Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating James Thomas Colyer d. 1904
Location
East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'JAMES / THOMAS COLYER, / LATE MESSMAN RN COLLEGE GREENWICH. / ENTERED INTO REST / 3RD SEPTEMBER 1904 / AGED 52 YEARS / ”PEACE PERFECT PEACE” / ALSO HIS BELOVED WIFE / FREDERICA / … FELL ASLEEP 30TH JULY 1936 / AGED 82 YEARS'
Details
Description: Cross on stepped plinth with top broken off and laid flat on the grave. Type: Cross Materials: Stone
People
Colyer, James Thomas Age: 52 Date of Death: 3/9/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Messman Organisation: Royal Naval College, Greenwich
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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988 Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Captain William Wakelin, RN, d. 1705
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the world
Transcript
'Here Lyeth ye body of Capt. William WAKELIN, Late Commander of her Majesty's Ship ye 'Suffolk', who departed this life, ye 7th of October 1705. Aged 46 years'
Details
Vessel: HMS Suffolk
People
Wakelin, William Age: 46 Date of Death: 7/10/1705 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata commemorating William Jackson, Thomas Lawrence and John Whitlock, RN d. 1840
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In Memory of William Jackson / Boatswain H.M.S. 'Conway' died 22nd / February 1840 aged 33 years and 4 mns / Also Thomas Lawrence aged 30 / and John Whitelock aged 32 / Seamen of the above ship who died 4th and 5th February 1840.'
Details
Vessel: HMS Conway
People
Jackson, William Age: 33 Date of Death: 22/2/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Royal Navy Lawrence, Thomas Age: 30 Date of Death: 4/2/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Whitelock, John Age: 32 Date of Death: 5/2/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.174.
Memorial at Holyhead cemetery commemorating those lost in HMS ‘Thetis’ 1939
Location
Cemetery, Holyhead, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF THE CIVILIANS WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES IN HMS THETIS ON 1ST JUNE 1939...'
Details
Description: Pylon carved with a sword rising from the waves, a foul anchor on the base. The names of the 99 casualties are carved on a sloping slab in front. Type: Monument Materials: Granite Vessel: HMS Thetis
Extra
Notes: The submarine sunk with the loss of most of those on board but the vessel itself was salvaged and recommissioned. Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p.156. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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
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Notes: Originally buried in Henry VII Chapel, then exhumed in 1661 and reburied in the churchyard.
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
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
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:
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'
Evans, Arthur Age: 51 Date of Death: 23/10/1775 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Supercargo HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters