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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating five ratings of HMS ‘Espoir’ who died of cholera in 1883

Location

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

Transcript

‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY BANCE E.R.A. / W. A. EDWARDS CARPRS MATE / FRANK HAGGART STOKER / CHARLES CLARKE STOKER / ELI G. TAYLOR STOKER / H.M.S. 'ESPOIR' / THESE MEN DIED OF CHOLERA UP THE …RIVER IN THE MONTH OF JULY 1883 / FOR THEM NO MORE THE BLAZING HEARTH SHALL BURN, /.OR BUSY HOUSEWIFE PLY HER EVENING CARE: / NO CHILDREN RUN TO LISP THEIR SIRE'S RETURN, / OR CLIMB HIS KNEES THE ENVIED KISS TO SHARE. / THIS CROSS WAS ERECTED IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE BY THE CAPTAIN, OFFICERS AND CREW OF H.M.S. 'ESPOIR'

Details

Type: Cross on plinth.
Vessel: HMS Espoir

People

Bance, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 4/8/1883
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Edwards, W.
Age:
Date of Death: 7/1883
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Carpenter
Organisation: Royal Navy
Haggett, Frank
Age:
Date of Death: 7/1883
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Taylor, Eli George
Age:
Date of Death: 1/8/1883
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: ADM 188/157/121098, ADM 188/159/122219
Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985
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Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial in Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating William Grave RN d. 1801

Location

Trafalgar Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Transcript

'William Grave, aged 38 years, Master of HMS Caesar who fell while conspicuously exerting himself in the Battle of Algeziras on July the sixth AD 1801. By nature he was penetrating and resolute, he was courteous in his deportment, irreproachable in his morals and exemplary in his attention in all his duties and the functions of his religion. Contemplating with affectionate regret a memory to which they would pay but every tribute of regard, the Officers of HMS Caesar have erected this monument of their esteem for their departed Friend'

Details

Vessel: HMS Caesar

Event

Battle of Algeciras

Event Date

1801

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Grave, William
Age: 38
Date of Death: 6/7/1801
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master RN
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Liz Carter 'Carved in stone-recorded on the rock', 'Family Tree Magazine' vol. 13, p.12 (Oct 1997).
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St Llawddog's Church, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wall tablet in St Llawddog’s Church, Cilgerran commemorating Admiral Sir Erasmus Gower d. 1814

Location

St Llawddog's Church, Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of Sir Erasmus Gower Knt. Admiral of the White Interred in the Church of Hambleden in Hampshire Who in domestic life was consistent and affectionate and in Command Prompt indefatigable and brave, a patron of merit, unbiased by favour or connexion and firm under long and severe affliction he died respected by his friends and lamented by the poor in the seventy second year of his age and the fifty eighth year of his public service June 21st 1814'

Details

Description: Oval tablet.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble

People

Gower, Erasmus
Age: 72
Date of Death: 21/6/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1983
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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone in Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Commander Richard Tillidge Sainthill RN d. 1857

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Margaret Sainthill who departed this life on 16 Jan 1831. Marianne Quirk Sainthill daughter of Commander Sainthill R.N. & Marianne Quirk his wife who departed this life on 2 [?] December 1852: also Richard Tillidge Sainthill Com. R.N. who departed this life on 8 March 1857 also of Marianne Quirk widow of the said Com. Sainthill R.N.... who departed this life on 28 January 1877'.

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: 34a

People

Sainthill, Richard Tillidge
Age:
Date of Death: 8/3/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Record at Jersey archives, checked in 'Navy List'.
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Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Wall tablet at Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating  Rear-Admiral Charles Douglas d. 1789

Location

Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'TO THE REVERED MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL / SIR CHAS DOUGLAS, BART / SON OF / CHAS AYTON DOUGLAS / OF KINGLASSIE / BORN 1727 DIED 1789 / A DISTINGUISHED OFFICER / HE RELIEVED QUEBEC 1778 AND / WHEN CAPT. OF THE FLEET TO / ADL SIR GEORGE RODNEY / IN THE HEAT OF BATTLE FIRST / SUGGESTED THE MANOEUVRE KNOWN / AS THE BREAKING OF THE LINE / 12 APRIL 1782 / INTERRED BESIDE HIS BROTHER / NEAR THIS SPOT.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of church
Materials: Grey granite

Event

Battle of the Saints

Event Date

1782

Event Category

American Revolutionary War

People

Douglas, Charles
Age: 62
Date of Death: 3/1789
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 'Dictionary of National Biography' dismisses this claim to have orginated the manoeuvre to break the line of battle.
Recorder: John Steele, 1988
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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating James George Wilkie RN d. 1890

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of JAMES GEORGE WILKIE of H.M.S. Boadicea who died at Trincomalee Dec 6th 1890 of fever contracted whilst on active service in the Witu Expedition'

Details

Vessel: HMS Boadicea

Event

Witu expedition

Event Date

1890

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Wilkie, James George
Age:
Date of Death: 6/12/1890
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Domesric
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sri Lanka formerly Ceylon. ADM 188/210/147560. Wilkie born at Windsor 12 Oct 1866. Died of enteric fever.
Recorder: C. Flintham
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Herbert Gay d. 1903

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'HERBERT GAY / AB HMS 'Seaflower' / died / 5th Octr 1903 Aged 20'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 330
Vessel: HMS Seaflower

People

Gay, Herbert
Age: 20
Date of Death: 5/10/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating William Jones d. 1839

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'William Julian, master mariner, died 4th June 1839 in the 78th year of his age. Presented by Rice Jones Esq merchant and banker of this town'

Details

People

Julian, William
Age: 77
Date of Death: 4/6/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Headstone at the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating Captain George Boys, RN d. 1859

Location

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of Lieut. Commander / GEORGE SAYER BOYS R.N. / Lately in command of / H.M.S. Athol, Greenock / who died in London April 30th / 1859 Aged 46' [three lines of text beginning] "For God so loved the world"'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: North side of church
Vessel: HMS Athol

People

Boys, George Sayer
Age: 46
Date of Death: 30/4/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: D. P. Gander,1988
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating  Thomas Richards, d. 1862

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to / the memory of / THOMAS RICHARDS / late Chief Steward of / the Steamship SINGAPORE / who departed this life / on the 25th Dec 1862 / Aged 27 years // The Lord gave and the / Lord hath taken away. Bless / ed be the Name of the Lord

Details

Position: North wall N56 C39
Artists: Perreau ? Sculptor
Vessel: Singapore

People

Richards, Thomas
Age: 27
Date of Death: 25/12/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Steward
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 209.
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