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Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

St Mary’s Cemetery, St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai, India commemorating Captain John Urquhart HEIC, d. 1805

Location

Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Captain John Urquhart, aged 27 years, late commander of the ship St George.'

Details

Position: Compound, St Mary's Church
Vessel: St George

People

Urquhart, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/5/1805
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander; poet
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: Julian James Cotton 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Madras, 1905) p.40.

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Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet at Ripon Cathedral commemorating Lieutenant Robert James Darley Waddilove RN d. 1844

Location

Cathedral, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL / BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST. HEBREWS VI. 19. / SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUTT. ROBERT JAMES DARLEY WADDILOVE R.N. OF H.M.S. AMERICA, / WHO DIED AT SEA OCTR. 7TH. 1844 WITHIN A FEW DAYS SAIL OF VALPARAISO. / HIS REMAINS ARE COMMITTED TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, / TILL THAT GREAT DAY WHEN EARTH AND SEA SHALL GIVE UP THEIR DEAD. / AGED 25 YEARS, 13 OF WHICH WERE SPENT IN H.M. SERVICE. / HE WAS BORN AT THORP MAY 12TH. 1819 / THE ELDEST GRANDSON OF THE VERY REVD. R.D. WADDILOVE D.D. / MANY YEARS DEAN OF THIS CHURCH. / THIS SLAB IS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY / BY HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS, APRIL 1ST. 1845'

Details

Description: A polished black marble wall slab with pyramidal head, on which is superimposed a polished white marble tablet. The rectangular inscription panel has two brackets below a projecting shelf, a stepped cornice and a pyramidal head in which is carved in low relief a warship at sea.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North transept
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Nelsons, Carlisle
Vessel: HMS America

People

Waddilove, Robert James Darley
Age: 25
Date of Death: 7/10/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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  "transcript": "'WHICH HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL / BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST. HEBREWS VI. 19. / SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUTT. ROBERT JAMES DARLEY WADDILOVE R.N. OF H.M.S. AMERICA, / WHO DIED AT SEA OCTR. 7TH. 1844 WITHIN A FEW DAYS SAIL OF VALPARAISO. / HIS REMAINS ARE COMMITTED TO THE DEPTHS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, / TILL THAT GREAT DAY WHEN EARTH AND SEA SHALL GIVE UP THEIR DEAD. / AGED 25 YEARS, 13 OF WHICH WERE SPENT IN H.M. SERVICE. / HE WAS BORN AT THORP MAY 12TH. 1819 / THE ELDEST GRANDSON OF THE VERY REVD. R.D. WADDILOVE D.D. / MANY YEARS DEAN OF THIS CHURCH. / THIS SLAB IS DEDICATED TO HIS MEMORY / BY HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS, APRIL 1ST. 1845'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at Ripon Cathedral commemorating Lieutenant Robert James Darley Waddilove RN d. 1844</p>",
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    "position": "North transept",
    "materials": "Black and white marble",
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    "artists": "Nelsons, Carlisle",
    "vessel": "HMS America"  },
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Stephen Powley RN d. 1864

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Stephen POWLEY, A.B. of H.M.S. 'Tartar', who died May 21st. 1864, aged 2[5] years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Tartar

People

Powley, Stephen
Age: 25?
Date of Death: 21/5/1864
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

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  "id": "M181",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Stephen POWLEY, A.B. of H.M.S. 'Tartar', who died May 21st. 1864, aged 2[5] years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Stephen Powley RN d. 1864</p>",
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
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St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Memorial in St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon commemorating John Howard d. 1866

Location

St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Transcript

'AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JOHN HOWARD / GUNNER IN H.M. ROYAL MARINE / ARTILLERY. HE SERVED DURING THE / WAR IN CHINA AND ALSO IN THE SOUTH / NEARLY NINE YEARS. AND / DIED OF CONSUMPTION AT DAWLISH / SEPTEMBER 20TH 1866 / AGED 26 YEARS / "I have fought the good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith"'

Details

Type: Headstone
Materials: Limestone

Event

Second China War

Event Date

1857-1860

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Howard, John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 20/9/1866
Cause of Death: Consumption
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: S.W. Maritime History Society 1994

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  "location": "St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JOHN HOWARD / GUNNER IN H.M. ROYAL MARINE / ARTILLERY.  HE SERVED DURING THE / WAR IN CHINA AND ALSO IN THE SOUTH / NEARLY NINE YEARS. AND / DIED OF CONSUMPTION AT DAWLISH / SEPTEMBER 20TH 1866 / AGED 26 YEARS / \"I have fought the good fight. I have finished my course. I have kept the faith\"'",
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    "recorder": "S.W. Maritime History Society 1994",
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Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain John White, d. 1853 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Location

Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'John WHITE, captain and owner of this Port, Died at Rio de JENEIRO [sic], Feby 20th 1853 aged 59 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

White, John
Age: 59
Date of Death: 20/2/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master. Shipowner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

JSON

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  "location": "Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'John WHITE, captain and owner of this Port, Died at Rio de JENEIRO [sic], Feby 20th 1853 aged 59 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain John White, d. 1853 at Rio de Janeiro,  Brazil</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978",
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}

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Captain Roger Whidbey d. 1795

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lies / the body of Captain / Roger Whidbey, of the / Ship Golden Lion transport, / who departed this life / the 28th day of June 1795, / in the forty third year of his age'

Details

Vessel: Golden Lion

People

Whidbey, Roger
Age: 43
Date of Death: 28/6/1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.79.

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  "post_id": "3736",
  "id": "M5121",
  "location": "Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Here lies / the body of Captain / Roger Whidbey, of the / Ship Golden Lion transport, / who departed this life / the 28th day of June 1795, / in the forty third year of his age'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Captain Roger Whidbey d. 1795</p>",
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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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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  "id": "M1018",
  "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...'",
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    "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.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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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

Extra

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  "transcript": "",
  "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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  "location": "Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Captain Peter Barclay of Belfast died 22nd October 1853 aged 29'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Peter Barclay d. 1853</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "J.P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "location": "St Cynwyl's Church, Aberporth, Ceredigion, Wales",
  "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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters