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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

JSON

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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

JSON

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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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  "transcript": "'STANLEY CLARKE / Leading Stoker H.M.S. 'Bristol' / died / 9th May 1911 aged 29'",
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    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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Memorial Garden, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Monument in the Memorial Garden, Walton-on-the-Naze, commemorating Edwin Hughes d. 1916

Location

Memorial Garden, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of / Edwin / The beloved husband of Lily A. Hughes / Petty Officer of H.M.S. Conquest / Died March 28 1916 / [age not visible]'

Details

Description: Carving- rocks,anchor and chain, lifebuoy.
Type: Monument
Materials: Coadestone?
Artists: L. J. Watts
Vessel: HMS Conquest

People

Hughes, Edwin
Age:
Date of Death: 28/3/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Drowned in capsize of whaler.
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1981

JSON

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  "location": "Memorial Garden, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of / Edwin / The beloved husband of Lily A. Hughes / Petty Officer of H.M.S. Conquest / Died March 28 1916 / [age not visible]'",
  "content": "<p>Monument in the Memorial Garden, Walton-on-the-Naze, commemorating Edwin Hughes d. 1916</p>",
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    "description": "Carving- rocks,anchor and chain, lifebuoy.",
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    "position": "",
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    "artists": "L. J. Watts",
    "vessel": "HMS Conquest"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Drowned in capsize of whaler.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain M.T. Morton 1981",
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}

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St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Memorial window in St Mary’s Church, Dover, Kent dedicated to the allied Air Forces and Air Sea Rescue and Marine Craft sections of the Royal Air Force in the Second World War 1939 – 1945

Location

St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

'IN . MEMORY . OF . ALL / RANKS . OF . THE . ALLIED / AIR . FORCES . AND AIR - / SEA . RESCUE . & . MARINE / CRAFT . / SECTIONS . OF . / THE . ROYAL . AIR - FORCE / WHO . PERISHED . IN . THE / SEAS . THROUGHOUT . THE / WORLD . DURING . THE . / SECOND WORLD . WAR .'

Details

Description: Two light window. The Air Force badge in the roundel at the top, badge of Coastal Command Royal Air Force, lower right. Star above the central circular scene showing a survivor in a life belt in the sea of the white cliffs. A small boat is coming to the rescue, an aircraft above, and the remains of a crashed plane in the sea to the right.
Type: Window
Position: Nave
Materials: Glass, lead

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M5988",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Dover, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'IN . MEMORY . OF . ALL / RANKS . OF . THE . ALLIED / AIR . FORCES . AND AIR - / SEA . RESCUE . & . MARINE / CRAFT . / SECTIONS . OF . / THE . ROYAL . AIR - FORCE / WHO . PERISHED . IN . THE / SEAS . THROUGHOUT . THE / WORLD . DURING . THE . / SECOND WORLD . WAR .'",
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St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Monument at St Michael’s Church, Inveresk commemorating Charles Stewart, commander HEIC d. 1817 and other members of his family

Location

St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Transcript

[East panel] 'IN MEMORY OF / ANNE EMELIA STEWART / YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE SAID / CHARLES AND MARY STEWART / AND WIDOW OF / CAPT. JAMES ROBERTSON HEIC SERVICE / WHO DIED 29TH MAY 1888 AGED 78 [?] YEARS / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / JOHN STEWART OF ESKGROVE / WRITER TO THE SIGNET / WHO DIED THERE ON 1ST JULY 1890 / AGED 76 YEARS / YOUNGEST SON OF THE SAID / CHARLES AND MARY STEWART / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES STEWART / WRITER TO THE SIGNET / WHO DIED AT EDINBURGH / 27TH JULY 1927 AGED 74 YEARS / ELDER SON OF THE ABOVE / JOHN STEWART / AND HIS WIFE ISABELLA HUNTER / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / ISABELLA HUNTER STEWART / WHO DIED IN EDINBURGH / ON 7TH SEPTEMBER 1932 / AGED 75 YEARS ONLY DAUGHTER / OF THE ABOVE JOHN STEWART / AND ISABELLA HUNTER' [centre panel] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF CHARLES STEWART ESQUIRE / LATE COMMANDER OF THE HON E.I.C.S. SHIP AIRLY CASTLE / WHO DIED THE 23 AUGST 1817 IN THE 70TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND OF MARY STEWART HIS WIFE / WHO DIED THE 4TH SEPT 1825 IN THE 53D YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO OF WORTLIE STEWART THEIR THIRD DAUGHTER / WHO DIED THE 26TH JUNE 1829 IN THE 27TH YEAR OF HER AGE / AND WHO ARE ALL HERE INTERRED / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES STEWART THEIR / ELDEST SON WHO DIED IN MAY 1796 AGED 10 MONTHS / OF FRANCIS STEWART THEIR SECOND SON / IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE HON E.I.C. WHO DIED / AT ST HELENA THE 23D DECR 1817 AGED 21 YEARS / ALSO OF WALTER STEWART THEIR THIRD SON / LIEUT IN THE HON E.I.C. 12TH REGIMENT OF BOMBAY / NATIVE INFANTRY WHO DIED AT POONAH / THE 2ND OCTR 1826 AGED 22 / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ISABELLA HUNTER / THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN STEWART ESQ W.S. / WHO DIED 28 JULY 1857 AGED 44 / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF COL. JAMES STEWART / OF THE HON. E.I.C. SERVICE FOURTH SON OF / THE SAID CHARLES AND MARY STEWART / WHO DIED 11 FEBY 1861 AGED 57' [west panel] 'IN MEMORY OF / MRS JANE THOM OF HUTTON / RELICT OF MR ROBERT HUTTON / LIVERPOOL / FOR 46 YEARS A FAITHFUL AND ATTACHED / SERVANT AND FRIEND OF THE FAMILY / OF CHARLES STEWART ESQ/BORN 20TH OCT 1789 DIED 12 MAY 1875 / JAMES ROBERT HUNTER STEWART / SON OF JOHN STEWART / DIED 13TH NOVEMBER 1941 / AGED 84 YEARS'

Details

Description: Three panels with a pediment.
Type: Monument
Position: North west corner of churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HEIC Airly Castle

People

Stewart, Charles
Age: 69
Date of Death: 23/8/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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  "location": "St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland",
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    "vessel": "HEIC Airly Castle"  },
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "John Steele 1988",
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Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating Captain W Richardson RN d. 1818

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Capt W... RICHARDSON of the Royal Navy, who departed this life the 9th August 1818 aged 44 years'

Details

Position: South side churchyard

People

Richardson, W.
Age: 44
Date of Death: 9/8/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating George Gamble, d. 1870

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'George Gamble, youngest son of Thomas & Martha Gamble; late chief engineer of the United States Mail Steam Ship Colorado, who died on board the said ship in New York Harbor on his outward passage; 19 Apr 1870, aged 33 years. His remains were conveyed to Liverpool, 10 May 1870'.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Colorado

People

Gamble, George
Age: 33
Date of Death: 19/4/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief engineer
Organisation: United States Mail Steamship Company

Extra

JSON

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St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Headstone at St Andrews Cathedral, Fife commemorating David Sime d. 1868 James Sime d. 1858, Walter Sime d. 1853

Location

St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Transcript

'Erected / BY DAVID SIME. SEAMAN / IN MEMORY OF / JAMES RODGER, HIS WIFE [sic] / WHO DIED 11TH FEBY 1853, / AGED 63 YEARS, / ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN VIZ. / WALTER, WHO WAS DROWNED / 3RD FEBY 1843, AGED 24 YEARS. / HELEN, DIED 16TH APRIL 1853, / AGED 26 YEARS. / JAMES WAS DROWNED / 19TH SEPR 1858, AGED 29 YEARS. / ALEXANDER, DIED 17TH JUNE 1865, / AGED 41 YEARS. / THE SAID / DAVID SIME, DIED 27TH AUGUST 1868, / AGED 79 YEARS.'

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Description: Headstone with triangular top. Incised lettering, contained within a vertical rectangular text panel.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Sime, David
Age: 79
Date of Death: 27/8/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Sime, Walter
Age: 24
Date of Death: 3/2/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Sime, James
Age: 29
Date of Death: 19/9/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating Walter Slack, RN, 1888

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Orion

People

Slack, Walter
Age: 19
Date of Death: 4/3/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p.326, (Greenwich, 1982).

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