Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Charminster commemorating William Meyer d. 1910
Location
St Mary's Church, Charminster, Dorset, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM ROBERT MEYER / ONLY SON OF CAPTAIN MEYER R.N. / AND THE LATE MARTHA ANNE HIS WIFE / SURGEON ON BOARD S.S. FULANI / BORN 11TH JULY 1866 / DIED AT SEA OFF THE BISSAGOS ISLANDS / WEST AFRICA / 6TH JUNE 1910 / IN PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Vessel: S.S. Fulani
People
Meyer, William Robert Age: 43 Date of Death: 9/6/1910 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Ship's doctor Organisation: African Steamship Company
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Bibliography: 'Somerset and Dorset Family History Society' vol. 36 No. 2 Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Cenotaph on Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada commemorating William Cutbush, RM, d. 1853
Location
Cenotaph, Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM CUTBUSH / PRIVATE ROYAL MARINE, / H.M.S. ASSISTANCE, / A NATIVE OF NORTHIAM, SUSSEX / WHO DIED ON BOARD / ON THE 27TH FEBRUARY, 1853, / AFTER A PROTRACTED ILLNESS FROM / DISEASE OF THE LUNGS, / AGED 34 YEARS. / He served with credit in his corps for / upwards of 16 years and 4 months, gain / ing by his good conduct two badges of / merit in addition to the Syrian medal / During twelve months of the above pe- / riod he served in H.M.S. Assistance, gain-/ ing the respect of Captain and Officers, / and beloved by all who knew him, and / died deeply lamented by his shipmates. / Happy are they that die in the Lord. / He lies interred in Northumberland Sound'
Details
Description: Lead plate fixed to an octagonal wooden memorial surmounted by a ball. Type: Memorial Materials: Lead, wood Vessel: HMS Assistance
People
Cutbush, William Age: 34 Date of Death: 27/2/1853 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Transcript in account of Belcher expedition 1852-4. 'Inscriptions on the Cenotaph in Beechey Island.’
Bibliography: Sir Edward Belcher 'The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being an narrative of the expedition in HMS Assistance under the command of Sir Edward Belcher, CB, in search of Sir John Franklin, during the years 1852-53-54' (London, 1855). 'Further papers relative to the recent Arctic expedition in search of Sir John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror' (HMSO, 1855) p. 63.
Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Iver, Buckinghamshire commemorating Admiral of the Fleet, James, 1st Baron Gambier d. 1833
Location
St Peter's Church, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF THE RIGHT HON. / JAMES BARON GAMBIER / OF IVER / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET G.C.B. / WHO WAS BORN 13th OCTOBER 1756 / AND WHO DIED 19TH APRIL 1833 / HIS NAME ADORNS THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY / AS ONE OF HER UNDAUNTED DEFENDERS / BUT HIS CHIEF RECORD IS ON HIGH / AS A MEEK AND LOWLY FOLLOWER OF THE LAMB'
Details
Event
Basque Roads
Event Date
1809
Event Category
1803 - 1815 Napoleonic Wars
People
Gambier, James Age: Date of Death: 19/4/1833 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at All Saints Church, Banstead commemorating Harrington Hudson RN d. 1896
Location
All Saints Church, Banstead, Surrey, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / HARRINGTON HUDSON R.N. / LATE OF BESSINGBY YORKSHIRE / WHO DIED HERE FEB. 9 1896 / THEY THAT GO DOWN TO THE SEA IN / SHIPS THAT DO BUSINESS IN GREAT WATERS / THESE SEE THE WORKS OF THE LORD / AND HIS WONDERS IN THE DEEP'
Details
Description: In gothic architectural frame with a shield bearing a foul anchor above the inscription. Type: Plaque Materials: Brass
People
Hudson, Harrington Age: Date of Death: 9/2/1896 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Henry Dacres Brent d. 1887
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / HENRY DACRES MENZIES BRENT, / MIDSHIPMAN / H.M.S. "MONARCH" / WHO DIED AT THE NAVAL HOSPITAL, GIBRALTAR / 1ST MARCH 1887 / AGED FIFTEEN YEARS AND EIGHT MONTHS, / THE ONLY SON OF / CAPTAIN H.W. BRENT R.N. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS ELDEST SISTER.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Monarch
People
Brent, Henry Dacres Menzies Age: 15 Date of Death: 1/3/1887 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters