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Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England

Memorial at Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent commemorating Rear-Admiral Claude Congreve Dobson RN d. 1946

Location

Woodlands Cemetery, Gillingham, Kent, England

Details

Vessel: HMS 'Monarch', HMS 'Centurian', HMS 'Colombo', HMS 'Cambrian',

People

Dobson, Claude Congreve
Age: 61 years
Date of Death: 26/6/1946
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Awarded Victoria Cross in 1919
Recorder: J.S. Kent

JSON

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    "recorder": "J.S. Kent",
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St Helen's Bishopsgate, London, England

Memorial at St Helen’s Bishopsgate to Richard Staper d. 1608

Location

St Helen's Bishopsgate, London, England

Transcript

'Here resteth the bodie of the / worshipful Richard Staper electid / Alderman of this cittye Anno 1594 hee / was the greatest merchant in his / tyme the chiefest actor in Discoveri, of / the trades of turkey, and East / India, A man hvmble in Prosperity, / payneful and ever ready in the / affayres publiqve and discreetely', 'Careful of his private, a liberal / howsekeeper, bowntifvl to the poore, / an vpright dealer in the world, / and a devovt aspirer after the world / to come Much blest in his posterity, and / happy in his and their allyavnces. He / dyed in the last Iune Anno Domine 1608 / Intravit ut exiret'

Details

Description: Within two arches kneeling figures of a man with five sons and a woman with four daughters, the monument is flanked by Corinthian columns, strap work and a cartouche of arms above. The hull of a ship on the top.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South side of aisle

People

Staper, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 30/6/1608
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Merchant
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1982
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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St Mary's Church, Wareham, Dorset, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Wareham, commemorating Paymaster in Chief Charles Card RN d. 1903

Location

St Mary's Church, Wareham, Dorset, England

Transcript

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD, AND THE DEAR MEMORY OF / CHARLES JAMES CARD, PAYMASTER IN CHIEF, ROYAL NAVY / (GRANDSON OF THE ABOVE JOHN CARD) / WHO DIED AT THE "MOORINGS" WAREHAM, JAN. 18TH 1903 / AN UPRIGHT AND HONOURABLE OFFICER HE SERVED HIS QUEEN FOR FORTY YEARS IN 22 OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIPS / AMONG THEM THE RATTLESNAKE, CALLIOPE, SPITFIRE, ROSARIO, BLANCH, EURYALUS, AND HERCULES / DURING THE LAST 17 YEARS OF HIS LIFE A RESIDENT OF THIS TOWN, GREATLY ESTEEMED AND BELOVED'

Details

People

Card, Charles James
Age:
Date of Death: 18/1/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster in Chief RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Commander George Leslie, d. 1845

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the Memory of / GEORGE LESLIE / Commander / of the / Ship 'GOOD SUCCESS’ / Died 26 May 1845 / Aged 27 years'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South wall A140
Vessel: Good Success

People

Leslie, George
Age: 27
Date of Death: 26/5/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 127.

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the Memory of / GEORGE LESLIE / Commander / of the / Ship 'GOOD SUCCESS’ / Died 26 May 1845 / Aged 27 years'",
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    "vessel": "Good Success"  },
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    "date": "",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 127.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Compton, West Berkshire, England

Memorial in Compton, Berkshire commemorating Lieutenant Cyril Leigh Wasey RN d. 1892

Location

Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Compton, West Berkshire, England

Transcript

'Cyril Leigh Wasey Lieut RN died of fever at Malta March 16th 1892 aged 26.'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Wasey, Cyril Leigh
Age: 26
Date of Death: 16/3/1892
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Cyril Leigh Wasey Lieut RN died of fever at Malta March 16th 1892 aged 26.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Compton, Berkshire commemorating Lieutenant Cyril Leigh Wasey RN d. 1892</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George Wharrie d. 1875, a Trafalgar veteran.

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'George Wharrie born 14th May 1787 died 2nd April 1875 age 88 served on board H.M.S. Colossus in the battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805'

Details

Vessel: HMS Colossus

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Wharrie, George
Age: 88
Date of Death: 2/4/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson, d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 899.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "id": "M814",
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  "transcript": "'George Wharrie born 14th May 1787 died 2nd April 1875 age 88 served on board H.M.S. Colossus in the battle of Trafalgar 21 October 1805'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George Wharrie d. 1875, a Trafalgar veteran.</p>",
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
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    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson, d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 899.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Richard Rundle Burges RN d. 1797

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / RICHARD RUNDLE BURGES ESQUIRE / COMMANDING HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP THE ARDENT / WHO FELL IN THE XLIIID YEAR OF HIS AGE / WHILE BRAVELY SUPPORTING THE HONOUR / OF THE BRITISH FLAG / IN A DARING AND SUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO BREAK THE ENEMY'S LINE / NEAR / CAMPERDOWN / ON THE ELEVENTH OF OCTOBER / MDCCXCVII / HIS SKILL COOLNESS AND INTREPIDITY EMINENTLY CONTRIBUTED / TO A VICTORY / EQUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS AND GLORIOUS TO HIS COUNTRY / THAT GRATEFUL COUNTRY / BY THE UNANIMOUS ACT OF HER LEGISLATURE / ENROLLS HIS NAME / HIGH IN THE LIST OF THOSE HEROES / WHO UNDER THE BLESSING OF PROVIDENCE / HAVE ESTABLISHED AND MAINTAINED HER NAVAL SUPERIORITY / AND HER EXALTED RANK AMONG NATIONS'

Details

Description: Burges, clad only in a brief chlamys receives a sword from Victory, a cannon between the two figures. Reliefs based on Trajan's column are carved on the base, with a warship hull (with modern gunports) and anchor in the centre. A figure which brought the 'blush of shame to the cheek of modesty', according to contemporary critics. 'Perhaps his least admirable production full of classic memories unhappily and unharmoniously applied' K.A. Esdaile (MS V & A.)
Type: Free standing monument
Position: South side nave
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1802
Artists: Thomas Banks
Vessel: HMS Ardent

Event

Battle of Camperdown

Event Date

1797

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Burges, Richard Rundle
Age: 43
Date of Death: 11/10/1797
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Drawing in PRO. Date of contract 20/12/1798, value £5, 250. Malcolm 'Londii Dediv' III p.124. 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1803 II p. 614. Janson suggests the addition of the canon, rope, chain and cannon balls concessions to the committee who commissioned the monument. PRO WORK6 362/6 Removal of the tomb of Capt R.R. Burges RN from the Nave to the Crypt.
Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); H.W. Janson 'Nineteenth-century Sculpture' (London, 1985) pp. 21-22.
Recorder: William Donnan, 1972

JSON

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    "bibliography": "K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); H.W. Janson 'Nineteenth-century Sculpture' (London, 1985) pp. 21-22.",
    "recorder": "William Donnan, 1972",
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St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England

Tablet in Helston, Cornwall dedicated to Commander Peter Hill RN d. 1818

Location

St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN THE FAMILY VAULT / NEAR THIS SACRED EDIFACE REPOSE THE REMAINS OF / PETER HILL / OF CARWYTHENACK IN THE PARISH OF CONSTANTINE ESQ / COMMANDER R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 27 DECEMBER 1818 / AGED 65. / ALSO OF JANE PENNECK HIS WIFE / YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM ROBINSON / OF NANSLOE, VICAR OF HELLESTON AND WENDRON / WHO DIED ON THE 22ND MAY 1837 AGED 74 / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THEIR THREE SURVIVING DAUGHTERS / AS A TESTIMONY OF DEEP AFFECTION AND RESPECT'

Details

Description: In the shape of a sarcophogus in relief on paw feet, arms above the inscription.

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Hill, Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 27/12/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Captain M. T. Morton

JSON

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  "location": "St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'IN THE FAMILY VAULT / NEAR THIS SACRED EDIFACE REPOSE THE REMAINS OF / PETER HILL / OF CARWYTHENACK IN THE PARISH OF CONSTANTINE ESQ / COMMANDER R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 27 DECEMBER 1818 / AGED 65. / ALSO OF JANE PENNECK HIS WIFE / YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVEREND WILLIAM ROBINSON / OF NANSLOE, VICAR OF HELLESTON AND WENDRON / WHO DIED ON THE 22ND MAY 1837 AGED 74 / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THEIR THREE SURVIVING DAUGHTERS / AS A TESTIMONY OF DEEP AFFECTION AND RESPECT'",
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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating Captain Charles Algernon Fryatt d. 1916

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN / CHARLES ALGERNON FRYATT, / MASTER OF THE GREAT EASTERN / RAILWAY STEAMSHIP 'BRUSSELS' / ILLEGALLY EXECUTED BY THE / GERMANS AT BRUGES ON THE / 27TH JULY 1916 / ERECTED BY THE COMPANY AS AN / EXPRESSION OF THEIR ADMIRATION / OF HIS GALLANTRY', 'PRO PATRIA', 'ALSO / HIS BELOVED WIFE ETHEL, WHO DIED 30TH SEPT 1956.'

Details

Description: Above the inscription, the memorial is carved with a representation of the Merchant Navy cap badge flanked by laurel branches. The inscription itself is has a rope border with two figure of eight knots at the top corners and a carrick bend below. 'PRO PATRIA' is surrounded by a laurel wreath.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: SS Brussels

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Fryatt, Charles Algernon
Age: 44
Date of Death: 27/7/1916
Cause of Death: Executed
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Great Eastern Railway

Extra

Notes: Master, SS 'Brussels' executed by the Germans for defending his ship.

JSON

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN / CHARLES ALGERNON FRYATT, / MASTER OF THE GREAT EASTERN / RAILWAY STEAMSHIP 'BRUSSELS' / ILLEGALLY EXECUTED BY THE / GERMANS AT BRUGES ON THE / 27TH JULY 1916 / ERECTED BY THE COMPANY AS AN / EXPRESSION OF THEIR ADMIRATION / OF HIS GALLANTRY', 'PRO PATRIA', 'ALSO / HIS BELOVED WIFE ETHEL, WHO DIED 30TH SEPT 1956.'",
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    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Brussels"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Thompson d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'John Thompson / A.B. H.M.S. 'Hibernia' / died / 1st July 1910 aged 27'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 219
Vessel: HMS Hibernia

People

Thompson, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1/7/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "post_id": "2756",
  "id": "M3474",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'John Thompson / A.B. H.M.S. 'Hibernia' / died / 1st July 1910 aged 27'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Thompson d. 1910</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 219",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Hibernia"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Thompson, John","age":"27","dateofdeath":"1/7/1910","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Able Seaman","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters