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St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Lieutenant William Stapleton RN d. 1754

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Near lye inter'd the remains of / WILLIAM STAPLETON, Esqr. / Lieutenant of His Majesty's Ship 'Sphinx', Nephew to the Earl of Westmoreland / and Brother of Sir THOS. STAPLETON, Baronet, / who, in attempting to fire off a Cannon in the Fort at Port Morant / Was so terribly wounded by its bursting / that He expired a few Hours afterwards / On the Eighth Day of May, 1754 / in the 28th Year of his Age / Thy Wisdom, Prudence, who e'er shall scan / Or dare to judge the Ways of God to Man / This fair Example of unspotted Merit / Did once a truly virtuous Soul inherit / In Honour's Cause a bold adventurous Youth / In Manners modest, partial to the Truth / In Friendship noble knew no private Hate / Nor gave a Mortal Pain but by his Fate / Too much his Worth for Wretches such as we / And snatch'd from Earth, Almighty dwells with Thee / Yet while thy just Remembrance here shall live / Accept this Tear 'tis all a friend can give'

Details

Description: Naval trophy including a sextant and telescope at foot of a sail draped into a pyramidal shape. The inscription panel leans against the trophy. A relief of Stapleton being blown up by an exploding gun below.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave, north wall
Artists: Louis Francois Roubiliac
Vessel: HMS Sphinx

People

Stapleton, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 8/5/1754
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875); Lesley Lewis 'English Commemorative Monuments in Jamaica', 'The Jamaican Historical Review' vol. ix, (1972); Joan Coutu 'Carving histories: British sculpture in the West Indies', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol. xii, p. 79 (London, 1997); D. Bindman and M. Baker 'Roubiliac and the Eighteenth-century Monument' (New Haven and London, 1995) pp.168-9.

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Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Memorial in Bath Abbey, Bath commemorating Admiral Alan Gardner, RN d. 1806

Location

Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / ALAN LORD GARDNER / Admiral of the Red Squadron / of his Majesty's Fleet / and Major General of the Marine Forces / whose remains / lie interred in a Vault near this Place / His Lordship departed this Life / the 31st of December 1808 Aet. 66. / Having relinquished the important Command / of the Channel Fleet / in the month of May preceding / with a Constitution / worn out in the Service of his Country / for his long and meritorious Services / (which the ample page of History has recorded) / He was raised in the year 1806 / to the dignity of the British Peerage / The post of / Major General of Marine Forces / was also purposely created and bestowed on him / by his most Gracious Sovereign / for the very distinguished part / he took in the ever Memorable Battle / of the 1st June 1794 / His Lordship's Family / the Profession / to which he had the honor to belong / and his numerous Friends, / will long lament / His Loss.'

Details

Vessel: HMS Queen

Event

Glorious First of June

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Gardiner, Alan
Age: 66
Date of Death: 31/12/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1994
Photographer: Pippa Lacey, 2018

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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 Bert Smithers, RN, d. 1906

Location

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

Transcript

'Bert Smithers / Stoker / H.M.S. Crescent / died / 25 April 1906'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Crescent

People

Smithers, B.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 25/2/1906
Cause of Death: Maritime accient
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: ADM 188/495/304068 Born 24/8/1882 at Chertsey, Surrey died 25/2/1906 'Drowned at Zanzibar in swimming off to a boat moored 20 yds off beach.@

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Thomas James Record, HM Naval Yard d. 1869

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Thomas James RECORD, of Woolwich, Kent, England, late Moulder of H.M. Naval Yard, Hong Kong, who departed this life August 27th. 1869. Aged 45 years'

Details

Type: Headstone

People

Record, Thomas James
Age: 45
Date of Death: 27/8/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Moulder
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Hong Kong

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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Trafalgar cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial in Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating Captain Thomas Norman RN d. 1805, casualty of Trafalgar

Location

Trafalgar cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of / Captain THOMAS NORMAN / of the Royal Marines Corps / & late of His Majesty's Ship MARS / who died in the Naval Hospital / of this place / the 6th day of December 1805 / in the 36th year of his age / after having suffered several weeks / with incredible Patience & Fortitude / under the Effects of a severe Wound / Received in the Great memorable sea fight / off TRAFALGAR. / His Brother Officers on this Station / have consecrated this humble, but sincere / Testimony of their Sense of his / distinguished Merit and their Regret / for his premature FATE / MILITAVIT NON SINE GLORIA/NEC PAUCIS FLEBILIS OCCIDIT'

Details

Description: Urn inscribed 'TRAFALGAR'and naval trophies above a pyramid shaped inscription panel. The whole gravestone has a beaded edge.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Forefront burial ground
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Mars

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Norman, Thomas
Age: 35
Date of Death: 6/12/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Recently painted.
Bibliography: 'The Globe and Laurel' May/June 1996.
Photographer: Shelagh Roberson 2005

JSON

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of / Captain THOMAS NORMAN / of the Royal Marines Corps / & late of His Majesty's Ship MARS / who died in the Naval Hospital / of this place / the 6th day of December 1805 / in the 36th year of his age / after having suffered several weeks / with incredible Patience & Fortitude / under the Effects of a severe Wound / Received in the Great memorable sea fight / off TRAFALGAR. / His Brother Officers on this Station / have consecrated this humble, but sincere / Testimony of their Sense of his / distinguished Merit and their Regret / for his premature FATE / MILITAVIT NON SINE GLORIA/NEC PAUCIS FLEBILIS OCCIDIT'",
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St Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, England

Monument St Dunstan’s Church, Stepney commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Pert d. 1541

Location

St Dunstan's Church, Stepney, London, England

Transcript

‘D.O.M. / HERE UNDER WAS LAID UP YE BODIE OF SIR THOMAS SPERT, KNIGHT, SOMETYME / COMPTROLLER OF THE NAVY TO K. HENRY / VIII. AND BOTH THE FIRST FOUNDER AND / MASTER OF THE WORTHIE SOCIETY OR / CORPORATION CALLED THE TRINITY HOUSE. HE / LIVED ENOBLED BY HIS OWN WORTH, AND / DYED YE 8TH OF SEPTEMB, IN YE YEAR 1541. TO WHOSE PIOUS / MEMORY YE SAID CORPORATION HATH /GRATEFULLY ERECTED THIS MEMORIALL.’, ‘NOT THAT HE NEEDED MONUMENTS OF STONE, / FOR HIS WELL-GOTTEN FAME TO REST UPON, /
BUT THIS WAS REARD TO TESTIFIE THAT HE / LIVES IN THEIR LOVES, THAT YET SURVIVING BE. / FOR UNTO VIRTUE WHICH FIRST RAISED HIS NAME / HE LEFT THE PRESERVATION OF THE SAME, / AND TO POSTERITY REMAIN IT SHALL / WHEN BRASS AND MARBLE MONUMENTS DO FALL. /LEARN FOR TO DIE WHILE THOU HAST BREATH. / SO SHALT THOU LIVE AFTER THY DEATH.’ [Base] ‘AN. 1622. BY THE COMPANY OF THE TRINITY HOWSE / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED 81 YRS AFTER YE / DECEASE OF THEYR FOUNDER.’

Details

Description: The inscription tablet is black marble with an arched top. It is flanked by black pillars supporting pyramids. Sperts arms are placed between them at the top. A ship is carved in relief on the base.
Type: Monument
Position: Chancel, south wall

People

Spert, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 8/9/1541
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Vice Admiral under Henry VIII, Master of Trinity House and commander of 'Mary Rose' and 'Henry Grace a Dieu'.
Bibliography: 'The Trinity House Flag', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 5, p.191 (Cambridge, 1919).

JSON

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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant William Hunter RN d. 1810

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'In front of this Stone / lie the remains of / WILLIAM HUNTER Esq / late a Lieut. in the Royal Hospital Greenwich / who died 17th February 1810 / Aged 79 Years / Also Miss Mary Ann Kent / Granddaughter of the above / who died 23rd June 1844 / aged 17 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Mausoleum (rear wall)

People

Hunter, William
Age: 79
Date of Death: 17/2/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981

JSON

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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating English Hatch, d. 1840

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of ENGLISH HATCH, Master Mariner, he departed this life, the 29th March 1840 Aged 59 years. Also FRANCES his wife who died the 11th January 1849, aged 70 years / Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord from henceforth, Yea saith the spirit, that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them Rev. Chap 14 13'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Hatch, English
Age: 70
Date of Death: 29/3/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.

JSON

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Thomas Gillespie d. 1871

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Thomas GILLESPIE, late boilermaker of the S.S.'Glenarthy'. Died 17th. October 1871, aged 45 years'

Details

Description: Grave with kerb stones and chains. The headstone, has pillars on either side of the inscription with anthemion terminals above, which flank an open pediment.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Glenarthy

People

Gillespie, Thomas
Age: 45
Date of Death: 17/10/1871
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boilermaker
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India, commemorating M. T. Andrews, d. 1821

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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

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'Also to the Memory of / the late Mr. M.T. Andrews, / Deputy Harbour Master at Calcutta, and son of / T. & E. Andrews, who departed this life / on the 10 Sept 1821, aged 29 years / and 11 months.'

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Andrews, M.T.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 10/9/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Deputy Harbour Master
Organisation: Unknown

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Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.159.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters