departed this life March 28th / 1807 age 46 years. / In the same Vault / Are deposited the remains of / Rear Admiral / EDWARD O'BRYEN / who died December 25th 1808, aged 54 Years. / His whole life was / Devoted to the service / of His Country / And / In the glorious Action / Off Camperdown / on the 11th October 1797, / He was Captain of / His Majesty's Ship / Monarch'",
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    "bibliography": "DNB, 'Hampshire Telegraph' 2 Jan 1809, p.3.",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2005",
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St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England

Memorial plaque at St Peter’s Church, Thurston, Suffolk commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Geoffrey Astley, RN, d. 1940

Location

St Peter's Church, Thurston, Suffolk, England

Details

Type: Brass plaque
Position: Pillar in nave
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Wren

People

Astley, Geoffrey Desmond
Age: 21
Date of Death: 27/7/1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: WM. Donnan. July 1972

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    "recorder": "WM. Donnan. July 1972",
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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant Joseph Williams RN d. 1848

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / Lieut. JOSEPH WILLIAMS R.N., / who died 13 July, 1848 / aged 67 years.'

Details

People

Williams, Joseph
Age: 67
Date of Death: 13/7/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 11

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  "id": "M5924",
  "location": "Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the Memory of / Lieut. JOSEPH WILLIAMS R.N., / who died 13 July, 1848 / aged 67 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Highgate Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant Joseph Williams RN d. 1848</p>",
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Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating Edward Montgomery, d. 1876

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

[Not exact] ‘EDWARD MONTGOMERY / Late Comd. of Bariote Queen of Ages. Died 13 Feb. 1876. Traded regularly at the port for 13 years.'

Details

Vessel: Queen of Ages

People

Montgomery, Edward N.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/2/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Gravestone eroded with time and the inscription is hard to read.

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326, (Greenwich, 1982).

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  "location": "Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "[Not exact] ‘EDWARD MONTGOMERY / Late Comd. of Bariote Queen of Ages. Died 13 Feb. 1876. Traded regularly at the port for 13 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia  commemorating Edward Montgomery, d. 1876</p>",
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    "notes": "Gravestone eroded with time and the inscription is hard to read.<br />",
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    "recorder": "",
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Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England

Memorial at Rochester Cathedral commemorating Inspector General Joseph Oates Travers, RM d. 1869

Location

Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England

Transcript

'Gibraltar / Per Mare per terram / The centre East window / of this cathedral / is given by the Officers of / the Royal Marines / to record their appreciation of / the character and worth of their / much lamented Inspector General / Joseph Oates Travers CB / who during 38 years active / service was esteemed and re- / spected by all ranks / Died March 23 1869 aged 54'

Details

Description: Tablet in gothic architectural frame. Globe and laurel badge of the Royal Marines above (the globe is silver coloured and hemispherical). Two shields of arms above - that on the left bearing the crest of the Royal Marines, the right hand shield with the arms of the Travers family.
Type: Tablet; window
Position: North transept, choir sanctuary
Materials: Brass

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Travers, Joseph Oates
Age: 54
Date of Death: 23/3/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Colonel RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: 2nd Lieutenant. RM 1831 Carlist War 1833-9 Syria, Crimean War, attack on Sveaborg. 2nd China War 1857-60.
Bibliography: R.J. Trett 'A short guide to the service memorials of Rochester Cathedral'.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Memorial brass in Norwich Cathedral commemorating Rear Admiral Edwin John Pollard, RN d. 1909

Location

Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / RENIRA POLLARD / the dearly beloved wife of / Rear Admiral E. J. Pollard, J.P. for Norfolk, / of Haynford Hall in this County, / and daughter of Sir St. Vincent Keene Hawkins Whitshed Bart., / and the Honble. Lady Hawkins Whitshed. / Born June 1st 1842. Died August 30th 1894. / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours and their works do follow them. / REV XIV 13. / "Her children arise up and call her Blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her." PROVERBS XXXI 28. // Also of / Rear Admiral EDWIN JOHN POLLARD, D.L., J.P. / Born April 21st 1833. Died September 15th 1909. / "And so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be." PS. CVII 30.'

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Description: Gothic letters, coat of arms, armorial border
Type: Plaque
Position: South transept, west wall
Materials: Brass

People

Pollard, Edwin John
Age: 76
Date of Death: 15/10/1909
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / RENIRA POLLARD / the dearly beloved wife of / Rear Admiral E. J. Pollard, J.P. for Norfolk, / of Haynford Hall in this County, / and daughter of Sir St. Vincent Keene Hawkins Whitshed Bart., / and the Honble. Lady Hawkins Whitshed. / Born June 1st 1842. Died August 30th 1894. / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord, for they rest from their labours and their works do follow them. / REV XIV 13. / \"Her children arise up and call her Blessed, her husband also and he praiseth her.\" PROVERBS XXXI 28. // Also of / Rear Admiral EDWIN JOHN POLLARD, D.L., J.P. / Born April 21st 1833. Died September 15th 1909. / \"And so he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be.\" PS. CVII 30.'",
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Swarland Hall, Swarland, Northumberland, England

Obelisk at Swarland Hall, Northumberland commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Swarland Hall, Swarland, Northumberland, England

Transcript

[Inscribed panel on east side of base] 'NOT TO COMMEMORATE THE PUBLIC VIRTUES AND HEROIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF NELSON WHICH IS THE DUTY OF ENGLAND BUT TO THE MEMORY OF PRIVATE FRIENDSHIP THIS ERECTION IS DEDICATED BY ALEXANDER DAVISON SWARLAND HALL' [On cornice above] 'VICTORY 21ST OCTOBER 1805' [shaft] 'ENGLAND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY','O.S.B.M.' [on base]

Details

Type: Obelisk
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1807
Artists: Thomas Robson

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected 1807 by Alexander Davison on his estate.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 140.

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