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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Headstone in Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating John Arthur d. 1857

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / MR JOHN ARTHUR / OF NOTTINGHAM STREET MARYLEBONE, / WHO DIED 10TH JANUARY 1857 / AGED 69 YEARS / ALSO OF / ARABELLA SARAH / DAUGHTER OF HENRY ROBERT AND / MARIA ELIZABETH ARTHUR / WHO DIED 3RD JANUARY 1858 AGED 13 MONTHS / ALSO OF / ARABELLA WIDOW OF THE ABOVE MR JOHN ARTHUR WHO DIED 20 JULY 1868 AGED 80 YEARS / ALSO OF / ELIZA FRANCIS / DAUGHTER OF ABOVE / JOHN AND ARABELLA ARTHUR / WHO DIED...JULY 187... AGED 30 YEARS / ALSO OF / HENRY ROBERT ARTHUR / WHO DIED 28 JULY 1898.'

Details

Description: Headstone with a rounded top, concave shoulders an oval relief above the inscription carved in relief with a foul anchor with the inscription 'TRAFALGAR' above it.


Type: Ledger
Position: On path of central avenue
Materials: Pink granite

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Arthur, John
Age: 69
Date of Death: 10/1/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: There were four men named John Arthur serving at Trafalgar. Two of these individuals are on the Naval General Service Medal Roll indicating that they survived to at least 1850. One from Cornwall was a landsman in 'Ajax' aged 21 at the time of the battle. The other was a 22 year old Londoner serving in 'Victory' again as a landsman.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG
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St Giles's Parish Church, Scarth, Lincolnshire, England

Wall tablet in St Giles’s Parish Church, Scarth, Lincolnshire commemorating Commander Alexander Burgoyne Howe RN d. 1865

Location

St Giles's Parish Church, Scarth, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Alexander Burgoyne Howe R.N. died 14 Jan 1865 aged 81 years. Also Alexander Howe son of Above died Jeddah on the Red Sea 1854 aged 28 years'

Details

Type: Tablet

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Howe, Alexander Burgoyne
Age: 81
Date of Death: 14/1/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Stagg d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'William Albert Stagg / Pte R.M.L.I. H.M.S. 'Prince George' / died 14th May 1910 aged 30'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 290
Vessel: HMS Prince George

People

Stagg, William Albert
Age: 30
Date of Death: 4/5/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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St Bartholomew's Church, Crewkerne, Somerset, England

Wall tablet in St Bartholomew’s Church, Crewkerne commemorating Rear-Admiral Joseph Symes d. 1856, a veteran of Trafalgar

Location

St Bartholomew's Church, Crewkerne, Somerset, England

Transcript

'In sincere respect and affection/this Monument is erected to the memory of / Joseph Symes Esquire, of Crewkerne, / who died Jan 27, 1856, Aged 69 Years / He entered the Navy, 1801, served under Nelson at Trafalgar in 1805, was Senior Lieutenant / of the Bonne Citoyenne at the capture of La Furieuse / in 1809, was made Commander in 1810, destroyed a / French lugger Privateer under the batteries of Barfleur / December 18, 1811, was posted Captain March 12, 1812, / and Rear Admiral October 1, 1846. / For his eminent Services he received / the Naval Medal and two clasps. / And of Sarah, his Widow, / who died March 16, 1865, / Aged 75 Years. / Also of Thomas Phelp Symes, / Born March 8, 1821 died March 5, 1822, / And Julia Maria Symes, / Born April 9, died October 6, 1834; / Children of the above. / Also of Gustavus George Symes, / Born March 1, died November 10, 1854 / Grandson of the above'

Details

Description: Gothic architectural surround. Above the inscription a relief of naval trophies and a Naval General Service Medal with a bar for 'TRAFALGAR'.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Porch
Materials: Limestone
Artists: Osmund

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Symes, Joseph
Age: 69
Date of Death: 27/1/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Photocopy showing memorial on DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Old cemetery, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Kochi, Kerala, India commemorating Captain Charles Biddulph, RN, d. 1815

Location

Old cemetery, Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Charles Biddulph, Esq., Captain of H.M. ship Volage. He was second son of Sir Theophillus Biddulph of Burbury in Warwickshire and having made choice of the navy for his profession, he was brought up under the patronage of the late Admiral Sir Samuel Hood. Having after a life spent in the service of his King and country, just attained the rank of Post Captain, he fell a martyr to a pulmonary complaint caught in the execution of his duty at the early age of 28, and has left his country to deplore the loss of a most active, zealous and excellent officer and his relations and friends a most benevolent, truly upright and honourable man. He died off Cochin on the 20th of August 1815.'

Details

Vessel: HMS Volage

People

Biddulph, Charles
Age: 28
Date of Death: 20/8/1815
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' Vol. II (Madras, 1946)
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain John Donelly d. 1826

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain John Donelly died 12 June 1826 aged 38'

Details

People

Donelly, John
Age: 38
Date of Death: 12/6/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 509. 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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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating William Thompson RN d. 1795

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'M.S.E. / WILLIAM THOMPSON / H.M.S. / ILLUSTRIOUS / OBIT 2 MARCH 1795 / AETAT 13’

Details

Vessel: HMS Illustrious

People

Thompson, William
Age: 13
Date of Death: 2/3/1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.8.
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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth Park commemorating Jan Coerdes d. 1792

Location

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Jan Coerdes late master of the Galliot Inffran Amalia of Elshot in the city of Oldenburg in Germany who died at sea 13th April 1792 aged 55'

Details

Vessel: Inffran Amalia

People

Coerdes, Jan
Age: 55
Date of Death: 13/4/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 201.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London commemorating William Wainewright, d. 1838

Location

St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM LYON WAINEWRIGHT. / AGED 25 YEARS, / WHO WAS LOST AT SEA IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1838, / ON HIS PASSAGE FROM MEMEL TO ELSINEUR. / THIS TABLET IS INSCRIBED / BY HIS DEEPLY AFFLICTED PARENTS / WILLIAM AND CATHERINE WAINEWRIGHT; / OF THIS PARISH / IN THE HUMBLE HOPE / OF A FUTURE RE-UNION WITH THEIR BELOVED ONLY SON, / THROUGH THE REDEEMING MERITS OF / THE BLESSED SAVIOUR OF THE WORLD / JESUS CHRIST'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle south wall
Materials: Marble, Hopton wood stone

People

Wainewright, William Lyon
Age: 25
Date of Death: 10/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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St Nicholas's Church, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Brighton commemorating Lieutenant Robert Lewis RN d. 1840

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England

Details

People

Lewis, Robert
Age: 47
Date of Death: 13/6/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham
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