Memorial in St Clement’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Post-Captain George Reynolds, RN d.1822
Location
St Clement's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN A VAULT BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / GEORGE REYNOLDS ESQUIRE / POST CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 25TH DECEMBER 1822. / AGED 53 YEARS. / ALSO CAROLINE FRANCIS REYNOLDS / RELICT / OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED THE / 18TH DAY OF MARCH 1830'
Details
Description: Black obelisk above inscription tablet with flaming urn, and naval trophies in white marble. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Reynolds, George Age: 53 years Date of Death: 25/12/1822 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Post Captain Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Weston, Bath commemorating Admiral Sir Henry William Bayntun, d. 1840
Location
All Saints Church, Weston, Bath, England
Transcript
‘Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM LUTWYCHE ESR / Who joined to sincere Christian / Piety, possessed all that Learning / and Urbanity / which so particularly distinguish the character of a / Scholar and a Gentleman. / He departed this life / most deeply regretted / on the 23rd of Feby. 1823 / having nearly completed / his 79th year / SOPHIA LADY BAYNTUN, / Wife of /Admiral / Sir HENRY WILLIAM BAYNTUN, K.C.B. / and Niece of the above named / WILLIAM LUTWYCHE Esqr. / who died the 16th of Septr. 1830 Aged 53. / Admiral / Sir HENRY WILLIAM BAYNTUN, K.C.B. who died the 16TH of Decr 1840 Aged 75 / Also MARY / Widow of above named / William Lutwyche, Esqr. / who departed this life / the 22nd of Feby 1845 Aged 92.’
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Churchyard
People
Bayntun, Henry William Age: 75 Date of Death: 16/9/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Hore, Peter ‘Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials’ (Barnsley, 2015) p. 107.
Memorial in Kingston Parish Church Jamaica commemorating Rear-Admiral William Brown d. 1814
Location
St Thomas Church, Kingston Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of William BROWN of Leesthorpe, in the County of Leicester, Esquire, a Rear Admiral of the Red, and Commander in Chief at Jamaica, where to the regret of the whole colony, he died on the 20th day of September 1814; in the fiftieth year of his age. He married first, Catherine, daughter of John Travers Esquire, a director of the East India Company; and secondly, Martha Vere, daughter of John Fothergill of Handsworth, in the County of Stafford, Esquire, who has erected this monument, as a faint record of her unbounded affection, and as a slender tribute, to his unshaken and acknowledged worth' [In Churchyard] 'Wm Brown, Esq., Rear Admiral of the Red, & Commander in Chief in Jamaica, OB 20 Sep 1814 aet 50'
Details
Description: With arms. Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble
People
Brown, William Age: 49 Date of Death: 20/9/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875). Recorder: Christine Thomas, Flat D4, 111 Mt Butler Road, Hong Kong
Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating F. W. Ponsonby, RN, Charles Cook, RN, R Mathewson, RN, T. Tall, RN, Alfred Taylor, RN and King William, RN, d. 1872 – 1873
Location
Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘In / memory / of / F. W. Ponsonby / Secretary to Rear Admiral Cumming C.B. / Chas Cook Boatswains Mate / R. Mathewson Engr Steward / T. Tall ORD. / A. Taylor ORD. / King William Krooman / who died at Zanzibar / on board H.M.S. Glasgow / 1872-3'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Metal Vessel: HMS Glasgow
People
Cook, Charles Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1872-3 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Boatswain's Mate Organisation: Royal Navy Mathewson, R. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1872-3 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Engineer's Steward Organisation: Royal Navy Ponsonby, F.W. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1872-3 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Secretary Organisation: Royal Navy Tall, T. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1872-3 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Taylor, Alfred Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1872-3 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy William, King Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1872-3 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Krooman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Kroomen were originally fishermen from the West African Kru of the Grebo tribe who worked as part of the Royal Navy on the African coast between 1840 - 1930s.
The Sultan of Zanzibar’s Royal yacht, HHS 'Glasgow' was built in the style of the frigate HMS 'Glasgow' in 1878
Memorial at All Saints Church, Chelsea commemorating Rear-Admiral John Munden d. 1719
Location
Old Church, Chelsea, London, England
Details
Position: Churchyard
People
Munden, John Age: Date of Death: 13/3/1719 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Monuments to Sir John Munden, Rear Admiral of the Red, who died at Chelsea 1719 and to his brother, Sir Richard Munden,1638-1680. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
Memorial in Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Tappen RN d. 1811
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England
Transcript
' ...is deposited the Body of / SAMUEL TAPPEN / late First Lieutenant of / His Majesty's Frigate / The Rainbow [?] / ... / XX... MDCCCXI in the XXIX year of his age'
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Centre of interior of church Vessel: HMS Rainbow
People
Tappen, Samuel Age: 28 Date of Death: 1811 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Monument at Boxgrove, Sussex commemorating Admiral Philip Nelson-Ward d. 1937.
Location
Church of St Mary and St Blaise, Boxgrove, Sussex, England
Transcript
'IN DEAR & / HONOURED MEMORY OF PHILIP NELSON-WARD ADMIRAL C.V.O. / YOUNGEST SON OF THE REV:HORATIO NELSON-WARD RECTOR OF RADSTOCK SOMERSET / GREAT GRANDSON OF ADMIRAL VISCOUNT NELSON. GENTLEMAN USHER TO H.M. KING GEORGE V / AFTER SERVING IN THE EGYPTIAN WAR OF 1882 THE CHINESE WAR OF 1900 AND THE / GREAT WAR OF 1914-18 AND AFTER BEING THE FIRST AT THE ADMIRALTY TO HOLD THE POST OF DIRECTOR OF NAVIGATION / HE DEDICATED THE LAST TEN YEARS OF HIS LIFE TO THE TASK OF IMPROVING THE WELFARE OF OFFICERS OF THE MERCHANT NAVY / BY WHOM HE WAS IN 1928 ELECTED FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE OFFICERS' (MERCHANT NAVY) FEDERATION A POSITION HE / FILLED WITH THE UTMOST DEVOTION UNTIL HIS DEATH ON 27TH JUNE 1937 ALSO IN MEMORY OF HIS DEARLY BELOVED WIFE DOROTHY (ELDER DAU: OF THE HON PIERS MARCUS CAULFIELD WHO WAS KILLED AT BATH BY ENEMY ACTION / ON APRIL 27TH 1942) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY DOROTHY HIS WIFE AND HIS BROTHER HUGH'
Details
Description: Recumbent effigy on a tomb chest. The chest stands under a shallow curved stone canopy, which incorporates a carved frieze of stylised rose leaves similar to those painted inside the canopy. The keystone of the arch is carved as a kneeling angel with a carved fish above and behind each wing. He holds a shield bearing the painted cross of St George (Admiral's flag). Robed male and female figures in canopied niches on either side of the memorial hold terrestrial and celestial globes. Canopies have fish scale patterns on the roofs and a carved scallop shell behind each angel's head. The inscription panel with a blue background, stylised waves forming a setting for the admiral's funeral barge. On the tomb, the recumbrant bronze effigy of the admiral in dress uniform, wearing a cloak, CVO and campaign medals. On rush matting with cushion behind the head. Type: Monument Position: Nave, south aisle Materials: Stone, bronze Artists: Cecil Thomas, R Waller
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Nelson-Ward, Philip Age: Date of Death: 27/6/1937 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
'Sacred to the Memory of / JAMES RAWDON / Who died Jany 4th 1838 aged 5 years and 4 Months / the beloved child of Captain R.C. MCCREA; Royal Navy / and CHARLOTTE DOBREE his wife, / Also of CHARLOTTE FRANCIS / and RICHARD CHARLES / children of the above. / ADMIRAL ROBERT COUTARD MCCREA / who died in the Peace of God / and the deep love of his wife and children / January 11th 1876 Aged 83 / Also of his beloved wife CHARLOTTE DOBREE / Died on the 8th December 1897 in her 103rd Year / "Suffer little children to come unto me / for of such is the kingdom of heaven" Matthew Ch XIX'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
McCrea, Robert Coutard Age: 83 Date of Death: 11/1/1876 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
