Tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich listing naval officers who died 1800-1864 and whose memorials at this site were destroyed in the Second World War
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Details
Position: Mausoleum
People
Colby, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 21/9/1864 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hart, Henry Age: Date of Death: 8/4/1862 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy Huskisson, T. Age: Date of Death: 21/12/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Lee, John Age: Date of Death: 23/11/1800 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Liardet, Francis Age: 64 Date of Death: 1/3/1863 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Lynne, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1826 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: On a tablet listing the monuments destroyed in the 1939-45 war.
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'
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
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
Memorial formerly at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Commander John Undrell RN d. 1826
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'This tablet is erected to commemorate / John Undrell Esquire Commander / of the Royal Navy / A man of rare endowment of mind / of thorough nobleness of nature and / of most ardent affections his character / comprised the elements of true greatness / and he wanted nothing but opportunity / by feats of arms to render himself / illustrious in his day and generation. / He died the 17th day of January 1826 / bequeathing the whole of his property / to this noble institution / This tablet and inscription are placed here / with the consent of the Directors of Greenwich Hospital'
Details
Position: Mausoleum
People
Undrell, John Age: Date of Death: 17/1/1826 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618. Memorial destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in Public Record Office.
Wall tablet in St Thomas of Canterbury, East Clandon commemorating Peter Joseph Day RN d. 1930
Location
Church of St Thomas of Canterbury, East Clandon, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF PETTY OFFICER / PETER JOSEPH DAY R.N. / OF H.M.S. NELSON. THE ONLY / SON OF ALFRED AND SARAH / DAY OF THIS PARISH, WHO / DIED AT SEA AS A RESULT / OF AN ACCIDENT FEB 27 1930 / AND WAS BURIED AT MALTA / AGED THIRTY EIGHT YEARS'
Details
Description: Carved with badge of HMS 'Nelson'.
Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Nelson
People
Day, Peter Joseph Age: 38 Date of Death: 27/2/1930 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in St Kew, Cornwall dedicated to Elijah Wilce d. 1924
Location
Church of St James the Great, St Kew, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of / ELIJAH WILCE / MASTER MARINER / BORN AT ST KEW NOV 15TH 1840 / DIED AT TRURO NOV 6TH 1924 / SO HE BRINGETH THEM UNTO THE HAVEN / WHERE THEY WOULD BE'
Details
Description: Cross with anchor and chain.
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Stone
People
Wilce, Elijah Age: 63 Date of Death: 6/11/1924 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Sir Marc Isambard Brunel d. 1849 and Isambard Kingdom Brunel d. 1859
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'Sir Marc Isambard Brunel, born at Nacquevelle in Normandy April 25th 1769. Died in London December 12th 1849. He has raised his own monument by his public works at Portsmouth, Chatham and the Thames Tunnel. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, civil engineer only son of Marc Isambard Brunel born April 9th 1806. Died September 15th 1859'
Brunel, Marc Isambard Age: 80 Date of Death: 12/12/1849 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Civil engineer Organisation: Unknown Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Age: 53 Date of Death: 15/09/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Engineer Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Isambard Kingdom Brunel, is also commemorated in Westminster Abbey. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1985
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
