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Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland

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

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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

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.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Thomson, John Rowe
Age: 33
Date of Death: 8/8/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Text expanded by P. Lacey.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1984
Photographer: P. Lacey
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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating Henry Jenkins d. 1854

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Henry Jenkins of this town. Master Mariner, who was lost off Beaumaris, Oct.18th 1854 aged 40 years'

Details

People

Jenkins, Henry
Age: 40
Date of Death: 18/10/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

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

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England

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

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Thomas Clements d. 1888

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Thomas Clements aged 17 A native of Ardleigh drowned in Havre Docks Oct 5 1888 and buried at Havre'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Clements, Thomas
Age: 17
Date of Death: 5/10/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

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.
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

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.
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St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

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'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: Liffey

People

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
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St David's Chapel, Llanwrtyd, Powys, Wales

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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