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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hoxne, Suffolk, England

Window in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hoxne, Suffolk dedicated to Lieutenant John Halton Hodgson RIN d. 1868

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Hoxne, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Lieut John HALTON HOGSON R.I.N. H.M.S. FAVORITE, who died at the Naval Hospital, Port Royal Jamaica Feb 17th 1868 aged 22. This window is erected by his brother officers and friends.'

Details

Type: Window
Position: Sanctuary
Vessel: RIN Favourite

People

Hodgson, John Halton
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/2/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RIN
Organisation: Royal Indian Navy

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Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Memorial at Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya commemorating William Hawke, RN, d. 1886

Location

Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In Memory / Of / W.H. Hawke, Q.M. / H.M.S. Briton. / Who died while on service in / the Olga, August 25th, 1886 / Aged 31 Years.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Briton

People

Hawke, William H.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 25/8/1886
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Quarter Master
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Five burials on Funzi Island are Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel. Some of the wooden headstones are now Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Edwin Hawkins d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'EDWIN HAWKINS / Ldg Stoker R F A 'Kharki' / died / 10th Nov 1910 aged 50'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 301
Vessel: RFA Karki

People

Hawkins, Edwin
Age: 50
Date of Death: 10/11/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Fleet Auxiliary

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Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Deal Cemetery, Deal, Kent, England

Memorial in Deal Cemetery, Deal, Kent commemorating Francis Walmersley d. 1883 on passage from New Zealand

Location

Deal Cemetery, Deal, Kent, England

Transcript

'...Also of his son Frank (baptised Francis) who was drowned on his passage home from New Zealand in 1883 aged 19'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Roman Catholic Section

People

Walmersley, Francis
Age: 19
Date of Death: 1883
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

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

Memorial at Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William J.L. Pearse RN d. 1894

Location

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

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM J. L. PEARSE / CHIEF CARPENTER R.N. / H.M.S. CENTURION. / DIED AT HONG KONG / 27TH OCTOBER 1894 / AGED 48 / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS / AND MEN OF THE SHIP'

Details

Description: Small cross on large plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Centurion

People

Pearse, William J. L.
Age: 48
Date of Death: 27/10/1894
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief carpenter
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Peter Hickman d. 1867

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Peter Hickman, Master Mariner of this port, died 29 June 1867 age...'

Details

People

Hickman, Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 29/6/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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Notes: From MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 633.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Memorial at Toxteth Park Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain James Nicol Forbes d. 1874

Location

Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'In memory of Captain James Nicol FORBES, late Commmander of the celebrated clipper ship 'MARCO POLO', who died June 14th. 1874, aged 52 years'

Details

Position: M27
Materials: Granite
Vessel: Marco Polo

People

Forbes, James Nicol
Age: 52
Date of Death: 14/6/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
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St Stephen's Church, Bristol, England

Wall Tablet in St Stephen’s Church, Bristol commemorating Martin Pringe d. 1626.

Location

St Stephen's Church, Bristol, England

Transcript

'To the pious / memory of Martin Pringe / Merchant, sometime General to the / East Indies and one of the / fraternity of Trinity House / The liuing worth of this dead man was such / That this Fayr Touch can giue you but A touch / Of his admired guifts, theise quartered Arts / Enrich'd his knowledge and ye spheare imparts / His hearts true Embleme, where pure thoughts did moue / By a most sacred Influence from aboue / Prudence and fortitude ore topp this toombe / Which in braue PRINGE tooke vpp ye cheifest roome / Hope, Tyme supporters showe that hee did clyme / This highest pitch of hope, though not of Tyme. / His painefull, skillfull trauayles reacht as farre / As from the Artick to th'Antartick starre. / Hee made himselfe A shippe, Religion / His onely compass, and the truth alone / His guiding Cynosure, faith was his sayles / His Anchour hope, A hope that neuer fayles. / His fraught was Charitie, and his returne / A fruitful practise: In this fatall vrne / This shippes fair Bulck is lodg'd but ye ritch lading/Is housd in heaven A hauen never fadinge'

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Description: Oval inscription tablet surrounded by female figures in relief representing Grammar, Mathematics, Geometry and Astronomy. The whole within an architectural surround with a broken pediment above, flanked by seated figures representing Prudence and Fortitude. In the middle of the pediment are the arms of the Society of Merchant Venturers of Bristol. The monument is supported by a mermaid with an anchor representing Hope and a Satyr with a scythe representing Time (supporters of the arms Merchant Adventurers of the Bristol). Between them are emblems of mortality - crossed pick and spade behind an hourglass.


Type: Wall tablet

People

Pringe, Martin
Age: 46
Date of Death: 1626
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Merchant adventurer
Organisation: Trinity House

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Notes: Pevsner suggests much of surround is 18th century.
Bibliography: J.W. Damer Powell 'Bristol Privateers and Ships of War' (Bristol, 1930) p. 68; Dr Jean Wilson 'Ethics Girls', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol xiii , p.93 (London, 1998).
Photographer: P. Lacey: B. Tomlinson
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Daniel Woodriff RN d. 1842

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Daniel Woodriff Esqr. R.N. C.B. / late one of the Captains of Greenwich Hospital / who died the 24th day of February 1842.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Enclosure

People

Woodriff, Daniel
Age: 86
Date of Death: 24/2/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

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Notes: PRO. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618. Ancestry.co. Woodriff family trees for day of death. buried 3 March 1842.
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Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Thomas Allen d. 1868

Location

Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘In Memory of / THOMAS ALLEN / Master mariner of this port / who died at South Shields / May 11th 1868 / aged 53 years / Also to ANNE SOPHIA his wife / who died January 6th 1876 / Aged 57 years'

Details

People

Allen, Thomas
Age: 53
Date of Death: 11/5/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

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Recorder: Rev. William Donnan. 1978
Photographer: P Lacey
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