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St Michael's Church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Aberystwyth commemorating William Lloyd d. 1856

Location

St Michael's Church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'SACRED / To the Memory of / HANNAH LLOYD / the wife of WILLIAM LLOYD / of Aberystwyth (Mariner) she was / interred here on the 16th of Octr. 1821 / In the 47th Year of her Age / In / Memory of the above named / WILLIAM LLOYD / who died on the 10th day / of September 1856 / AGED 74 YEARS'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Lloyd, William
Age: 74
Date of Death: 10/9/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "location": "St Michael's Church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / To the Memory of / HANNAH LLOYD / the wife of WILLIAM LLOYD / of Aberystwyth (Mariner) she was / interred here on the 16th of Octr. 1821 / In the 47th Year of her Age / In / Memory of the above named / WILLIAM LLOYD / who died on the 10th day / of September 1856 / AGED 74 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Aberystwyth commemorating William Lloyd d. 1856</p>",
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  "details": {
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    "type": "",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Slate",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England

Plaque dedicated to William Ferrers Warren RNR d. 1883, in St Nicholas Church, Bristol.

Location

St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God and in affectionate memory of / William Ferrers Warren. R.N.R. / Third Officer of the Royal Mail S.S. Danube / Who was drowned in Vigo harbour / on the 14th of Jan. 1883 in his 24th year' [second plaque] 'This tablet / is erected by his brother officers and shipmates / to whom he was endeared by his thorough manliness / and good nature and his readiness to do a good turn / to any who needed it'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Staircase
Materials: Brass
Vessel: SS Danube

People

Warren, William Ferrers
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/1/1883
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: 3rd Officer
Organisation: Royal Mail Steam Packet Co

Extra

Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981.
Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.

JSON

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  "id": "M5039",
  "location": "St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England",
  "transcript": "'To the Glory of God and in affectionate memory of / William Ferrers Warren. R.N.R. / Third Officer of the Royal Mail S.S. Danube / Who was drowned in Vigo harbour / on the 14th of Jan. 1883 in his 24th year' [second plaque] 'This tablet / is erected by his brother officers and shipmates / to whom he was endeared by his thorough manliness / and good nature and his readiness to do a good turn / to any who needed it'<br />\r\n<br />",
  "content": "<p>Plaque dedicated to William Ferrers Warren RNR d. 1883, in St Nicholas Church, Bristol. </p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Plaque",
    "position": "Staircase",
    "materials": "Brass",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "SS Danube"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981.",
    "bibliography": "Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool, commemorating John Campbell Newlands d. 1865, Thomas Archibald Newlands d. 1868, and John James Newlands d. 1870

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Campbell Newlands drowned near Ningpo China 23rd Sept 1865 age 33. Thomas Archibald Newlands brother of the above was drowned near St Catherines, Isle of Wight 24 October 1868 aged 21. John James Newlands brother of above drowned off Guanape Islands Callao 26 February 1870 age 30'

Details

People

Newlands, John Campbell
Age: 33
Date of Death: 23/9/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Newlands, Thomas Archibald
Age: 21
Date of Death: 24/10/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Newlands, John James
Age: 30
Date of Death: 26/2/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 451.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "post_id": "2575",
  "id": "M748",
  "location": "St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'John Campbell Newlands drowned near Ningpo China 23rd Sept 1865 age 33. Thomas Archibald Newlands brother of the above was drowned near St Catherines, Isle of Wight 24 October 1868 aged 21. John James Newlands brother of above drowned off Guanape Islands Callao 26 February 1870 age 30'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool, commemorating John Campbell Newlands d. 1865, Thomas Archibald Newlands d. 1868, and John James Newlands d. 1870</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 451.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial at New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Edward Baker Conyear d. 1838

Location

New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Edward Baker CONYEAR, Chief Officer of the 'Henry Davidson', died of fever June 8th 1838, aged 40'

Details

Vessel: Henry Davidson

People

Conyear, Edward Baker
Age: 40
Date of Death: 8/6/1838
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

JSON

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  "id": "M2863",
  "location": "New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Edward Baker CONYEAR, Chief Officer of the 'Henry Davidson', died of fever June 8th 1838, aged 40'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Edward Baker Conyear d. 1838</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Henry Davidson"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Otho Steed, RN, d. 1882

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of / O. H. Steed A.B. / H.M.S. London / died 19.7.1882'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS London

People

Steed, Otho Henry
Age: 26
Date of Death: 19/7/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "id": "M5271",
  "location": "Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of / O. H. Steed A.B. / H.M.S. London / died 19.7.1882'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Otho Steed, RN, d. 1882</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS London"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire commemorating Richard Dela More d. 1812

Location

St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Richard Dela More Esq. Twenty years commander of a merchant ship trading to the island of Jamaica in the West Indies. He died November 16th 1812 aged 63 years. Psalm 107 vv 23-4'

Details

Type: Tablet
Artists: Andrews

People

More, Richard Dela
Age: 63
Date of Death: 16/11/1812
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "id": "M3028",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Richard Dela More Esq. Twenty years commander of a merchant ship trading to the island of Jamaica in the West Indies. He died November 16th 1812 aged 63 years. Psalm 107 vv 23-4'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Long Sutton, Lincolnshire commemorating Richard Dela More d. 1812</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Tablet",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Andrews",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"More, Richard Dela","age":"63","dateofdeath":"16/11/1812","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Clonmel Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

Memorial at Clonmel Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland commemorating the 12 officers and crew who lost their lives following the accident on HMS ‘Mars’ on 14 April 1902

Location

Clonmel Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland

Transcript

‘Sacred / TO THE MEMORY / OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / H.M. SHIP ‘MARS’ / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH A GUN ACCIDENT / THAT OCCURRED ON BOARD THAT SHIP / ON THE 14TH OF APRIL 1902 / WHILST AT SEA / OFF THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / H.M. SHIPS 'JUPITER' AND ‘MARS' / LIEUTENANT JAMES H.S. BOURNE / LIEUTENANT TOM C. MILLER / CHIEF E.R.A. EDWIN SUTTON / PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS GEORGE H. HOPKINS / PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS HENRY J HUMPHREYS / LEADING SEAMAN EDWARD J.C. BROWN / ABLE SEAMAN ALFRED SHIPTON / ABLE SEAMAN SEPTUS H.G. BARNETT / ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS W PORTER / ABLE SEAMAN SAMUEL J. THOMAS / ABLE SEAMAN FRANK H. BARTON / ABLE SEAMAN ELLIS G. COLLINS / LIEUTENANT MILLER WAS BURIED AT WEYMOUTH DORSET / PETTY OFFICERS FIRST CLASS HUMPHERYS AND HOPKINS / WERE BURIED AT SEA. / OTHERS LIE BURIED WITHIN THIS ENCLOSURE.

Details

Description: An anchor suspended from a cross set on a rocky plinth. Chain cable is wrapped round the cross and the anchor.
Type: Memorial
Position: Graveyard
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Mars

People

Barnett, Septus G. W.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Barton, Frank W.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bourne, James H. S.
Age:
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Browne, Edward J. G.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Collins, Ellis G.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hopkins, George H.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Humphreys, Henry J.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Miller, Tom C.
Age:
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Porter, Thomas W.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Shipton, Alfred
Age: 26
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sutton, Edwin
Age: 34
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Chief Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thomas, Samuel J.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/4/1902
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The crew members were manning a gun turret when a charge exploded during gunnery exercises.

Bibliography: 'Navy News' (Oct 2001) p. 26. 'Family Tree Magazine' (June 2005) p. 34.

JSON

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  "id": "M4962",
  "location": "Clonmel Old Church Cemetery, Cobh, County Cork, Republic of Ireland",
  "transcript": "‘Sacred / TO THE MEMORY / OF / THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / H.M. SHIP ‘MARS’ / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES THROUGH A GUN ACCIDENT / THAT OCCURRED ON BOARD THAT SHIP / ON THE 14TH OF APRIL 1902 / WHILST AT SEA / OFF THE WEST COAST OF IRELAND / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / H.M. SHIPS 'JUPITER' AND ‘MARS' / LIEUTENANT JAMES H.S. BOURNE / LIEUTENANT TOM C. MILLER / CHIEF E.R.A. EDWIN SUTTON / PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS GEORGE H. HOPKINS / PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS HENRY J HUMPHREYS / LEADING SEAMAN EDWARD J.C. BROWN / ABLE SEAMAN ALFRED SHIPTON / ABLE SEAMAN SEPTUS H.G. BARNETT / ABLE SEAMAN THOMAS W PORTER / ABLE SEAMAN SAMUEL J. THOMAS / ABLE SEAMAN FRANK H. BARTON / ABLE SEAMAN ELLIS G. COLLINS / LIEUTENANT MILLER WAS BURIED AT WEYMOUTH DORSET / PETTY OFFICERS FIRST CLASS HUMPHERYS AND HOPKINS / WERE BURIED AT SEA. / OTHERS LIE BURIED WITHIN THIS ENCLOSURE.",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Mars"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "The crew members were manning a gun turret when a charge exploded during gunnery exercises.  <br />",
    "bibliography": "'Navy News' (Oct 2001) p. 26. 'Family Tree Magazine' (June 2005) p. 34.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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North cemetery, Hart Lane, West Hartlepool, England

Memorial in North Cemetery, Hartlepool commemorating James Wilson d. 1895

Location

North cemetery, Hart Lane, West Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'JAMES WILSON OF WEST HARTLEPOOL D. JUN 23 1895 25 YRS AND JAMES HIS SON D. IN INFANCY'

Details

Type: Headstone

People

Wilson, James
Age:
Date of Death: 23/6/1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: S.J. Wilson 'The Wilsons of Whitby & West Hartlepool', 'Cleveland Family History Society Monumental Index' (unpublished family history).
Recorder: Stuart James Wilson 1999

JSON

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  "id": "M2500",
  "location": "North cemetery, Hart Lane, West Hartlepool, England",
  "transcript": "'JAMES WILSON OF WEST HARTLEPOOL D. JUN 23 1895 25 YRS AND JAMES HIS SON D. IN INFANCY'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in North Cemetery, Hartlepool commemorating James Wilson d. 1895</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Headstone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "S.J. Wilson 'The Wilsons of Whitby & West Hartlepool', 'Cleveland Family History Society Monumental Index' (unpublished family history).",
    "recorder": "Stuart James Wilson 1999",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent, England

Wall tablet in St Leonard’s Church, Hythe, Kent commemorating Captain Robert Finnis RN d. 1813

Location

St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / Captain ROBERT FINNIS / A Native of this Town and Port / who was killed in /the service of his Country / on board his Majesty's Sloop of War / Queen Charlotte / which he commanded / on Lake Erie, upper CANADA / in an engagement / with an American Squadron / of very superior force / under Commodore PERRY / the 10th day of September 1813 / aged 29 years./ When a Midshipamn of the Beaulieu frigate / he commanded one of the Boats / employed in cutting out the / French corvette La Chevrette / from Cameret Bay / on the night of the 21st of July 1801 / and was made Lieutenant / for his gallant conduct on that occasion. / After Sixteen years / actively employed in the Royal Navy / he thus fell in the prime of life / regretted and lamented / an irreparable loss / to his afflicted Family and Friends'

Details

Description: Pyramid in relief supported on three balls. A foul anchor carved on the plinth, the arms of Finnis below
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North transept
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS 'Queen Charlotte', 'La Chevrette'

Event

War of 1812

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Finnis, Robert
Age: 29
Date of Death: 10/9/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Capt. RN HMS 'Queen Charlotte' killed in action Lake Erie against US force led by Cdre. Perry.
Recorder: Elizabeth Nellist 1982
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "post_id": "2561",
  "id": "M2688",
  "location": "St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of / Captain ROBERT FINNIS / A Native of this Town and Port / who was killed in /the service of his Country / on board his Majesty's Sloop of War / Queen Charlotte / which he commanded / on Lake Erie, upper CANADA / in an engagement / with an American Squadron / of very superior force / under Commodore PERRY / the 10th day of September 1813 / aged 29 years./ When a Midshipamn of the Beaulieu frigate / he commanded one of the Boats / employed in cutting out the / French corvette La Chevrette / from Cameret Bay / on the night of the 21st of July 1801 / and was made Lieutenant / for his gallant conduct on that occasion. / After Sixteen years / actively employed in the Royal Navy / he thus fell in the prime of life / regretted and lamented / an irreparable loss / to his afflicted Family and Friends'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M2688Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6698\" width=\"290\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M2688Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M2688Large-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Wall tablet in St Leonard’s Church, Hythe, Kent commemorating Captain Robert Finnis RN d. 1813</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Pyramid in relief supported on three balls. A foul anchor carved on the plinth, the arms of Finnis below",
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    "position": "North transept",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS 'Queen Charlotte', 'La Chevrette'"  },
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    "event":"War of 1812",
    "date": "",
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  "people": [{"name":"Finnis, Robert","age":"29","dateofdeath":"10/9/1813","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Capt. RN HMS 'Queen Charlotte' killed in action Lake Erie against US force led by Cdre. Perry.",
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St Michael's Church, Aveley, Thurrock, Essex, England

Window in St Michael’s Church, Aveley, Thurrock dedicated to Alexander Trant Luard RN d. 1880

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St Michael's Church, Aveley, Thurrock, Essex, England

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'In memory of Alexander Trant Luard, Midshipman R.N. aged 15 third son of the Vicar of this parish, killed by a fall from aloft while on duty on board H.M.S. Temeraire at Villa Franca 21st April 1880. "In the hand of God'''

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Description: The window depicts Christ walking on the water.
Type: Window
Position: North side nave
Vessel: HMS Temeraire

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Luard, Alexander Trant
Age: 16
Date of Death: 21/4/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1989

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters