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St Michael's Church, Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial in St Michael’s Church, Rudbaxton commemorating Lieutenant J. Warlow d. 1827

Location

St Michael's Church, Rudbaxton, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of Lieutenant J Warlow, grandson of the late Thomas Picton of Payston in this parish Esq who after residence of eight years in the East Indies where he served in the army of a native prince with honour and credit retired to England for his health and entered the British Navy. His profession called him to the West Indies where he soon fell a sacrifice to Yellow Fever on 28 Janry 1827'

Details

Position: Lady Chapel

People

Warlow, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 28/1/1827
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Stone also commemorates his mother Catherine Warlow.
Recorder: David Saunders 1983
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Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon, England

Gravestone at Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon commemorating Amos Morgan d. 1876

Location

Embankment Road Cemetery, Kingsbridge, Devon, England

Transcript

'"I WILL RAISE HIM UP AT THE LAST DAY" IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / AMOS MORGAN / WHO WAS DROWNED MARCH 2, 1876, / AGED 36 YEARS. ALSO SARAH HIS WIFE, / WHO FELL ASLEEP NOV. 19. 1914, / AGED 76 YEARS / THEY ARE GONE FROM PAIN AND SORROW / THEY ARE GONE FROM TOIL AND CARE / THEY ARE GONE TO BE WITH JESUS / AND WE HOPE TO MEET THEM THERE'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Morgan, Amos
Age: 36
Date of Death: 2/3/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Lyn Collins
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St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island commemorating Captain William Bate RM d. 1838

Location

St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN EDWARD BATES [incorrect] ROYAL MARINES / FOR 10 YEARS COMMANDANT OF THIS ISLAND / WHO DIED OF FEVER AT NORTH EAST COTTAGE / 14th APRIL 1838 / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED ON THE REDUCTION OF THE ISLAND / IN 1882 AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION FOR HIS ENERGY / AND SKILL IN CARRYING OUT MANY VALUABLE WORKS / TO WHICH THE ISLAND STILL OWES MUCH OF ITS COMFORT / INTERRED IN THE GARRISON CEMETERY'

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass

People

Bate, William
Age:
Date of Death: 14/4/1838
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Died of influenza.
Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997
Photographer: Colette Bassford
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Monument at Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Admiral & General Robert Blake d. 1657

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF ROBERT BLAKE / ADMIRAL AND GENERAL / OF THE FLEET WHO / TRUSTING IN GOD AND / IN THE VALOUR OF HIS / COUNTRYMEN WROUGHT / GREAT VICTORIES FOR / ENGLAND AT SEA AND / WORTHILY MAINTAINED / THE HONOUR OF THE NATION / HE WAS BORN IN 1598 / AT BRIDGEWATER & DIED / DURING HIS LAST VOYAGE / HOME ON AUGUST 7TH 1657
"AND WHO DESIRED NO GREATER / WORLDLY HAPPINESS THAN TO / BE ACCOUNTED HONEST AND / FAITHFULL IN HIS EMPLOYMENT"'

Details

Description: Arms above, round relief of ship below
Type: Monument
Position: South choir aisle
Date Erected: 1945
Artists: G. Ledward

People

Blake, Robert
Age: 58
Date of Death: 7/8/1657
Cause of Death: War Wounds
Rank / Occupation: Admiral and General at Sea
Organisation: Commonwealth Navy

Extra

Notes: Originally buried in Henry VII Chapel, then exhumed in 1661 and reburied in the churchyard.
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Church, Batheaston, Bath, England

Tablet in Batheaston, Bath dedicated to Rear-Admiral Henry Mortlock Ommanney d. 1935,

Location

Church, Batheaston, Bath, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of My Beloved Husband Henry Mortlock Ommanney Pay. Rear Admiral Entered into Rest 14 June 1935 Aged 65'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: Near choir
Materials: Brass

People

Ommanney, Henry Mortlock
Age: 65
Date of Death: 14/6/1935
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1984
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Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Wall memorial in the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, commemorating Admiral Sir Max Kennedy Horton d. 1951

Location

Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool, England

Transcript

[Centre panel]'IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR MAX KENNEDY HORTON / G.C.B., D.S.O. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / WESTERN APPROACHES / 1942-1945 / BATH KING OF ARMS / FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF LIVERPOOL', [Right hand panel] 'May there never by wanting in this Realm men of like / Spirit and Imagination / Discipline and Valour / humble and unafraid / to serve England in her / + hour of need + / his Spirit Returns / to God who gave it.' [Right hand panel] 'My Lords Commissioners of / the Admiralty recall that you / assumed command of the / WESTERN APPROACHES at a time when the UNITED KINGDOM was subjected / to the most grievous attacks / in its history. On the successful / issue of the BATTLE OF THE / ATLANTIC depended the future of this EMPIRE and / indeed of the world.'

Details

Description: In a black architectural frame topped with a gold flame. A relief of Britannia above the inscription and a gold naval crown.


Type: Wall memorial
Position: South transept
Materials: White stone
Date Erected: 1957
Artists: Carter Preston

Event Category

1939 - 1945 Second World War

People

Horton, Max Kennedy
Age: 67
Date of Death: 30/7/1951
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Admiral Horton successfully combated the U-Boat threat in the mid-Atlantic.
Bibliography: W. S. Chalmers, ‘Horton, Sir Max Kennedy (1883–1951)’, rev. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/34001, accessed 7 June 2017]
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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St Bridget's Church, Bride, Isle of Man

Wall tablet in St Bridget’s Church, Bride, Isle of Man commemorating Captain Thomas Edwin Monier d. 1852

Location

St Bridget's Church, Bride, Isle of Man

Transcript

'In Memory of / CAPTAIN THOMAS EDWIN MONIER / OF THE SCHOONER HENRY CURWEN OF WORKINGTON / WHO DIED ON THE 22ND OF OCTOBER 1852 / ON HIS PASSAGE HOMEWARD FROM PORTO CABELLO / AGED 23 YEARS / YOUNG IN COMMAND, BELOVED BY ALL, / FRANK, OPEN-HEARTED, BRAVE: / FAR DISTANT IS HIS RESTING PLACE / BENEATH THE ATLANTIC WAVE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Porch
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Henry Curwen

People

Monier, Thomas Edwin
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/10/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Bartholomew's Church, Docklow, Herefordshire, England

Monument in Docklow, Herefordshire commemorating Arthur Evans HEIC d. 1775

Location

St Bartholomew's Church, Docklow, Herefordshire, England

Transcript

'Arthur Evans of Buckland Esq, Commander and Supercargo in the service of the Honble East India Company who died Oct 23 1775 in the 52nd year of his age. He married Mary, daughter of William and Sarah WELLS by whom he had issue...Sarah Wells died Decr 1776 aged 76'

Details

Type: Monument
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble

People

Evans, Arthur
Age: 51
Date of Death: 23/10/1775
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Supercargo HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery South Shields commemorating Joseph Wood d. 1854

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Wood, Joseph
Age: 47
Date of Death: 25/8/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Lost at sea in HM service. Interred Grimsby.
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Lieutenant Henry Gibbons RN d. 1830

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William Henry Gibbons Lieut RN son of Thomas and Mary Gibbons of the Oaks, Staffs. Died at Edge Hill Liverpool 14 December 1830 age 40'

Details

People

Gibbons, William Henry
Age: 40
Date of Death: 14/12/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 305. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J.P. Brand
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