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:
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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:
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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.
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:
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.
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
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Notes: Crew members drowned in capsize of whaler. Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1981
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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters