Plaque dedicated to the memory of John Blackford in St Nicholas Church, Bristol. d. 1919
Location
St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
'To the beloved memory of / John Blackford C.G.I. / Who served his country in the Royal Navy / for 42 years / He took part in the Congo Expedition / and was present at the Bombardment of Alexandria / Died October 9th 1919'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Staircase Materials: Brass
Event
Bombardment of Alexandria
Event Date
1882
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Blackford, John Age: Date of Death: 9/10/1919 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.
Forres Tower, Cluny Hill, Moray, Scotland, commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson d. 1805
Location
Forres Tower, Cluny Hill, Moray, Scotland
Transcript
[Plaques] In Memory of / ADL. LORD NELSON // The Nile / 1st August / 1798 // Copenhagen / 2nd April / 1801 // Trafalgar / 21st October / 1805 //
[Gothic arch over entrance] CONDUITA / AERAE ARCHITECT. // D. SINCLAIR Inspectore / C. STEWART Architecto / A. SMITH Opifice //
[Rectangle metal plaque] Nelson’s Tower / This Monument was erected in / 1806 in celebration of Lord / Nelson and his victories. Four / plaques commemorate the / Battle of the Nile 1798, / Copenhagen 1801, Trafalgar / 1805 and that the Tower was built by public subscription / (Architect Charles Stewart). / Built as a meeting place, / viewpoint and landscape / centrepiece, this octagonal / gothic structure contains / three empty rooms. A spiral / stair climbs 70 feet to the / top offering a beautiful / panoramic view over the / Moray Firth area. //
[Round metal plaque] Reopened on / 20 August 1991 by / Cllr. Hilda Cumiskie / following restoration by / Moray District Council / in association with / Historic Scotland. //
Details
Description: Crenelated octagonal tower built in the gothic style, 70 feet (21 mt.) high with a diameter of 24 feet (8 mt.). Interior spiral staircase with three levels. Exterior plaques commemorate Nelson victories at The Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar.
Type: Tower Position: Cluny Hill, Forres, Moray Materials: Harling, ashlar Artists: Charles Stewart Vessel: Victory
Event
Battle of the Nile, Battle of Copenhagen, Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1798, 1801, 1805
Event Category
1798 French Revolutionary Wars; 1801 - 1814 The English Wars; 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
Notes: Restored after a fire in 1900 by John Forrest.
A ‘Trafalgar Club’ was formed by the subscribers to Nelson’s monument in 1807. Members met on the anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar - 21 October 1805. Originally the group met at Maclean’s Inn, Forres. Later meetings were held at Nelson’s Tower. The club transferred its assets to Forres Town Council in 1851. The Moray District Council became guardians of the Tower in 1975.
Numerous monuments were erected around the country in Nelson’s memory. Others include Nelson’s Column, Trafalgar Square, London, the Nelson Monument, Carlton Hill, Edinburgh and the Nelson Monument, Exchange Flags, Liverpool.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 143. Nelson’s Tower, Museums of Moray www.moray.gov.uk
Headstone at the Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon commemorating John Crago, RN, d. 1917
Location
Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF MARY LOUISE ELEANOR CRAGO WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS 14 MARCH 1921 AGED 52 YEARS ALSO EDWARD JOHN CRAGO RN SON OF THE ABOVE KILLED DURING THE GREAT WAR 16 JULY 1917 AGED 20 YEARS THY WILL BE DONE ALSO OF EDWARD JOHN HUSBAND OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 19 MAY 1943 AGED 75 YEARS REUNITED AT REST ALSO IRENE VIOLET DEAD DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE WHO FELL ASLEEP ON 12 AUGUST 1945'
Details
Description: Carved with flowers Type: Headstone Position: Near north west corner
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Crago, Edward John Age: 20 Date of Death: 16/7/1917 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating John Thomas Costick d. 1914
Location
Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARY ANN ELIZABETH COSTICK / THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN THOMAS COSTICK / LATE CHIEF OFFICER, HM COASTGUARD. / DIED 3rd FEBRUARY 1914 / AGED 68 YEARS / ALSO OF / JOHN THOMAS COSTICK / DIED 4th APRIL 1915 / AGED 76 YEARS'
Details
Description: A gravestone with columns at the side. Type: Gravestone Position: Area B Materials: White marble
People
Costick, John Thomas Age: 76 Date of Death: 4/4/1915 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: HM Coastguard
Wall tablet in St Cuthbert’s Church, Wells, Somerset commemorating Rear-Admiral John Holloway d. 1826
Location
St Cuthbert's Church, Wells, Somerset, England
Transcript
'Scared to the memory / of John Holloway, Esquire / Admiral of the Red / who was born in Wells / Janry: 25th. 1743 / and died in his birthplace, June 26th 1826. / In him was concentrated / a rare combination of estimable qualities / the ingenuousness of the seaman / the sincerity of a genuine friend / and the integrity and honourable feeling / which characterize the gentleman / while the calmness and sincerity of his mind / amid the sensible decay of his vital powers / strongly bespoke the christian's expectation / of a better ans happier world. / To testify her regret and the loss / of one so worthy her esteem and affection / this tablet has been erected / by his afflicted widow.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: West pier of North Transept Materials: White marble
People
Holloway, John Age: 83 Date of Death: 27/6/1826 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: With Holloway arms. Also a ledger adjacent. Bibliography: James H. Thomas 'East India Company Shipping Losses in the late 18th Century: The case of the Henry Addington', 'The Mariner's Mirror' (vol. 90, February 2004) p.61.
Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Rear-Admiral Richard Utber, d. 1669
Location
St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Here lyeth the Body of Reere Admiral / Richard Utber, father of Capt John Utber / slaine at Bergen, both born in this towne / of Laistoe, who departed this life the 18 of Novem 1669'
Details
Type: Ledger
People
Utber, Richard Age: Unknown Date of Death: 18/11/1669 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft, 1949). Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
Wall tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral of the Fleet, Philip Vian d. 1968
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'PHILIP LOUIS / VIAN / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET, born 1894 died 1968 / an outstanding leader who commanded / at sea & fought with great distinction / in every major theatre throughout / the Second World War / 1939-45'
Wall tablet in the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Admiral Sir George Campbell, d. 1821.
Location
Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR GEORGE CAMPBELL G.C.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. / HE WAS THE SON OF PRYSE CAMPBELL ESQ. OF CAWDOR CASTLE, COUNTY OF NAIRN M.P. AND BROTHER OF LORD CAWDOR. / HE DIED COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY 23RD 1821 AGED 59 / HAVING SERVED 49 YEARS IN THE ROYAL NAVY IN WHICH HE EMINENTLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / IN MOST ARDUOUS AND ESSENTIAL SERVICES, IN CONSIDERATION OF WHICH AND HIS HIGH CHARACTER / HIS PRESENT MAJESTY IN THE MOST GRACIOUS MANNER APPOINTED HIM GROOM OF THE BEDCHAMBER / AND CONFERRED ON HIM THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH / TO HIM, WHOSE, LOYAL, BRAVE AND GENTLE HEART, / FULFILL'D THE HERO'S AND THE CHRISTIAN'S PART; / WHOSE CHARITY LIKE THAT WHICH PAUL ENJOIN'D / WAS WARM, BENEFICENT AND UNCONFIN'D / THIS STONE IS REAR'D- TO PUBLICK DUTY TRUE / THE SEAMAN'S FRIEND - THE FATHER OF HIS CREW, / MILD IN REPROOF, SAGACIOUS IN COMMAND, / HE SPREAD FRATERNAL ZEAL THROUGHOUT HIS BAND, / AND LED EACH ARM TO ACT, EACH HEART TO FEEL, / WHAT BRITISH VALOUR OWES TO BRITAIN'S WEAL, / THESE WERE HIS PUBLICK VIRTUES- BUT TO TRACE / HIS PRIVATE WORTH'S FAIR PURITY AND GRACE: / TO PAINT THE TRAITS THAT DREW AFFECTION STRONG / FROM FRIENDS AN ARDENT AND AN AMPLE THRONG: / AND MORE TO SPEAK HIS MEMORY'S GRATEFUL CLAIM / ON HER WHO MOURNS HIM MOST, AND BEARS HIS NAME, / O'ERCOMES THE TREMBLING HAND OF WIDOW'S GRIEF, / O'ERCOMES THE HEART UNCONSCIOUS OF RELIEF / SAVE IN RELIGION'S HIGH AND HOLY TRUST / WHILST PLACING THIS MEMORIAL O'ER HIS DUST'
Details
Description: An altar in relief with Campbell's full arms on the front, a cocked hat and sword above, the whole draped with an ensign with a sextant at the base.
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Campbell, George Age: 59 Date of Death: 23/1/1821 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
