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Hamilton Square Gardens, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England

Statue in Hamilton Square Gardens, Birkenhead commemorating John Laird d. 1874, shipbuilder

Location

Hamilton Square Gardens, Birkenhead, Merseyside, England

Transcript

'JOHN LAIRD / BORN 14 JUNE 1805 / DIED 29 OCTOBER 1874'

Details

Description: Bronze statue on granite plinth, depicts Laird in frock coat, trousers and side whiskers - 'the ordinary dress of an English gentleman' 'Belfast News-Letter'. He holds the plans of Birkenhead Docks. Signed and dated by artist.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze; granite
Date Erected: 1877
Artists: Albert Bruce-Joy; Robert Masefield & Co, Chelsea [founders]

People

Laird, John
Age: 69
Date of Death: 29/10/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation: William Laird & Son

Extra

Notes: Laird was a pioneer in building iron ships. He began construction of Birkenhead Docks from 1844 and was also a politician and local benefactor. The statue was moved in 1924 to make room for a war memorial.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 21.

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating John Richards Peake d. 1863

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Richards Peake, Tide Surveyor of H M Customs of this Port died 18 March 1863 age 79'

Details

People

Peake, John Richards
Age: 79
Date of Death: 18/3/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Tide surveyor
Organisation: HM Customs

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 335.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Peter's Church, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Bishop’s Waltham, Hampshire, dedicated to Vice-Admiral of the Red Edward Griffith Colpoys d. 1832

Location

St Peter's Church, Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In Memory of Edward Griffith Colpoys, Vice Admiral of the Red K.C.B. Died Bermuda, November 9th 1832'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall

People

Colpoys, Edward Griffith
Age:
Date of Death: 9/11/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 367, (Greenwich, 1981).
Recorder: P. Clissold 1981

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Church of St John the Baptist, Alresford, Essex, England

Window in Church of St John the Baptist, Alresford, Essex, dedicated to Lieutenant Arthur Baker RN d. 1954

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Alresford, Essex, England

Transcript

'In Memory of Lt. Cdr Arthur Baker', 'RN who died 11 January 1954'

Details

Description: Two lights, the left depicts St Francis of Assisi, the right, St Christopher.
Type: Window
Position: North wall
Materials: Stained glass

People

Baker, Arthur
Age: 61
Date of Death: 11/1/1954
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Patricia Barber 2000

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Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Wall tablet in Bath Abbey, Bath commemorating Vice-Admiral John McDougall, d. 1814

Location

Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Transcript

'Beneath / Repose the mortal Remains / Of / JOHN McDOUGALL Esqre / Vice Admiral of the Red, of his Majesty's Fleet / Who / Was summoned from this Vale of Tears / November 21st 1814 / Aet: Ann. 66 / THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE / IS SACRED TO THAT COUNTRY HE HAS DEFENDED / AND / THE LAUREL THAT CROWNS HIS TOMB / IS THE RECORD OF / IMMORTALITY / TERRENIUS AERE'

Details

Description: Oval inscription tablet on a background of draped cloth, arms within laurel wreath above.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of Nave
Materials: White marble
Artists: Reeves & Son

People

McDougall, John
Age: 66
Date of Death: 21/11/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1986
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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St Michael's church, Abergele, Conwy, Wales

Gravestone at St Michael’s church, Abergele, Conwy commemorating Hugh Jones d. 1857

Location

St Michael's church, Abergele, Conwy, Wales

Transcript

'Hugh Jones Amlwch / Captain yr Ann bach / Agladwydd y 6: o Ionawr / 1857 ei Oed 48.' [Hugh Jones of Amlwch [in Anglesey], Captain of the "Ann bach" ["Little Ann"], was buried 6 January 1857 aged 48.]

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate
Vessel: Ann Bach

People

Jones, Hugh
Age: 48
Date of Death: 1/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Re-sited against churchyard wall close to north-eastern corner of church.

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  "transcript": "'Hugh Jones Amlwch / Captain yr Ann bach / Agladwydd y 6: o Ionawr / 1857 ei Oed 48.' [Hugh Jones of Amlwch [in Anglesey], Captain of the \"Ann bach\" [\"Little Ann\"], was buried 6 January 1857 aged 48.]",
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St Mary's Church, Betteshanger, Kent, England

Monument in St Mary’s Church, Betteshanger, Kent commemorating Vice-Admiral of the White, Salmon Morrice RN d. 1740

Location

St Mary's Church, Betteshanger, Kent, England

Transcript

'NEAR to this Place is Interr'd SALMON MORRICE Esq VICE ADMIRAL of His / MAJESTY'S WHITE SQUADRON, who Dyed the 25th March 1740. Aged 68 Years. Also / his Beloved wife, ELIZABETH, Daughter of WILIAM WRIGHT Esqr, late / One of the COMMISSIONERS of His MAJESTY'S NAVY, she Dyed/the 22d of September, 1733 Aged 48 YEARS'.

Details

Description: Bust on a black sarcophagus bearing the inscription and flanked by trophies, a grey pyramid behind. Below, a relief of a first or second rate warship, with a relief panel depicting navigational instruments on each side.
Type: Monument
Position: Bell tower
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: ca.1740
Artists: Peter Scheemakers

People

Morrice, Salmon
Age: 68
Date of Death: 27/3/1741
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER Ship first or second rate. Design in pen, ink and wash, signed 'P. Scheemakers' in V & A 18946A. Photos in National Buildings Record, portrait bust not shown. Monument moved in 1859. 'The Commissioned Sea Officers of the Royal Navy' gives his date of death as 27 March 1741.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983) p. 140; John Charnock 'Biographia Navalis' vol. iii, p.169; Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers', 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' p. 205 (1999).

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

Memorial at Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating officers and crew of HMS ‘Winchester’ who died 1852-1857

Location

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

Transcript

Erected by Officers and crew of / H.M.S. 'WINCHESTER' / to the memory of their deceased / shipmates' [West face] '1852 / Wm SHEPPARD P.R.M. Killed / [Jas] BA[IL]EY P.R.M. Drowned / Jno [TATFORD] AB Drowned / Jas PAGE Quar. Master Died / [Jas. WAKEFIELD] Ships Carpenter Died / Robt. [HARVEY] AB Died / Jas. [GLADMAN] AB Died / [Geo. ROBINSON] AB Died / Jas. TAYLOR AB Died / Wm WALLACE AB Died / Wm. ROSEVEAR AB Died / Jas. BURNETT AB Died / Thos. LOWE AB Died / Wm TRIGGS AB Died / Wm ITHELL C. Crew Died / Thos EMERY P.R.M. Died / John KIBLER P.R.M. Died / Jas. GILBERT P.R.M. Died / Jno. COLES P.R.M. Died / Hy. LAWSHAM P.R.M. Died / Jas. HALE P.R.M. Died / Jno. BROWN Bandsman Died / Patk. FOWLER Ord 2d C Died' [East Face] '1853 / Capt. G. G. LOCH G.B. Killed in action / Bernard CONNELL P.R.M. Killed in action / George STANTON P.R.M. Killed in action / Thos. HOCKEY Ord Killed in action / Lieut H.A. HINDE Died of wounds / Jos. LILLICRAP Capt Maintop Died of Wounds / Hy. HOLLAND Sergeant R.M. Died of wounds / Jno. MEW P.R.M. Died of wounds / Geo. MORRIS Ordinary Drowned / Capt. Hy. ERSKINE R.M. Died / Mr. E.S. DOUGLAS Mate Died / Mr Hy FRENCH Assist. Surgeon Died / Edwin BLAKE A.B. Died / Jos. ROUSE A.B. Died', '1853 / Wm. THOMPSON A.B. Died / Wm. DOWNING A.B. Died / Jno. ROBINSON A.B. Died / Peter HENDERSON A.B. DIED / Chas. RICHARDSON A.B. Died / Rd. HANCOCK A.B. Died / Charles FIRTH P.R.M. Died / Thos. JENNINGS P.R.M. Died / Saml. HARRIS P.R.M. Died / Jas. MURRANT Ordinary Died / Wm. JARMAN Ordinary Died / Jas. THOMAS Bandsman Died / Geo. BLYTHE Ord. Q.C. Died / Jno. MAY Boy Died' [South face] '1854 / Robt. HAMILTON Quarter Master Died / Wm ELLIS A.B. Died / Wm. THOMAS A.B. Died / Tim. COURTNAGE P.R.M. Died / Hy. AYLING P.R.M. Died / Edwd. GRAINGER P.R.M. Died / Wm. VICKERY P.R.M. Died / Geo. CHAPMAN P.R.M. Died / Jno. READ Mid. COOK Died / Saml. PIGEON Ordinary Died / Gwynne REES Ordinary Died / Geo. KETCHER Ordinary Died / 1855 / Dan COURTNAYE A.B. Drowned / Thos. DUNNAWAY Boy Drowned / Ben. PERRICK A.B. Died / Thos. ROACH A.B. Died / Wm. ARBON P.R.M. Died / Fred. WINCHESTER Painter Died / Jno. MADDEN Ordinary Died / Wm. COE Ord. 2nd.C. Died' [North face] '1856 / Geo. WELLS Ordinary Died / Wm. FUGGLE Ord. 2nd.Cl. Died / John WILLIAMS Leading Seaman Died / Jas. MATHEWS A.B. Died / Geo. D. HARVEY Carpenters Mate Died / Jas. MICKLEJOHN Ordinary Drowned / Saml. SHORT A.B. Died / Thos. GARFORD A.B. Died / Wm. WEAVER P.R.M. Died / Henry WEST P.R.M. Killed / T.H. LATHAM P.R.M. Killed / J. NICHOLSON P.R.M. Died of wounds / C. BURGESS P.R.M. Died / Jno. GOWER Capt. M. Top Died / John BURGESS Qr. Master Died / David MOFFAT P.R.M. Killed / Joseph BROOKS A.B. Died / George WOODWARD A.B. Died / Wm. TURNER A.B. Died /J as. HARRINGTON Capt. of the mast Died / John RIDLEY A.B. Died /1857 / Fred. KNOWLES Ord. / Geo. LOCKE P.R.M. Died / Benj. EVANS A.B. / M.E. HARRINGTON Master's Asst Died / Jno. WILKINSON Q. Crew / Morris CROINEN Ord. Died / Geo. GOODYEAR P.R.M. / Jno. FUGE A.B. Died / Jno. MIALL Ships Stew / Geo. MARTIN A.B. Drowned / Jno. BENNET A.B. / Morris PIGOTT Bandsman Died / Jno. PRINCE A.B. / Thomas HALL P.R.M. Died / Thos. ATTRIDGE A.B. / C.F. HOCKINS Clerk Died'

Details

Description: Granite chest tomb with a stone anchor on top.
Type: Tomb
Materials: Granite
Vessel: HMS Winchester

Event

Second Anglo-Burma War

Event Date

1852-1853

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

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Extra

Notes: See Muster books TNA ADM 38/9351. ADM 39/5474 - ADM 38/5480.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "Erected by Officers and crew of / H.M.S. 'WINCHESTER' / to the memory of their deceased / shipmates' [West face] '1852 / Wm SHEPPARD P.R.M. Killed / [Jas] BA[IL]EY P.R.M. Drowned / Jno [TATFORD] AB Drowned / Jas PAGE Quar. Master Died / [Jas. WAKEFIELD] Ships Carpenter Died / Robt. [HARVEY] AB Died / Jas. [GLADMAN] AB Died / [Geo. ROBINSON] AB Died / Jas. TAYLOR AB Died / Wm WALLACE AB Died / Wm. ROSEVEAR AB Died / Jas. BURNETT AB Died / Thos. LOWE AB Died / Wm TRIGGS AB Died / Wm ITHELL C. Crew Died / Thos EMERY P.R.M. Died / John KIBLER P.R.M. Died / Jas. GILBERT P.R.M. Died / Jno. COLES P.R.M. Died / Hy. LAWSHAM P.R.M. Died / Jas. HALE P.R.M. Died / Jno. BROWN Bandsman Died / Patk. FOWLER Ord 2d C Died' [East Face] '1853 / Capt. G. G. LOCH G.B. Killed in action / Bernard CONNELL P.R.M. Killed in action / George STANTON P.R.M. Killed in action / Thos. HOCKEY Ord Killed in action / Lieut H.A. HINDE Died of wounds / Jos. LILLICRAP Capt Maintop Died of Wounds / Hy. HOLLAND Sergeant R.M. Died of wounds / Jno. MEW P.R.M. Died of wounds / Geo. MORRIS Ordinary Drowned / Capt. Hy. ERSKINE R.M. Died / Mr. E.S. DOUGLAS Mate Died / Mr Hy FRENCH Assist. Surgeon Died / Edwin BLAKE A.B. Died / Jos. ROUSE A.B. Died', '1853 / Wm. THOMPSON A.B. Died / Wm. DOWNING A.B. Died / Jno. ROBINSON A.B. Died / Peter HENDERSON A.B. DIED / Chas. RICHARDSON A.B. Died / Rd. HANCOCK A.B. Died / Charles FIRTH P.R.M. Died / Thos. JENNINGS P.R.M. Died / Saml. HARRIS P.R.M. Died / Jas. MURRANT Ordinary Died / Wm. JARMAN Ordinary Died / Jas. THOMAS Bandsman Died / Geo. BLYTHE Ord. Q.C. Died / Jno. MAY Boy Died' [South face] '1854 / Robt. HAMILTON Quarter Master Died / Wm ELLIS A.B. Died / Wm. THOMAS A.B. Died / Tim. COURTNAGE P.R.M. Died / Hy. AYLING P.R.M. Died / Edwd. GRAINGER P.R.M. Died / Wm. VICKERY P.R.M. Died / Geo. CHAPMAN P.R.M. Died / Jno. READ Mid. COOK Died / Saml. PIGEON Ordinary Died / Gwynne REES Ordinary Died / Geo. KETCHER Ordinary Died / 1855 / Dan COURTNAYE A.B. Drowned / Thos. DUNNAWAY Boy Drowned / Ben. PERRICK A.B. Died / Thos. ROACH A.B. Died / Wm. ARBON P.R.M. Died / Fred. WINCHESTER Painter Died / Jno. MADDEN Ordinary Died / Wm. COE Ord. 2nd.C. Died' [North face] '1856 / Geo. WELLS Ordinary Died / Wm. FUGGLE Ord. 2nd.Cl. Died / John WILLIAMS Leading Seaman Died / Jas. MATHEWS A.B. Died / Geo. D. HARVEY Carpenters Mate Died / Jas. MICKLEJOHN Ordinary Drowned / Saml. SHORT A.B. Died / Thos. GARFORD A.B. Died / Wm. WEAVER P.R.M. Died / Henry WEST P.R.M. Killed / T.H. LATHAM P.R.M. Killed / J. NICHOLSON P.R.M. Died of wounds / C. BURGESS P.R.M. Died / Jno. GOWER Capt. M. Top Died / John BURGESS Qr. Master Died / David MOFFAT P.R.M. Killed / Joseph BROOKS A.B. Died / George WOODWARD A.B. Died / Wm. TURNER A.B. Died /J as. HARRINGTON Capt. of the mast Died / John RIDLEY A.B. Died /1857 / Fred. KNOWLES Ord. / Geo. LOCKE P.R.M. Died / Benj. EVANS A.B. / M.E. HARRINGTON Master's Asst Died / Jno. WILKINSON Q. Crew / Morris CROINEN Ord. Died / Geo. GOODYEAR P.R.M. / Jno. FUGE A.B. Died / Jno. MIALL Ships Stew / Geo. MARTIN A.B. Drowned / Jno. BENNET A.B. / Morris PIGOTT Bandsman Died / Jno. PRINCE A.B. / Thomas HALL P.R.M. Died / Thos. ATTRIDGE A.B. / C.F. HOCKINS Clerk Died'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating officers and crew of HMS ‘Winchester’ who died 1852-1857</p>",
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    "vessel": "HMS Winchester"  },
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    "event":"Second Anglo-Burma War",
    "date": "1852-1853",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Asia"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "See Muster books TNA ADM 38/9351. ADM 39/5474 - ADM 38/5480.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
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St Mary's Church,, Alresford, Hampshire, England

Tablet in Church of St John the Baptist, Alresford, Hampshire, dedicated to Rear-Admiral John Halifax d. 1904

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St Mary's Church,, Alresford, Hampshire, England

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'To the Glory of God and in loving memory Rear Admiral John S Hallifax, Churchwarden of the Parish, Died December 11 1904 Aged 58'

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Type: Tablet
Position: Wall of nave
Materials: Brass

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Hallifax, John S.
Age: 58
Date of Death: 11/12/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: David Saunders

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England

Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham commemorating Edward Osborn Pocock RN d. 1813

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD OSBORN POCOCK ESQR / WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED AT SEA / ON THE 20TH JANUARY 1813 AGED 19 YEARS. / THE ZEAL, SPIRIT AND ACTIVITY WHICH HE / SHEWED IN THE EXECUTION OF THE VARIOUS DUTIES / OF HIS PROFESSION GAINED HIM THE APPROBATION OF / ALL THE COMMANDERS UNDER WHOM HE SERVED BY / WHOM HE WAS GREATLY AND DESERVEDLY BELOVED. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS / AS A MEMORIAL OF THE LOVE AND ESTEEM THEY BORE / FOR, AND THE DEEP REGRET THEY HAVE FELT IN THE / LOSS OF A MOST DUTIFUL AND AFFECTIONATE SON, / IN WHOSE CHARACTER WERE COMBINED THE / NOBLEST PRINCIPLES OF THE MIND / WITH THE GENTLEST AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART'

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Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Pocock, Edward Osborn
Age: 19
Date of Death: 20/1/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson 1994

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  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Twickenham, London, England",
  "transcript": "'TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD OSBORN POCOCK ESQR / WHO UNFORTUNATELY PERISHED AT SEA / ON THE 20TH JANUARY 1813 AGED 19 YEARS. / THE ZEAL, SPIRIT AND ACTIVITY WHICH HE / SHEWED IN THE EXECUTION OF THE VARIOUS DUTIES / OF HIS PROFESSION GAINED HIM THE APPROBATION OF / ALL THE COMMANDERS UNDER WHOM HE SERVED BY / WHOM HE WAS GREATLY AND DESERVEDLY BELOVED. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS / AS A MEMORIAL OF THE LOVE AND ESTEEM THEY BORE / FOR, AND THE DEEP REGRET THEY HAVE FELT IN THE / LOSS OF A MOST DUTIFUL AND AFFECTIONATE SON, / IN WHOSE CHARACTER WERE COMBINED THE / NOBLEST PRINCIPLES OF THE MIND / WITH THE GENTLEST AFFECTIONS OF THE HEART'",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Barbara Tomlinson 1994",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters