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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

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

Extra

Notes: Record at Jersey archives.
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Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

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
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St Thomas's Church, Newport, Isle of Wight, England

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).
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

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

Extra

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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St James's Church, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England

Memorial in St James’s Church, Castle Acre, Norfolk commemorating Lieutenant Alan Everett Hudson, RN, d. 1905 in Simon’s Town, South Africa

Location

St James's Church, Castle Acre, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'Lieut Alan Everett Hudson R.N., H.M.S. Pearl, sixth son of Thomas More Hudson, who died in R.N. Hospital Simons Town, 3 Feb 1905 aged 30.'

Details

Vessel: HMS Pearl

People

Hudson, Alan Everett
Age: 30
Date of Death: 3/2/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1968
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St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex, England

Rood screen in St Margaret’s Church, Barking, dedicated to Phillip Marriott d. 1891

Location

St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God and in affectionate memory of Phillip Marriott 21 May 1874-6 Nov 1891. Lost at sea lat 50 45' South 153 31' East. This chancel screen is erected by his sorrowing parents Wm Kenaz and Maria Marriott as the witness of a great trouble made bearable by a greater hope."If I take the wings of the morning and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea. Even there shall thy hand lead me and thy right hand shall hold me" Psalm 139.9.10'

Details

Description: Rood screen with a brass plate.
Type: Rood screen

People

Marriott, Phillip
Age:
Date of Death: 6/11/1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1996
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Holy Trinity Church, Bungay, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Bungay, Suffolk commemorating Major-General Robert Kelso, British Army, d.1823

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Bungay, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of Major-General Robert Kelso (1) late Colonel of the 1st Royal Veteran Batt, who departed this life on October 13th 1823, in the 63rd year of his age'

Details

Type: Tablet
Materials: White marble

Event

Battle of the Saints 1782

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

Kelso, Robert
Age: 62
Date of Death: 1823
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Major-General
Organisation: British Army

Extra

Notes: This lamented officer served his King and country 43 years in every quarter of the globe with distinguished honour and credit. Was at the capture of St. Eustatia in 1781; the naval action off the Chesapeake; in those under Lord Rodney on the 9th and 12th of April 1782, was at the capture of Martinique Guadeloupe and St.Lucie and at the reduction of the Mauritius had the honour of being nominated to the command of a brigade.
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Hugh Lyness Howard d. 1855

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Howard, Hugh Lyness
Age: 21
Date of Death: 3/5/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Drowned in Straits of Gibraltar.
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Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Gravestone in the Memorial Garden next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church commemorating Sidney John Gillingham d. 1916

Location

Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Transcript

'IHS / Sidney John Gillingham / alias: John Cash / stoker 1st class / Died / March 28th 1916 / Aged 23 years'

Details

Description: Headstones arranged in two parallel lines.
Type: War Graves Commission headstone
Vessel: HMS Conquest

People

Gillingham, Sidney John
Age: 32
Date of Death: 28/3/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Crew members drowned in capsize of whaler.
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1981
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St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Thomas J. Graham MD and sixteen seamen of HMS ‘Pantaloon’ who died in 1847

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Thomas. J. GRAHAM M.D. and 16 seamen of H.M. Ship 'Pantaloon', who died from fever between Belize and Jamaica. Erected out of respect by the Captn & Officers, 1847'

Details

Vessel: HMS Pantaloon

People

Graham, Thomas J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1847
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
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