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'
Details
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
Monument at St Maughold’s Church, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man commemorating Charles Voast d. 1853
Location
St Maughold's Church, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF CAPT / CHARLES VOAST / FOR MANY YEARS / MASTER/OF THE SMACK / MONA CASTLE / TRADER BETWEEN / THE ISLE OF MAN / AND LIVERPOOL / AND LATE / HARBOUR MASTER OF / RAMSEY/WHO DIED 1ST OCT 1853 / AGED 79 YEARS / THIS MONUMENT / WAS ERECTED AS / A TOKEN OF RESPECT / BY A FEW FRIENDS / 1855'
Details
Description: Pillar carved with a coil of rope, a profile portrait of a smack. Below, hung from a peg are shipwrights tools -an adze, an axe and a caulking mallet. Type: Monument Position: Churchyard Vessel: Mona Castle
People
Voast, Charles Age: 79 Date of Death: 1/10/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master; Harbour Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Inscription recorded by the Isle of Man Family History Society. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Ball, d. 1839, James Gibson and John Rice, US Navy.
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the Memory of / JOHN BALL / Boatswain U.S. Navy / who Died on Board the U.S.Ship / 'JOHN ADAMS’ / in SINGAPORE Roads March 16th 1839 / Aged 55 Years / This monument is erected by the Officers / of the U.S. Ship 'JOHN ADAMS’ / as a Tribute of Respect for his long / faithful devotion to the Service / of his Country and for Heroic Bravery / in the hour of Battle. / Along side of him lie two of his Ship-mates / JAMES GIBSON and JOHN RICE'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: South wall B154 Vessel: USS John Adams
Event
Second Sumatran Expedition
Event Date
1839
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Ball, John Age: 55 Date of Death: 16/3/1839 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: United States Navy Gibson, James Age: Unknown Date of Death: circa 1839 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: United States Navy Rice, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: circa 1839 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: United States Navy
Extra
Notes: See Second Sumatran Expedition. Punitive US expedition against Sumatra. Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 140.
Wall monument in at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Bartholomew Rowley, RN d. 1811 at Jamaica
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / BARTHOLOMEW SAMUEL ROWLEY, ESQ., / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / AND / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S / FLEET, AT JAMAICA; / WHO DIED ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER, A.D. 1811, / AGED 47. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE / OF AFFECTION BY HIS WIDOW / ARABELLA.'
Details
Description: White marble wall monument on a black marble base Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble
People
Rowley, Bartholomew Samuel Age: 47 Date of Death: 7/10/1811 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, commemorating Lieutenant Richard Simmonds RN d. 1814
Location
Royal Hospital Haslar, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred / To the Memory of / Lieut. RICHARD SIMMONDS / late of Haslar Hospital / who departed this life / the 14th day of March 1814... / ALSO / RICHARD and THOMAS / Lieuts R.N. sons of the above'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Garden of Remembrance Materials: Stone
People
Simmonds, Richard Age: 60 Date of Death: 14/3/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER including full biography. Headstone moved from the grave and propped against south wall. Recorder: R.G. Hart 2002