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St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating Captain Evan Evans d. 1842

Location

St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Evan Evans of the Flora of Barmouth drowned in Princes Dock Basin 7th September 1842 age 57'

Details

Vessel: Flora

People

Evans, Evan
Age: 57
Date of Death: 7/9/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 583. Church demolished in 1898.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain Evan Evans of the Flora of Barmouth drowned in Princes Dock Basin 7th September 1842 age 57'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating Captain Evan Evans d. 1842</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Edmund Moubray Lyons RN d. 1855

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN EDMUND MOUBRAY LYONS ROYAL NAVY / SON OF REAR ADMIRAL SIR EDMUND LYONS BART G.C.B. K.C.M. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HER MAJESTY'S FLEET IN THE BLACK SEA AND MEDITERRANEAN / UNDER WHOSE ORDERS HE ENGAGED THE BATTERIES OF SEVASTOPOL IN H.M.S. MIRANDA / ON THE 18TH JUNE 1855 AND THERE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED, HAVING JUST RETURNED FROM THE COMMAND / OF THE SQUADRON IN THE SEA OF AZOV WHERE HIS BRILLIANT SUCCESSES WERE WARMLY ACKNOWLEDGED BY HIS SOVEREIGN / WHO MOURNED HIS LOSS AS ONE WHO WAS SO BRIGHT AN ORNAMENT TO THE NAVY / CUT OFF IN THE PRIME OF LIFE, THE PATH TO THE HIGHEST EARTHLY HONORS OPENING BEFORE HIM / HE DIED AS A HERO AND A CHRISTIAN SHOULD DIE / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN DEEPEST GRIEF BY THE OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY OF H.M.S. MIRANDA / WHO HAD SERVED UNDER HIM IN THE BALTIC AND THE SEA OF AZOV AND WHO LOVED AND REVERED HIM / HE DIED THE 23 JUNE 1855 AGED 36'

Details

Description: Above the inscription, a relief portrait within a wreath flanked by an ensign and anchor, above a depiction of HMS 'Miranda'.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South side of nave
Materials: White marble
Artists: Matthew Noble
Vessel: HMS Miranda

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Lyons, Edmund Moubray
Age: 36
Date of Death: 23/6/1855
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Died of an infected leg wound received on the 18th June during a naval bombardment of Sebastopol. He had been taken to the Naval Hospital at Therapia (now Tarabaya, Istanbul).
Bibliography: 'The Times' 4 July 1855 p. 9.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Monument in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Edmund Moubray Lyons RN d. 1855</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Above the inscription, a relief portrait within a wreath flanked by an ensign and anchor, above a depiction of HMS 'Miranda'.",
    "type": "Wall monument",
    "position": "South side of nave",
    "materials": "White marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Matthew Noble",
    "vessel": "HMS Miranda"  },
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    "event":"Crimea War",
    "date": "1853-1856",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Asia"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Lyons, Edmund Moubray","age":"36","dateofdeath":"23/6/1855","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Died of an infected leg wound received on the 18th June during a naval bombardment of Sebastopol. He had been taken to the Naval Hospital at Therapia (now Tarabaya, Istanbul).",
    "bibliography": "'The Times' 4 July 1855 p. 9.",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1982",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Old church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Memorial at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating Captain Edward Quayle d. 1862, Isle of Man Steam Packet Co.

Location

Old church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY / A FEW ATTACHED FRIENDS OF / CAPTAIN / EDWARD QUAYLE / FOR 26 YEARS / COMMANDER IN THE SERVICE / OF / THE ISLE OF MAN / STEAM PACKET COMPANY / BORN 6TH SEPTEMBER 1806 / DIED 14 JUNE 1862 / AS A SAILOR HE WAS PROMPT / FEARLESS, FAITHFUL AND BRAVE / AS A MAN HE FELT AND ACTED / LIKE A MAN.', 'IN MEMORY OF CATHERINE QUAYLE / OTHERWISE CURPHEY / WIFE OF EDWARD QUAYLE / OF DOUGLAS / WHO DIED ON THE 26TH SEPTR 1858 / AGED 38 YEARS / HER END WAS PEACE / ALSO ELEANOR ELIZABETH / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED ON THE 26TH FEBRUARY 1838 / AGED 15 MONTHS / ALSO / EMMA DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED ON THE 18TH JULY 1842 / AGED 14 YEARS', 'IN MEMORY / OF/PHILIP QUAYLE / OF DOUGLAS / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 7TH / MARCH 1827 AGED 51 YEARS / ALSO ANN QUAYLE / OTHERWISE LOGAN RELICT OF / THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 6TH FEBRY / 1824 AGED 58 YEARS / IN MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM QUAYLE / OF DOUGLAS / WHO DIED 18TH JUNE 1785 / AGED 55 YEARS.'

Details

Description: A draped urn on a plinth. A paddle steamer is carved on the pediment below the urn.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Artists: , G Swinnerton

People

Quayle, Edward
Age: 55
Date of Death: 14/6/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Isle of Man Steam Packet Co

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5350Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7160\" width=\"388\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5350Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5350Large-240x300.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating Captain Edward Quayle d. 1862, Isle of Man Steam Packet Co.</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": ""  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka to the men of HMS ‘Eclipse’ who died 1897-1899

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Memorial erected to men of H.M.S. Eclipse / Edward L. Tailor ERA Died July 19 1899 / George Stephen Domestic 1st Class June 14 1897 and was buried at sea / Henry Clark Stoker Died March 2 1898 and was buried at Karachi / John Hooper Stoker Died Sept 24 1899 and was buried at sea'

Details

Vessel: HMS Eclipse

People

Clark, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 2/3/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hooper, John
Age:
Date of Death: 24/9/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stephen, George
Age:
Date of Death: 14/6/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Domestic 1st class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tailor, Edward L.
Age:
Date of Death: 19/7/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "id": "M4511",
  "location": "Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Memorial erected to men of H.M.S. Eclipse / Edward L. Tailor ERA Died July 19 1899 / George Stephen Domestic 1st Class June 14 1897 and was buried at sea / Henry Clark Stoker Died March 2 1898 and was buried at Karachi / John Hooper Stoker Died Sept 24 1899 and was buried at sea'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka to  the men of HMS ‘Eclipse’ who died 1897-1899</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Formerly Ceylon.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, England

Wall tablet at St Nicholas Church, Bromham commemorating Lieutenant James Banks RN d. 1772

Location

St Nicholas Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'To the Memory of / JAMES BANKS, Late Officer / of the Royal Navy, Son of / JOHN and ANN BANKS / and Grandson of MR. JOHN ROGERS, late of Wyats. / Departed this life April the 25th / 1772, Aged 21 Years. / Safe in the Haven now my Vessel lies, / The Pilot's wafted to his native Skies: / Through Life's rough Ocean I in safety past, / and Hope's firm Anchor in my Sav'or cast / Also to the Memory of / JOHN BANKS, Senr., who / Departed this life April the / 13th 1785, in the 66th / Year of his age. / Also to the Memory of / ANN, Wife of JOHN BANKS who / died July the 5th 1790 / Aged 72 Years'

Details

Description: The inscription tablet with a mounded cornice and gadrooned apron. It is flanked by draperies with gilded fringes. On the end of the cornice, a flaming lamp and above it, a black stele bearing a cartouche with a foul anchor and with two festoons of husks.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave, North Wall
Materials: Marble

People

Banks, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 25/4/1772
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2009

JSON

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  "id": "M5025",
  "location": "St Nicholas Church, Bromham, Wiltshire, England",
  "transcript": "'To the Memory of / JAMES BANKS, Late Officer / of the Royal Navy, Son of / JOHN and ANN BANKS / and Grandson of MR. JOHN ROGERS, late of Wyats. / Departed this life April the 25th / 1772, Aged 21 Years. / Safe in the Haven now my Vessel lies, / The Pilot's wafted to his native Skies: / Through Life's rough Ocean I in safety past, / and Hope's firm Anchor in my Sav'or cast / Also to the Memory of / JOHN BANKS, Senr., who / Departed this life April the / 13th 1785, in the 66th / Year of his age. / Also to the Memory of / ANN, Wife of JOHN BANKS who / died July the 5th 1790 / Aged 72 Years'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Nicholas Church, Bromham commemorating Lieutenant James Banks RN d. 1772</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "The inscription tablet with a mounded cornice and gadrooned apron. It is flanked by draperies with gilded fringes. On the end of the cornice, a flaming lamp and above it, a black stele bearing a cartouche with a foul anchor and with two festoons of husks.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Nave, North Wall",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Banks, James","age":"21","dateofdeath":"25/4/1772","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2009",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex commemorating John Overy RN d. 1817

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'[T]o/The [M]emory of / JOHN OVERY / of the Royal Na[vy] / who departed this life Suddenly / on the 21 day of May 1817 / Aged 5[7] Years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Overy, John
Age: 57
Date of Death: 21/5/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: Beryl Linder

JSON

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  "post_id": "2526",
  "id": "M5070",
  "location": "Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'[T]o/The [M]emory of / JOHN OVERY / of the Royal Na[vy] / who departed this life Suddenly / on the 21 day of May 1817 / Aged 5[7] Years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Church of St John the Baptist, Westbourne, West Sussex commemorating John Overy RN d. 1817</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Limestone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Overy, John","age":"57","dateofdeath":"21/5/1817","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Beryl Linder",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Royal Naval Hospital, Old Burial Ground (Nurses' Home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial formerly in the Royal Naval Hospital burial ground, Greenwich, London commemorating Captain Thomas Colby RN d. 1804

Location

Royal Naval Hospital, Old Burial Ground (Nurses' Home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Thomas Colby retired captain / Royal Navy and one of the / Commanders of Greenwich Hospital / who died at Torrington, Devon / 21st September 1864 aged 82 years / and of Mary his wife who died at / Greenwich 3rd June 1860 aged 65 years / and was buried in the Royal Hospital / New Cemetery / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"'

Details

Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)

People

Colby, Thomas
Age: 82
Date of Death: 21/9/1804
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial Inscription 99618.

JSON

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  "id": "M2428",
  "location": "Royal Naval Hospital, Old Burial Ground (Nurses' Home), Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / Thomas Colby retired captain / Royal Navy and one of the / Commanders of Greenwich Hospital / who died at Torrington, Devon / 21st September 1864 aged 82 years / and of Mary his wife who died at / Greenwich 3rd June 1860 aged 65 years / and was buried in the Royal Hospital / New Cemetery / \"Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord\"'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial formerly in the Royal Naval Hospital burial ground, Greenwich, London commemorating Captain Thomas Colby RN d. 1804</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "Mausoleum (interior south wall)",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Colby, Thomas","age":"82","dateofdeath":"21/9/1804","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial Inscription 99618.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Peter's Church, Tichfield, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Tichfield, Hampshire commemorating Richard Veale d. 1807

Location

St Peter's Church, Tichfield, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'THIS MARBLE IS INSCRIBED / TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD VEALE ESQRE / LATE STOREKEEPER OF HIS MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE / AT PORTSMOUTH; / WHO DIED THE XXXIST DAY OF AUGUST MDCCCVII / AGED LXXXV YEARS / ALSO OF MARY VEALE, HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED THE XX1ST DAY OF APRIL MDCCC / AGED LXXIV YEARS'

Details

Description: Pilasters either side of inscription tablet with inverted torches.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall
Materials: Marble
Artists: Richard Westmacott 1775-1856

People

Veale, Richard
Age: 85
Date of Death: 31/8/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Storekeeper of the Ordnance
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER, sketch.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "post_id": "2529",
  "id": "M4381",
  "location": "St Peter's Church, Tichfield, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'THIS MARBLE IS INSCRIBED / TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD VEALE ESQRE / LATE STOREKEEPER OF HIS MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE / AT PORTSMOUTH; / WHO DIED THE XXXIST DAY OF AUGUST MDCCCVII / AGED LXXXV YEARS / ALSO OF MARY VEALE, HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED THE XX1ST DAY OF APRIL MDCCC / AGED LXXIV YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Tichfield, Hampshire commemorating Richard Veale d. 1807</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Pilasters either side of inscription tablet with inverted torches.",
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    "position": "South wall",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Richard Westmacott 1775-1856",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER, sketch.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Woulds d. 1893

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In/memory of / JOHN WOULDS / Bandsman H.M.S. 'Anson' / who died August 10 1893 / Aged 20 years / This stone is erected by his / shipmates as a token of esteem'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 394
Vessel: HMS Anson

People

Woulds, John
Age: 20
Date of Death: 10/8/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Bandsman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "post_id": "2530",
  "id": "M3584",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'In/memory of / JOHN WOULDS / Bandsman H.M.S. 'Anson' / who died August 10 1893 / Aged 20 years / This stone is erected by his / shipmates as a token of esteem'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Woulds d. 1893</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 394",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Anson"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Woulds, John","age":"20","dateofdeath":"10/8/1893","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Bandsman","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St John the Baptist's church, St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Newport Pembrokeshire commemorating John James d. 1837

Location

St John the Baptist's church, St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'John James, late master of the schooner Ladyday of Milford, died at Cardiff 5 Feb 1837 aged 28 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Ladyday

People

James, John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 5/2/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
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Recorder: William Donnan 1973

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  "post_id": "2532",
  "id": "M3224",
  "location": "St John the Baptist's church, St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales",
  "transcript": "'John James, late master of the schooner Ladyday of Milford, died at Cardiff 5 Feb 1837 aged 28 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Newport Pembrokeshire commemorating John James d. 1837</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Ladyday"  },
  "event": {
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"James, John","age":"28","dateofdeath":"5/2/1837","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "William Donnan 1973",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters