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St Margaret's Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England

Wall monument in St Margaret’s Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk commemorating Captain Sir William Hoste RN d. 1828, Rear Admiral William George Legge Hoste, RN d. 1868 and Theodore Hoste RN d.1835

Location

St Margaret's Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM HOSTE BART. R.N. K.G.B. K.M.T. / SECOND SON OF THE REV. DIXON HOSTE RECTOR OF / CODWICK AND TITTERSHALL AND MARGARET HIS WIFE / BORN ON THE 26 OF AUGUST 1780 AT INGOLDISTHORPE / IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK. DIED ON THE 6TH DECEMBER / 1828 IN LONDON. HE BEGAN HIS NAVAL CAREER / UNDER LORD NELSON HE WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE / OF THE NILE AND FOR HIS GALLANT CONDUCT IN THAT / GLORIOUS VICTORY WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF / THE MUTINE BRIG. HIS MOST BRILLIANT ACTION WAS THE / FAMOUS VICTORY OFF THE ISLE OF LISSA MARCH 13TH / 1811 WHEN IN COMMAND OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON OF / THREE FRIGATES AND A BRIG HE DEFEATED THE ENTIRE / FRANCO-VENETIAN SQUADRON CONSISTING OF SIX FRIGATES AND / FIVE SMALLER SAIL. IN 1814 WITH ONLY THE 36-GUN FRIGATE / BACCHANTE AND THE 18-GUN BRIG-SLOOP SARACEN HE / BESIEGED THE FORTRESSES OF GATTARO AND RAGUSA ON / THE COAST OF DALMATIA THE FORMER MOUNTING 90 / GUNS AND THE LATTER 134 BOTH OF WHICH SURRENDERED / IN 10 DAYS CANNONADE. HIS HEALTH FELL A VICTIM / TO HIS CONSTANT LABOURS AND ANXIETIES WHICH ENDED / ONLY AT THE PEACE OF EUROPE. HIS PRIVATE CHARACTER / WAS OF SUCH BEAUTY AND EXCELLENCE AS TO / RAISE FEELINGS OF THE WARMEST LOVE / AND ADMIRATION IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM.' [Below] 'IN MEMORY OF / THE LATE / REAR ADMIRAL SIR WILLM / GEOR.E LEGGE HOSTE; BART / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE / BORN MARCH 19TH 1818 / DIED SEPTR. 10 1868 / ALSO OF / THEODORE ORFORD / RAPHAEL HOSTE; HIS BROTHER / BORN JULY 1 1819, DIED APRIL 15TH 1835, ON BOARD H.M. FRIGATE / VOLAGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / CUT OFF LIKE A FLOWER.'

Details

Description: Helm above inscription tablet flanked by cherubs heads and drapes, weeping cherubs below with a sword and anchor behind them.
Type: Wall monument
Position: North side of nave
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS ‘Mutine’, HMS ‘Greyhound’ HMS ‘Eurydice’, HMS ‘Amphion’, HMS ‘Bacchante’; HMS ‘Ringdove’, HMS ’Spiteful’, HMS ’Spartan’, HMS 'Neptune’; HM Frigate ‘Volage'

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War; 1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hoste, William
Age: 48
Date of Death: 6/12/1828
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hoste, William George Legge
Age: 50
Date of Death: 10/9/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hoste, Theodore Orford Raphael
Age: 15
Date of Death: 15/4/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Sir William Hoste is buried in St John’s Chapel, London. Known as one of Nelson’s proteges, Hoste saw action in six battles, including Battle of the Nile (1798). Made 1st Baronet Hoste in 1814. Knighted in 1815.

Rear Admiral William Legge George Hoste, son of Captain Sir William Hoste, born 19 March 1818, entered Navy on 1st August 1830. Succeeded as 2nd Baronet Hoste in 1828, after the death of his father.

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 66.
Recorder: David Saunders 1993
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM HOSTE BART. R.N. K.G.B. K.M.T. / SECOND SON OF THE REV. DIXON HOSTE RECTOR OF / CODWICK AND TITTERSHALL AND MARGARET HIS WIFE / BORN ON THE 26 OF AUGUST 1780 AT INGOLDISTHORPE / IN THE COUNTY OF NORFOLK. DIED ON THE 6TH DECEMBER / 1828 IN LONDON. HE BEGAN HIS NAVAL CAREER / UNDER LORD NELSON HE WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE / OF THE NILE AND FOR HIS GALLANT CONDUCT IN THAT / GLORIOUS VICTORY WAS APPOINTED TO THE COMMAND OF / THE MUTINE BRIG. HIS MOST BRILLIANT ACTION WAS THE / FAMOUS VICTORY OFF THE ISLE OF LISSA MARCH 13TH / 1811 WHEN IN COMMAND OF THE BRITISH SQUADRON OF / THREE FRIGATES AND A BRIG HE DEFEATED THE ENTIRE / FRANCO-VENETIAN SQUADRON CONSISTING OF SIX FRIGATES AND / FIVE SMALLER SAIL. IN 1814 WITH ONLY THE 36-GUN FRIGATE / BACCHANTE AND THE 18-GUN BRIG-SLOOP SARACEN HE / BESIEGED THE FORTRESSES OF GATTARO AND RAGUSA ON / THE COAST OF DALMATIA THE FORMER MOUNTING 90 / GUNS AND THE LATTER 134 BOTH OF WHICH SURRENDERED / IN 10 DAYS CANNONADE. HIS HEALTH FELL A VICTIM / TO HIS CONSTANT LABOURS AND ANXIETIES WHICH ENDED / ONLY AT THE PEACE OF EUROPE. HIS PRIVATE CHARACTER / WAS OF SUCH BEAUTY AND EXCELLENCE AS TO / RAISE FEELINGS OF THE WARMEST LOVE / AND ADMIRATION IN THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM.' [Below] 'IN MEMORY OF / THE LATE / REAR ADMIRAL SIR WILLM / GEOR.E LEGGE HOSTE; BART / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE / BORN MARCH 19TH 1818 / DIED SEPTR. 10 1868 / ALSO OF / THEODORE ORFORD / RAPHAEL HOSTE; HIS BROTHER / BORN JULY 1 1819, DIED APRIL 15TH 1835, ON BOARD H.M. FRIGATE / VOLAGE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN / CUT OFF LIKE A FLOWER.'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John J. Joliffe RN d. 1897

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of John J. JOLLIFFE, P.O. 1st class. H.M.S. 'Immortality' died 21 January 1897 aged 39 years. So He bringeth them unto the haven where they would be'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Immortalite

People

Jolliffe, John J.
Age: 39
Date of Death: 21/1/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain William Marshall d. 1853

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Capt. William Marshall formerly Commander of the Whitehaven Steamboat died 25 April 1853 age 63'

Details

People

Marshall, William
Age: 63
Date of Death: 25/4/1853
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. 7, p. 109.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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St Fimbarr's Church, Fowey, Cornwall, England

Wall tablet in Fowey, Cornwall dedicated to Hownam Illingworth d. 1844

Location

St Fimbarr's Church, Fowey, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'SACRED / to the memory of / the Revd Hownam. B. Illingworth, BA, Late Chaplain of HMS Madagascar, / and afterwards Colonial Chaplain at Sierra Leone, / who was drowned by the upsetting / of his boat in Sierra Leone River / on the 4th July 1844 aged 27 years [...] He was a warm and constant friend, / an accomplished scholar, / and a faithful minister of the gospel. / This tablet is erected by his messmates in the / Madagascar, / in testimony of their profound respect / for his memory, / and the many virtues and aimiabilities / which adorned his character.'

Details

Description: Whit marble on a black base, the family crest - a lion holding a halberd, a the top.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: White marble
Artists: Matthews
Vessel: HMS Madagascar

People

Illingworth, Hownam B.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 4/7/1844
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / to the memory of / the Revd Hownam. B. Illingworth, BA, Late Chaplain of HMS Madagascar, / and afterwards Colonial Chaplain at Sierra Leone, / who was drowned by the upsetting / of his boat in Sierra Leone River / on the 4th July 1844 aged 27 years [...] He was a warm and constant friend, / an accomplished scholar, / and a faithful minister of the gospel. / This tablet is erected by his messmates in the / Madagascar, / in testimony of their profound respect / for his memory, / and the many virtues and aimiabilities / which adorned his character.'",
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Maxfield estate, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Maxfield Estate burial ground commemorating John Spence d. 1785

Location

Maxfield estate, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of John SPENCE, born at Yarm [sic] Yorkshire, late Commander of the 'Tabeth Vigilant', Merchantman from London to Martha Brae; OBT 3rd January 1785 ae 31. His issue by the daughter of John Hodges Esquire, of this island were; Martha, who died in London, an infant, Elizabeth Ann, who lieth here, Obt 25th. February 1788 aet 3 years - an affectionate brother placeth this testimony of respect'

Details

Position: Private burial ground
Vessel: Tabeth Vigilant

People

Spence, John
Age:
Date of Death: 3/1/1785
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

JSON

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    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).",
    "recorder": "",
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All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating William Hall d. 1861

Location

All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of William Hall, Chief Mate of barque 'Sanderson' of Sunderland of Newburn Hall, Northumberland, who was killed falling into the ship's hold 29 Dec 1861 aged 27 years'

Details

Vessel: Sanderson

People

Hall, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 29/12/1861
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of William Hall, Chief Mate of barque 'Sanderson' of Sunderland of Newburn Hall, Northumberland, who was killed falling into the ship's hold 29 Dec 1861 aged 27 years'",
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Woolwich cemetery, London, England

Headstone at Woolwich Cemetery commemorating John Taylor VC d. 1857

Location

Woolwich cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN REMEMBRANCE / OF / JOHN TAYLOR V.C. / WHO DIED 24.2.1857 / AGED 35 YEARS / HUSBAND OF ELIZABETH. / AND ALL OTHERS RESTING HERE'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Date Erected: 1996

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1854-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Taylor, John
Age: 35
Date of Death: 25/2/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Headstone erected by Greenwich branch of Royal Naval Association, 24/2/1996. VC for valour at Sebastopol 18/6/1855 as member of Naval Brigade.

JSON

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St Michael's Church, Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England

Tablet dedicated to Lieutenant Edward Chaloner RN, d. 1766 in Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire.

Location

St Michael's Church, Steeple Claydon, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of Edward Chaloner Esq son of William and Christian Chaloner which William was this...grandson of Sir Thomas Chaloner Tutor to Henry Prince of Wales Son of James 1st which Thomas was son of the famous Sir Thomas Chaloner that Great Soldier and Scholar, knighted by the Protector of Edward the Sixth as he was by Queen Elizabeth for his bravery and learning sent Ambassador to the Emperor Ferdinand and to Phillip Second King of Spain. This Edward Chaloner was Lieutenant in the Navy above 50 years and shewed his courage in his exertions in the Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Seas. Nor did he want the gentle virtues of a good husband. He retired from the military to a private life for want of health and to prepare for a state of eternal peace. He died the 10th March 1766 in the 78th year of his age'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South side of chancel
Materials: Marble

People

Chaloner, Edward
Age: 77
Date of Death: 10/3/1766
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1991

JSON

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Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Gravestone at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating John Kelly RN d. 1899

Location

Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Transcript

'Erected / in loving memory of / my dear husband / John KELLY / retired engineer officer R.N. / who fell asleep in Jesus 6th Nov 1899 / aged 65 years / I heard the voice of Jesus say / come unto me and rest / Lay down thou weary one lay down / thy head upon my breast / Also Ann Kelly BELL / sister of the above / who died at St Louis U.S.A. 1860 / aged 24 years / Also Mary Christina / widow of the above / who died 25 Aug 1911'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Kelly, John
Age: 65
Date of Death: 6/11/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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St Bartholomew's Church, Whittingham, Northumberland, England

Wall tablet at St Bartholomew’s Church, Whittingham commemorating William Pawson RN d. 1854

Location

St Bartholomew's Church, Whittingham, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'William Pawson Esq of Shawdon, formerly of the Royal Navy who died at Edinburgh 5 Jan 1854 aged 74. And of Mary Ann his wife who died 1 May 1888 aged 72. Erected by their only son William John Pawson'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chapel
Materials: Marble

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Pawson, William
Age: 74
Date of Death: 5/1/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
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Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: High Sheriff of Northumberland.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

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  "post_id": "3874",
  "id": "M4837",
  "location": "St Bartholomew's Church, Whittingham, Northumberland, England",
  "transcript": "'William Pawson Esq of Shawdon, formerly of the Royal Navy who died at Edinburgh 5 Jan 1854 aged 74. And of Mary Ann his wife who died 1 May 1888 aged 72. Erected by their only son William John Pawson'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Bartholomew’s Church, Whittingham commemorating William Pawson RN d. 1854</p>",
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    "notes": "High Sheriff of Northumberland.",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters