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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Gravestone at Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Lowrie d. 1941

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of James LOWRIE, died 5th. March 1941, aged 77 years. Erected by the Managing Directors P & O S.N. Co'

Details

Description: Plinth, grave covered by slab with kerbs.
Type: Gravestone

People

Lowrie, James
Age: 77
Date of Death: 5/3/1941
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "id": "M100",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of James LOWRIE, died 5th. March 1941, aged 77 years. Erected by the Managing Directors P & O S.N. Co'",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Albert Lloyd-Jones d. 1939

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Albert Lloyd-Jones, lost on No.1. Pilot Boat 'CHARLES LIVINGSTONE', 26 November 1939, aged 46 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: 4 531
Vessel: Charles Livingstone

People

Lloyd-Jones, Albert
Age: 46
Date of Death: 26/11/1939
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "2770",
  "id": "M4435",
  "location": "Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Albert Lloyd-Jones, lost on No.1. Pilot Boat 'CHARLES LIVINGSTONE', 26 November 1939, aged 46 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Albert Lloyd-Jones d. 1939</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Headstone",
    "position": "4 531",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Charles Livingstone"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
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}

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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone in Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating George Bolton Harrison RN d. 1849

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of George Bolton Harrison R.N. who departed this life on 18th Oct. 1849 aged 71 years.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Q3

People

Harrison, George Bolton
Age: 71
Date of Death: 18/10/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Record at Jersey archives.

JSON

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  "post_id": "2771",
  "id": "M6026",
  "location": "Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of George Bolton Harrison R.N. who departed this life on 18th Oct. 1849 aged 71 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating George Bolton Harrison RN d. 1849</p>",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Harrison, George Bolton","age":"71","dateofdeath":"18/10/1849","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Record at Jersey archives.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George Wharrie d. 1875, a Trafalgar veteran.</p>",
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  "details": {
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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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    "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",
    "dateErected": "1802",
    "artists": "Thomas Banks",
    "vessel": "HMS Ardent"  },
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    "event":"Battle of Camperdown",
    "date": "1797",
    "category": "1793-1802 French Revolutionary War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Burges, Richard Rundle","age":"43","dateofdeath":"11/10/1797","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "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",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M2600",
  "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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  "details": {
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    "position": "",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain M. T. Morton",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "post_id": "2755",
  "id": "M2061",
  "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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    "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.",
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    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Brussels"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Master, SS 'Brussels' executed by the Germans for defending his ship.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Wall plaque in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating James Elliott d. 1855

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'James Wilkinson Elliott / Surgeon R.N. / who died Dec. 1st 1855 / aged 28 years / also / In memory of his mother / Mrs Louis Elliott / widow of Lieut Nelson Elliott / who died April 12th 1870 / aged 71 years'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: W12

People

Elliott, James Wilkinson
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1/12/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "2758",
  "id": "M2567",
  "location": "Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'James Wilkinson Elliott / Surgeon R.N. / who died Dec. 1st 1855 / aged 28 years / also / In memory of his mother / Mrs Louis Elliott / widow of Lieut Nelson Elliott / who died April 12th 1870 / aged 71 years'",
  "content": "<p>Wall plaque in the Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, commemorating James Elliott d. 1855</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Wall plaque",
    "position": "W12",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Elliott, James Wilkinson","age":"28","dateofdeath":"1/12/1855","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Surgeon RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, England

Memorial on Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, dedicated to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Consecrated to the memory of Lord Viscount Nelson by the zealous attachment of all those who fought at Trafalgar to perpetuate his triumph and their regret MVCCCV. Foundation stone laid July 1807'

Details

Description: Bust of Nelson on a square sectioned, tapering pillar. The design of the column is based on the stelae at Axum, Ethiopia. It is placed on a classical pedestal with acroteria at the corners.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Granite
Date Erected: 1807
Artists: John Thomas Groves

Event

Battle of Trafalgar,

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Bust attributed to John Bacon junior (1777-1859). Erected by the officers and men who fought at Trafalgar, it also functioned as a seamark.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996); E. du Boulay 'Nelson's Monument on the Portsmouth Hills', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 12, p. 341, (Cambridge, 1926); 'Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p.188, 270; Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth, 1995) p. 141. Jane Smith 'The Nelson Monument Portsdown Hill, a seamark rediscovered' (Portsmouth, 2007).

JSON

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  "id": "M1063",
  "location": "Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, England",
  "transcript": "'Consecrated to the memory of Lord Viscount Nelson by the zealous attachment of all those who fought at Trafalgar to perpetuate his triumph and their regret MVCCCV. Foundation stone laid July 1807'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial on Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth, dedicated to Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Bust of Nelson on a square sectioned, tapering pillar. The design of the column is based on the stelae at Axum, Ethiopia. It is placed on a classical pedestal with acroteria at the corners.",
    "type": "Obelisk",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Granite",
    "dateErected": "1807",
    "artists": "John Thomas Groves",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar,",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Nelson, Horatio","age":"47","dateofdeath":"21/10/1805","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Vice Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Bust attributed to John Bacon junior (1777-1859). Erected by the officers and men who fought at Trafalgar, it also functioned as a seamark.",
    "bibliography": "Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996); E. du Boulay 'Nelson's Monument on the Portsmouth Hills', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 12, p. 341, (Cambridge, 1926); 'Richard Walker 'Nelson Portraits' (Portsmouth, 1998) p.188, 270; Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth, 1995) p. 141. Jane Smith 'The Nelson Monument Portsdown Hill, a seamark rediscovered' (Portsmouth, 2007).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters