Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating William Spence, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1838
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Mr William Spence / Master Pilot, who departed this life on the / 27th July 1838 aged 40 years / He was an affectionate Husband; a tender father / and a sincere friend; leaving a disconsolate / wife and seven children to lament / their irreperable loss / Go home my friends, and cease your tear, / I must lie here till Christ appears / Renet in time, while time you have, / there's no repentence in the grave.'
Details
People
Spence, William Age: 40 Date of Death: 12/7/1838 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Pilot Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.164.
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Chigwell, dedicated to Lieutenant Thomas Layton RN d. 1824
Location
St Mary's Church, Chigwell, Essex, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS LAYTON / LIEVTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / AND SECOND SON OF / THOMAS LAYTON M.A. VICAR OF THIS PARISH, / WHO FELL IN THE ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF HIS DVTY / FEB. XXIV. MDCCCXXIV, AGED XXVII YEARS. / NATVRE FORBEAR! RESTRAIN THE FRVITLESS TEAR, / NOR DEEM THY FONDEST HOPES EXTINGVISHED HERE: / HE WHO REGARDS THE VIRTVOVS AND THE BRAVE, / HAS FIX'D THEIR HIGH REWARDS BEYOND THE GRAVE; / IN MERCY BIDS THEIR EARTHLY TRIALS CEASE, / AND CROWNS THEM WITH ETERNAL REST AND PEACE.'
Details
Description: White marble tablet with a moulded border, mounted on a black rectangular ground. Foul anchor in a circular depression beneath the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle, south wall Materials: Marble
People
Layton, Thomas Age: 24 Date of Death: 24/2/1824 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Liuetenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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.
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
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
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
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).
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