Memorial on the Victoria Embankment, London commemorating Samuel Plimsoll d. 1898
Location
Victoria Embankment, London, England
Transcript
'SAMUEL PLIMSOLL / BORN 1824 DIED 1898 / ERECTED BY THE MEMBERS / OF THE NATIONAL UNION OF / SEAMEN IN GRATEFUL / RECOGNITION OF HIS / SERVICES TO THE / MEN OF THE SEA / OF ALL NATIONS'
Details
Description: A granite plinth with a bronze bust of Plimsoll on top, below a ship in relief above a cartouche with the inscription and a plimsoll line, flanked by bronze figure of a seaman holding a wreath and Justice holding a wreath, sword and scales. Type: Memorial Materials: Bronze, granite Date Erected: 1929 Artists: F. V. Blundstone
People
Plimsoll, Samuel Age: Date of Death: 3/6/1898 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Campaigner for safety at sea Organisation:
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating James Black, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1842
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Mr James Black, Branch Pilot, / who departed this life on the 21st July / 1842 aged 44, / and his son-in-law Mr. William Duncan, son of / the late Doctor Joseph Duncan, 45th Regt. / who died at Gazeepore 28th June 1844 / aged 25 years / Reader, pause and reflect for a while, / This is the sure place to rest from toil; / With sickness we were sore oppress'd / Kind death has eas'd us, we lie here at rest.' / This tablet is erected in testimony of great affection; / for her father and husband; by Louisa Matilda Duncan.'
Details
People
Black, James Age: 44 Date of Death: 21/7/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Branch Pilot Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
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Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.117.
Wall tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Sir Edward Codrington d. 1851
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B., / BORN 27TH APRIL 1770, DIED 28TH OF APRIL 1851. / HE ENTERED THE NAVY 1783; / WAS LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. 'QUEEN CHARLOTTE' IN THE BATTLE OF THE IST JUNE 1794; / COMMANDER IN THE ACTION OF THE 23RD JUNE 1795; / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S.'ORION' IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 21ST OCTOBER 1805; / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S.'BLAKE' IN THE SCHELDT, AND ON THE EAST COAST OF SPAIN 1809-13; / SERVED ON THE COAST OF N.AMERICA 1814. / HE WAS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ALLIED FLEETS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE, AND RUSSIA, / IN THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, 20TH OCTOBER 1827'
Details
Description: Carved above the inscription, a profile portrait below a naval crown inscribed 'NAVARIN', the Codrington arms at the bottom of the tablet. Type: Wall tablet Position: Crypt Materials: White marble Artists: Albert Bruce Joy
Event
Battle of Navarino
Event Date
1827
People
Codrington, Edward Age: Date of Death: 28/4/1851 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: A similar monument in St Peter's, Eaton Square, where Codrington at St Peter's, Eaton Square, though the crypt has now been cleared. His remains were moved to Brookwood Cemetery. Bibliography: Peter Hore ‘Nelson’s Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials’ (Barnsley, 2015) p. 116. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating John Cleal RN d. 1918 in the Zeebrugge Raid
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'Erected / by public subscription / to the honoured memory of / Stoker John Cleal R.N. / Beloved son of George & Mary Cleal / Died of wounds received at Zeebrugge / April 23, 1918, aged 23 years / Died doing his duty to God and man.'
Details
Description: A cross on a plinth. An anchor is carved on the base of the plinth and a ship is carved on the cross. Type: Cross Vessel: HMS Iphigenia
Event
Zeebrugge Raid
Event Date
1918
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Cleal, John Age: 23 Date of Death: 23/4/1918 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating James Merrifield d. 1898
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving memory / of / James Merrifield / Master Mariner / drowned at sea Sept 22nd 1898 / Aged 62 years / Also of / Louisa Jane / wife of the above / Who died Oct 26th 1905 / Aged 68 years / Abide with me / Also of / Henry Alfred Merrett / Died April 15th 1936 / Aged 76 years / And of his wife / Emma Jane / Died Sept 23rd 1939 / Aged 73 years / Also of George / Beloved son of the above / Died Calcutta may 19th 1947 / aged 46 years.'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Merrifield, James Age: 73 Date of Death: 22/9/1898 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating James Robbins d. 1873, Harbour Master
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / memory of / Susan Robins / of Cardiff / Who died Aug 24. 1869 / Aged 29 years / Then let our tears cease to flow / God hath recalled His own / And let our hearts in every woe / Still say Thy will be done / Also of / James Robbins / Late deputy shipping master of this port / Who died December 10th 1873 / aged 61 years / Not dead but sleepeth / Also of / Elizabeth Robins / who died April 25th 1879 aged 72 years / Though lost to sight to memory dear.'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Robbins, James Age: 61 Date of Death: 10/12/1873 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Deputy shipping master Organisation:
Gravestone in St Ives, Cornwall dedicated to Francis Thomas d. 1894
Location
Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / FRANCIS R. THOMAS / MASTER MARINER / WHO DIED AT ST. IVES / MARCH 17TH 1894, / AGED 59 YEARS. / A CHERISHED MEMORY DEAR SHALL NEVER FADE / OF HIM WE MOURN UNTIL LIFE'S LATEST DAY. / ALSO OF MARGARET / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE AND WIFE OF / RICHARD QUICK / WHO DIED DECEMBER 17TH, 1898 / AGED 36 YEARS / HER END WAS PEACE. / ALSO OF FRANCIS HIS SON / WHO WAS DROWNED AT FALMOUTH, FEBRUARY 10TH, 1904, AGED 35 YEARS / GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN. / ALSO OF MARY, WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED NOVR 25TH, 1909, AGED 77 YEARS / ASLEEP IN JESUS'
Details
Description: Marble headstone with lead filled letters. The inscription flanked ith gothic pillars, a foul anchor and ivy leaves carved above.
Type: Gravestone Materials: Marble Artists: J. Pascoe
People
Thomas, Francis R. Age: 59 Date of Death: 17/3/1894 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: