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Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Brass at the Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth commemorating Admiral Sir Thomas Foley d. 1833

Location

Garrison Chapel, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / SIR THOMAS FOLEY G.C.B. REAR ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND / ONE OF NELSON'S PALADINS HE LED THE BRITISH LINE / AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE IN COMMAND OF GOLIATH / 74 AND WAS NELSON'S FLAG CAPTAIN AT THE BATTLE OF / COPENHAGEN. HE MARRIED LADY LUCY FITZGERALD/DAUGHTER OF JAMES 1ST DUKE OF LEINSTER. HE DIED/COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT THIS PORT ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY / 1833 AND HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED WITHIN THIS CHURCH / D: D: BERESFORD HERBERT'

Details

Description: The brass with an arabesque border.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Brass

People

Foley, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 9/1/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried in coffin made from wood of his old ship 'Elephant'.
Bibliography: Ludovic Kennedy 'Nelson and his captains' (London, 1975) p. 340.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / SIR THOMAS FOLEY G.C.B. REAR ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND / ONE OF NELSON'S PALADINS HE LED THE BRITISH LINE / AT THE BATTLE OF THE NILE IN COMMAND OF GOLIATH / 74 AND WAS NELSON'S FLAG CAPTAIN AT THE BATTLE OF / COPENHAGEN. HE MARRIED LADY LUCY FITZGERALD/DAUGHTER OF JAMES 1ST DUKE OF LEINSTER. HE DIED/COMMANDER IN CHIEF AT THIS PORT ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY / 1833 AND HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED WITHIN THIS CHURCH / D: D: BERESFORD HERBERT'",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "notes": "Buried in coffin made from wood of his old ship 'Elephant'.",
    "bibliography": "Ludovic Kennedy 'Nelson and his captains' (London, 1975) p. 340.",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Peter's Church, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England

Memorial in Iver, Buckinghamshire commemorating Midshipman James Bentinck Hawkins Whitshed d. 1813 .

Location

St Peter's Church, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'THE WILL OF THE LORD BE DONE / SACRED TO THE MEMORY / (FOR NO STONE TELLS WHERE HE LIES) / OF JAMES BENTINCK HAWKINS WHITSHED / LATE MIDSHIPMAN ON BOARD HMS BERWICK / WHO WAS KILLED IN THE PORT OF NEGAYS IN THE / MEDITERRANEAN ON THE 11 DECb 1813 / THE LAST ACT OF HIS LIFE WAS SAVING THAT OF HIS ENEMY / WHOSE SWORD HE RECEIVED ON BOARD L'AIR / AND SHORTLY AFTER FELL IN ATTEMPTING TO CARRY L'ESTAFETTE, / ANOTHER FRENCH NATIONAL VESSEL / WHAT THO' BUT EIGHTEEN FLEETING YEARS ON EARTH / HAD NURS'D INGENIOUS WHITSHED'S GROWING WORTH. / BUT HAD HE LIV'D TO BE BELOV'D BY ALL / WHO LOVE THE GOOD AND CAN LAMENT THEIR FALL / HIS HEART WAS OPEN AS A SUMMER'S DAY / WHEN NOT A CLOUD OBSCURES THE RISING RAY / KIND AS THE SPRING THAT O'ER THE VERDANT FIELDS / ITS BEAUTIOUS BLOSSOMS IN ABUNDANCE YIELDS / AND SMILES IN PROMISE OF THE FRUIT IN STORE / WHEN TIME EXTENDS TO MAKE THAT FRUIT MATURE. / HIS TIME WAS SHORT! AND YET HIS HONOUR'D NAME / SHALL LIVE IN MEMORY AND BE DEAR TO FAME / NELSON EXPIRING COULD HAVE SAID NO MORE, / THAN HE WHOSE EARLY DEATH THESE LINES DEPLORE/LEADING HIS BAND TO BOARD THE COUNTRY'S FOE / TOO TRUE ALAS! WAS AIMED THE FATAL BLOW! / THE BALL HAD PIERCED THE YOUTHFUL HERO'S HEAD / BUT ERE TO HEAVEN HIS GALLANT SPIRIT FLED / HIS LOOK DISPLAYED A SOUL DESPISING DEATH! / HE CHEER'D HIS MEN-AND WITH CONVULSIVE BREATH / DYING EXCLAIM'D AMID THE BATTLE'S ROAR / "CARRY HER IF YOU CAN MY LADS I AM NO MORE MORE!" / THE TABLET WHICH FAINTLY EXPRESSES THE / TENDER AFFECTION WITH WHICH HIS MEMORY IS CHERISHED / BY HIS BEREAVED BUT RESIGNED PARENTS / IS PLACED IN THE CHURCH WHERE HE WAS WONT TO OFFER UP / HIS PRAYERS TO THE GREAT DISPOSER OF ALL EVENTS / AND NOT FAR FROM THE SCENE OF HIS EARLY EDUCATION WHERE / UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF HIS GOOD PASTOR AND MASTER / IT IS HUMBLY HOPED HE BECAME IMPRESSED WITH / THE PRINCIPALS OF RELIGION WHICH MAKES EVEN IN DEATH / MORE THAN CONQUERORS THROUGH HIM THAT LOVED US / IN WHOSE WORDS WE ARE ASSURED / "BLESSED ARE THE MERCYFUL FOR THEY SHALL OBTAIN MERCY"'

Details

Vessel: HMS Berwick

Event Category

1803 - 1815 Napoleonic Wars

People

Whitshed, James Bentinck Hawkins
Age: 18
Date of Death: 11/12/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Killed in action with French vessel 'L'Estafette'.
Recorder: Colin Harris 1993

JSON

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  "location": "St Peter's Church, Iver, Buckinghamshire, England",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1803 - 1815 Napoleonic Wars"  },
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    "notes": "Killed in action with French vessel 'L'Estafette'.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Colin Harris 1993",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating R. S. Frink d. 1865

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF R.S. FRINK / WHO DIED ON BOARD / THE BARQUE VELOCITY / ON THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE / FROM MAURITIUS / LAT 19 N LONG 55 W ON / THE 9TH OF JUNE 1865 / AGED 31 YEARS'

Details

Position: Churchyard No 144
Vessel: Velocity

People

Frink, R. S.
Age: 31
Date of Death: 9/6/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF R.S. FRINK / WHO DIED ON BOARD / THE BARQUE VELOCITY / ON THE HOMEWARD VOYAGE / FROM MAURITIUS / LAT 19 N LONG 55 W ON / THE 9TH OF JUNE 1865 / AGED 31 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating R. S. Frink d. 1865</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "P. Cove; E.R. Stage",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Headstone at Haslar Hospital burial ground commemorating William Nicholas Giles d. 1854

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / William Nicholas Giles / of H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert / who after an illness of four / days, died in this hospital / 14th July 1854 in the 25th year / of his age / He was an affectionate son and / brother and died deeply lamented by / his relatives and friends / "They that go down to the sea in ships / That do business in great waters / These see the works of the Lord / And his wonders in the deep"'

Details

Vessel: HMY Victoria and Albert

People

Giles, William Nicholas
Age: 24
Date of Death: 14/7/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "2445",
  "id": "M2558",
  "location": "Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of / William Nicholas Giles / of H.M. Yacht Victoria and Albert / who after an illness of four / days, died in this hospital / 14th July 1854 in the 25th year / of his age / He was an affectionate son and / brother and died deeply lamented by / his relatives and friends / \"They that go down to the sea in ships / That do business in great waters / These see the works of the Lord / And his wonders in the deep\"'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone at Haslar Hospital burial ground commemorating William Nicholas Giles d. 1854</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating George Clark d. 1911

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'GEORGE CLARK / Leading Stoker H.M.S. 'Dominion' / died / 9th December 1911 aged 31'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 307
Vessel: HMS Dominion

People

Clark, George
Age: 31
Date of Death: 9/12/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "id": "M3514",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'GEORGE CLARK / Leading Stoker H.M.S. 'Dominion' / died / 9th December 1911 aged 31'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating George Clark d. 1911</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 307",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Dominion"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Clark, George","age":"31","dateofdeath":"9/12/1911","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Leading Stoker","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St John the Baptist church, Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Memorial at St John the Baptist church, Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan commemorating Commander Hugh Robert Entwisle RN d. 1867, a Trafalgar veteran

Location

St John the Baptist church, Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Transcript

'SACRED / To the memory of Hugh Robert, 2nd / son of John Entwisle Esq. of Foxholes / in the County Palatine of Lancaster / Commander in the Royal Navy / D.L., J.P. for the County of Glamorgan / Who died at Marlborough Grange / 23rd December 1867 / Aged 82 / Dearly beloved', 'HUGH ROBERT, 2nd SON OF THE ABOVE / JOHN ENTWISTLE, A DEPUTY LIEUT. & J.P. FOR / HE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN, COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY, PROMOTED AS LIEUT. & RECEIVED A / MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICES AFTER THE BATTLE OF / TRAFALGAR, HE DIED AT MARLBRO' GRANGE, 23rd / DECEMBER 1867 AGED 82 / DEARLY BELOVED / "I KNOW THAT HE SHALL RISE AGAIN' '

Details

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Entwisle, Hugh Robert
Age: 82
Date of Death: 23/12/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 88-9.

JSON

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  "id": "M2989",
  "location": "St John the Baptist church, Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / To the memory of Hugh Robert, 2nd  / son of John Entwisle Esq. of Foxholes / in the County Palatine of Lancaster / Commander in the Royal Navy / D.L., J.P. for the County of Glamorgan / Who died at Marlborough Grange / 23rd December 1867 / Aged 82 / Dearly beloved', 'HUGH ROBERT, 2nd SON OF THE ABOVE / JOHN ENTWISTLE, A DEPUTY LIEUT. & J.P. FOR / HE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN, COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY, PROMOTED AS LIEUT. & RECEIVED A / MEDAL FOR HIS SERVICES AFTER THE BATTLE OF / TRAFALGAR, HE DIED AT MARLBRO' GRANGE, 23rd / DECEMBER 1867 AGED 82 / DEARLY BELOVED / \"I KNOW THAT HE SHALL RISE AGAIN' '",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St John the Baptist church, Llanblethian, Vale of Glamorgan commemorating Commander Hugh Robert Entwisle RN d. 1867, a Trafalgar veteran</p>",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Entwisle, Hugh Robert","age":"82","dateofdeath":"23/12/1867","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Commander RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 88-9.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion, Wales

Gravestone at the Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion commemorating David Jones Evans d. 1962

Location

Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'David Jones Evans, Master Mariner 1888-1962'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Evans, David Jones
Age:
Date of Death: 1962
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973

JSON

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  "id": "M3007",
  "location": "Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion, Wales",
  "transcript": "'David Jones Evans, Master Mariner 1888-1962'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at the Church of St Ffraed, Llanon, Ceredigion commemorating David Jones Evans d. 1962</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Evans, David Jones","age":"","dateofdeath":"1962","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master mariner","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Gunnersbury Cemetery, London, England

Gravestone in Gunnersbury Cemetery, London dedicated to Paymaster William Whyte. d. 1932

Location

Gunnersbury Cemetery, London, England

Details

People

Whyte, William Beresford
Age: 69
Date of Death: 1932
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster of the Fleet
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 135.

JSON

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  "id": "M920",
  "location": "Gunnersbury Cemetery, London, England",
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  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Gunnersbury Cemetery, London dedicated to Paymaster William Whyte. d. 1932</p>",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Whyte, William Beresford","age":"69","dateofdeath":"1932","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Paymaster of the Fleet","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 135.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Marwick Head, Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland

Memorial at Marwick Head, Scapa Flow, Orkney commemorating the men of HMS ‘Royal Oak’, sunk by ‘U-47’ in 1939

Location

Marwick Head, Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland

Transcript

'TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / REMEMBRANCE OF / THE 134 MEN / OF / HMS ROYAL OAK / LOST IN SCAPA FLOW / OCTOBER 14TH 1939 / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED / BY SURVIVORS/ FAMILIES / AND FRIENDS OF / THE ROYAL OAK / ASSOCIATION AND / ORKNEY ISLANDS / COUNCIL / AD 2010' [plinth] 'HMS ROYAL OAK / 1916-1939'[side two] 'HMS ROYAL OAK / COMMEMORATES THE TREE NEAR BOSCOBEL / IN WHICH CHARLES II / HID AFTER HIS ESCAPE / FROM THE FIELD OF WORCESTER / IN 1651 / SCUTUM REGIS / (THE KING'S SHIELD) / MOTTO: OLD BUT FIRM / ROYAL SOVEREIGN CLASS / BATTLESHIP / BUILT BY DEVONPORT DOCKYARD / BATTLE HONOURS / JUTLAND 1918 / WITH HMS RESOLUTION / TOOK PART IN / TROOP LANDINGS AT / LAPSEKI DARDANELLES / 1928' [side three] 'UNVEILED BY / AGNES McBARROW / NEE MILLAR / ON / 1TH OCTOBER 2011 / IN THE PRESENCE OF / ADMIRAL HOCKLEY / FLAG OFFICER / SCOTLAND / & NORTHERN IRELAND'

Details

Description: Obelisk and large replica of the badge of 'Royal Oak'.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: grey granite
Vessel: HMS Royal Oak

Event

1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

Notes: HMS Royal Oak was a Revenge-class battleship built for the Royal Navy in 1914. She was lost in 1939, when the German submarine U-47 infiltrated the British anchorage at Scarpa Flow. U-47 torpedoed the Royal Oak, sinking the ship causing the loss of some 833 souls of her 1,234 complement.

JSON

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  "id": "M6468",
  "location": "Marwick Head, Scapa Flow, Orkney, Scotland",
  "transcript": "'TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND IN / REMEMBRANCE OF / THE 134 MEN / OF / HMS ROYAL OAK / LOST IN SCAPA FLOW / OCTOBER 14TH 1939 / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED / BY SURVIVORS/ FAMILIES / AND FRIENDS OF / THE ROYAL OAK / ASSOCIATION AND / ORKNEY ISLANDS / COUNCIL / AD 2010' [plinth] 'HMS ROYAL OAK / 1916-1939'[side two] 'HMS ROYAL OAK / COMMEMORATES THE TREE NEAR BOSCOBEL / IN WHICH CHARLES II / HID AFTER HIS ESCAPE / FROM THE FIELD OF WORCESTER / IN 1651 / SCUTUM REGIS / (THE KING'S SHIELD) / MOTTO: OLD BUT FIRM / ROYAL SOVEREIGN CLASS / BATTLESHIP / BUILT BY DEVONPORT DOCKYARD / BATTLE HONOURS / JUTLAND 1918 / WITH HMS RESOLUTION / TOOK PART IN / TROOP LANDINGS AT / LAPSEKI DARDANELLES / 1928' [side three] 'UNVEILED BY / AGNES McBARROW / NEE MILLAR / ON / 1TH OCTOBER 2011 / IN THE PRESENCE OF / ADMIRAL HOCKLEY / FLAG OFFICER / SCOTLAND / & NORTHERN IRELAND'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Marwick Head, Scapa Flow, Orkney commemorating the men of HMS ‘Royal Oak’, sunk by ‘U-47’ in 1939</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "dateErected": "",
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    "event":"1939-1945 Second World War",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": "",
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    "bibliography": "",
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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'

Details

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

JSON

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  "post_id": "2451",
  "id": "M1239",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Michael’s Cathedral, Barbados commemorating John Parr d. 1811</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "West wall of west porch",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Parr, John","age":"41","dateofdeath":"1/1/1811","causeofdeath":"Infectious disease","rankOccupation":"Master mariner","organisation":"Transport Service"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters