Memorial in Samoa commemorating British and American casualties in the Second Battle of Vailele 1899
Location
Samoa, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORIAM / P.V. LANSDALE / LIEUT. U.S.N. / J.R. MONAGHAN / ENSIGN U.S.N. / N.E. EDSALL / O.S. U.S.N. / JAMES BUTLER COX. U.S.N. / JOHN E. MUDGE / PVT U.S.M.C. / THOMAS HOLLOWAY / PVT U.S.M.C. / OF / U.S.F.S. PHILADELPHIA / ANGEL HOPE FREEMAN / LIEUT. R.N. H.M.S. TAURANGA / JOHN LONG LEADING SEAMAN / ALBERT M. PROUT / LEADING SEAMAN / A.H.J. THORNBERRY / A.B. / MONTAGUE ROGERS / O.S. / EDMOND HALLORAN / O.S. / OF H.M.S. ROYALIST / KILLED IN ACTION / APRIL 1899'. 'U.S.N. H.B.M.N.'
Details
Description: Crossed flags in bronze above the inscription, a foul anchor below. Type: Memorial Materials: Stone Artists: Ross & Bowman Vessel: USS Philadelphia, HMS Royalist, HMS Tauranga
Event
Second Battle of Vailele, Second Samoan Civil War
Event Date
1899
Event Category
19th century conflicts in the Pacific
People
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Notes: Killed in engagements with Samoan rebels. See photographs in RMG collections Neg Numbers D588 and D589.
Memorial at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye commemorating Lieutenant Commander Thomas Chalmers Meryon d. 1913 drowned from submarine ‘C21’
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rye, East Sussex, England
Transcript
'Lieut Cmdr Thomas Chalmers Meryon / Son of the late Capt Meryon RN / Washed off Submarine C21 and / drowned at the mouth of the Tay / Jan 28 1913 / aged 26'
Details
Description: Surrounded by rope design with crossed anchors in corners. Type: Brass plaque Position: North transept Vessel: C21
People
Meryon, Thomas Chalmers Age: 26 Date of Death: 28/1/1913 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating Lieutenant John Hickley RN d. 1895
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of / Lieutenant JOHN DENNIS HICKLEY Royal Navy / First Lieutenant of H.M.S. Phoebe and / a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order / Eldest son of Admiral HENRY DENNIS HICKLEY / died at Delagon Bay, South Africa February 17th 1895 / Aged 33'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Phoebe
People
Hickley, John Dennis Age: 33 Date of Death: 17/2/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial to the men of ‘John High’ who were killed during mine clearance, Archangel, Russia 1915
Location
British church, Archangel, Russia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'JOHN HIGH SKIPPER / JAMES H. GRAHAM / PETTY OFFICER / DANIEL THOMAS SIGNALMAN / ROBERT NEWSON / WILLIAM MACKENZIE / WILLIAM G. EWING / JOHN SMITH / GEORGE SANDERSON / GODFREY L. CUSHING / WILLIAM PARKS / GEORGE S. COOK / THOMAS H. PERRY / REUBEN W. WOOD / JOHN CAMPBELL / Sacred to the memory of the above, all belon / ging to His Majesty's ship "John High", who / fell in the execution of their duty on August / 7, 1915, while clearing an Enemy mine-field / in the approaches to Archangel. / ERECTED BY THE BRITISH RESIDENTS IN ARCHANGEL, 1916'
Campbell, John Michael Age: 31 Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck hand Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Cook, George Spilman Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck hand Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Cushing, Geoffrey Louis Age: 39 Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck hand Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Ewing, William Gordon Age: 34 Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trimmer Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Graham, James Richard Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer, 1st class Organisation: Royal Navy Mckenzie, William Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Trimmer Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Newson, Robert Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineman Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Parks, William Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Perry, Thomas Henry Age: 40 Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck hand Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Sanderson, George Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Engineman Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Smith, John Age: Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck hand Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Thomas, Daniel Age: 18 Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Signalman Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve Wood, Reuben W. Age: 17 Date of Death: 7/8/1915 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Deck hand Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve
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Bibliography: TNA ADM1/8465/198; Registers of the Archangel Chaplaincy, Guildhall Library, London. Recorder: T.E. Graham 2007
Memorial in Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating John Gyles RN Commissioner of salvage d. 1825
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England
Transcript
'...Also are interred the remains of the above named John Gyles a native of Margate who departed this life the 28th May 1825 in the 90th year of his age. He served under Admiral Hawke in the year 1747 and was appointed Gunner in his Majesty's ship 'Guernsey' in the year 1758 and after retiring from active service in the Navy was 32 years a commissioner of salvage at this port'
Details
Vessel: HMS 'Guernsey'
People
Gyles, John Age: 89 Date of Death: 28/5/1825 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Gunner. Commissioner of salvage Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Ulverston, Cumbria of James Shaw d. 1808
Location
St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England
Transcript
'James SHAW late of Arrad departed this life June 1 1808 aged 25 years. Also John Shaw mariner died in Island of Granada June 17th 1808 aged 25 years. Richard and Eleanor Shaw their disconsolate parents caused this monument to be erected to their memory. Richard Shaw father of the above, died Dec. 4 1815 aged 65 years. Eleanor his wife died March 16 1815 aged 58 years.'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Shaw, John Age: 25 Date of Death: 17/6/1808 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation:
Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Henry Bodley, RN, d. 1873
Location
Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World
Transcript
'"A builder is smitten” / To the memory of / Henry Bodley, Carpenter R.N. / late of H.M.S. Briton / who died July 7th 1873 aged 42 / This stone is erected by his bretheren / "An this commandment / have we from Him that / he who loved God / loves his brother also” / 1 John Chapter IV'
Details
Description: Carved with dividers. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Briton
People
Bodley, Henry Age: 42 Date of Death: 7/7/1873 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Royal Navy
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