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St Brelade's Church, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands

Wall tablet in St Helier Parish Church, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Commander Robert Beaumont Pipon RN d. 1881

Location

St Brelade's Church, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT PIPON, ESQR / OF BEAUMONT ST PETER'S JERSEY, / WHO DIED ON THE 18TH OF JUNE 1872, / AGED 57 YEARS, / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF THE LATE, / CAPTAIN PHILIP PIPON, ROYAL NAVY, / ALSO OF HIS SON / ROBERT BEAUMONT PIPON, R.N. / WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF H.M.S.(RANGER) / OFF BUSHIRE, IN THE PERSIAN GULF. / JULY 29TH 1881 AGED 37'

Details

Description: Neoclassical style with pedament.
Type: Tablet
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Ranger

People

Pipon, Robert Beaumont
Age: 37
Date of Death: 29/7/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER photo.
Recorder: La Société Jersiaise

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  "location": "St Brelade's Church, St Brelade, Jersey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT PIPON, ESQR / OF BEAUMONT ST PETER'S JERSEY, / WHO DIED ON THE 18TH OF JUNE 1872, / AGED 57 YEARS, / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF THE LATE, / CAPTAIN PHILIP PIPON, ROYAL NAVY, / ALSO OF HIS SON / ROBERT BEAUMONT PIPON, R.N. / WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF H.M.S.(RANGER) / OFF BUSHIRE, IN THE PERSIAN GULF. / JULY 29TH 1881 AGED 37'",
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Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Memorial in the Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon commemorating Charles Rook. d. 1850

Location

Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES DEVONPORT ROOK / SON OF JOHN SYMONS, OF DEVONPORT / LATE AN ASSISTANT SURGEON ON HER MAJESTY'S SHIP KINGFISHER / WHO DIED ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CENTAUR / WHILE LYING IN WEST BAY, PRINCE'S ISLAND, COAST OF AFRICA / ON THE 27TH DAY OF JULY 1850, AGED 26 YEARS / AFTER FOUR DAYS ILLNESS AND WAS BURIED IN THE GARDEN / BELONGING TO MADAM FERRARO IN THAT ISLAND / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN HARVEY, / AND THE OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP KINGFISHER / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR HEARTFELT SORROW FOR HIS LOSS / AND A MEMORIAL OF THEIR JUST APPRECIATION / OF HIS PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES; / OF THEIR ESTEEM AND REGARD FOR ONE WHO WAS / ENDEARED TO THEM AND TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM / BY HIS DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL VIRTUES'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Centaur, HMS Kingfisher

People

Rook, Charles Devonport
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/7/1850
Cause of Death: Tropical illness
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Mrs M. Catty

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  "location": "Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES DEVONPORT ROOK / SON OF JOHN SYMONS, OF DEVONPORT / LATE AN ASSISTANT SURGEON ON HER MAJESTY'S SHIP KINGFISHER / WHO DIED ON BOARD HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CENTAUR / WHILE LYING IN WEST BAY, PRINCE'S ISLAND, COAST OF AFRICA / ON THE 27TH DAY OF JULY 1850, AGED 26 YEARS / AFTER FOUR DAYS ILLNESS AND WAS BURIED IN THE GARDEN / BELONGING TO MADAM FERRARO IN THAT ISLAND / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CAPTAIN HARVEY, / AND THE OFFICERS OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP KINGFISHER / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR HEARTFELT SORROW FOR HIS LOSS / AND A MEMORIAL OF THEIR JUST APPRECIATION / OF HIS PROFESSIONAL ABILITIES; / OF THEIR ESTEEM AND REGARD FOR ONE WHO WAS / ENDEARED TO THEM AND TO ALL WHO KNEW HIM / BY HIS DOMESTIC AND SOCIAL VIRTUES'",
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Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating Robert Moulton d. 1652

Location

Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'HERE LIETH THE BODY OF ROBERT / MOULTON ESQ: LATE ONE OF THE / COMMISSIONERS FOR THE NAVIE HE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 22 OF SEP= / TEMBER 1652 & LEFT ISSUE THREE / SONNES ROBERT JAMES AND RAN= / DALL WHICH HE HAD BY HIS ONELY / WIFE KATHEREN MOULTON WHOE / SURVIVED HIM.'

Details

Description: An off-white rectangular tablet bearing the inscription, below a painted coat of arms.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Stone

People

Moulton, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 22/9/1652
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval commissioner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Captain Moulton succeeded William Willoughby as naval commssioner at Portsmouth, and their memorials are next to each other in the cathedral. The memorial is at the very far end of the cathedral on the right, beyond the altar and pulpit.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

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  "transcript": "'HERE LIETH THE BODY OF ROBERT / MOULTON ESQ: LATE ONE OF THE / COMMISSIONERS FOR THE NAVIE HE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 22 OF SEP= / TEMBER 1652 & LEFT ISSUE THREE / SONNES ROBERT JAMES AND RAN= / DALL WHICH HE HAD BY HIS ONELY / WIFE KATHEREN MOULTON WHOE / SURVIVED HIM.'",
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    "bibliography": "",
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant William Rivers RN d. 1856

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of/Lieut William Rivers RN, / who died / on the 5th December 1856 / aged 68 / he was / 50 years a Lieutenant in the / Royal Navy / served in three engagements and / lost his leg on board HMS Victory / at Trafalgar / was the first adjutant appointed to / Greenwich Hospital / the duties of which office he / faithfully performed / for 27 years / also of/Emma and Elizabeth Clay / daughters of the above / who died at Greenwich Hospital / the former on the 10th December 1828 / and the latter / on the 16th March 1831 / Both aged 13 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Rivers, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 5/12/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital memorial inscriptions 99618. Commissioned as lieutenant in 1806. Rivers lost a leg at Trafalgar.

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  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory of/Lieut William Rivers RN, / who died / on the 5th December 1856 / aged 68 / he was / 50 years a Lieutenant in the / Royal Navy / served in three engagements and / lost his leg on board HMS Victory / at Trafalgar / was the first adjutant appointed to / Greenwich Hospital / the duties of which office he / faithfully performed / for 27 years / also of/Emma and Elizabeth Clay / daughters of the above / who died at Greenwich Hospital / the former on the 10th December 1828 / and the latter / on the 16th March 1831 / Both aged 13 years'",
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    "notes": "PRO Greenwich Hospital memorial inscriptions 99618. Commissioned as lieutenant in 1806. Rivers lost a leg at Trafalgar.",
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London commemorating Joseph Westwood d. 1883 shipbuilder

Location

Tower Hamlets Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY / OF / JOSEPH WESTWOOD / BORN 12TH NOVEMBER 1818 / DIED 7TH AUGUST 1883 / "WELL DONE THOU GOOD AND FAITHFUL / SERVANT ENTER THOU INTO THE JOY OF / THY LORD" ALSO...'

Details

Description: In size and style of a medieval market cross except that the finials are metal with a gothic canopy and spire sheltering a female figure.

People

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Extra

Notes: Shipbuilder and engineer at Millwall. Also commemorates his wife and daughter both named Joanna.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) pp. 271-272.

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    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) pp. 271-272.",
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Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Captain Thomas Knox Owen RN d. 1851

Location

Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Firebrand

People

Knox, Thomas Owen
Age: 48
Date of Death: 29/4/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating  Captain Thomas Knox Owen RN d. 1851</p>",
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Peter Barclay d. 1853

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Peter Barclay of Belfast died 22nd October 1853 aged 29'

Details

People

Barclay, Peter
Age: 29
Date of Death: 22/10/1853
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. 8, p. 327. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: J.P. Brand

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St Cynwyl's Church, Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at St Cynwyl’s Church, Aberporth, Ceredigion commemorating David Thomas d. 1861

Location

St Cynwyl's Church, Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'David Thomas, master mariner of Aberporth died 16 Aug 1861 aged 82'

Details

People

Thomas, David
Age:
Date of Death: 16/8/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974

JSON

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  "transcript": "'David Thomas, master mariner of Aberporth died 16 Aug 1861 aged 82'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Cynwyl’s Church, Aberporth, Ceredigion commemorating David Thomas d. 1861</p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Page d. 1903

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM NICHOLAS PAGE / A.B. H.M.S. 'Agincourt' / died / 5th Oct'r 1903 aged 21'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 328
Vessel: HMS Agincourt

People

Page, William Nicholas
Age: 21
Date of Death: 5/10/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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  "transcript": "'WILLIAM NICHOLAS PAGE / A.B. H.M.S. 'Agincourt' / died / 5th Oct'r 1903 aged 21'",
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Captain John Jones d. 1894

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of / Capt John Jones / Late of Mount Pleasant, Aberporth / Who lost his life while on a voyage / from Londonderry to Cardiff / Decr 21st 1894 aged 53 years / Also Mary Jones / beloved wife of the above / who passed away May 10th 1910 /aged 57 years / For my thoughts are not your thoughts / Neither are your ways my ways / Also Edith Lillian / dearly loved daughter of the above/ Died Jan 24th 1936.'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone

People

Jones, John
Age: 53
Date of Death: 21/12/1894
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters