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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

JSON

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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

JSON

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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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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain William Holmes d. 1848

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain William Holmes died 4 May 1848 age 58'

Details

People

Holmes, William
Age: 58
Date of Death: 4/5/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 8, p.155. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "location": "Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Captain William Holmes died 4 May 1848 age 58'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain William Holmes d. 1848</p>",
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Church of St Cewydd and St Peter, Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial at Church of St Cewydd and St Peter, Steynton, Pembrokeshire commemorating Charles Nuttall d. 1832

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Church of St Cewydd and St Peter, Steynton, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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'Charles Nuttall, thirty nine years commander of a Milford Post Office Packet who died suddenly on board his ship in DUNMORE Harbour 19th Oct 1832 aged 63 years'

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Nuttall, Charles
Age: 63
Date of Death: 19/10/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
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Organisation: Post office

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974

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  "transcript": "'Charles Nuttall, thirty nine years commander of a Milford Post Office Packet who died suddenly on board his ship in DUNMORE Harbour 19th Oct 1832 aged 63 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Cewydd and St Peter, Steynton, Pembrokeshire commemorating Charles Nuttall d. 1832</p>",
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St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Memorial lectern in St Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon commemorating Richard Pennell d. 1797

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St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England

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'THIS LECTERN WAS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF RICHD PENNELL COMMR OF SHIP HAWK H.E.I.C.S. WHO DIED 4 MAY 1797 AGED 42, BY HIS CHILDREN WHO DIED + RICHD LEWIN 12 SEPT 1873 AGED 80, MARY JANE 2 NOVEMBER 1891 AGED 96, HENRY BOULTON 31 MARCH 1888 AGED 91'

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Type: Brass plaque
Position: Base of Lectern
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HEIC Hawk

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Pennell, Richard
Age: 42
Date of Death: 4/5/1797
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

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Notes: Plate folded to form three sections on octagonal base.
Recorder: F.M.M. Lewes 1994

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  "id": "M4397",
  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'THIS LECTERN WAS GIVEN IN MEMORY OF RICHD PENNELL COMMR OF SHIP HAWK H.E.I.C.S. WHO DIED 4 MAY 1797 AGED 42, BY HIS CHILDREN WHO DIED + RICHD LEWIN 12 SEPT 1873 AGED 80, MARY JANE 2 NOVEMBER 1891 AGED 96, HENRY BOULTON 31 MARCH 1888 AGED 91'",
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    "recorder": "F.M.M. Lewes 1994",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Memorial in St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Commander Francis Joseph Richardson, RNVR d. 1932

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St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

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'In / loving memory / of / Commander / FRANCIS JOSEPH / RICHARDSON / O.B.E., R.N.V.R. / Late King's Royal Rifle Corps / died 24 March 1932 / aged 49 years / Also of his wife / MARGUERITE EILY / RICHARDSON / died 25 Nov 1960 / aged 84 years / and of his mother / MARION CHRISTINA RICHARDSON / died 1st Feb 1938 / aged 81 years'

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Position: N1252A

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Richardson, Francis Joseph
Age: 49
Date of Death: 24/3/1932
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

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Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 90 no. N1252A (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1985).

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  "id": "M1810",
  "location": "St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'In / loving memory / of / Commander / FRANCIS JOSEPH / RICHARDSON / O.B.E., R.N.V.R. / Late King's Royal Rifle Corps / died 24 March 1932 / aged 49 years / Also of his wife / MARGUERITE EILY / RICHARDSON / died 25 Nov 1960 / aged 84 years / and of his mother / MARION CHRISTINA RICHARDSON / died 1st Feb 1938 / aged 81 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Commander Francis Joseph Richardson, RNVR d. 1932</p>",
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    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters