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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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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Staff Surgeon J. C. Watt RN d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / Staff-Surgeon J C Watt R.N. H.M.S. 'Gossamer' Drowned off / Weymouth 6th Nov 1910 / aged 36 / Thy will be Done'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 299
Vessel: HMS Gossamer

People

Watt, J. C.
Age: 36
Date of Death: 6/11/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Staff Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

Headstone at Llandaff Cathedral commemorating Lieutenant-Commander William Henry Reynolds RNVR d. 1930

Location

Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

In / loving memory of / William Henry Reynolds / Eng: Lieut. Comdr. R.N.V.R. [?] (Ret) Died 5th Sept 1930 aged 58 / Also of his beloved wife / Elinor / died 28th August 1936 aged 56'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Reynolds, William Henry
Age: 58
Date of Death: 5/9/1930
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer Lieutenant Commander
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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St John's Church, Ickham, Kent, England

Wall tablet in St John’s Church, Ickham, Kent commemorating Post Captain John Wood RN d. 1820

Location

St John's Church, Ickham, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / John Wood / of Brambling House in this Parish Esq / a Post Captain in the Royal Navy / He married XXVI Augst 1759 / Ann daughter and Co heiress of / John Bennet Alexander Esqre / of the Royal Navy / and died 24 June 1820 aetat 54 / leaving issue four sons and one daughter Viz / John, William, Henry, Thomas Philpott / and Eliza.'

Details

Description: Tablet with snakes, inverted torches and naval trophies.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Artists: Charles Regnart

Event

Mutiny at the Nore 1797

People

Wood, John
Age: 54
Date of Death: 24/6/1820
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER Sketch
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London 1964).
Recorder: C.H. Wood 1988
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Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Gravestone in Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, commemorating George Mottle d. 1849

Location

Candie Cemetery, Upland Road, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of George Mottle, surgeon to the Navy, born in Haslemere in Hampshire, on the 20th January 1801, died 22nd October 1849'

Details

Type: Headstone

People

Mottle, George
Age:
Date of Death: 22/10/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982
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Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Wall tablet in Canterbury Cathedral commemorating Admiral Richard Edwards d. 1795

Location

Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred / To the Memory of / RICHARD EDWARDS ESQR / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE / who departed this Life the 3d Febru.y 1795 / in the 76th Year of his age / His remains are interred under / a Black Marble, nearly beneath this / monument'

Details

Description: Oval, with arms above inscription

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South transept

People

Edwards, Richard
Age: 75
Date of Death: 3/2/1795
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders, 1991
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Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

Pediment, part of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

Details

Description: Pediment sculpture similar to West's painting 'The Apotheosis of Nelson'.
Type: Sculpture
Position: Exterior
Materials: Coade stone
Date Erected: 1813
Artists: Benjamin West, Panzetta & West

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Alison Kelly 'Mrs Coade's stone' (Upton-upon-Severn, 1990); Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p. 189.
Photographer: © RMG E9021-42
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Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside, London, England

Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside, London commemorating  Lieutenant Harold Charrington RN d. 1882

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Barkingside, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT HAROLD CHARRINGTON R.N. / AGED 26 YEARS/OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP EURYALUS / AND FLAG LIEUTENANT TO / REAR ADMIRAL SIR W.N. HEWETT, VICTORIA CROSS K.C.B. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF IN THE EAST INDIES, / WHO IN COMPANY WITH / PROFESSOR E.H. PALMER, OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE / AND CAPTAIN W.J. GILL ROYAL ENGINEERS / WHILE ENGAGED IN AN IMPORTANT AND/CONFIDENTIAL MISSION IN CONNECTION WITH / THE WAR IN EGYPT, / WERE ALL KILLED BY THE BEDOUIN ARABS / IN THE DESERT OF MOUNT SINAI, / ABOUT THE 11TH AUGUST 1882 / THEIR REMAINS ARE INTERRED / IN THE CRYPT OF ST PAULS CATHEDRAL / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF / SPENCER CHARRINGTON, ESQR / FORMERLY OF GREAT GEARIES, IN THIS PARISH / A TABLET HAS BEEN ERECTED IN THE PARISH CHURCH OF HUNSDON, HERTS. / BY ADMIRAL W.N. HEWETT, AND THE OFFICERS / OF HIS FLAG SHIP EURYALUS, / IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / ONE WHO HAD ENDEARED HIMSELF TO THEM ALL. / ALSO / ALETHE CHARLOTTE PAULINE, / WIFE OF SPENCER CHARRINGTON ESQR. / AND MOTHER OF THE ABOVE, / DIED AT HUNSDON HOUSE 20TH FEBRUARY 1883/AGED 52 YEARS. / ALSO SPENCER CHARRINGTON, M.P. / OF HUNSDON HERTS. BORN 1813, DIED 1904. / FOR MANY YEARS CHURCHWARDEN OF THIS PARISH'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Vessel: HMS ‘Euryalus'

Event

Egypt Campaign

Event Date

1882-1889

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Charrington, Harold
Age: 26
Date of Death: 11/8/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also a wall plaque in St Dunston's Church, Hunsdon, Hertfordshire noted by Mr James Lewis Young.
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating James Hudson d. 1868

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'James Hudson, Pilot of this Port died 11 November 1868 age 37'

Details

People

Hudson, James
Age: 37
Date of Death: 11/11/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 723.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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