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Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

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

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "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'",
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St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating James Stafford d. 1821

Location

St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'James Stafford of the Brig Ann of Wexford died 13th November 1821 age 19'

Details

Vessel: Ann

People

Stafford, James
Age: 19
Date of Death: 13/11/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.1, p. 636. Church demolished in 1898.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'James Stafford of the Brig Ann of Wexford died 13th November 1821 age 19'",
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Binfield cemetery, Binfield, Berkshire, England

Ashes in Binfield Cemetery, Berkshire of Norman Charles Munday. d. 1980

Location

Binfield cemetery, Binfield, Berkshire, England

Transcript

'Norman Charles Munday 28.10.20 - 11.6.1980 Wartime AB 1939-45. H.M.S. Frobisher, Nelson'

Details

Vessel: HMS Frobisher, HMS Nelson

People

Munday, Norman Charles
Age: 60
Date of Death: 11/6/1980
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Ashes.
Recorder: Suzanne Gilbert

JSON

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Cimetière de Vaurigard, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Memorial formerly in the Cimetière de Vaurigard, Paris commemorating Captain John Wesley Wright RN d. 1805

Location

Cimetière de Vaurigard, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Here Lies Inhumed / JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT, / BY BIRTH AN Englishman, / CAPTAIN IN THE BRITISH NAVY, / Distinguished both among his own / Countrymen and Foreigners / For skill and courage / To whom, / Of those things which lead to the summit of glory, /Nothing was wanting but opportunity. / His ancestors, whose virtues he inherited, / He honoured by his deeds. / Quick in apprehending his orders, / Active and bold in the execution of them. / In success modest, / In adverse circumstances firm, / In doubtful enterprises, wise and prudent. / Awhile successful in his career, / At length assailed by adverse winds, and on an hostile shore, / He was captured; / And being soon after brought to Paris, / Was confined in the prison called the Temple, / Infamous for midnight murders, / And placed in the most rigid custody: / But in bonds, / And suffering severities still more oppressive, / His fortitude of mind and fidelity to his country / Remained unshaken. /
A short time after, / He was found in the morning with his throat cut, / And dead in his bed. / He died the 28th October, 1805, aged 36. / To be lamented by his Country, /
Avenged by his God!’

Details

Date Erected: 1816

People

Wright, John Wesley
Age:
Date of Death: 28/10/1805
Cause of Death: Murdered
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Murdered in his sleep in Temple Prison. Tombstone erected by Admiral Sir William Sidney Smith 1816. Wright's grave now lost.
Bibliography: 'London Chronicle' (1 October 1816).

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘Here Lies Inhumed / JOHN WESLEY WRIGHT, /  BY BIRTH AN Englishman, / CAPTAIN IN THE BRITISH NAVY, / Distinguished both among his own / Countrymen and Foreigners / For skill and courage / To whom, / Of those things which lead to the summit of glory, /Nothing was wanting but opportunity. / His ancestors, whose virtues he inherited, / He honoured by his deeds. / Quick in apprehending his orders, / Active and bold in the execution of them. / In success modest, / In adverse circumstances firm, / In doubtful enterprises, wise and prudent. / Awhile successful in his career, / At length assailed by adverse winds, and on an hostile shore, / He was captured; / And being soon after brought to Paris, / Was confined in the prison called the Temple, / Infamous for midnight murders, / And placed in the most rigid custody: / But in bonds, / And suffering severities still more oppressive, / His fortitude of mind and fidelity to his country / Remained unshaken. / <br />\r\nA short time after, / He was found in the morning with his throat cut, / And dead in his bed. / He died the 28th October, 1805, aged 36. / To be lamented by his Country, / <br />\r\nAvenged by his God!’<br />",
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St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Oswald’s Church, Filey commemorating Michael Agar d. 1816

Location

St Oswald's Church, Filey, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF MICHAEL AGAR / Master Mariner / WHO DIED AT PLYMOUTH / DEC. 23RD 1816; / AGED 28 YEARS / ALSO OF Zillah Agar / LATE OF LONDON / SISTER OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / FEB 24 1864 / AND OF HARRIET AGAR / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / MICHAEL AGAR...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Agar, Michael
Age: 28
Date of Death: 23/12/1816
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Thomas McCall White d. 1863

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thomas McCall White died on board the brig Lemnos at Gualiquay River, Parana, S. America 17 May 1863 age 26'

Details

Vessel: Lemnos

People

White, Thomas McCall
Age: 26
Date of Death: 17/5/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 8, p. 807. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas McCall White died on board the brig Lemnos at Gualiquay River, Parana, S. America 17 May 1863 age 26'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Thomas McCall White d. 1863</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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Trafalgar Square, London, England

Memorial in Trafalgar Square, London commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Trafalgar Square, London, England

Details

Description: Corinthian column with a statue of Nelson on the top, reliefs of his victories round the base.
Type: Column
Materials: Granite (Foggin Tor, Devon), Bronze
Date Erected: 1867
Artists: William Railton, E H Baily
Vessel: HMS Victory

Event

Battle of Trafalgar,

Event Date

1805

Event Category

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: Reliefs: Nile by W.F. Woodington, Copenhagen by J. Ternough, St Vincent by M.L. Watson, Trafalgar by J.E. Carew. The bronze reliefs were made from captured cannon. The lions to designs by Landseer, were executed by Baron Marochetti and installed in 1867.

Bibliography: Arthur Byron 'London Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture' (London, 1981) p. 170; Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p. 182, 190.

JSON

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  "location": "Trafalgar Square, London, England",
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    "recorder": "",
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Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy commemorating Captain Charles Montague Walker RN d. 1833

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN C.M. WALKER R.N. / BORN 3 FEB 1780 / DIED AT FLORENCE / 9 JULY 1833’

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: North West Section

People

Walker, Charles Montague
Age: 52
Date of Death: 9/7/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Transcribed by G.S. Parry and published in 'Notes & Queries', 1908, Series 10, vol. 9, p. 225.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy commemorating Captain Charles Montague Walker RN d. 1833</p>",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, West Sussex, England

Wall tablet at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, West Sussex commemorating John Gratwicke RN d. 1910

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of stoker / John Gratwicke of H.M.S. Invincible who was drowned / at Bantry Bay on February 3rd / 1910 aged 22 interred at Bantry'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle
Materials: Brass
Artists: J. Wipple & Co Ltd
Vessel: HMS Invincible

People

Gratwicke, John
Age: 22
Date of Death: 3/2/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: Mrs W. Woods 1993

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of stoker / John Gratwicke of H.M.S. Invincible who was drowned / at Bantry Bay on February 3rd / 1910 aged 22 interred at Bantry'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Shipley, West Sussex commemorating John Gratwicke RN d. 1910</p>",
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St Mary's Church, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Monument in Amersham, Buckinghamshire commemorating Lieutenant George Arthur T. Drake RN d. 1884

Location

St Mary's Church, Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

[On monument to John T Drake] 'Also of George Arthur T Drake third son of the above. 1st Lieutenant of H.M.S. Severn accidentally drowned in the Madras Roads June 20 1884 aged 31'

Details

Position: Drake Chapel
Vessel: HMS Severn

People

Drake, George Arthur T.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 20/6/1884
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris

JSON

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    "event":"",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters