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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
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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'
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Gravestone in Inveresk, East Lothian commemorating Captain David Ramsay RN d. 1818, Lieutenant David Ramsay RN d. 1815 and Lieutenant John Ramsay RN d. 1807

Location

St Michael's Church, Inveresk, East Lothian, Scotland

Transcript

'THIS IS THE BURYING GROUND OF CAPTAIN RAMSAY R.N.' [East side, left panel] 'THE REMAINS OF / ELIZA ISABELLA / DAUGHTER OF MAJOR SINCLAIR R.A. / REST HERE / DIED 18TH JUNE 1815 / IN HER NINTH YEARS / ALSO OF FRANCIS WIFE / OF MAJOR SINCLAIR R.A. / DAUGHTER OF / CAPT D. RAMSAY R.N. / DIED 20TH JANY 1823 / AGED 27' [Centre panel] 'DAVID RAMSAY ESQ. / POST-CAPTAIN IN THE / ROYAL NAVY / DIED 18TH NOV. 1818 / AGED 68 / MARY / RELICT OF / CAPT. RAMSAY R.N. / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF / JOHN MACLEOD OF MACLEOD / DIED 8TH AUG 1829 AGED 77' [Right panel] 'DEPOSITED HERE ARE / THE REMAINS OF / LOUISA WIFE OF / J.H. HOME ESQ. / OF LONGFORMACUS / DAUGHTER OF CAPT RAMSAY R.N. / DIED 3D JUNE 1823' [West side, left panel] 'THE REMAINS OF / CATHERINE RAMSAY / DAUGHTER OF / CAPTAIN RAMSAY R.N. / ARE HERE INTERRED / DIED 4TH OCTOBER / 1844 / DAVID RAMSAY LT. R.N. / 4TH SON OF CAPT RAMSAY / DIED / ON THE JAMAICA STATION / JULY 1815 / AGED 22 YEARS' [Centre panel] 'HERE ARE DEPOSITED / THE REMAINS OF / MARY EMILIA / WIFE OF W. NORMAN RAMSAY / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF / LIEUT-GENL MACLEOD / OF MACLEOD / DIED 10TH AUGUST / 1809' [Right panel] 'THE REMAINS OF / ANNE CUMMING / RELICT OF / WM RAMSAY ESQ / OF TEMPLE HALL / ARE HERE INTERRED / DIED 13 MAY / 1810 / JOHN RAMSAY, LT. R.N. / 2ND SON OF CAPT. RAMSAY / DIED / ON THE LEEWARD ISLAND / STATION / MAY 1807 / AGED 19 YEARS'

Details

Description: Three flat panels, with flaming urns in relief above.


Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Ramsay, David
Age: 68
Date of Death: 18/11/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ramsay, David
Age: 22
Date of Death: 7/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ramsay, John
Age: 19
Date of Death: 5/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: John Steele 1988
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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 George Worthington, RN, d. 1883

Location

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

Transcript

'George Worthington / Gunner / H.M.S. London / died / 10 January 1883'

Details

Description: White marble tablet set in concrete cross.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS London

People

Worthington, George
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/1/1883
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gunner
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating George Christie Logan d. 1905 of Maitland, Nova Scotia

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

In loving memory of / George Christie Logan / Master Mariner of Maitland N.S. Died at Bristol October 2nd 1905 / In the midst of life we are in death" / Also of / their deloved daughter / Amy Elizabeth / who died May 13th 1936 / Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord / & may light perpetual shine upon them / Also of Marianna his wife / who passed away / Nov 29th 1919 / Make them to be numbered with Thy saints in glory / Also her beloved daughter Nora Geraldine Lowe / Died March 214th 1979 aged 84'

Details

Description: Raised ledger.



Type: Gravestone

People

Logan, George Christie
Age:
Date of Death: 2/10/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Maste Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Also of his wife Marianna and daughters Amy Elizabeth and Nora Geraldine Lowe. d. 1919, d. 1936 and d. 1979
Recorder: David J. Wickham
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