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St Mary's Church, Woolwich, Kent, England

Tomb at St Mary’s Church, Woolwich, Kent commemorating John Henslow RN dockyard official d. 1742, Sir John Henslow RN surveyor of HM Navy d. 1805, Sir John Henslow RN surveyor of HM Navy d. 1815

Location

St Mary's Church, Woolwich, Kent, England

Transcript

'... His Majesty's Dockyard Woolwich, she died Aug. 22.1736 aged 40, and of the above, Mr John Henslow who died Oct 9th 1742 aged 62 and three of their children, John 3 May 1728 aged 3, Ann 6 Jan 1736 10 months, Mary 6 Jun 1746 20. Frances HENSLOW wife of Mr John HENSLOW, son of the first named John HENSLOW, master boat builder of the same yard, she died March 18th 1764 aged 36, also two of their children viz Charlotte 4 Apl 1762 aged 6 months, Frances 19 March 1763 4 years, also of Ann HENSLOW second wife of the above mentioned John HENSLOW. Sir John Henslow, surveyor of his Majesty's Navy, he died Apl. 8th 1805 aged 63. Frances Henslow youngest daughter of the before mentioned Sir John Henslow and Ann his wife who died 3 March 1854 aged 85 years. Sir John HENSLOW Knt who having sedulously and faithfully served the public upward of 62 years retired from the chief office of his profession, surveyor of His Maj. Navy in July 1806 to Sittingbourne in this county where he passed the residue of his lifetime in the practice of every Christian and social virtue and where he died on 22 Sept 1815 aged 85 years'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard north east of church

People

Henslow, John
Age: 63
Date of Death: 8/4/1805
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surveyor of the Navy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Henslow, John
Age: 62
Date of Death: 9/10/1742
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Dockyard official
Organisation: Royal Navy
Henslow, John
Age: 85
Date of Death: 22/9/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surveyor of the Navy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Woolwich, Kent, England",
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St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England

Cross in Cornwall dedicated to W.H. Bartlett d. 1931

Location

St Martin's Church, St Martin by Looe, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Elizabeth, beloved wife of W.H. BARTLETT who passed over July 25th 1931 Aged 71 years 'The Lord's my shepherd' Also W.H. BARTLETT, Master Mariner her beloved husband who passed over January 30th 1937. 'And now his long life o'er and passed the perils of the deep.'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard

People

Bartlett, W.H.
Age:
Date of Death: 30/1/1937
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Elizabeth, beloved wife of W.H. BARTLETT who passed over July 25th 1931 Aged 71 years 'The Lord's my shepherd' Also W.H. BARTLETT, Master Mariner her beloved husband who passed over January 30th 1937. 'And now his long life o'er and passed the perils of the deep.'",
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St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, commemorating six men of HMS ‘Sheerwater’, drowned in a boat capsize 1842

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'Mr Thomas Corrall, surgeon, Tho. Sparrow, David Edgar, William Marshall, Henry Kemp, Stephen Bond. Seamen of Her Majesty's ship Sheerwater who were unfortunately drowned by the upsetting of a boat on the River Medway on 25 July 1842 and are buried Mr Corrall at Eastchurch, Sheppey and the seamen at Melville hospital Chatham. This tablet is erected by the officers and crew of Her Majesty's Ship Sheerwater as a token of respect for their lamented shipmates'

Details

Vessel: HMS Shearwater

People

Bond, Stephen
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Corrall, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Edgar, David
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kemp, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marshall, William
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sparrow, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 25/7/1842
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1969

JSON

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Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Memorial at Winchester Cathedral to Jean Serres d. 1754

Location

Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'H.S.E. / IOHs. SERRES honestae prosapiae Gallus / De Monte Albano / Qui post quam per viginti et septem annos / MASSILAE as remos damnatus / In vinculis et carceribus / Protestantium cultum et Fidem / Mente indominita propugnasset / ANNAE REGINAE pietate liberatus / Anno pacifico / In Angliam exul migravit. / Obt. A.D. MDCCLIV. Aetat LXXXV. / Ne penitus occideret memoria / De Religione reformata / Tam eximie meriti / A Superstitione Papali / Tam gravia perpessi / THOMAS CHEYNEY / Hujusce Ecclesiae Decanus / Hanc tabellam / P.'

Details

Description: White marble with segmental pediment, black marble inscription tablet.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Epiphany Chapel
Materials: black and white marble

People

Serres, Jean de
Age: 85
Date of Death: 1754
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: A French protestant condemned to serve in the galleys.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 212 (Greenwich, 1972)
Photographer: B. Tomlinson 1981

JSON

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    "recorder": "",
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Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Wall tablet in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating Alexander Ewens d. 1820 and Samuel Allen d. 1851

Location

Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / MARGARET STEWART / WIFE OF / ALEXANDER EWANS LATE MASTER / IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE THE 6TH / MARCH 1820 AGED 75 / SAMUEL ALLEN SURGEON RN / BORN 11TH MAY 1778 / DIED 16TH OCTOBER 1827 / MARGARET EWANS / WIFE OF / SAMUEL ALLEN SURGEON RN / DIED 20TH FEBRUARY 1851 / IN THE 66TH YEAR OF HER AGE / CRAWFORD ALLEN / SON OF SAMUEL ALLEN SURGEON RN / BORN...APRIL 1819 DIED 11TH APRIL 1898 / INTERRED IN / KILCONNELL CHURCHYARD CO GALWAY IRELAND / JESSIE ADAMS / WIFE OF CRAWFORD ALLEN / BORN 30TH JAN 1825 DIED 3 JAN 1897 / ALSO INTERRED IN KILCONNELL CHURCHYARD / THESE INSCRIPTIONS.. ./ PLACED HERE BY THEIR ELDEST DAUGHTER / ALICE WIFE OF MARMADUKE BAC.... / DUBLIN OCT 1899'

Details

Description: Central panel of three.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North boundary wall
Materials: Grey sandstone

People

Allen, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 16/10/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: John Steele. 1988

JSON

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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Monument in Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Captain John Harvey and Captain John Hutt RN d. 1794

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

‘SACRED / TO / J. HARVEY AND J. HUTT: / CAPTAINS OF THE BRUNSWICK AND THE QUEEN / WHO FELL GLORIOUSLY IN THE MEMORABLE VICTORY / OBTAINED OFF BREST ON THE 1ST JUNE MDCCXCIV. / This monument was erected at the Public Expense / as an honourable Testimony of their Meritorious Services'

Details

Description: To the right a figure of Britannia, originally with shield trident and lion: to the left, Fame with bays and a trumpet.
Type: Monument
Position: North side nave
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1804
Artists: John Bacon, the younger
Vessel: HMS ‘Brunswick', HMS ‘Queen'

Event

Battle of the Glorious First of June 1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Harvey, John
Age: 53
Date of Death: 30/6/1794
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hutt, John
Age: c. 48
Date of Death: 30/6/1794
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Lower part of monument moved to Eastry prior to 1812, source Westminster Abbey Library. The work designed by John Bacon RA but signed by his son John Bacon Junior. Contract 20/12/1798, value £3,150.

Bibliography: Dictionary of National Biography; 'Description of the monument erected in Westminster Abbey to the late Captains Harvey and Hutt', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. xi, pp. 363-4 (London, 1804).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Gravestone at St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon commemorating Commander William Pye RN d. 1876

Location

St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to / the memory of Commander William Pye R.N. / in his 91st year. BORN 18TH OCTOBER 1785. / DIED AT DAWLISH / 16TH MARCH 1876. / MIDSHIPMAN 'MINOTAUR' TRAFALGAR'

Details

Description: Gothic style gravestone
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Minotaur

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Pye, William Woolcock
Age: 90
Date of Death: 16/3/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Restored in 1983.
Recorder: P.S. Pearson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred / to / the memory of Commander William Pye R.N. / in his 91st year. BORN 18TH OCTOBER 1785. / DIED AT DAWLISH / 16TH MARCH 1876. / MIDSHIPMAN 'MINOTAUR' TRAFALGAR'",
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    "recorder": "P.S. Pearson",
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Brian McLauchlin, surgeon d. 1820

Location

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

Transcript

'Beneath this tablet are deposited / the mortal Remains of / Brian McLauchlin Esq / surgeon of Greenwich Hospital / who departed this Life / in hope and expectation of a Better / on the...day of April 1820 age 4...years / to whose enlightened mind and unwearying efforts / the Medical Officers of the Navy / are indebted / For the formation and establishment of / the Supplimentary Fund / for the benefit of their widows and orphans / and in whom/the Medical Profession lost a valuable... / [to] his acquaintances, a steady and disinterested friend / the poor a kind and liberal benefactor / The memory of the just is Blessed. Proverbs X' [west face] 'Sacred to the memory of / Mary Elizabeth wife of Brian McLauchlin..'

Details

Description: Urn.
Type: Memorial
Position: In enclosure

People

McLauchlin, Brian
Age:
Date of Death: 4/1820
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscription 99618.

JSON

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Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England

Memorial at Chester Cathedral to George Hawkshaw RM d. 1792

Location

Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England

Transcript

'Adjacent / lie the remains / of / GEORGE HAWKSHAW Esq . / a native of IRELAND / and/ Sixteen years a Lieutenant in / HIS MAJESTY`S MARINE FORCES / Returning after a long voyage / to an AGED FATHER / and expecting friends; / He was arrested here / by the hand of / GOD / the ninth day of May / MDCCXCII / in the xxxivth Year of his Age. / Hugh Hawkshaw and Robert McCleverty / two of his numerous friends, / sensible of his WORTH / and MANY VIRTUES; / Pay this humble but most/ affectionate tribute / to his / MEMORY.'

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Description: Oval white tablet on grey rectangular marble mount. Small urn at top; sunbeam at bottom
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble

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Hawkshaw, George
Age: 34
Date of Death: 9/5/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

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Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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St Mary's Church, Hampton, London, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Hampton, London commemorating Captain Alexander Ellice RN d. 1853

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St Mary's Church, Hampton, London, England

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Description: Coastguard mourning by the captain's coffin.
Type: Memorial
Date Erected: 1853
Artists: J. Bedford

People

Ellice, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: HM Coastguard, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Comptroller General of the Coastguard.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'The Buildings of England: Middlesex' (Harmondsworth, 1951) p. 65.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters