Memorial at Bruton, Somerset commemorating Captain William Berkeley RN d. 1733
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bruton, Somerset, England
Transcript
'To the Memory / of the Honble Captain WILLIAM BERKELEY, / Second son of WILLIAM Lord BERKELEY of STRATTON / Who died Commander of His MAJESTY'S Ship the / TYGER, in his passage from the Coast of GUINEA / to the WEST INDIES, on the 25th of March 1733. / in the 33rd year of his Age, and was buried in the Ocean. / -Just, Generous, Steady, Intrepid, Gentle / Loved, Honoured, and Lamented by his Friends. / Eminently distinguished in his Profession:
/ Still serving his Country by his Example / -This monument was erected in the year 1749 / by his most Affectionate Brother / JOHN LORD BERKELEY of STRATTON'
Details
Description: Inscribed tablet on brackets with a tabernacle containing an urn above. The urn's socle is carved with martial trophies and flanked by fanning trophies. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel Artists: Peter Scheemakers Vessel: HMS Tyger
People
Berkeley, William Age: 32 Date of Death: 25/3/1733 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers', 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' (1999) p. 225; 'The travels through England of Dr Richard Pococke' 'Camden Society' (1889) vol. ii, pp.150-51. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1987
Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Filton, South Gloucestershire commemorating Rear-Admiral Richard Poulden d. 1845
Location
St Peter's Church, Filton, South Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'UNDERNEATH / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / RICHARD POULDEN, ESQ / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED / WHO DIED MARCH 16 1845 / AGED 81 YEARS / ALSO OF HARRIET, WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JANUARY 3 1845 / AGED 76 YEARS'
Details
Description: Foul anchor globe and laurel 'PER MARE PER TERRAM' carved below. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Poulden, Richard Age: 81 Date of Death: 16/3/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Edward Bedford RN d. 1900
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Erected by the officers and men of H.M.S. 'Barfleur'. In memory of Edward C. BEDFORD, Armourer's Crew, drowned from H.M.S. 'Sandpiper' during a typhoon in Hong Kong Harbour November 10th 1900 aged 24 years'
Details
Description: Headstone, with a pillar at each edge, a foul anchor in relief above the inscription. Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Barfleur
People
Bedford, Edward C. Age: 24 Date of Death: 10/11/1900 Cause of Death: Maritime Accident Rank / Occupation: Armourer's crew RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham d. 1825
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, London, England
Transcript
'BENEATH THIS STONE / LIE THE REMAINS OF JOSEPH BINGHAM / REAR ADMIRAL / OF THE RED SQUADRON / OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET / AND / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS / IN THE EAST INDIES / TO WHICH STATION / HE WAS ABOUT TO PROCEED / WHEN HE WAS SEIZED / WITH A SUDDEN ILLNESS / WHICH TERMINATED HIS LIFE / ON 10TH DECEMBER 1825 / HE WAS BORN 30 NOVEMBER 1769'
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Crypt
People
Bingham, Joseph Age: 55 Date of Death: 1825 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Gregory’s Church, Bedale, North Yorkshire commemorating Admiral Sir John Beresford d. 1844
Location
St Gregory's Church, Bedale, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF/ SIR JOHN POO [SIC] BERESFORD, BARONET / KCB. CCH. CCTS. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / WHO DIED AT BEDALE HALL IN THIS COUNTY / OCTOBER 2nd 1844 AGED 80 YEARS / "A GOOD NAME IS BETTER THAN PRECIOUS OINTMENT / AND THE DAY OF DEATH THAN THE DAY OF ONE'S BIRTH" / ECCL; VII . VER 1'
Details
Description: Curved pediment with acroteria, a cornice carved with a Greek wave paptern below. Rope twist carved acros a shelf below the inscription tablet. The tablet is supported by brackets carved with scallop shells. Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle south wall Materials: Black and white marble Artists: J. Seeley
People
Beresford, John Poo Age: 80 Date of Death: 2/10/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Hackney, London commemorating Rear-Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort d. 1857
Location
Hackney Churchyard, Hackney, London, England
Transcript
'ALICIA / MAGDELENA / BEAUFORT / OBT 27TH AUGUST / 1834 ET 52/ REAR ADMIRAL / SIR FRANCIS / BEAUFORT K.C.B / OBT 17TH DECEMBER / 1857 AET 83 / DAME HONDRA / BEAUFORT / OBT 13TH FEBRUARY / 1858 AET 67 / ' [Also plaque] 'REAR ADMIRAL SIR FRANCIS BEAUFORT KCB-FRS / HYDROGRAPHER OF THE ROYAL NAVY / 1829-1853 / ORIGINATOR OF THE BEAUFORT SCALE FOR / DENOTING THE FORCE OF WIND (1805)'
Details
Type: Vault Position: Churchyard. 80yd E Old St Augustines church tower
People
Beaufort, Francis Age: 83 Date of Death: 17/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral. Hydrographer Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire commemorating Ashmead Pruen d. 1796.
Location
St Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'Erected / to the memory of / Capt. Ashmead Pruen / of the / Hon. East India Company's / Marine at Bombay / who died there / January XI MDCCXCVI / aged LIII'
Details
People
Pruen, Ashmead Age: 53 Date of Death: 11/1/1796 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire commemorating Commander Charles Timins RN d. 1838
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'Beneath this church / are deposited the remains of / Charles Sheldon Timins, Esq. / Commander R.N. / late of Oriel Lodge in this town / who departed this life April 13th 1838 / in the 66th year of his age. / And of Anne Stephen his wife / who departed this life on the 19th November 1863 / Aged 82 years. Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord'.
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: West wall ground level
People
Timins, Charles Sheldon Age: 66 Date of Death: 13/4/1838 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in St Giles Church, Codicote, Hertfordshire commemorating Lieutenant Barkly Reid RN d. 1861
Location
St Giles Church, Codicote, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / BARKLY REID / LIEUT: OF H.M.S. 'JAMES WATT,' / ELDEST SON OF WILLIAM REID, ESQRE, / OF THE NODE, IN THIS PARISH, / WHOSE DEATH WAS CAUSED BY A FALL FROM HIS HORSE / AT CANEA, ISLE OF CANDIA, / ON THE 7TH MAY, 1861, / IN THE 23RD YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE / ENGLISH CEMETERY AT MALTA. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF THE / 'JAMES WATT,' / AS A MARK OF ESTEEM FOR THE MANY GOOD QUALITIES / BY WHICH HE HAD ATTACHED HIMSELF TO THEM.'
Details
Description: Above the inscription tablet is a plain frieze separated from the cavetto moulded cronice by a torus moulding. Above the cornice, an anchor and coiled rope in high relief. At the sides of the inscription tablet are carved blocks and tackle in relief. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chapel west wall Materials: Marble Artists: J Bedford Vessel: HMS James Watt
People
Reid, Barkly Age: 23 Date of Death: 7/5/1861 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The chapel was furnished for the Reid family of the Node (their house) for their own use after the church was restored in 1853. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2007
Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Monk Soham, Suffolk commemorating Joseph Bazalgette, RNR d. 1912
Location
St Peter's Church, Monk Soham, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Joseph William Bazalgette RNR, elder son of the late Revd Evelyn Bazalgette, born 13 April 1893, died 11 March 1912. Accidentally drowned at sea from the S.S. Port Jackson, whilst performing his duty. "And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand and caught him” Matthew XIV. 31'
Details
Vessel: SS 'Port Jackson'
People
Bazalgette, Joseph William Age: 18 Date of Death: 11/3/1912 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
Extra
Recorder: William Donnan. 1971
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters