Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Henry Jenkins RN d. 1813 and Lieutenant Richard Jenkins Tregent RN d. 1812
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Captain HENRY JENKINS of the Royal Navy / late a Captain of Greenwich Hospital / who died the 10th of November 1813 / in the 50th year of his Age / Also of Lieut. RICHARD JENKINS TREGENT / of the Royal Navy Nephew to the above / who died the 20th of Dec. 1812 / in the 22nd Year of his Age / his Remains are deposited in the Vault of this Burial Ground'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum (rear wall)
People
Jenkins, Henry Age: 49 Date of Death: 10/11/1813 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Tregent, Richard Jenkins Age: 21 Date of Death: 20/12/1812 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London, commemorating Captain Peter Parker RN d. 1814
Captain Peter Parker d. 1814
Location
St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'In the pious Hope of a glorious Resurrection, Pursued through Virtue, Faith and Valour / Here lie interred the Mortal Remains of / SIR PETER PARKER, Baronet, Aged XXVIII Years; / Captain of His Majesty's frigate Menelaus, / An accomplished Officer, and Seaman, who after landing with a part of his Crew, on the coast of AMERICA, / defeated an Enemy supported by Cavalry and Artillery, three times the number of his own Forces; / and in the moment of VICTORY, received a mortal wound, under which he continued to cheer his Men to follow up their triumph, until sinking under its fatal result, he fell into the arms of the Companions of his Glory, / and bravely surrendered on the Field of Battle, his own gallant Spirit to the Mercy of Heaven / He was the lineal descendant of three distinguished British Admirals; of whose Virtues and Valour, he was / alike the Inheritor. His great Grandfather was Admiral CHRISTOPHER PARKER. He was the eldest son of / Admiral CHARLES PARKER whose Father was the late Sir PETER PARKER Bart of Basinbourn Hall Essex / Admiral of the Fleet; and his maternal Uncle was the Honorable Admiral BYRON. / After fifteen years of active and intrepid toil in the service of his Country emulating the Heroism of / his Ancestry, he thus gloriously closed his earthly career Augt 30 1814 / The Officers and Crew of His Majesty's Ship Menelaus, on their return home, in testimony of their deep / affliction at the fall of their beloved Commander, and of their affection for his Memory, have erected / this Monument, as well to commemorate their grief, and reverence for those Virtues which so justly, endeared him to his Ship's company, as to attest to future times, their admiration of that / heroic Valour which distinguished him in Life and enobled him in Death. / STAT SUA CUIQUE DIES; BREVE ET IRREPARIBILE TEMPUS / OMNIBUS EST VITAE; SED FAMAM EXTENDERE FACTIS / HOC VIRTUTIS OPUS. -VIRG.'
Details
Description: Above the inscription tablet, a sarcophagus-shaped tablet on paw feet with a relief showing the dying Parker supported by two seamen. Marines firing at the enemy to the right, stern of ship to left. Naval trophies above to left, in the centre an oval profile of Parker supported by a full-length figure of Menelaus seated to the right. Type: Wall tablet Position: West end of north aisle Materials: Marble Artists: Christopher Prosperi Vessel: HMS Menelaus
Event
War of 1812
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Parker, Peter Age: 28 Date of Death: 30/8/1814 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: See poem by Byron begining 'There is a tear for all that die' DOSSIER (NADFAS). Captain Royal Navy HMS 'Menelaus', killed in action while landing troops on USA coast.
Bibliography: A.E. Daniell 'London Riverside Churches' (London, 1897) p. 171. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1998 Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Captain Charles Grey, d. 1835
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Captain Charles Gray, / of the Country Service, who departed this life 2nd / January 1835, aged 45 years. / This stone is erected by a sincere and / attached friend.'
Details
People
Gray, Charles Age: 45 Date of Death: 2/1/1835 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Country ships were privately owned vessels trading in the coastal waters of India and neighbouring countries. From 1790 they operated under license from the East India Company.
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.113.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Benjamin Dodson d. 1907
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'Erected to the memory / of / Benjamin Dodson / as a token of regard / by the officials and staff / of the Cardiff Channel Dry / Docks and Pontoon Co Ltd / Who died April 22 1907 / Aged 57 years / Also of? Benjamin / grandson of the above / Died July 19th 1911 / aged 5 years.'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Dodson, Benjamin Age: 57 Date of Death: 22/4/1907 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Cardiff Channel Dry Docks and Pontoon Co Ltd
Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Robert Tomlinson, RM, d. 1857
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘SACRED / to the memory of / R. Tomlinson R.M. / of / HM Surveying / Schooner ‘SARACEN’ / Who Departed This Life / 19 March 1857 / Aged 29 years / This tablet was erected / by his shipmates as a to / ken of respect.'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: North Wall N57 C68 Artists: C. Perreau [signed] Vessel: HMS Saracen
People
Tomlinson, Robert Age: 29 Date of Death: 19/3/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Cause of death 'suspected poisoning'. Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 209.
Memorial at Nevodchikov’s Point, Viluchinsk, Kamchatka Region, Russia commemorating Rear-Admiral David Powell Price RN d. 1854 and Lieutenant M. Bourasset, Imperial French Navy d. 1854
Location
Nevodchikov's Point, Viluchinsk, Kamchatka Region, Russia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of David Powell Price / Esquire, Rear Admiral of the Royal Fleet / French Lieutenant M. Bourasset /and mariners of allied Anglo-French Squadron / killed in the battle off Petropaulovski / August-September 1854'
Details
Description: Cross, anchor and inscribed plaque. Type: Cross Materials: Marble, iron
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1853-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Bourasset, M. Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: French Navy Price, David Powell Age: 64 Date of Death: 30/8/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The memorial was paid for by local people, the project masterminded by Yury Zavrazhny.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
