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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Nigel Kenneth Walter Barttelot d. 1914

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / NIGEL KENNETH WALTER BARTTELOT / LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF DOROTHY MAUD / AND YOUNGER SON OF / SIR WALTER GEORGE BARTTELOT, BART., OF STOPHAM / AND GEORGIANA HIS WIFE, BORN AT COATES CASTLE / APRIL 9TH 1883. HE FOUGHT AND FELL GALLANTLY / WHILE COMMANDING HMS LIBERTY IN THE / SUCCESSFUL ACTION IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT / AUGUST 28TH 1914 / AGED 31 YEARS'

Details

Description: Celtic cross on three steps. On the top step a carved wreath with ribbons. On the bottom step a carved naval cocked hat, a sword and sword belt. A stone book with a further inscription is placed on the grave which has kerb stones and is covered with stone chips. The lettering in lead.
Type: Cross on plinth
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

Event

Heligoland Bight

Event Date

28/8/1914

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Barttelot, Nigel Kenneth Walter
Age: 31
Date of Death: 28/8/1914
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / NIGEL KENNETH WALTER BARTTELOT / LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF DOROTHY MAUD / AND YOUNGER SON OF / SIR WALTER GEORGE BARTTELOT, BART., OF STOPHAM / AND GEORGIANA HIS WIFE, BORN AT COATES CASTLE / APRIL 9TH 1883. HE FOUGHT AND FELL GALLANTLY / WHILE COMMANDING HMS LIBERTY IN THE / SUCCESSFUL ACTION IN HELIGOLAND BIGHT / AUGUST 28TH 1914 / AGED 31 YEARS'",
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St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Oswald’s Church, Filey commemorating James Emptage d. 1841 Coastguard

Location

St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF CHARLOTTE / WIDOW OF JAMES EMPTAGE / WHO DIED SEPT 8TH 1873 / AGED 78 YEARS / ALSO THE ABOVE NAMED JAMES EMPTAGE / Chief Officer of the Coast Guard / FILEY / DIED JAN 15TH 1841 / AND WAS INTERRED AT FLAMBORO. / AGED 47 YEARS / LIKEWISE ELLEN THEIR DAUGHTER / DIED AUG 27TH 1851 AGED 27 YEARS / HENRY DIED MAY 6TH 1847 AGED 17 YEARS / & GEORGE JULY 21ST 1831 AGED 9 YEARS'

Details

Description: With celtic cross on top.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Emptage, James
Age: 47
Date of Death: 15/1/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Coastguard
Organisation: Coastguard

Extra

Recorder: J.C. Crimlisk, E.R. Stage

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St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating Edward Cawson d. 1833

Location

St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Edward Cawson, Pilot died 28th. January 1833 age 35'

Details

People

Cawson, Edward
Age: 35
Date of Death: 28/1/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 485. Church demolished in 1898.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating Edward Lothian and his family d. 1885 in the loss of the SS ‘Laxhoran’

Location

St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of / EDWARD / the beloved son of / EDWARD and MAY LOTHIAN / of Robin Hood Bay, Captn of the SS Laxham / who was drown'd through / collision, with his beloved wife / and child, in the Bay of Biscey [sic] / July 21st 1884 / EDWARD LOTHIAN aged 32 years / Margaret BEDLINGTON LOTHIAN / aged 30 years / EDWARD their son aged 1 years / We cannot mourne beside their graves / nor mark the place they lay / God only knows'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: North Yorkshire
Vessel: SS Laxhoran

People

Lothian, Edward
Age: 32
Date of Death: 22/7/1884
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Lothian, Margaret Bedlington
Age: 30
Date of Death: 22/7/1884
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Lothian, Edward
Age: 1
Date of Death: 22/7/1885
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

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Notes: Vessel lost after collision with a passenger steamer off Corunna with the loss of 120 lives.

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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Gravestone at Aberystwyth commemorating William Monks d. 1843, shipwright

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'William Monks, shipwright, son of Wm and Margaret Monks, died 15 Jany 1843 aged 20 years'

Details

People

Monks, William
Age:
Date of Death: 15/1/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

JSON

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  "transcript": "'William Monks, shipwright, son of Wm and Margaret Monks, died 15 Jany 1843 aged 20 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Aberystwyth commemorating William Monks d. 1843, shipwright</p>\n<p> </p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan",
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Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Frederick Donald, RN d. 1891

Location

Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Frederick DONALD E.R.A. of H.M. ship 'Marathon' R.N. who died from cholera at Bombay Sept 12 1891 aged 25 years';

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Marathon

People

Donald, Frederick
Age: 25
Date of Death: 12/9/1891
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1978

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  "location": "Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Frederick DONALD E.R.A. of H.M. ship 'Marathon' R.N. who died from cholera at Bombay Sept 12 1891 aged 25 years';",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Frederick Donald, RN d. 1891</p>",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1978",
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}

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St Nicholas's Church, Chiswick, London, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Chiswick commemorating Admiral Robert Smart d. 1874

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Chiswick, London, England

Transcript

'...This anchor is placed on this rock as a tribute to his memory, and a mark of respect for his high professional character, by some of those Brother Officers who had served under him, esteemed him so much, and loved him so well'

Details

Description: Rock to which an anchor is fastened surmounted by a cross.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard

People

Smart, Robert
Age: 78
Date of Death: 10/9/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 71.

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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Arthur Ward d. 1908

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ARTHUR THOS WARD / Signalman H.M.S. 'Sapphire' / died / 7th March 1908 aged 19'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 359
Vessel: HMS Sapphire

People

Ward, Arthur Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 7/3/1908
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Signalman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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    "event":"",
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating George Green, RN, d. 1837

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / GEORGE GREEN / seaman of H.M.S. RALEIGH / who met his death / on the 4th OCTR 1837 / by falling from aloft / whilst furling sails / His shipmates have erected / this tomb to his memory / as the last mark of their / esteem and regret.'

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Type: Tablet
Position: South east wall SE 17 A14
Artists: Just Gantz
Vessel: HMS Raleigh

People

Green, George
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 4/10/1837
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 227.

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Surrey, England

Commemorative window in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington dedicated to Commander James Henry Bridges RN d. 1852

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Surrey, England

Transcript

'This window is offered by Alexander Henry Bridges / M.A. July ...1853 to the Glory of God in memory / of his Brother James Henry Bridges / R.N. (Commander) son of Sir Henry Bridges of Beddington House in / this Parish. He departed this life Nov. 13 A. / D. 1852 at Calcutta where in the new burial ground his body lies interred'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: North aisle
Materials: Brass
Date Erected: 1853
Artists: Clayton, Bell

People

Bridges, James Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 13/11/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'NADFAS Church Recorders News & Views'2004 p. 23.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington, Surrey, England",
  "transcript": "'This window is offered by Alexander Henry Bridges / M.A. July ...1853 to the Glory of God in memory / of his Brother James Henry Bridges / R.N. (Commander) son of Sir Henry Bridges of Beddington House in / this Parish. He departed this life Nov. 13 A. / D. 1852 at Calcutta where in the new burial ground his body lies interred'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters