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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Lieutenant Charles Rickards Tuckey RN d. 1900

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

[Tier 1] 'IN MEMORIAM' [Tier 2] 'CHARLES RICKARDS TUCKEY, / LATE LIEUTENANT R.N. / DIED 5TH DECEMBER 1900, AGED 72 YEARS.' [Tier 3] 'ALSO OF ELLEN HOWARD TUCKEY. / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED ON MARCH 8TH 1907'

Details

Description: Three-tiered pedestal, cross missing.
Type: Cross
Position: Section 136
Materials: Stone

People

Tuckey, Charles Rickards
Age: 72
Date of Death: 05/12/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lietenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh

JSON

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  "id": "M5756",
  "location": "Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England",
  "transcript": "[Tier 1] 'IN MEMORIAM' [Tier 2] 'CHARLES RICKARDS TUCKEY, / LATE LIEUTENANT R.N. / DIED 5TH DECEMBER 1900, AGED 72 YEARS.' [Tier 3] 'ALSO OF ELLEN HOWARD TUCKEY. / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED ON MARCH 8TH 1907'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Lieutenant Charles Rickards Tuckey RN d. 1900</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Three-tiered pedestal, cross missing.",
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    "position": "Section 136",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Endellion, Cornwall dedicated to Thomas May d. 1865

Location

St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas May / Master Mariner / of Port Isaac in this Parish / who 11th day of November in the / year of our Lord 1865 / Aged 73 years...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

May, Thomas
Age: 73
Date of Death: 11/11/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

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  "id": "M5144",
  "location": "St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas May / Master Mariner / of Port Isaac in this Parish / who 11th day of November in the / year of our Lord 1865 / Aged 73 years...'<br />\r\n<br />",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in St Endellion, Cornwall dedicated to Thomas May d. 1865</p>",
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  "extra": {
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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.'

Details

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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  "id": "M480",
  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating George Green, RN, d. 1837</p>",
  "images": [],
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  "details": {
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    "type": "Tablet",
    "position": "South east wall SE 17 A14",
    "materials": "",
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    "artists": "Just Gantz",
    "vessel": "HMS Raleigh"  },
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 227.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M5223",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Commemorative window in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Beddington dedicated to Commander James Henry Bridges RN d. 1852</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "type": "Plaque",
    "position": "North aisle",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "'NADFAS Church Recorders News & Views'2004 p. 23.",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Conwy, Conwy, Wales

Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Conwy commemorating Richard Wiliams d. 1865

Location

St Mary's Church, Conwy, Conwy, Wales

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / JANE / Wife of RICHARD WILLIAMS / Master Mariner of the Port / who departed this life on the 20th / day of Janry 1842 / in the 26th year of her age / Those who knew her best / respected her most / Likewise of SARAH MARGARET / Daughter of the above RICHARD / WILLIAM by JANE MARGARET his / wife Died Novr 6th 1819 / Aged 5 weeks / Likewise of CLARA JANE Daughter / of the above died Novr 3rd 1851 / Aged 3 Months / LIKEWISE THE ABOVE NAMED / RICHARD WILLIAMS DIED SEPT 30 1865 / AGED 48.'

Details

Type: Table tomb
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Williams, Richard
Age: 48
Date of Death: 1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Conwy, Conwy, Wales",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of / JANE / Wife of RICHARD WILLIAMS / Master Mariner of the Port / who departed this life on the 20th / day of Janry 1842 / in the 26th year of her age / Those who knew her best / respected her most / Likewise of SARAH MARGARET / Daughter of the above RICHARD / WILLIAM by JANE MARGARET his / wife Died Novr 6th 1819 / Aged 5 weeks / Likewise of CLARA JANE Daughter / of the above died Novr 3rd 1851 / Aged 3 Months / LIKEWISE THE ABOVE NAMED / RICHARD WILLIAMS DIED SEPT 30 1865 / AGED 48.'",
  "content": "<p>Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Conwy commemorating Richard Wiliams d. 1865</p>",
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating George Elliott d. 1865

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

Vessel: Lady Stewart

People

Elliott, George
Age: 47
Date of Death: 16/8/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master of brig 'Lady Stewart' of South Shields.

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  "post_id": "3940",
  "id": "M4063",
  "location": "Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating George Elliott d. 1865</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Lady Stewart"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Elliott, George","age":"47","dateofdeath":"16/8/1865","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Master of brig 'Lady Stewart' of South Shields.",
    "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 Alfred Alexander Lawrence d. 1898

Location

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

Transcript

'In loving memory of Alfred Alexander LAWRENCE, Master Mariner of Hull, England who passed away at Hong Kong, 6th December 1898, aged 36 years'

Details

Description: Cross on plinth.
Type: Cross

People

Lawrence, Alfred Alexander
Age: 36
Date of Death: 6/12/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master Mariner of Hull, England.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "post_id": "3941",
  "id": "M360",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Alfred Alexander LAWRENCE, Master Mariner of Hull, England who passed away at Hong Kong, 6th December 1898, aged 36 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Alfred Alexander Lawrence d. 1898</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Cross on plinth.",
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    "position": "",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Master Mariner of Hull, England.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Arthur Pride d. 1912

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ARTHUR PRIDE / Private R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Liverpool/ died / 6th Sept 1912 Aged 29'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 389
Vessel: HMS Liverpool

People

Pride, Arthur
Age: 29
Date of Death: 6/9/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "post_id": "3942",
  "id": "M3581",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'ARTHUR PRIDE / Private R.M.L.I. H.M.S. Liverpool/ died / 6th Sept 1912 Aged 29'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Arthur Pride d. 1912</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 389",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Liverpool"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World

Memorial in St George’s Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana commemorating Captain William Peake RN d. 1813

Location

St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM PEAKE / THE BRAVE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED COMMANDER / OF HIS MAJESTY'S BRIG 'PEACOCK' / WHOSE DEATH WAS GLORIOUS AS HIS / LIFE WAS HONOURABLE. / ENGAGED IN UNEQUAL COMBAT WITH THE / AMERICAN SHIP OF WAR 'HORNET' / A CANNON SHOT IN MERCY TERMINATED HIS EXISTENCE / ALMOST AT THE SAME MOMENT THAT HIS / GALLANT VESSEL CONSIGN'D TO THE DEEP / GAVE A WATERY SEPULCHRE TO THE REMAINS OF / HER LAMENTED CHIEF. TO COMMEMORATE / THIS GLORIOUS BUT FATAL ENGAGEMENT / WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THESE SHORES / ON THE 24 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1813, / AND TO PERPETUATE THE NAME OF A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER / HIS EXCELLENCY GENL. CARMICHAEL, ACTING GOVERNOR / SYMPATHISING WITH THE GENEROUS FEELING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS UNITED COLONY IN THE UNIVERSAL EXPRESSION OF SINCERE REGRET / WAS PLEASED TO GRANT ON THEIR BEHALF / THIS MEMORIAL TO HIS FAME/WHERE'ER THRO VARIED CLIMES OLD OCEAN ROLLS / FROM THE EQUATOR TO THE FROST BOUND POLES / IS BRITISH VALOUR SHEWN-THIS DISTANT SHORE / SHALL CLAIM HER PAGE IN BRITISH NAVAL LORE / TO FUTURE TIMES THEN VOTIVE TABLET TELL / HOW BRAVELY PEAKE HERE FOUGHT, LAMENTED FELL / FROM MANLY BREASTS CALL'D FORTH THE DEEP DRAWN SIGH / THE TENDER TEAR BEGUIL'D FROM BEAUTY'S EYE / AND THOUGH HE FLOATS UPON A WATERY BIER / PRESERVE HIS NAME TO BRITONS EVER DEAR / AND WHILE HIS SPIRIT SOARS IN BLISSFUL SKIES / PROCLAIM THAT FAME WITH VIRTUE NEVER DIES'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: West of south aisle
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Peacock

Event

War of 1812

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Peake, William
Age:
Date of Death: 24/2/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1989

JSON

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  "post_id": "3943",
  "id": "M2270",
  "location": "St George's Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM PEAKE / THE BRAVE AND HIGHLY RESPECTED COMMANDER / OF HIS MAJESTY'S BRIG 'PEACOCK' / WHOSE DEATH WAS GLORIOUS AS HIS / LIFE WAS HONOURABLE. / ENGAGED IN UNEQUAL COMBAT WITH THE / AMERICAN SHIP OF WAR 'HORNET' / A CANNON SHOT IN MERCY TERMINATED HIS EXISTENCE / ALMOST AT THE SAME MOMENT THAT HIS / GALLANT VESSEL CONSIGN'D TO THE DEEP / GAVE A WATERY SEPULCHRE TO THE REMAINS OF / HER LAMENTED CHIEF. TO COMMEMORATE / THIS GLORIOUS BUT FATAL ENGAGEMENT / WHICH TOOK PLACE ON THESE SHORES / ON THE 24 DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1813, / AND TO PERPETUATE THE NAME OF A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER / HIS EXCELLENCY GENL. CARMICHAEL, ACTING GOVERNOR / SYMPATHISING WITH THE GENEROUS FEELING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS UNITED COLONY IN THE UNIVERSAL EXPRESSION OF SINCERE REGRET / WAS PLEASED TO GRANT ON THEIR BEHALF / THIS MEMORIAL TO HIS FAME/WHERE'ER THRO VARIED CLIMES OLD OCEAN ROLLS / FROM THE EQUATOR TO THE FROST BOUND POLES / IS BRITISH VALOUR SHEWN-THIS DISTANT SHORE / SHALL CLAIM HER PAGE IN BRITISH NAVAL LORE / TO FUTURE TIMES THEN VOTIVE TABLET TELL / HOW BRAVELY PEAKE HERE FOUGHT, LAMENTED FELL / FROM MANLY BREASTS CALL'D FORTH THE DEEP DRAWN SIGH / THE TENDER TEAR BEGUIL'D FROM BEAUTY'S EYE / AND THOUGH HE FLOATS UPON A WATERY BIER / PRESERVE HIS NAME TO BRITONS EVER DEAR / AND WHILE HIS SPIRIT SOARS IN BLISSFUL SKIES / PROCLAIM THAT FAME WITH VIRTUE NEVER DIES'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St George’s Cathedral, Georgetown, Guyana commemorating Captain William Peake RN d. 1813</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Peacock"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"War of 1812",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
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    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1989",
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St Margaret's Westminster, Westminster, London, England

Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Westminster, London, commemorating James Rumsey d. 1743

Location

St Margaret's Westminster, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF THE LATE DECEASED VIRGIN / +MISTRIS ELIZABETH HEREICKE+ / SWEET VIRGIN / THAT I DO NOT SET / THY GRAVE-VERSE UP / IN MOURNFUL JET / OR DAPL'D MARBLE / LET THY SHADE / NOT WRATHFUL SEEME / OR FRIGHT THE MAID / WHO HITHER AT HER / WEEPING HOWRES / SHAL COME TO STREW / THY EARTH WITH FLOWRES: / NO, KNOW BLEST SOULE / WHEN THERE'S NOT ONE REMAINDER LEFT / OF BRASSE OR STONE / THY LIVING EPITAPH SHALL BE / THOUGH LOST IN THEM / YET FOUND IN ME / DEARE, IN THY BED / OF ROSES THEN / TILL THIS WORLD SHALL / DISSOLVE (AS MEN) / SLEEPE, WHILE WE HIDE THEE / FROM THE LIGHT / DRAWING THY CURTAINS ROUND / - GOOD NIGHT',
'This epitaph by ROBERT HERRICK, formerly on a mural tablet / in the middle of the north aisle of this church, was restored in memory of / JAMES RUMSEY / whom the State of West Virginia honours as the inventor of / the Steamboat, which he demonstrated privately to George / Washington in 1784 and publicly on the Potomac River at Shepherdstowne W Va. 3 December 1787. Born of English parents / in Cecil County, Maryland in 1743, he died while lecturing / on the principles of steam navigation to English scientists / in London, and was buried in St. Margaret's Churchyard / 24 December 1792'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle south wall
Materials: Wood

People

Rumsey, James
Age: c. 49
Date of Death: 12/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1998

JSON

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  "id": "M4769",
  "location": "St Margaret's Westminster, Westminster, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF THE LATE DECEASED VIRGIN / +MISTRIS ELIZABETH HEREICKE+ / SWEET VIRGIN / THAT I DO NOT SET / THY GRAVE-VERSE UP / IN MOURNFUL JET / OR DAPL'D MARBLE / LET THY SHADE / NOT WRATHFUL SEEME / OR FRIGHT THE MAID / WHO HITHER AT HER / WEEPING HOWRES / SHAL COME TO STREW / THY EARTH WITH FLOWRES: / NO, KNOW BLEST SOULE / WHEN THERE'S NOT ONE REMAINDER LEFT / OF BRASSE OR STONE / THY LIVING EPITAPH SHALL BE / THOUGH LOST IN THEM / YET FOUND IN ME / DEARE, IN THY BED / OF ROSES THEN / TILL THIS WORLD SHALL / DISSOLVE (AS MEN) / SLEEPE, WHILE WE HIDE THEE / FROM THE LIGHT / DRAWING THY CURTAINS ROUND / - GOOD NIGHT', <br />\r\n'This epitaph by ROBERT HERRICK, formerly on a mural tablet / in the middle of the north aisle of this church, was restored in memory of / JAMES RUMSEY / whom the State of West Virginia honours as the inventor of / the Steamboat, which he demonstrated privately to George / Washington in 1784 and publicly on the Potomac River at Shepherdstowne W Va. 3 December 1787. Born of English parents / in Cecil County, Maryland in 1743, he died while lecturing / on the principles of steam navigation to English scientists / in London, and was buried in St. Margaret's Churchyard / 24 December 1792'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Westminster,  London, commemorating James Rumsey d. 1743</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1998",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters