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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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  "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.'",
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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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    "vessel": ""  },
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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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    "position": "North side nave",
    "materials": "Marble",
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
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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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon commemorating Commander William Pye RN d. 1876</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Restored in 1983.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "P.S. Pearson",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M2402",
  "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..'",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscription 99618.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
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St Nicholas's Church, Ash, Kent, England

Memorial in St Nicholas’ Church, Ash, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Henry Dawson RN d. 1839

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Ash, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Henry Dawson Esquire / Lieutenant in the Royal Navy / who died at Bombay of fever / September 15th 1839 / This tablet is erected as a / tribute / of affection by his bereaved widow'

Details

Description: Plain tablet with triangular pediment
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall near pulpit
Materials: Black and white marble
Date Erected: 1840
Artists: T. Marsh

People

Dawson, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 15/9/1839
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J.R. Planche 'A Corner of Kent, or, some account of the parish of Ash-next-Sandwich, its historical sites and existing antiquities' (London,1864).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Captain Mark Halpen Sweny RN d. 1865

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Mark Halpen Sweny Captain Royal Navy served in H.M.S. Colossus at Trafalgar died 25 Novr 1865 aged 82 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Colossus

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Sweny, Mark Halpen
Age: 82
Date of Death: 25/11/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020

JSON

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  "post_id": "2569",
  "id": "M2360",
  "location": "East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Mark Halpen Sweny Captain Royal Navy served in H.M.S. Colossus at Trafalgar died 25 Novr 1865 aged 82 years'",
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
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  "people": [{"name":"Sweny, Mark Halpen","age":"82","dateofdeath":"25/11/1865","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1982",
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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 John Bowden, d. 1889

Location

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

Transcript

'John Bowden A.B. / H.M.S. Cossack / died 9th April 1889'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Cossack

People

Bowden, John
Age: 22
Date of Death: 9/4/1889
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: ADM 188/286/120967 Born 4/1/1867. 'Drowned at Zanzibar'

JSON

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  "transcript": "'John Bowden A.B. / H.M.S. Cossack / died 9th April 1889'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating John Bowden, d. 1889</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "ADM 188/286/120967 Born 4/1/1867. 'Drowned at Zanzibar'",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating George Ede d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

' GEORGE ALFRED EDE / Off,Stew'd 2nd Cl H.M.S. 'Hannibal' / died / 8 July 1910 aged 34'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 218
Vessel: HMS Hannibal

People

Ede, George Alfred
Age: 34
Date of Death: 8/7/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Officer's steward 2nd class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry, 1987

JSON

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  "id": "M3473",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "' GEORGE ALFRED EDE / Off,Stew'd 2nd Cl H.M.S. 'Hannibal' / died / 8 July 1910 aged 34'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating George Ede d. 1910</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 218",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Hannibal"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Ede, George Alfred","age":"34","dateofdeath":"8/7/1910","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Officer's steward 2nd class","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry, 1987",
    "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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  "post_id": "2558",
  "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>",
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    "type": "Tablet",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Andrews",
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  "event": {
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  "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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters