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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Joel Luckham d. 1873

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

[Rebecca and John Luckham]’ ... Joel Thomas Gist their son who died at Rio de Janiero on the 20th day of May 1873 aged 18 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Luckham, Joel Thomas Gist
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/5/1873
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

JSON

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Commander David Fell, RN, d. 1948

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'David Mark Fell, Commander RN 17 July 1948'

Details

People

Fell, David Mark
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 17/7/1948
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'David Mark Fell, Commander RN 17 July 1948'",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Guildhall, London, England

Monument in the Guildhall, London commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805,

Location

Guildhall, London, England

Transcript

'TO HORATIO VISCOUNT AND BARON NELSON. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, AND KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH / A MAN AMONGST THE FEW, WHO APPEAR AT DIFFERENT PERIODS TO HAVE BEEN CREATED TO PROMOTE THE GRANDEUR AND ADD TO THE SECURITY / OF NATIONS;- INCITING BY THEIR HIGH EXAMPLE THEIR FELLOW MORTALS THROUGH ALL SUCCEEDING TIMES TO PURSUE THE COURSE / THAT LEADS TO THE EXULTATION OF OUR IMPERFECT NATURE. / PROVIDENCE THAT IMPLANTED IN NELSON'S BREAST AN ARDENT PASSION FOR DESERVED RENOWN, AS BOUNTEOUSLY ENDOWED HIM WITH THE / TRANSCENDANT TALENTS, NECESSARY TO THE GREAT PURPOSES HE WAS DESTINED TO ACCOMPLISH. / AT AN EARLY PERIOD OF LIFE HE ENTERED INTO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY AND EARLY WERE THE INSTANCES WHICH MARKED THE FEARLESS NATURE AND / DARING ENTERPRISE OF HIS CHARACTER-UNITING TO THE LOFTIEST SPIRIT AND THE JUSTEST TITLE TO SELF-CONFIDENCE, A STRICT AND HUMBLE OBEDIENCE TO THE / SOVEREIGN RULE OF DISCIPLINE AND SUBORDINATION RISING BY DUE GRADATION TO COMMAND, HE INFUSED INTO THE BOSOMS OF THOSE HE LED, THE VALOROUS / ARDOUR AND ENTHUSIASTIC ZEAL, FOR THE SERVICE OF HIS KING AND COUNTRY, WHICH ANIMATED HIS OWN-AND WHILE HE ACQUIRED THE LOVE OF ALL / BY THE SWEETNESS AND MODERATION OF HIS TEMPER, HE INSPIRED A UNIVERSAL CONFIDENCE IN THE NEVER-FAILING RESOURCES OF HIS CAPACIOUS MIND / IT WILL BE FOR HISTORY TO RELATE THE MANY GREAT EXPLOITS, THROUGH WHICH, SOLICITOUS OF PERIL, AND REGARDLESS OF WOUNDS HE BECAME THE/GLORY OF HIS PROFESSION-BUT IT BELONGS TO THE BRIEF RECORD OF HIS ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER TO SAY, THAT HE COMMANDED AND CONQUERED AT THE BATTLES OF THE NILE AND COPENHAGEN-VICTORIES NEVER BEFORE EQUALLED YET AFTERWARDS SURPASSED BY HIS OWN ACHIEVEMENT, / THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR FOUGHT ON THE 21ST OF OCTOBER IN THE YEAR 1805. / ON THAT DAY, BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF THE ACTION, HE FELL MORTALLY WOUNDED-BUT THE SOURCES OF LIFE AND SENSE FAILED NOT UNTIL IT WAS/KNOWN TO HIM, THAT THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ENEMY BEING COMPLETED, THE GLORY OF HIS COUNTRY AND HIS OWN HAD ATTAINED THEIR SUMMIT, / THEN LAYING HIS HAND ON HIS BRAVE HEART WITH A LOOK OF EXALTED RESIGNATION / TO THE WILL OF THE SUPREME DISPOSER OF THE FATE OF MAN AND NATIONS / HE EXPIRED'

Details

Description: The City of London turning away from recumbent Neptune and grieving Britannia to inscribe Nelson's victories on an obelisk, trophies behind the figures. On the base, between two seamen in niches, the inscription table and a relief of Battle of Trafalgar.

Type: Monument
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1810
Artists: James Smith
Vessel: HMS Victory

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Cost £4442,7s.4d. The two seamen belatedly replaced the two captives proposed in the original design. The monument was altered when the building was restored in the 1860's with the stele being made smaller. It was also damaged during the 2nd World War
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 136; Philip Ward-Jackson 'Public Sculpture of the City of London' (Liverpool, 2003)pp.170-173.
Photographer: © RMG E5054

JSON

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    "recorder": "",
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}

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St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Endellion, Cornwall dedicated to James Bate d. 1878

Location

St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN / Memory of / JAMES BATE, / MASTER MARINER / WHO WAS DROWNED ENTERING / HOLYHEAD HARBOUR / OCTR 7TH 1878 / AGED 58 YEARS / Also of / BETSEY WORDEN BATE / WHO DIED FEBRY 12TH 1903 / AGED 31 YEARS / FOR EVER WITH THE LORD.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Bate, James
Age: 58
Date of Death: 7/10/1878
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN / Memory of / JAMES BATE, / MASTER MARINER / WHO WAS DROWNED ENTERING / HOLYHEAD HARBOUR / OCTR 7TH 1878 / AGED 58 YEARS / Also of / BETSEY WORDEN BATE / WHO DIED FEBRY 12TH 1903 / AGED 31 YEARS / FOR EVER WITH THE LORD.'",
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Gravestone in Kensal Green Cemetery, London, of Vice-Admiral Charles Joseph Frederick Ewart d. 1884,

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CHARLES JOSEPH FREDERICK EWART / VICE ADMIRAL AND COMPANION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE / ORDER OF BATH, KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR / AND OF THE ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIEH / BORN 5th OCT 1816 AND AFTER MANY YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE / INCLUDING THE OPERATION IN THE BLACK SEA IN 1854-55/ PASSED TO HIS REST ON THE 14th JULY 1884.','HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP' [South side] 'ALSO OF / MARION EWART, / HIS WIFE, / DIED 8TH OCTOBER 1912 / "THEN ARE THEY GLAD, BECAUSE THEY ARE / AT REST: AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM INTO THE HAVEN / WHERE THEY WOULD BE."

Details

Description: Gravestone with gabled top with raised horizontal cross.

Type: Gravestone
Position: 11939/86/IR
Materials: Pink granite

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853 - 1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Ewart, Charles Joseph Frederick
Age: 67
Date of Death: 14/07/1884
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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  "id": "M5708",
  "location": "Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CHARLES JOSEPH FREDERICK EWART / VICE ADMIRAL AND COMPANION OF THE MOST HONOURABLE / ORDER OF BATH, KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR / AND OF THE ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIEH / BORN 5th OCT 1816 AND AFTER MANY YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE / INCLUDING THE OPERATION IN THE BLACK SEA IN 1854-55/ PASSED TO HIS REST ON THE 14th JULY 1884.','HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP' [South side] 'ALSO OF / MARION EWART, / HIS WIFE, / DIED 8TH OCTOBER 1912 / \"THEN ARE THEY GLAD, BECAUSE THEY ARE / AT REST: AND SO HE BRINGETH THEM INTO THE HAVEN / WHERE THEY WOULD BE.\"",
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St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Tablet at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Captain Thomas Rodney Eden RN d. 1850

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS RODNEY EDEN, ESQ., / CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. AMPHITRITE / AT MAZATLAN, MEXICO, / JANUARY 11TH, 1850, AGED 38 YEARS. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF H.M.S. AMPHITRITE, / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR GREAT REGARD / AND ESTEEM FOR HIS IN LIFE, / AND THEIR SORROW FOR HIS DEATH.'

Details

Description: Coat of arms flanked by flags and trophies above the inscription tablet.
Type: Tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Amphitrite

People

Eden, Thomas Rodney
Age: 38
Date of Death: 11/1/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Tablets in the Dockyard Chapel, Portsmouth','Nautical Magazine' vol. 19, p. 707 (London, 1850).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS RODNEY EDEN, ESQ., / CAPTAIN, ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. AMPHITRITE / AT MAZATLAN, MEXICO, / JANUARY 11TH, 1850, AGED 38 YEARS. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF H.M.S. AMPHITRITE, / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR GREAT REGARD / AND ESTEEM FOR HIS IN LIFE, / AND THEIR SORROW FOR HIS DEATH.'",
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St Nicholas' Church, Rushbrooke Village, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’ Church, Rushbrooke Village, Suffolk commemorating Captain William Rushbrooke, RN d.1883

Location

St Nicholas' Church, Rushbrooke Village, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM HENRY RUSHBROOKE. COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY BORN JUNE 8, 1815. DIED JULY 28, 1883. BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD R.I.P.'

Details

Description: Fenced grave with a cross.
Type: Cross
Position: South side churchyard

People

Rushbrooke, William Henry
Age: 68
Date of Death: 28/7/1883
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born 5/4/1890. Also tablet inside church. DOSSIER.
Recorder: Lt. Cdr. P.J. Rushbrooke

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Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, Australia commemorating William Ward Harvey RN d. 1853

Location

Camperdown Cemetery, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Carved with crossed foul anchors, a cannon, shot and globe.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Torch

People

Harvey, William Ward
Age: 19
Date of Death: 24/12/1853
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Andrew F.C. David 'British Naval Officers commemorated in a Sydney churchyard', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 76, p. 226 (Greenwich, 1990).

JSON

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Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Wall tablet dedicated to Rear-Admiral Smith Callis d. 1761, in Bath Abbey, Bath.

Location

Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Transcript

'Near this place are laid / the Remains of / SMITH CALLIS Esqr / Rear Admiral of the Blue / from his earliest youth / train'd to the service of the Sea / In every Station / and in every Instance of Tryal / (many of the utmost Danger) / his Steady Courage / prevailed often with Success / always with geat Applause / But his intrepid Conduct / at ST TROPEZ / received a peculiar Distinction / more lasting than Marble / from his Sovereign's Hand / The Greatness of his King / and the Love of his Country / were the prevailing passions / of his Mind / In his Life and Manners / He was Serious, Humane, Liberal, Friendly / and of Strict Integrity / This truly brave Commander / feared nothing but / to do an unbecoming Action / He died / Octo: 16: MDCCLXI / In the 52nd Year / of his Age'

Details

Description: Above the inscription, Callis's arms on a cartouche flanked by naval trophies.

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Callis, Smith
Age: 52
Date of Death: 16/10/1761
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "post_id": "3261",
  "id": "M511",
  "location": "Bath Abbey, Bath, England",
  "transcript": "'Near this place are laid / the Remains of / SMITH CALLIS Esqr / Rear Admiral of the Blue / from his earliest youth / train'd to the service of the Sea / In every Station / and in every Instance of Tryal / (many of the utmost Danger) / his Steady Courage / prevailed often with Success / always with geat Applause / But his intrepid Conduct / at ST TROPEZ / received a peculiar Distinction / more lasting than Marble / from his Sovereign's Hand / The Greatness of his King / and the Love of his Country / were the prevailing passions / of his Mind / In his Life and Manners / He was Serious, Humane, Liberal, Friendly / and of Strict Integrity / This truly brave Commander / feared nothing but / to do an unbecoming Action / He died / Octo: 16: MDCCLXI / In the 52nd Year / of his Age'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet dedicated to Rear-Admiral Smith Callis d. 1761, in Bath Abbey, Bath.</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M511Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6306\" width=\"342\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M511Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M511Large-275x300.jpg 275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 342px) 100vw, 342px\" /></figure>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Above the inscription, Callis's arms on a cartouche flanked by naval trophies.<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
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    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
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  "people": [{"name":"Callis, Smith","age":"52","dateofdeath":"16/10/1761","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Rear Admiral of the Blue","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
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St Mary's Church, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Gateshead commemorating Douglas Cooper d. 1847

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St Mary's Church, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England

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'Douglas Cooper, Master Mariner d.13 June 1847 aged 69'

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Position: Churchyard

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Cooper, Douglass
Age: 69
Date of Death: 13/6/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
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Recorder: Rev. Graham Traster 1970

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  "post_id": "3240",
  "id": "M2264",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England",
  "transcript": "'Douglas Cooper, Master Mariner d.13 June 1847 aged 69'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Gateshead commemorating Douglas Cooper d. 1847</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "Rev. Graham Traster 1970",
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}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters