Memorial at Nunhead Cemetery, London commemorating Lieutenant Charles Nolluth RN d. 1855
Location
Nunhead Cemetery, London, England
Details
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1853-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Nolluth, Charles Age: 40 Date of Death: 7/1/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 7th son of John and Hannah Nolluth. Died in the Naval Hospital at Therapia, Constantinople. Interred in the naval cemetery there. Recorder: Miss J. Millar 1997
Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall dedicated to Samuel Hancock d. 1917
Location
St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'In Loving Memory of / SAMUEL J. HANCOCK / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / SUSANNA HANCOCK / (LATE TRINITY PILOT) / WHO DIED FEBRUARY 21ST 1917 / HIS END WAS PEACE / ALSO SUSANNA HANCOCK / THE DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JANUARY 19TH 1922 / AGED 82 YEARS'
Details
Description: Anchor and chain on rocks in relief above the inscription.
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Hancock, Samuel J. Age: Date of Death: 21/2/1917 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot Organisation:
Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Commander Edward Kelly RN d. 1837
Location
Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Edward Kelly, Commander RN who departed this life on the 18th January 1837 age 54 years. Also Harriet Kelly his wife who died on the 19th November 1847 aged 60 years, leaving their children to mourn their irreparable loss.'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: C8
People
Kelly, Edward Age: 54 Date of Death: 18/1/1837 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, commemorating Robert Randall d. 1743
Location
Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Here lieth the Body of / ROBERT Son of / ROBERT & LIZ. RANDALL / who was drowned in / Langstone Harbour: / the 20th of May 1743 aged 16 years / Also ANN wife of WILLIAM RANDALL / who died, the 27th of October 1802 / aged 57 Years / Near this Place / lies Interred the Remains of / CAROLINE WHATELY / Grand Daughter of the above / ANN RANDALL / who died April the 22nd 1807 / Aged 13 Months'
Details
Description: Relief of urn and drapery. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Limestone
People
Randall, Robert Age: 16 Date of Death: 20/5/1743 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Sketch. Recorder: Shirley Bowlyer; J. Storer 1998
Monument at St Thomas’s Church, Newport, Isle of Wight, commemorating Edward Horsey d. 1582
Location
St Thomas's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
'EDWARDVS QVI MILES ERAT FORTISSIMVS HORSEY / VECTIS ERAT PRAESES. CONSTANS TERRAQ. MARIQ. / MAGNANIMVS PLACIDAE SVB PACIS NOMINE FORTIS / IVSTITIAE CVLTOR, QVAM FIDVS AMICVS AMICO / FAVTOR EVANGELII DELECTVS PRINCIPE VIXIT / MVNIFICVS POPVLO MVLTVM DELECTVS AB OMNI / VIXIT ET VT SANCTE SIC STAMINA SANCTA PEREGIT / QVI OBIIT 23 DIE MARCII / ANNO DOMINI 1582'. [Translation] 'To Sir Edward Horsey, a very valiant soldier, captain of the Wight, who was courageous both by sea and land, brave yet pacific in disposition, and no less a worshipper of justice than a faithful friend, a supporter of the gospel and a man of liberal spirit, who lived esteemed by his sovereign and much loved by his people and he lived holily so he executed holily his particular duties, who died 23rd March AD. 1582'.
Details
Description: Recumbent effigy in armour on rolled mat. Strapwork background. Architectural surround with three achievements at the top. Type: Monument Position: East end of south aisle Materials: Alabaster
People
Horsey, Edward Age: Date of Death: 23/3/1582 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval commander Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Moved from earlier church on this site, own sword by his side. Photo see National Monuments Record. Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'; Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996).
Memorial bust at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Edward Riddle d. 1854 and John Riddle, d. 1862, both Royal Hospital School
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'ERECTED BY OFFICERS / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND MERCANTILE MARINE / AND MASTERS OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL / AND OTHER NAVIGATION SCHOOLS / ALL OLD PUPILS / TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY / OF / EDWARD RIDDLE ESQ. F.R.A.S. / AND OF / JOHN RIDDLE ESQ. F.R.A.S. / FATHER AND SON / EACH IN SUCCESSION HEADMASTER / OF THE NAUTICAL SCHOOL / OF THE GREENWICH HOSPITAL UPPER SCHOOL / AND / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF THE CONSTANT / AND EARNEST EFFORTS OF THESE DISTINGUISHED MASTERS / TO APPLY THEIR MATHEMATICAL AND / SCIENTIFIC ATTAINMENTS AND THEIR GREAT / TEACHING POWERS TO THE ADVANCE OF NAVIGATION / AND THE SUCCESS OF THEIR PUPILS. / THE SCHOOL DURING THE YEARS OF THEIR MASTERSHIPS / (1821-62) BECAME THE FOREMOST IN THE KINGDOM / FOR INSTRUCTION IN NAUTICAL SCIENCE.' [base] 'THE BUST OF MR EDWARD RIDDLE / WAS PRESENTED TO HIM BY OLD PUPILS IN 1853 / AND HIS GRANDSON MR E. RIDDLE M.I.E.E.[?]. / GAVE IT TO THE SCHOOL IN 1881'
Details
Description: Plinth surmounted by a bust. The pediment is carved with a sextant and has acroteria on either side. Rope twist round the base. Type: Tablet Position: Mausoleum (south wall) Materials: Marble Artists: William Theed
People
Riddle, Edward Age: 68 Date of Death: 31/3/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Greenwich Riddle, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1862 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Greenwich
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Notes: Edward Riddle (1786 - 1854) and his son, John Riddle (1816 - 1862) were headmasters (1841 - 1851 and 1851 - 1862 respectively) at the Royal Hospital School. Both were astronomers, mathemeticians and teachers of navigation.
Public Record Office. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618. Bust still on site. There is a second bust on a plinth with the same inscription at the Royal Hospital School, Holbrook, Ipswich, Suffolk. DOSSIER.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
