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Bridlington Priory, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet at Bridlington Priory commemorating John Helmsley d. 1803

Location

Bridlington Priory, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / IOHN HELMSLEY. / Master Mariner, who departed / this Life the 28th March 1803 / Aged 45 Years'

Details

Description: Carved with an urn above the insciption.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of the nave
Materials: Marble

People

Helmsley, John
Age: 45
Date of Death: 28/3/1803
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

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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 Charles Walker, d. 1819

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Mr. Charles Fleming Walker / late Chief Officer of the ship 'Bombay Mer / chant', died 22 July 1819 aged 23 years.'

Details

Vessel: Bombay Merchant

People

Walker, Charles Fleming
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/7/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.152.

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / Mr. Charles Fleming Walker / late Chief Officer of the ship 'Bombay Mer / chant', died 22 July 1819 aged 23 years.'",
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St Mary's Church, Woolwich, Kent, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Woolwich, Kent commemorating Constantine J Evans, RN d. 1838

Location

St Mary's Church, Woolwich, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Laura 3rd daughter of Dr Oliver and Margaret Evans who died the 29 May 1854 aged 3 years and 6 months also Constantine J Evans Paymaster H.M.S. Daring second son of the above, at Vera Cruz 5 Aug 1838'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Daring

People

Evans, Constantine J.
Age:
Date of Death: 5/8/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Laura 3rd daughter of Dr Oliver and Margaret Evans who died the 29 May 1854 aged 3 years and 6 months also Constantine J Evans Paymaster H.M.S. Daring second son of the above, at Vera Cruz 5 Aug 1838'",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, Dorset, England

Tablet at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, dedicated to Ernest Herbert Pitcher VC d. 1946

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In glorious memory of Chief Petty Officer Ernest Pitcher VC who was also awarded the distinguished Service Medal and the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous gallantry 1886-1946'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Pitcher, Ernest Herbert
Age: 57
Date of Death: 10/2/1946
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1990

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  "transcript": "'In glorious memory of Chief Petty Officer Ernest Pitcher VC who was also awarded the distinguished Service Medal and the Croix de Guerre for conspicuous gallantry 1886-1946'",
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St Nicholas's Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, dedicated to Lieutenant Commander Victor Bowden-Smith RN d. 1918

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN PIAM MEMORIAM / LIEUT. COMMANDER / VICTOR JAMES BOWDEN-SMITH R.N. / H.M.S. LUCIA 10 SUBMARINE FLOTILLA, / who was killed in the Great War by an accidental / explosion, whilst engaged in the act of recovering / a German torpedo, which was adrift in the / North Sea near Runswick, August 22nd 1918. / Aged 31. / Mors Janua Vitae'

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Description: Carved wreath of leaves bound with ribbon. Top centre knot of ribbon with anchor superimposed. Latin cross below.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle east wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Lucia

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Bowden-Smith, Victor James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 22/8/1918
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1984

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Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Wall tablet in the Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan commemorating Alick Stockbridge d. 1899

Location

Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of Alick, son of John & Rachel Stockbridge, who was drowned at sea by falling from aloft on the Barque Penrhyn Castle in a gale off Cape Horn, October 6th 1899. Aged 20 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Penrhyn Castle

People

Stockbridge, Alick
Age: 20
Date of Death: 6/10/1899
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Robert Thomas & Co

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Alick, son of John & Rachel Stockbridge, who was drowned at sea by falling from aloft on the Barque Penrhyn Castle in a gale off Cape Horn, October 6th 1899. Aged 20 years'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in the Church of the Holy Cross, Cowbridge, Vale of Glamorgan commemorating Alick Stockbridge d. 1899</p>",
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Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Captain Thomas Graves RN d. 1856

Location

Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of my beloved husband...wicked hands bereaved me but THY Will O Lord be done'

Details

People

Graves, Thomas
Age: 53
Date of Death: 28/8/1856
Cause of Death: Murdered
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN. Superintendant of Ports
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Born Belfast 1802. Died from a wound inflicted by boatman Guiseppi Meli.
Bibliography: Frederic Boase 'Modern English Biography' vol. i, p.1213 (London, 1965); 'United Service Gazette' (6 Sept 1856) pp.5, 6, 8.

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  "transcript": "'To the memory of my beloved husband...wicked hands bereaved me but THY Will O Lord be done'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Captain Thomas Graves RN d. 1856</p>",
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St Mary's Church, Ecclesfield, South Yorkshire, England

Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Ecclesfield commemorating Alexander John Scott d. 1840, Naval Chaplain

Location

St Mary's Church, Ecclesfield, South Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'Waiting for the adoption / the redemption of our body / Here lie buried / Alexander John Scott D.D. / Vicar of Catterick and Southminster / and chaplain to Admiral Lord Nelson / on board H.M.S. Victory at Trafalgar / He died July 24 1840 aged 72 / Also his daughter'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Scott, Alexander John
Age: 72
Date of Death: 24/7/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 133-4.

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  "content": "<p>Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Ecclesfield commemorating Alexander John Scott d. 1840, Naval Chaplain</p>",
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St Mary's District Church, Barbados, Rest of the World

Ledger at St Mary’s District Church, Barbados commemorating William Brown d. 1817

Location

St Mary's District Church, Barbados, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of William Brown late shipwright in the ship 'Higginson' Capt Hall of Liverpool died 1st March 1817 aged 42 years'

Details

Type: Ledger
Vessel: Higginson

People

Brown, William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 1/3/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

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  "transcript": "'In memory of William Brown late shipwright in the ship 'Higginson' Capt Hall of Liverpool died 1st March 1817 aged 42 years'",
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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 Percy James Marjoram, RN d. 1917

Location

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

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / PERCY JAMES, / THE BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF / GEORGE AND ALMIRA / MARJORAM. / WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS, RECEIVED / IN ACTION IN H.M.S. Q. 20. / APRIL 10TH. 1917 / AGED 22 YEARS. / SLEEP ON DEAR SON, THE STRIFE IS O'ER / FOR YOU, YOUR MEMORY BY ALL / CHERISHED, YOUR DUTY DONE, DEAR PERCY / SLEEP TILL THE LAST ROLL CALL'

Details

Description: Sandstone headstone with a foul anchor on a rock carved above the inscription and surrounded by a rope twist border.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS Q 20; Bayard

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Marjoram, Percy James
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/4/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Q 20 decoy vessel 'Bayard'.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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  "transcript": "'In Loving Memory of / PERCY JAMES, / THE BELOVED AND ONLY SON OF / GEORGE AND ALMIRA / MARJORAM. / WHO DIED FROM WOUNDS, RECEIVED / IN ACTION IN H.M.S. Q. 20. / APRIL 10TH. 1917 / AGED 22 YEARS. / SLEEP ON DEAR SON, THE STRIFE IS O'ER / FOR YOU, YOUR MEMORY BY ALL / CHERISHED, YOUR DUTY DONE, DEAR PERCY / SLEEP TILL THE LAST ROLL CALL'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters