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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Robert Simpson d. 1911

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ROBERT SIMPSON / Private RMLI H.M.S. 'Shannon' / died / 9th May 1911 aged 38'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 322
Vessel: HMS Shannon

People

Simpson, Robert
Age: 38
Date of Death: 9/5/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Notes: Date discrepency, may have died on the 7th May.
Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ROBERT SIMPSON / Private RMLI H.M.S. 'Shannon' / died / 9th May 1911 aged 38'",
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    "notes": "Date discrepency, may have died on the 7th May.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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}

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Memorial in Tetbury, Gloucestershire dedicated to Commander Alfred John Paul RN d. 1811

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'Alfred John Paul, Esqre., Commander R.N., sixth son of Robert Clark Paul, Esqre. of this town, born 11th January 1811, died 18th August 1845. He entered the Naval Service in January 1824; was midshipman of the Dartmouth, at Navarino, and Flag Lieutenant in the Wellesley, at the taking of Chusan, and in the operations against Canton and subsequent capture of that city, in the year 1841; in which service he obtained his promotion. This tablet is erected by his brothers as a token of the sincere love and affection which they bore him.'

Details

Description: Memorial in Tetbury, Gloucestershire dedicated to Alfred Paul. d. 1845
Position: East wall nave

Event

First China War

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Paul, Alfred
Age: 34
Date of Death: 18/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England",
  "transcript": "'Alfred John Paul, Esqre., Commander R.N., sixth son of Robert Clark Paul, Esqre. of this town, born 11th January 1811, died 18th August 1845. He entered the Naval Service in January 1824; was midshipman of the Dartmouth, at Navarino, and Flag Lieutenant in the Wellesley, at the taking of Chusan, and in the operations against Canton and subsequent capture of that city, in the year 1841; in which service he obtained his promotion. This tablet is erected by his brothers as a token of the sincere love and affection which they bore him.'",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Albert Turley d. 1907

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ALBERT CYRIL DUNCAN TURLEY / A.B. H.M.S. 'Illustrious' / died / 10th Dec 1907 aged 22'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Roman Catholic (old) 493
Vessel: HMS Illustrious

People

Turley, Albert Cyril Duncan
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/12/1907
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ALBERT CYRIL DUNCAN TURLEY / A.B. H.M.S. 'Illustrious' / died / 10th Dec 1907 aged 22'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Albert Turley d. 1907</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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Bloomsbury Cemetery, Bloomsbury, London, England

Memorial in Bloomsbury, London dedicated to Lieutenant George Young RN d. 1799

Location

Bloomsbury Cemetery, Bloomsbury, London, England

Transcript

'Here rest the remains of / Lieut. Geo. F.F. YOUNG / Of the Royal Navy, / Son of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Young. / He was born the 10th of September, 1770 / And died the 15th of January, 1799, aged 29 years'

Details

People

Young, George
Age: 29
Date of Death: 15/1/1799
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 255

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Here rest the remains of / Lieut. Geo. F.F. YOUNG / Of the Royal Navy, / Son of Rear-Admiral Sir Geo. Young. / He was born the 10th of September, 1770 / And died the 15th of January, 1799, aged 29 years'",
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St Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk commemorating Rear-Admiral William Carthew, RN, d. 1827

Location

St Mary's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM CARTHEW ESQUIRE / A REAR ADMIRAL IN THE ROYAL NAVY / MANY YEARS / A MAGISTRATE AND A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / FOR THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK / HIS HONOURABLE USEFUL AND CHRISTIAN LIFE / WAS CLOSED / ON THE XXXI JULY MDCCXXVII / IN THE LXX YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF THE / LATE THOMAS CARTHEW CLERK BY HIS FIRST / WIFE ELIZABETH / DAUGHTER AND COHEIRESS OF / THOMAS MORDEN CLERK ONLY BROTHER OF / SIR WILLIAM MORDEN HARBORD / BART. K.B'

Details

Description: Neo-classical wall tablet, anthemion acroteria, arms and crest above the inscription. Crossed palm branches on the apron.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: West end of South Aisle
Materials: Marble

People

Carthew, William
Age: 69
Date of Death: 31/7/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Pippa Lacey; Dr Pieter van der Merwe
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2019

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM CARTHEW ESQUIRE / A REAR ADMIRAL IN THE ROYAL NAVY / MANY YEARS / A MAGISTRATE AND A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / FOR THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK / HIS HONOURABLE USEFUL AND CHRISTIAN LIFE / WAS CLOSED / ON THE XXXI JULY MDCCXXVII / IN THE LXX YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE WAS THE ELDEST SON OF THE / LATE THOMAS CARTHEW CLERK BY HIS FIRST / WIFE ELIZABETH / DAUGHTER AND COHEIRESS OF /  THOMAS MORDEN CLERK ONLY BROTHER OF / SIR WILLIAM MORDEN HARBORD / BART. K.B'",
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    "recorder": "Pippa Lacey; Dr Pieter van der Merwe",
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St Margaret's Church, Lee, London, England

Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Lee, London commemorating Rear-Admiral Alan Henry Gardiner d. 1878

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lee, London, England

Transcript

'Rear Admiral Alan Henry Gardiner CB died 30th July 1878 aged 60'

Details

People

Gardiner, Alan Henry
Age: 60
Date of Death: 30/7/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Lee, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Rear Admiral Alan Henry Gardiner CB died 30th July 1878 aged 60'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Lee, London commemorating Rear-Admiral Alan Henry Gardiner d. 1878</p>",
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}

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Old cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain Charlie Webb, d. 1976

Location

Old cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Capt. Charlie O. Webb, MN, died 24 April 1976 aged 75 years'

Details

People

Webb, Charlie O.
Age: 75
Date of Death: 24/4/1976
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

JSON

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  "id": "M2724",
  "location": "Old cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'Capt. Charlie O. Webb, MN, died 24 April 1976 aged 75 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain Charlie Webb, d. 1976</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978",
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}

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St Nicholas's Church, North Stoneham, Hampshire, England

Monument in North Stoneham, Hampshire, commemorating Admiral Edward Hawke d. 1781

Location

St Nicholas's Church, North Stoneham, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'D.O.M. / This Monument is Sacred to the Memory of / Edward Hawke Lord Hawke Baron of Towton in the County of York. / Knight of the Bath. Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet / Vice Admiral of Great Britain & who died October the 17th 1781 Aged 76. / The Bravery of his Soul was equal to the Dangers he encountered, / The Cautious intrepidity of his Deliberations Superior even to the Conquests he Obtained, / The Annals of his Life compass a Period of Naval Glory unparalleld in later time / For wherever he sailed Victory attended him. / A Prince unsolicited conferred on him Dignities which he Distained to ask. / This monument is also Sacred to the Memory of / Catherine Lady Hawke, his Wife, the beauty of whose person was Excelled only / by the accomplished Elegance of her Mind. She died October the 17th 1756 Aged 36 / In the Conjugal, Parental and Social Duties of Private Life / They were equalled by few, excelled by none'

Details

Description: In relief above the inscription tablet, a sarcophagus with a battle scene, above, an obelisk bearing the Hawke arms, flanked with flags, an urn on top.

Type: Monument
Materials: Coloured marble
Date Erected: 29/8/1783
Artists: John Francis Moore
Vessel: HMS Royal George

Event

Battle of Quiberon Bay

Event Date

1759

Event Category

1756 - 1763 Seven Years War

People

Hawke, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 17/10/1781
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Alternative designs in V & A 4910/4-5. Relief after Dominic Serres, BHC0400.
Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996); Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 369, (Greenwich, 1981).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, North Stoneham, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'D.O.M. / This Monument is Sacred to the Memory of / Edward Hawke Lord Hawke Baron of Towton in the County of York. / Knight of the Bath. Admiral and Commander in Chief of the Fleet / Vice Admiral of Great Britain & who died October the 17th 1781 Aged 76. / The Bravery of his Soul was equal to the Dangers he encountered, / The Cautious intrepidity of his Deliberations Superior even to the Conquests he Obtained, / The Annals of his Life compass a Period of Naval Glory unparalleld in later time / For wherever he sailed Victory attended him. / A Prince unsolicited conferred on him Dignities which he Distained to ask. / This monument is also Sacred to the Memory of / Catherine Lady Hawke, his Wife, the beauty of whose person was Excelled only / by the accomplished Elegance of her Mind. She died October the 17th 1756 Aged 36 / In the Conjugal, Parental and Social Duties of Private Life / They were equalled by few, excelled by none'",
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St Anthony's Church, St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall, England

Memorial in St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall dedicated to Admiral Sir Thomas Spry d. 1828

Location

St Anthony's Church, St Anthony in Roseland, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS SPRY Esqr. ADMIRAL OF THE ED / WHO DIED THE 27TH OF NOVEMBER 1828 / IN HIS 73RD YEAR / AND OF ANNA MARIA / HIS WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 21ST SEPT 1835 IN HER 71ST YEAR THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR AFFECTIONATE SON / SIR SAMUEL SPRY.'

Details

Description: The inscription tablet flanked by a mourning seaman and a female figure with a steering oar representing Fortune. Above a smaller Gothic plinth with a coat of arms, supporting a mural crown with naval trophies.
Type: Wall monument
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: 1835
Artists: Thomas Hoppner

People

Spry, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 27/11/1828
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Stanley Clarke d. 1911

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'STANLEY CLARKE / Leading Stoker H.M.S. 'Bristol' / died / 9th May 1911 aged 29'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 321
Vessel: HMS Bristol

People

Clarke, Stanley
Age: 29
Date of Death: 9/5/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters