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St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Plaque in St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Lieutenant-Commander William Nelson Hood d. 1921

Location

St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HONOURABLE ALFRED NELSON HOOD / 7TH SON OF ALEXANDER NELSON AND MARY / VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS BRIDPORT, / DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BRONTE. / BORN 8TH OCTOBER 1858 DIED [?] OCTOBER 1918. / AND OF HIS BROTHER / THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM NELSON HOOD / LATE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / BORN 6TH JANUARY 1848. DIED 23RD [?] OCTOBER 1921'

Details

Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass

People

Hood, William Nelson
Age:
Date of Death: 23/10/1921 ?
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Lyn Collins

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE HONOURABLE ALFRED NELSON HOOD / 7TH SON OF ALEXANDER NELSON AND MARY / VISCOUNT AND VISCOUNTESS BRIDPORT, / DUKE AND DUCHESS OF BRONTE. / BORN 8TH OCTOBER 1858 DIED [?] OCTOBER 1918. / AND OF HIS BROTHER / THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM NELSON HOOD / LATE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / BORN 6TH JANUARY 1848. DIED 23RD [?] OCTOBER 1921'",
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St Andrew's Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk commemorating Lieutenant Robert Wollaston, RN, d. 1774

Location

St Andrew's Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘M.S. / Fratris Charti / ROBERTI WOLLASTON NAVARCI, / Guilielmus Wollaston Armiger, / Frater Natu Maximus / Hujus Manerii Dominus, / Hoc Monumentum / Erigi Curavit / OB: 14 June 1774 / Aet 33’

M.S. Lieutenant Robert Wollaston. Sir William Wollaston, eldest brother, Lord of this manor erected the monument on 14 June 1774.

Details

Description: Circular white marble roundel with surrounding marble or alabaster frame encircling. The text is placed at the centre of a circle of relief carving with numerous naval objects, including an anchor and a pennant. Above the text is a heraldic griffin in a crenelated castle. Below is a coat of arms. The surrounding inner circle has ‘NE QUID FALSI’ around the central text : ’Nothing of what is false.’ A quote referring to Cicero.
Materials: Marble

People

Wollaston, Robert
Age: 33
Date of Death: 14/6/1774
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain John Hatley’s sister Judith, married Robert Wollaston in 1770. John Hatley sailed with Captain James Cook as a midshipman on Cook’s third voyage in 1776.

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  "transcript": "‘M.S. / Fratris Charti / ROBERTI WOLLASTON NAVARCI, / Guilielmus Wollaston Armiger, / Frater Natu Maximus / Hujus Manerii Dominus, / Hoc Monumentum / Erigi Curavit / OB: 14 June 1774  / Aet 33’<br />\r\n<br />\r\nM.S. Lieutenant Robert Wollaston. Sir William Wollaston, eldest brother, Lord of this manor erected the monument on 14 June 1774.",
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating H. B. Harding, d. 1888

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'H.B. Harding / Steward of Great Northern / April 1888'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Great Northern

People

Harding, H.B.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 4/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: Unknown

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

Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool commemorating Captain James Kendall d. 1778

Location

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

Transcript

'Captain James Kendall, born in Bournas, West Marland; 7th January 1732, died 10th April 1778'

Details

People

Kendall, James
Age:
Date of Death: 10/4/1778
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. 3, p. 335. An officer of this name commanded slave ships 'Thetis' in 1761 and 'Lancaster' 1764.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "transcript": "'Captain James Kendall, born in Bournas, West Marland; 7th January 1732, died 10th April 1778'",
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Memorial in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Lieutenant W. T. Griffiths RNVR d. 1917

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ANN ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / LIEUTENANT W T GRIFFITHS. RNVR (LATE TRINITY HOUSE PILOT) / DIED 30th JANUARY 1917 / AGED 69 YEARS. / ALSO OF / WILLIAM THOMAS GRIFFITHS / BORN 11th JANUARY 1845 / DIED 11th MAY 1931'

Details

Position: Area F
Materials: White marble

People

Griffiths, W. T.
Age:
Date of Death: 30/1/1917
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR. Trinity House Pilot
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ANN ELIZABETH GRIFFITHS / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / LIEUTENANT W T GRIFFITHS. RNVR (LATE TRINITY HOUSE PILOT) / DIED 30th JANUARY 1917 / AGED 69 YEARS. / ALSO OF / WILLIAM THOMAS GRIFFITHS / BORN 11th JANUARY 1845 / DIED 11th MAY 1931'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Lieutenant W. T. Griffiths RNVR d. 1917</p>",
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    "recorder": "M.E. Manton 1997",
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Old cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Frederic Howe, d. 1865 at Tenerife

Location

Old cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'John Harrington, the third beloved son of Thomas HOWE, Christs Hospital Ipswich, who died 21 March 1865 aged 20 years also in affectionate remembrance of Frederick George, brother of the above, who died at sea and was buried off the Peak of TENERIFFE Sept 7th 1877 aged 24 years'

Details

People

Howe, Frederick George
Age: 20
Date of Death: 7/9/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

JSON

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  "transcript": "'John Harrington, the third beloved son of Thomas HOWE, Christs Hospital Ipswich, who died 21 March 1865 aged 20 years also in affectionate remembrance of Frederick George, brother of the above, who died at sea and was buried off the Peak of TENERIFFE Sept 7th 1877 aged 24 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Frederic Howe, d. 1865 at Tenerife</p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978",
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}

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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial in Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Captain James Montagu RN, d. 1794

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES MONTAGU / WHO WAS KILLED / ON BOARD THE MONTAGUE / WHICH HE GALLANTLY COMMANDED / IN THE MEMORABLE VICTORY OVER THE FRENCH / FLEET OFF BREST ON THE FIRST OF JUNE 1794 / IN THE FORTY SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND TWENTY EIGHTH OF HIS SERVICE'

Details

Description: Full-length statue of Montagu in uniform, crowned by Victory, with flags behind, a battle relief carved on the plinth flanked by lions.
Type: Free-standing monument
Position: North west tower
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: 1798
Artists: John Flaxman
Vessel: HMS Montague

Event

Battle of the Glorious First of June

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Montagu, James
Age: 42
Date of Death: 1/6/1794
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Image of battle same as aquatint after R. Dodd. Wreath held by Victory broken. Date of contract 20/12/1798, value £3, 675.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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    "position": "North west tower",
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1982",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England

Memorial tablet in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Rear-Admiral Cortland Herbert Simpson d. 1943

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'TO THE / GLAD MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL / CORTLAND HERBERT / SIMPSON C.B.E. / AND EDITH OCTAVIA / HIS WIFE / THE TREBLE AND SECOND BELLS OF THE PEAL OF EIGHT / WERE GIVEN BY THEIR / FOUR CHILDREN, 1956 / "THY PRAISE SHALL RING FOR EVER"'

Details

Type: Tablet; bells
Position: West end nave
Materials: Grey and white stone

People

Simpson, Cortland Herbert
Age: 87
Date of Death: 18/5/1943
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 15/4/1856. DOSSIER.
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton

JSON

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  "id": "M4273",
  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'TO THE / GLAD MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL / CORTLAND HERBERT / SIMPSON C.B.E. / AND EDITH OCTAVIA / HIS WIFE / THE TREBLE AND SECOND BELLS OF THE PEAL OF EIGHT / WERE GIVEN BY THEIR / FOUR CHILDREN, 1956 / \"THY PRAISE SHALL RING FOR EVER\"'",
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    "recorder": "Captain M.T. Morton",
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All Saints Church, Branksome, Poole, England

Gravestone at All Saints Church, Branksome, Poole, commemorating Thomas Pride VC d. 1893

Location

All Saints Church, Branksome, Poole, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS PRIDE V.C. R.N. / WHO DIED JULY 16TH 1893 / AGED 57 YEARS '/ ALSO OF MARY ELIZABETH HIS BELOVED WIFE / WHO DIED AUG 25TH 1906 / AGED 62 YEARS / SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD / NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE BE DONE'.

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard

People

Pride, Thomas
Age: 57
Date of Death: 16/7/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Afterguard
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner.
Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 195, (Greenwich,1987).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / THOMAS PRIDE V.C. R.N. / WHO DIED JULY 16TH 1893 / AGED 57 YEARS '/ ALSO OF MARY ELIZABETH HIS BELOVED WIFE / WHO DIED AUG 25TH 1906 / AGED 62 YEARS / SO SHALL WE EVER BE WITH THE LORD / NOT MY WILL, BUT THINE BE DONE'.",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at All Saints Church, Branksome, Poole, commemorating Thomas Pride VC d. 1893</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Donald Fergusson d. 1891

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

' In loving memory of Donald FERGUSSON, C.E., formerly of Portsmouth Dockyard who met his death by accident August 31st. 1891. Aged 57 years. In the midst of life we are in death. This stone is erected by his loving wife'

Details

Description: Headstone flanked by square pilasters, foliage and cross carved above inscription, which is on a heart-shaped panel.
Type: Headstone

People

Fergusson, Donald
Age: 57
Date of Death: 31/8/1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: HM Dockyard Portsmouth

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters