Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Old Radnor, Powys commemorating Sir Thos Frankland Lewis d. 1855 Treasurer of the Navy
Location
St Mary's Church, Old Radnor, Powys, Wales
Transcript
'Rt. Hon. Sir Thos Frankland Lewis Bt of Harpton, only son of Judge Lewis by his second wife Ann, daughter of Admiral Sir Thomas Frankland. Born 14 May 1780. On 11 March 1805 he married Harriet, 4th daughter of Sir George Cornewall Bt. He died at Harpton Court - 22 Jan 1855...Treasurer of the Navy etc'
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People
Lewis, Thomas Frankland Age: Date of Death: 22/1/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Treasurer of the Navy Organisation:
Memorial in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire to Lieutenant Robert Hammond RN d. 1845
Location
All Saints Church, Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / LIEUT. / ROBERT HAMMOND R.N. / MAGISTRATE / FOR THIS COUNTY / DIED JUNE 7th 1845 / AGED 56 YEARS / AND OF SARAH BLISS HAMMOND / HIS WIFE BORN OCT.29 1847/ FELL ASLEEP OCT-1897'
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Position: Churchyard
People
Hammond, Robert Age: 56 Date of Death: 7/6/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in St Lawrence’s Church, Mereworth, Kent commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir William Hutcheon Hall RN d.1878
Location
St Lawrence's Church, Mereworth, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF VICE-ADMIRAL / SIR WILLIAM HUTCHEON HALL. K.C.B.: F.R.S. / BORN 1797 DIED 25TH JUNE 1878 AND OF / HILAIRE CAROLINE HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER / OF ADMIRAL 6TH VISCOUNT TORRINGTON / BORN 23RD JUNE 1815 DIED 16TH JANUARY 1889 / KEPT BY THE POWER OF GOD, THROUGH FAITH, UNTO SALVATION / I PET.1-5'
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Type: Wall tablet Position: Vestry north wall Materials: Marble
People
Hall, William Hutcheon Age: 80 Date of Death: 25/6/1878 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Plaque at St Mary’s Church, Harefield, London commemorating Admiral Sir John Walter Tarleton d.1880
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Harefield, London, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD. AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR JOHN WALTER TARLETON, K.C.B., / WHO DIED AT 58 WARWICK SQUARE, / SEPTEMBER 25TH 1880 AGED 68. / "The . memory . of . the . Just . Is . Blessed"'
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Type: Wall plaque Position: Breakspear Chapel, N wall. Materials: Brass
People
Tarleton, John Walter Age: 68 Date of Death: 25/9/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: DOSSIER Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Robert Jones d. 1872
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of R. Jones, native of Wales, born 1822 who departed this life January 11th 1872, aged 50 years. Late Diver of Shanghai and Hong Kong. Erected by his affectionate friend W BRISTOW'
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Type: Headstone
People
Jones, Robert Age: 50 Date of Death: 11/1/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Diver Organisation:
Triumphal arch at Shugborough Park commemorating Admiral of The Fleet, George Lord Anson d. 1762
Location
Shugborough Park, Shugborough, Staffordshire, England
Transcript
'GEORGE / LORD / ANSON', 'ELIZABETH / LADY / ANSON'
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Description: Two portrait busts stand on sarcophagi within a colonade above the arch, military trophies on a plinth between them. The plinth has a relief frieze of four anchors suspended on a chain and is decorated with the protruding bow and stern of a Roman war galley impying that military success in based on maritime supremacy. The two medallions on the arch celebrate Anson's naval reforms and active service. One is a version of the reverse of the medal struck in 1747 to commemorate the battle of Finisterre and the circumnavigation of 1744. Type: Triumphal arch Materials: Portland stone Artists: James Stuart, Peter Scheemakers
Event Category
1739-1748 War of the Austrian Succession
People
Anson, George Age: 65 Date of Death: 6/6/1762 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Copied from the arch of Hadrian at Athens. Erected by Anson's elder brother as a memorial. Anson Papers, Staffordshire CRO, D.615 (S)/1/61. Bibliography: Ingrid Roscoe 'James Athenian Stuart and the Scheemakers Family', 'Apollo' vol. cxxvi, pp.178-184 (Sept 1987); 'Dictionary of National Biography'; Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers' pp. 275-6 (1999), 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society'; Patrick Eyres 'Fleets, forests and follies, supremacy of the sea and of the eye' 'New Arcadian Journal' 1993. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at Hantsport Baptist Church, Nova Scotia, Canada commemorating William Hall VC, RN, d. 1904
Location
Hantsport Baptist Church, Nova Scotia, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘WILLIAM EDWARD HALL, V. C. / The first Nova Scotian and the first Man of Colour / To win the Empire’s highest award “For Valour” / Born at Horton, N.S. April 28th 1821 / Died at Avonport, N.S. August 27th 1904 / On November 16th 1857 when serving in HMS Shannon, / which placed a 24 Pounder Gun near the angle of the / Shah Nujjiff at Lucknow. When all but the Lieutenant / and Hall were either killed or wounded. Hall with utter / disregard for life kept loading and firing the gun / until the Wall had been breached and the rifle of / Lucknow had been assured. / “His Great Pride was his British Heritage”.
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Date Erected: 1954 Vessel: HMS Shannon, HMS Captain of the Foretop
Event
Relief of Lucknow
Event Date
1857
People
Hall, William Edward Age: 83 Date of Death: 25/8/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: William Hall and Lieutenant Young received for the VC ‘for their gallant conduct at a 24-Pounder Gun, brought up to the angle of the Shah Nujjiff, at Lucknow, on 16 November 1857'.
William Hall was the son of Jacob and Lucy Hall, who escaped slavery in Maryland in 1812. His parents were brought to Nova Scotia by the British Royal Navy as part of the Black Refugee movement.
Bibliography: John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 65.
Memorial at St John’s Church, Liverpool commemorating John Lowe d. 1832
Location
St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Lowe, Pilot, who had been in the pilot boats for 52 years and was unfortunately drowned in the Clarence Dock 13th. January 1832 aged 68'
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People
Lowe, John Age: 68 Date of Death: 13/1/1832 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Pilot boatman Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 625. Church demolished in 1898. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters