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
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
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'
Details
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
Extra
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
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
Extra
Recorder: Rev. William Donnan. 1978 Photographer: P Lacey
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters