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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Thomas Curry d. 1860

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

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People

Curry, Thomas
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1/1/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Died at Falkinburg, Sweden. Son of David Curry, master mariner.

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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Philip Cove d. 1871

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Details

People

Cove, Philip Chadder
Age: 35
Date of Death: 16/3/1871
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Died at Pernambuco, Brazil
Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Gravestone in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Holmes RN d. 1877

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of John HOLMES AB, died RN Hospital Hong Kong September 16th 1877. Age 21 Years. Erected by his shipmates H.M.S. RAMBLER' [On cross] 'BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD'

Details

Description: Cross on plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Rambler

People

Holmes, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 16/9/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of John HOLMES AB, died RN Hospital Hong Kong September 16th 1877. Age 21 Years. Erected by his shipmates H.M.S. RAMBLER' [On cross] 'BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD'",
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Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Upper Park Street, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating William Whitamore RM d. 1844

Location

Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Upper Park Street, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Whitamore, William
Age: 22(?)
Date of Death: 13/1/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, pp. 437-8 (Greenwich, 1982).

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating William Whitamore RM d. 1844</p>",
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St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Clinton d. 1817

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thos Clinton, Pilot of Liverpool, died 25 December 1817 aged 78 For sixty years he ploughed the sea And lost his life in the river Mersey On a Christmas day'

Details

People

Clinton, Thomas
Age: 78
Date of Death: 25/12/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 71.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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    "notes": "MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 71.",
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St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Memorial at St George’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating Captain Edward Thornborough Parker RN d. 1801

Location

St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Transcript

[Top] 'Captain Edward Thornborough Parker /died on 27 September 1801' [East side] 'The remains of Capt. E.T. Parker RN / Are here interr'd / Wounded 15 August 1801 off Boulogne / And on 27th September following / Terminated his career of glory / In the 23rd year of his age.' [North side] ' This stone records the gallant hero's name / whose youthful bosom glow'd with virtue's flame / A nation heard with tears his mournful doom / the flower of Valour wither'd in its bloom.'

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Type: Tomb
Position: South west corner of churchyard
Materials: Limestone

Event

Attack on Boulogne

Event Date

1801

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Parker, Edward Thornborough
Age: 23
Date of Death: 27/9/1801
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Inscription now illegible, but an additional bronze plaque transcribing it was been added by The 1805 Club and The Deal Society in September 1999. His funeral was attended by Admiral Lord Nelson, who was a close friend.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 112-3.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson, sighted 2014.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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    "position": "South west corner of churchyard",
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    "date": "1801",
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    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 112-3.",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson, sighted 2014.",
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St Michael's Cathedral, Barbados, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Michael’s Cathedral, Barbados commemorating John Parr d. 1811

Location

St Michael's Cathedral, Barbados, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of John Parr Master Mariner of Liverpool County of Lancashire late of HM Transport Service who died Jan 11 1811 age 41 years. Also Mary Parr wife of the above John Parr and daughter of Abraham and Margaret Cunard of Halifax NS who died Jan 4 1811 age 27 years. Also Margaret Ann daughter of the above John and Mary died Jan 19 1811 age 7 months fell victim to that dreadful malady then ravaging the island'

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Position: West wall of west porch

People

Parr, John
Age: 41
Date of Death: 1/1/1811
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Transport Service

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

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  "location": "St Michael's Cathedral, Barbados, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of John Parr Master Mariner of Liverpool County of Lancashire late of HM Transport Service who died Jan 11 1811 age 41 years. Also Mary Parr wife of the above John Parr and daughter of Abraham and Margaret Cunard of Halifax NS who died Jan 4 1811 age 27 years. Also Margaret Ann daughter of the above John and Mary died Jan 19 1811 age 7 months fell victim to that dreadful malady then ravaging the island'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating W.A. Alison d. 1882

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY / OF / W.A. ALLISON / PURSER / OF THE R.M.S. EMPRESS OF CHINA / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG FEBRUARY 2ND 1892 / ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS'

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Type: Headstone
Vessel: RMS Empress of China

People

Allison, William Ambrose
Age: 40
Date of Death: 2/12/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Canadian Pacific

Extra

Notes: 'Empress of China' passenger liner, Canadian Pacific, built 1891 by Naval Construction and Armament Co, 5905 tons.
Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY / OF / W.A. ALLISON / PURSER / OF THE R.M.S. EMPRESS OF CHINA / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG FEBRUARY 2ND 1892 / ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS'",
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Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Memorial in Salisbury Cathedral commemorating John Greenly d. 1862 former naval chaplain

Location

Cathedral, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Near the spot, on the green, lie the / remains of the Rev. John Greenly M.A. / 50 years Priest Vicar of this Cathedral / and 40 years Vicar of St Thomas in this / City; who died December 1 1862, Aged / 85 years. And of Mary his wife, who died / at Laverstock March 15th 1866, aged / 88 years. Also four of their Grand- / children who died in this close in the / short space of one month A.D.1855. / This Tablet was erected by their son, / in Loving Memory 1887.' [There is also an individual tombstone in the cloister garth inscribed] 'John Greenly, died December 1st 1862 aged 85'

Details

Vessel: HMS Revenge

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Greenly, John
Age: 85
Date of Death: 1/12/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 93.

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  "transcript": "'Near the spot, on the green, lie the / remains of the Rev. John Greenly M.A. / 50 years Priest Vicar of this Cathedral / and 40 years Vicar of St Thomas in this / City; who died December 1 1862, Aged / 85 years. And of Mary his wife, who died / at Laverstock March 15th 1866, aged / 88 years. Also four of their Grand- / children who died in this close in the / short space of one month A.D.1855. / This Tablet was erected by their son, / in Loving Memory 1887.' [There is also an individual tombstone in the cloister garth inscribed] 'John Greenly, died December 1st 1862 aged 85'",
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St Andrew's Church, Ham, London, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Ham, London commemorating Vice-Admiral Hyde Parker d. 1854

Location

St Andrew's Church, Ham, London, England

Details

Type: Brass
Artists: Messrs. Waller

People

Parker, Hyde
Age:
Date of Death: 26/5/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Phillip Whittemore ''Waller Fecit, London', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol. xvi (2001).

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Ham, London commemorating Vice-Admiral  Hyde Parker d. 1854</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters