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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>",
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  "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.",
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    "position": "Nave, North Wall",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2009",
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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

JSON

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  "id": "M2697",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>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</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "John Steele 1988",
    "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 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

JSON

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  "id": "M5288",
  "location": "Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'George Worthington / Gunner / H.M.S. London / died / 10 January 1883'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating George Worthington, RN, d. 1883</p>",
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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

JSON

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  "post_id": "2547",
  "id": "M6478",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating George Christie Logan d. 1905 of Maitland, Nova Scotia</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "description": "Raised ledger.<br />\r\n<br />\r\n<br />",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Also of his wife Marianna and daughters Amy Elizabeth and Nora Geraldine Lowe. d. 1919, d. 1936 and d. 1979",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "post_id": "2549",
  "id": "M3296",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating Captain Evan Evans d. 1842</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Flora"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Evans, Evan","age":"57","dateofdeath":"7/9/1842","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"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.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "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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  "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": {
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    "type": "Gravestone",
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    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "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"],
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    "type": "",
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    "materials": "",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
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  "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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  "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": {
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    "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)",
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}

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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
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan 1973

JSON

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  "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": [],
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    "type": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "bibliography": "",
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    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters