Cross in Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Gerald Onslow RN d. 1916 in the Battle of Jutland
Location
Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUT-COMMANDER / ARTHUR GERALD ONSLOW D.S.C., R.N. / H.M.S. ONSLAUGHT / DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION / AT THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND 1ST JUNE 1916 AGED 31 YEARS / THE ELDEST SON OF THE LATE COL. C.G.P. ONSLOW R.E...'
Details
Description: Cross on stepped plinth, lead lettering. Type: Cross Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Onslaught
Event
Battle of Jutland
Event Date
1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Onslow, Arthur Gerald Age: 31 Date of Death: 1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Commander Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating John Rowe Thomson, RN, d. 1860
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN ROWE THOMSON, / GUNNER R.N. / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG AUGT. 8TH 1860 / AGED 33 YEARS. / ALSO ROSANNA PATEY, / THE BELOVED WIFE OF JOHN PATEY; / WHO DIED JANY. 3RD 1861, / AGED 70 YEARS / ALSO THE ABOVE JOHN PATEY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPT. 16TH 1871 / AGED 82 YEARS.'
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating James Wilds d. 1910
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of / JAMES HENRY WILDS / (E.R.A. of H.M.S. 'Africa') / The beloved and only son of / JAMES and KATE WILDS / who departed this life 15th June 1910 / aged 20 years and 7 months / RIP / Beloved by all'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Roman Catholic (old) 490 Vessel: HMS Africa
People
Wilds, James Henry Age: 20 Date of Death: 15/6/1910 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Cornwall dedicated to Charles Eldred d. 1932
Location
St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Commander Charles E. ELDRED R.N. Leg. O' Hon. Artist, writer and traveller died 17th August 1932 'Now we see all through a glass darkly'. And of Mary Pollard ELDRED his wife died 24 February 1953'
Details
Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Eldred, Charles E. Age: Date of Death: 17/8/1932 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN; Artist; Writer Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata commemorating Thomas Sheppard, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1825
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Mr Thomas Sheppard / late Senior Branch Pilot in the Honourable Com / pany's Bengal Marine Establishment, who de / parted this life on the 1st October 1825 / aged 51 years and 10 months / Leaving a disconsolate widow and five children to / lament his irreparable loss, and by whom this / Monument is erected in testimony / of their affection. / Why on this mouldering tomb express his praise / Whose name can build what time can n'er erase.'
Details
People
Sheppard, Thomas Age: 51 Date of Death: 1/10/1825 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Senior Branch Pilot Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.121.
Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating William Clement, d. 1859
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the memory of / Wm CLEMENT / Barque ‘HYDROOSE’ / Died 22nd May 1859 / Aged 37 years / Erected by his seafa / ring brothers'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: South east wall SE8 A258 Vessel: Hydroose
People
Clement, William Age: 37 Date of Death: 22/5/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: 'British India Office Deaths and Burials' gives Clement's age as 45. Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 224.
Memorial in St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon commemorating Admiral John Wight, RN d. 1860 and Lieutenant Alexander Schank Wight, RN d. 1843
Location
St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England
Transcript
'In the Memory / of / JOHN WIGHT / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / DIED 22ND JANY 1860 / AGED 87 / In the Memory / of / ALGERNON WIGHT / AGED 42 YEARS / LIEUT ALEXR SCHANK WIGHT / DIED APRIL 18TH AGED 43 YEARS'
Wight, John Age: 87 Date of Death: 22/1/1860 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy Wight, Alexander Schank Age: 43 Date of Death: 1843 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The Gentleman’s Magazine, London: 'Obituary February 1844 Lately. At Haslar Hospital Lieut. Aleander Schank Wright [sic], R.N. son of Rear-Adm. Wright [sic], and grandson of the late Admiral Schank, of Barton House, Dawlish.’
Note in: A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen, Volume 2 ‘Alexander, Lieut. R.N., served as Midshipman on board the Liffey, 50, in the Burmese War, died in 1843'.
Recorder: South West Maritime History Society 1994
Memorial at St David’s Chapel, Llanwrtyd, Powys commemorating John Lloyd d. 1818 HEIC
Location
St David's Chapel, Llanwrtyd, Powys, Wales
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of John Lloyd, eldest son of Rees Lloyd of Dinas and captain of the Honbl. East India Company's ship MANSHIP who left this, his native parish at the age of sixteen, without friends or interest, but by good conduct and perseverance acquired both: and after 32 years of active naval service and 12 voyages to India in the course of which he twice suffered shipwreck and cruel imprisonment in the hands of Tipoo Sultan of Mysore, returning to display the same active and enterprising spirit in promoting the welfare and cultivating the resources of his native country. He died Feby 1818 aged 70'
Details
Vessel: HEIC Manship
People
Lloyd, John Age: Date of Death: 2/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol. 6, no. 6 (BACSA).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters