Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Alfred Lawrence d. 1906
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Arthur Lawrence A.B. / H.M.S. 'RUSSELL' / who was drowned off Portland / July 4th 1906 / aged 21 years. This stone is erected as a / mark of esteem and respect by / the ship's company of H.M.S. 'RUSSELL''
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 372 Vessel: HMS Russell
People
Lawrence, Arthur Age: 21 Date of Death: 4/7/1906 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon dedicated to Edward May d. 1871
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS THE SON / OF THOMAS AND JANE MAY / WHO FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS ON / THE 30 MARCH 1862 AGED 12 YEARS / AND SIX MONTHS / ALSO OF / EDWARD LUCKHAM SON OF THOMAS AND JANE MAY / WHO DIED MAY 9TH 1871 ON A VOYAGE FROM BAHIA TO LIVERPOOL / AGE 19 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS / THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD TOOK / AWAY BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD / ALSO GEORGE MAY / SON OF THOMAS AND JANE MAY / WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER / AT RIO DE JANEIRO APRIL 29 1878 / AGED 28 YEARS AND 2 MONTHS'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard.176, 18th row from entrance, 2nd in from hedge.
People
May, Edward Luckham Age: 19 Date of Death: 9/5/1871 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown May, George Age: 28 Date of Death: 29/4/1878 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery, London of Admiral Herbert King-Hall d. 1936
Location
Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England
Details
People
King-Hall, Herbert Age: Date of Death: 1936 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral. Director of Naval Intelligence Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Sir Herbert King-Hall, Director of Naval Intelligence, formerly Commander in Chief Cape of Good Hope, 1912-15, during which time he sunk the cruise 'Konisberg'. Born 1862. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 239.
Wall tablet at All Saints Church, Dodington commemorating Admiral Edward Codrington d. 1851
Location
All Saints Church, Dodington, Somerset, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON, G.C.B. / THIRD SON OF EDWARD THE YOUNGEST SON OF SIR WILLIAM CODRINGTON / OF DODINGTON, FIRST BARONET. / BORN, 27TH APRIL 1770. DIED, 28TH APRIL 1851 / BURIED IN THE VAULTS OF ST PETER'S CHURCH, EATON SQUARE, LONDON. / HE ENTERED THE NAVY 1783, AND SERVED AS / LIEUTENANT OF H.M.S. QUEEN CHARLOTTE, IN THE BATTLE OF 1ST JUNE 1794. / COMMANDER OF H.M.S. BABET, IN THE ACTION OF 23RD JUNE 1795. / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. ORION, IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR 1805. / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. BLAKE, IN THE SCHELDT, AND ON THE EAST COAST OF SPAIN 1809-13. / COMMODORE AND CAPTAIN OF THE FLEET ON THE COAST OF NORTH AMERICA, 1814. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF THE ALLIED FLEETS OF ENGLAND, FRANCE AND RUSSIA, / IN THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, 20TH OCTOBER 1827'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
Event
Battle of Navarino
Event Date
1827
Event Category
1821-1828 War of Greek Independence
People
Codrington, Edward Age: Date of Death: 28/4/1851 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Tablet at St Peter's Church, Eaton square. Memorial to the three Admirals at Navarino -Codrington, de Rigny and von Heyden in the main square at Pylos, Greece. Memorial to the French dead on Nisos Pilos, the British on Nisos Khelonisi, and the Russians in the town. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall commemorating Isaac Pearse d. 1882
Location
St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / JOHN WEBB PEARSE / SON OF / ISAAC AND EMMA PEARSE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THIS 25TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1861 / AGED 15 YEARS AND [?] MONTHS / ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ISAAC PEARSE / MASTER MARINER / WHO DIED AT 10 DURNFORD STREET STONEHOUSE MAY 25TH 1882 / AGED 65 YEARS / ALSO EMMA WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO ENTERED INTO REST / JUNE 29TH 1892 / AGED 78 YEARS / REST IN THE LORD AND WAIT / PATIENTLY FOR HIM'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Pearse, Isaac Age: 65 Date of Death: 25/5/1882 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER and photo. Recorder: David Bailey 1994
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Herbert Sydney Johnson d. 1885
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Herbert Sydney JOHNSON, late second officer of SS GLENFRUIN who was accidentally shot on board on 27th October and died 28th October 1885, aged 28, a native of DEVONSHIRE. This stone was erected by the crews of SS GLENFRUIN and GLENROY'
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: SS Glenfruin
People
Johnson, Herbert Sydney Age: 28 Date of Death: 28/10/1885 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Second Officer Organisation: Glen Line
Memorial in Portsmouth Cathedral to Richard Holford d. 1703
Location
Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'Neare this place lyeth / the body of Richard Holford Esqr. Eldest son / of Sr. Richard Holford of Lincolns Inn in / Com. Middx. Kt. Who having spent about / Tenn years in the service of King Wm. Ye / 3d of glorious memory and of her present / Majestie in the Navy Royall departed this / life the 16th day of Septmr. 1703, aged 28 / yeares & 7 months / Also the body of Stainer Holford son of the / Sd. Richards Holford Esq. and Anna his wife / who departed this life the 17th day of March / 1701 aged one year & 3 months. / This Monument placed here by ye / Sd. Anna ye disconsolate widow / in Memory of her late deare / husband and Sonn.'
Details
Description: The tablet covered by a carved draped cloth, a winged skull below, two cherubs' heads above, flanking the family arms and crest. Type: Wall tablet Position: South side of nave Materials: Marble
People
Holford, Richard Age: 28 Date of Death: 16/9/1703 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Laurence’s Church, Ramsgate, Kent commemorating Robert Woolward d. 1903
Location
St Laurence's Church, Ramsgate, Kent, England
Transcript
'This marks the wreck of Robert Woolward who sailed the seas for fifty-five years. When Resurrection gun fires, the wreck will be raised by the Angelic Salvage Co. surveyed and if found worthy, refitted and started on the voyage to Eternity'
Details
People
Woolward, Robert Age: 77 years Date of Death: 30/8/1903 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Author of 'Nigh on Sixty Years at Sea'. Bibliography: Frederick Burgess 'English Churchyard Memorials' (London, 1979) p. 238
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters