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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bruton, Somerset, England

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
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St Peter's Church, Filton, South Gloucestershire, England

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

Extra

Recorder: C. Pulsford
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas
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St Paul's Cathedral, City of London, London, England

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

Extra

Notes: 1769-1825. Commander in Chief East Indies.
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St Gregory's Church, Bedale, North Yorkshire, England

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

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: Mrs. Wanda Reynolds. 18/08/2008
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Hackney Churchyard, Hackney, London, England

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

Extra

Notes: Born 1774.
Recorder: Mr. C.G. Wood
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St Mary's Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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

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Holy Trinity Church, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England

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

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St Giles Church, Codicote, Hertfordshire, England

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
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St Peter's Church, Monk Soham, Suffolk, England

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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