Wall tablet in St Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, commemorating Captain John Edridge RN d. 1856
Location
St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN EDRIDGE, CAPTAIN R.N. / OF POCKEREDGE IN THIS PARISH / WHO DIED 6 JANUARY, 1856, AGED 67 / ALSO OF KITTY BOND, HIS WIFE / OF MARGARETTING, ESSEX / WHO DIED DECEMBER, 1827 AGED 27. / ALSO OF SAMUEL FOYSTER YOCKNEY / OF TORRINGTON SQUARE, LONDON / WHO DIED 27TH OCTOBER 1856 AT RAMSGATE, AGED 67. / ALSO OF ELINOR MARY / SECOND DAUGHTER OF JOHN AND KITTY EDRIDGE / WHO DIED 1ST NOVEMBER, 1851, AGED 24 / ALSO OF ELINOR CONSTANCE / THIRD DAUGHTER OF JOHN EDRIDGE / WHO DIED JUNE 1853, AGED 17 / ALSO OF ELINOR MARY / SECOND DAUGHTER OF AUGUSTUS AND CATHERINE YOCKNEY / WHO DIED 16 MAY, 1854 / ALSO OF AUGUSTUS YOCKNEY J.P. / OF POCKEREDGE IN THIS PARISH / WHO ENTERED INTO REST 23RD APRIL 1892 AGED 65 / ALSO OF CATHERINE, WIDOW OF AUGUSTUS YOCKNEY / OF POCKEREDGE IN THIS PARISH / WHO ENTERED INTO REST 21ST JANUARY, 1906 AGED 80.'
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Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave south wall Artists: Rogers, Bath
People
Edridge, John Age: 67 Date of Death: 6/1/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS), 1999
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, commemorating George Samuel Windsor Earl d. 1865
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE SAMUEL WINDSOR EARL / ASSISTANT RESIDENT COUNCILLOR, PENANG / AUTHOR OF 'EASTERN SEAS' AND OTHER WORKS / YOUNGER SON OF THE LATE PERCY EARL ESQ. SENIOR, OF HAMPSTEAD, ENGLAND / BORN FEBRUARY 10 1813 DIED AUGUST 9 1855.'
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Description: Tomb on plinth. Type: Tomb Materials: Stone
People
Earl, George Samuel Windsor Age: 52 Date of Death: 9/8/1865 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Merchant Captain in the East Indies and Australia, he was younger son of Percy Earl of Hampstead, born 10 Feb 1813. Author of 'The Eastern Seas' London 1837.
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326, (Greenwich, 1982).
Memorial at the Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Liverpool commemorating William James Lamport d. 1874
Location
The Ancient Chapel of Toxteth, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'William James Lamport, died 14th November 1874, age 59'
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People
Lamport, William James Age: 59 Date of Death: 14/11/1874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship owner Organisation:
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Notes: (Head of shipping line Lamport and Holt), from an MS in Liverpool. Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson, d. 1886, vol. 5, p. 714. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Henry Hudson d. 1819
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Here lies the body of Henry Hudson / who died 10th April 1819 aged 32 years late seamen [sic] on board the brig Danube / of Sunderland, Capt John Stephenson / this stone was erected / by his loveing [sic] shipmates'
Details
Vessel: Danube
People
Hudson, Henry Age: 32 Date of Death: 10/4/1819 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation:
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Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.66.
Memorial at St Thomas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating William Abraham Jones and William Ward d. 1841
Location
St Thomas's Church, Park Lane, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'William Abraham Jones and William Ward who were unfortunately drowned when pleasuring on the River Mersey 15th May 1841 Upon that fatal morn the youths arose / they knew no guile, they therefore felt no dread, / They little knew that e'er next morning dawn / they would be numbered with the silent dead'
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People
Jones, William Abraham Age: Date of Death: 15/5/1841 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Ward, William Age: Date of Death: 15/5/1841 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 688. Church closed in 1905. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial at Church of St Mary Lowgate, Hull commemorating John Bannister d. 1873
Location
Church of St Mary Lowgate, Hull, England
Transcript
'John Bannister, collector of Dues to the Dock Company in whose service he was for 22 years, also one of the congregation of this church upwards of 37 years. He died November 9th 1840 aged 51. Catherine his wife died November 18 1873 aged 78'
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People
Bannister, John Age: 51 Date of Death: 9/11/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Collector of Dues Organisation: Hull Dock Company
Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain William Browell RN d. 1831
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Captain William Browell / of the Royal Navy / Lieutenant Governor of Greenwich Hospital / who died the 21st July 1831 aged 72 years / Also to the memory of Mary Browell, the beloved wife of the above / who died the 19th September 1809 aged 51 years / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord/from henceforth, yea, saith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them"'
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Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)
People
Browell, William Age: 72 Date of Death: 21/7/1831 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Governor Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
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Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war, transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
