Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Thomas Russ, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1823
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Mr Thomas Russ / late master in the H.C. Pilot Service; obit 15th March 1823, aged 39 years. / Erected by his afflicted widow.'
Details
People
Russ, Thomas Age: 39 Date of Death: 15/3/1823 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.134.
Gravestone at Priory Church, Porchester, Hampshire, commemorating Thomas Goble d. 1869
Location
Priory Church, Porchester, Hampshire, England
Transcript
Gravestone] 'In Memory of / Mary Eliza / the Wife of / Thomas Goble / died April 8th 1869 / Aged 60 / Also / Thomas Goble Esq. / who died Dec.5th 1869 / Aged 89' [Recent plaque on grave] 'BENEATH THIS SPOT / LIE THE EARTHLY REMAINS OF / THOMAS GOBLE ESQUIRE (1780-1869) / SOMETIME SEAMAN, CLARK, MASTER'S MATE, / PURSER AND ADMIRAL'S SECRETARY / IN HIS MAJESTY KING GEPRGE'S NAVY, / TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF / HIS BELOVED WIFE OF FORTY-SEVEN YEARS, / MARY ELIZABETH, NEE GOODEVE (1801-1869). / DURING THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN / THE BRITISH FLEET AND THE COMBINED FLEETS / OF FRANCE AND SPAIN OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR / ON THE TWENTY-FIRST OF OCTOBER 1805, / AS A MASTER'S MATE ABOARD NELSON'S FLAGSHIP, / THE VICTORY, AND FOLLOWING THE DEATHS OF / THE ADMIRAL'S SECRETARY, JOHN SCOTT, AND / THOMAS WHIPPLE, CLARK TO CAPTAIN HARDY / THOMAS GOBLE WAS CALLED UPON / FOR A SHORT SPACE OF TIME / TO BECOME THE LAST SECRETARY TO / VICE ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, / AND SECRETARY TO HIS FLEET.'
Details
Description: Gothic headstone with pillar either side. Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard Materials: Marble
Event
Battle of Trafalgar,
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Goble, Thomas Age: 89 Date of Death: 8/4/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Purser Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at the British Cemetery, Cephalonia, Greece commemorating Arthur Edwin Dawson RN d. 1862
Location
British Cemetery, Cephalonia, Greece, Rest of the World
Transcript
'TO THE / MEMORY / OF ARTHUR EDWIN DAWSON / OF HMS MARLBOROUGH / DIED JUNE 1 1862. AGED 18 / HE FELL FROM ALOFT IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY / WHAT RECKS HE NOW, CAN HE FEEL THE RAYS / THIS SULTRY SUN SHEDS O'ER HIM / OR SHARE THE GRIEF THAT MAY CLOUD THE DAYS / OF THE FRIENDS WHO NOW DEPLORE HIM / NO: HIS BARK'S AT ANCHOR, HER SAILS ARE FURLED / ESCAP'D THE STORMS DEEP CHIDING / AND SAFE FROM THE BUFFETING WAVES OF THE WORLD / IN A HAVEN OF REST IS RIDING'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Stone Vessel: HMS Marlborough
People
Dawson, Arthur Edwin Age: 18 Date of Death: 4/6/1862 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Michael Armstrong 'Set in Stone', 'Family Tree Magazine'May 2004, p. 16.
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Debenham, Suffolk commemorating Captain William Dove, MN, d.1931
Location
St Mary's Church, Debenham, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Captain William Edward Dove, Merchant Navy, who died in 1931 'he sailed round the world twenty one times' Also his son Edward William Dove who died in 1920 after serving his country in the four years of war'
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People
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Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating the men of HMS ‘Medea’ who died in 1854 and 1855
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'H.M. Steam Sloop 'Medea', Commr Augustus Phillimore, died betw. Augt. 8 & Sep 22, 1854: / John CANTER Captain's Coxswain off Havannah / John WHITE Armourer at sea / Robt. LUCAS Ord. Seam at sea / Hen. SPARKES O.S. at Port Royal / Wm. WHAYPOOL Leading stoker Port Royal / Joseph WARN Boy Port Royal / Wm SMITH Boy Port Royal / Willm. ROBERTS Royal Marine Samana, Augt 5 1855'
Details
Vessel: HMS Medea
People
Canter, John Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain's coxswain Organisation: Royal Navy Lucas, Robert Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Roberts, William Age: Date of Death: 5/8/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marines Smith, William Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Sparkes, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Warn, Joseph Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Whaypool, William Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy White, John Age: Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Armourer Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).