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Crystal Palace District Cemetery, London, England

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.'

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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

Extra

Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 115.

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  "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.'",
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Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

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

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  "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'",
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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

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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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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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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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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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St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England

Cross in St Martin by Looe, Cornwall dedicated to Charles John Austen d. 1865

Location

St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Sophia Emma AUSTEN who died at West Looe 11th October 1913 aged 88 years. Peace perfect peace. Also Charles John AUSTEN RN husband of the above who died and was buried at sea January 12 1865 aged 44 years'.

Details

Description: Cross with kerbs and chippings.

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard

People

Austen, Charles John
Age: 44
Date of Death: 12/1/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Cuthberts Burial Ground, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland

Wall monument in St Cuthbert’s Burial Ground, Edinburgh to Lieutenant Alexander Kerr RN d. 1872 and Lieutenant John Kerr RN d. 1875

Location

St Cuthberts Burial Ground, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'JOHN HARRY MAULE / INFANT SON OF / CHARLES M. KERR ESQ / DIED 31ST JANUARY 1860 / AGED 10 MONTHS / CHARLIE THE BELOVED / ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF / CHAS M. KERR WHO DIED AT / MANITOBA CANADA / ON 11TH OCTOBER 1883 AGED 31 / ALEXANDER ROBERT KERR / LIEUT R.N. / DIED AT MALTA 30TH DECR 1872 / AGED 28/ JOHN GEORGE FORMAN KERR / LIEUT R.N / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 8th APRIL 1875 / AGED 26 / [ONLY SON?] OF / ADMIRAL R KERR[?] CECILIA / HIS DAUGHTER / [WIFE?] OF [CAPTAIN...ON] / DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY / DIED AT ...INDIA / 12 JULY 1882 / MARGARET ELIZABETH / WIFE OF ADMIRAL ROBERT KERR / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 27TH AUGUST 1894 AGED 84'

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Type: Wall monument
Position: East of gate at Kingstables Rd. Monument faces south overlooking a B.R.Railway. Tunnel below to west of Edinburgh Castle. 10 yds from edge of tunnel
Materials: Yellow sandstone- crumbling in places, White marble inset bottom central
Artists: Ritchie

People

Kerr, Alexander Robert
Age: 28
Date of Death: 30/12/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kerr, John George Forman
Age: 26
Date of Death: 8/4/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: See DOSSIER for other family members.

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  "location": "St Cuthberts Burial Ground, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters