Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India, commemorating Captain George Brown, HEIC, d. 1820
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Capt. George Brown / late Commander of the ship 'Roberts' and / formerly of the H.C. Service, who departed this / life 6th April 1820, aged 36 years.'
Details
Vessel: Roberts
People
Brown, George Age: 36 Date of Death: 6/4/1820 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.124.
Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Walter Lomer RN d. 1872
Location
Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'In memory of Walter Lomer, Paymaster R.N. born at Southampton 22 February 1801, died at St Brelade, Jersey [?] June 1872. Aged 71 years and 4 months.'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Lomer, Walter Age: 71 Date of Death: 6/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Paymaster Organisation: Royal Navy
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
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
Wall tablet in Kintbury, Berkshire to Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas d. 1862
Location
St Mary's Church, Kintbury, Berkshire, England
Transcript
'TO . THE . MEMORY . OF / SIR . JAMES . WHITLEY . DEANS . DUNDAS / ADMIRAL . OF . THE . WHITE / MILITARY . GRAND . CROSS / OF . THE HONORABLE . ORDER . OF . THE . BATH / MEJIDIE . OF . THE . FIRST . CLASS / AND . GRAND . CROSS . OF . THE . LEGION . OF . HONOUR / COMMANDER . IN . CHIEF / OF . HER . MAJESTY’S . FLEET . IN . THE . MEDITERRANEAN / AND . THE . BLACK . SEA / IN . THE . YEARS . 1852 . 1853 AND . 1854 / SIR . JAMES . DUNDAS . FILLED . THE . OFFICE / OF CLERK . OF . THE . ORDNANCE . A . LORD . OF . THE . ADMIRALTY / IN . TWO . ADMINISTRATIONS . AND . REPRESENTED . THE . BOROUGHS . OF . DEVISES . & . GREENWICH / IN . FOUR . PARLIAMENTS / BORN . DECEMBER . 4TH . 1789 . DIED . OCTOBER . 3RD . 1862 / AGED 76 . YEARS'
Details
Description: Inscription tablet within a rope twist border with entwined foliage. Family arms above, with supporters, crossed branches below. Type: Wall tablet
Event
Crimea War
Event Date
1853-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Dundas, James Whitley Deans Age: 76 Date of Death: 3/10/1862 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation:
Extra
Recorder: Susanne Gilbert
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters