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.'
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Description: Headstone Type: Gravestone
People
Jones, John Age: 53 Date of Death: 21/12/1894 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Brass plaque in St Anne’s Church, Bowden Hill commemorating Captain John Neilson Gladstone RN d. 1863
Location
St Anne's Church, Bowden Hill, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'In sacred and affectionate memory of / John Neilson Gladstone / of Bowden Park. Third Son of / Sir John Gladstone Bart. of Basque N.B. / Member for Devises - A Magistrate and / Dep: Lieut: for Wilts. / This tablet was placed with the consent / of his Family by 127 of his / co-parishioners and neighbours by / contributions from one penny upwards to / record their gratitude for his pious liberality / in building this church at his sole expense / and further endowing it. / He was born January 18th 1807. / He died February 7th 1863 / His body rests in the church-yard. / Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord / Yea, that they may rest from their labours / and their works do follow them Rev. XIV'
Details
Description: Gothic tracery above the inscription tablet, an angel holds a scroll inscribed 'I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH'. Surrounded by a border of vine leaves and trefoils. Type: Brass Materials: Brass, stone
People
Gladstone, John Neilson Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1863 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Church built and endowed in thanksgiving for the birth of his son John Evelyn Gladstone. Restored by his direct descendants in 1957. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2001
Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant William Taylor RN d. 1833
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / Grace Wife of Lieutenant William Taylor / of the Royal Hospital / who departed this life on the 25th June 1827 in the 53rd year of her age / leaving her husband and six children / to cherish the memory of her many virtues / and to whom her loss was irreparable / she died as she had lived a most exemplary and pious Christian / So teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. / Her remains are deposited 6 feet / north west of this cemetery / Also of William Grees Taylor / son of the above who died 14th May 1831 aged 29 years / whose remains are interred / in a vault in St Mary's church / also of the above named William Taylor / who died 19 April 1833 aged 63 years / Their children shall rise up and call them blessed Prov XXX 1 chap 23'
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Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum
People
Taylor, William Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1833 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Also tombstone inscribed 'TAYLOR'. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
Memorial at Crystal Palace District Cemetery, London commemorating Robert Prout Saunders d. 1902
Location
Crystal Palace District Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'In Loving Memory of / IHS / ROSIE SARAH ELIZABETH DAWSON / BORN JANUARY 21ST 1888 - DIED NOVEMBER 11TH 1889 / DAUGHTER OF J.R. AND M.A. DAWSON / ALSO / ALBERT GEORGE SAUNDERS / BORN JANUARY 24TH 1853 - DIED FEBRUARY 17TH 1893 / GRAND-DAUGHTER AND SON OF R.P. SAUNDERS / LATE CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR H.M. DOCKYARD CHATHAM / ALSO / SARAH-ANN SAUNDERS / BORN JULY 18TH 1820 - DIED APRIL 25TH 1896 / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE R.P. SAUNDERS / HER LIFE WAS EXEMPLARY / HER END WAS PEACE / ALSO / ROBERT PROUT SAUNDERS / BORN FEBRUARY 8TH 1823 - DIED DECEMBER 24TH 1902 / PEACE PERFECT PEACE.'
Details
Description: Gothic shape, stone lead lettering. Type: Gravestone
People
Saunders, Robert Prout Age: 79 Date of Death: 24/12/1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief constructor Organisation: HM Dockyard, Chatham
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Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 115.
Wall tablet in the Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Lieutenant William Harvey, RN d. 1842
Location
Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England
Transcript
'S.M. of William Harvey, Esq., eldest son of the late Admiral Sir Henry Harvey, K.B., Died Sept. 10th, 1852, In the 80th year of his age. Also of his sons William and Richard, who died of yellow fever in the W. Indies; William, Lieut. R.N., of H.M.S. Tweed, at Antigua, Oct. 2nd, 1842, aged 28; and Richard, Lieut. Royal Artillery, at Jamaica, Oct. 20th, 1843, aged 22'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: South wall of nave Vessel: HMS Tweed
People
Harvey, William Age: 28 Date of Death: 2/10/1842 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Thomas Cooper Lapworth d. 1857
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In memory of Jonathan LAPWORTH who departed this life May 17th 1854). Also, Thomas Cooper LAPWORTH / Youngest son of the above, who was washed overboard / from the ship 'Arctic', while on her passage to New York / December 8th 1857, aged 18 years. / Let friends forbear to mourn and weep / For sweetly in the deep I sleep / This toilsome world I leave behind / A glorious crown I hope to find'
Lapworth, Thomas Cooper Age: 18 Date of Death: 8/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: T.C. Lapworth was apprenticed in 1853, serving on the 'Phoenix' Liverpool from 1853-1856. Liverpool City Record Office 352 CEM 1/3/6/ Seaman's Ticket no. 98727 (Ref. BT 116/54 at Public Record Office). The ship from which he fell would have been 'Arctic Hero', destined voyage Sunderland to New York (Lloyds Register, 1857; 813). Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988
