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St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, England

Gravestone at St Mildred’s Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, commemorating George Arthur Francis Byng d. 1917

Location

St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight, England

Transcript

'GEORGE ARTHUR FRANCIS BYNG 1903-1917 NAVAL CADET'

Details

Description: Gravestone with stone kerbs.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Byng, George Arthur Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1917
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval cadet
Organisation: Osborne Royal Naval College

Extra

Recorder: Patricia Barber 1994
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Christ Church, Emery Down, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in Christ Church, Emery Down, Hampshire commemorating Admiral Frederick Moore Boultbee d. 1876

Location

Christ Church, Emery Down, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN MEMORY OF / FREDERICK MOORE BOULTBEE / ADMIRAL R.N. / BORN 1ST SEP: 1798. DIED 23RD NOV: 1876, / HE BUILT THIS CHURCH, ENDOWED THE BENEFICE / AND BEQUEATHED HIS RESIDENCE TO BE USED AS A VICARAGE. HE ALSO BUILT AND ENDOWED THE ALMSHOUSES. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE CONSECRATION OF THE CHURCH / BY THE PARISHIONERS OF EMERY DOWN / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION / OF HIS MANY BENEFACTIONS TO THE CHURCH AND THE PARISH / "Blessed is he that considereth the poor and needy"'

Details

Description: White marble tablet with scrolling ends, on a square, grey, white and red marble mount. The inscription is incised black roman caps with the text in black gothic caps and lower case.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave north wall
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1915

People

Boultbee, Frederick Moore
Age:
Date of Death: 23/11/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Mrs Penelope Chitty, Talbots, Rope Hill, Boldre, Lymington, Hants, SO41 8NE - 13/9/2000
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All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire commemorating Admiral of the Fleet SirLucius Curtis d. 1869

Location

All Saints Church, Catherington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory / of / SIR LUCIUS CURTIS BART K.C.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / SON OF ADMIRAL / SIR ROGER AND LADY CURTIS. / BORN a.d.1786, / DIED AT EAST COSHAM, A.D. 1869, / AGED 83 YEARS'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall sanctuary
Materials: Marble

People

Curtis, Lucius
Age: 83
Date of Death: 1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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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
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating John Drury, RN, d. 1808

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / John Sheppy Drury / first lieutenant of his Majesty's ship 'Modeste' / who died 29th April 1808, aged 24 years.'

Details

Vessel: Modeste

People

Drury, John Sheppy
Age: 24
Date of Death: 29/4/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.91.
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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 James Babbage, RN, d. 1890

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory / of / James Babbage / late Able Seaman / of H.M.S. Conquest / who met his death / by falling from aloft / 15th September 1890 / aged 22 / Much respected by all who knew him / In the midst of life we are in death / the voice we loved is stilled / his place is vacant in the mess which never can be filled / This tablet was erected / by his topmates'

Details

Description: Curved top with rope twist border, carving of ship above inscription.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Conquest

People

Babbage, James
Age: 22
Date of Death: 15/9/1890
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland

Cross in Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant Alfred Bakewell RN d. 1916 in the Battle of Jutland

Location

Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / of / ALFRED BAKEWELL / LIEUTENANT R.N. / H.M.S. ONSLAUGHT / KILLED IN ACTION IN THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND / 1ST JUNE 1916 IN HIS 24TH YEAR'

Details

Description: Stepped cross on plinth with lead lettering.
Type: Cross
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Onslaught

Event

Battle of Jutland

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Bakewell, Alfred
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1/6/1916
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Captain Frederick Le Mesurier HEIC d. 1783

Location

Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'To the memory of Frederick Le Mesurier / late Commander / of the Ponsborne East India ship / second son of John Le Mesurier Esq / Governor of the Island of Alderney who died at Brentford / on the third of May 1783 / in the thirty first year of his age. / In professional knowledge he had few equals / for the want of Longer Experience / was in him amply supplied / by Attention and Activity / His understanding was sound / His manner most Amiable / Simple and Modest, / he seldom offered himself to the world / but when impelled by the necessities of others / or his own Duty / his courage was unaffected, steady, / temperate and inflexible. / For it was founded in Religion and Justice: / It bore him through many dangers, / It supported him in his last moments. / Patient and Resigned / through the course of a painful Illness / he seemed only to feel / for his Friends who wept over him. / His Brothers and Sisters / have erected this monument / in remembrance of those virtues / which assure them of his Happiness in a Better State'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Obscured by the organ
Vessel: HEIC Ponsborne

People

Le Mesurier, Frederick
Age: 30
Date of Death: 3/5/1783
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'Berry's History of Guernsey' (1815) p.152.
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
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Christchurch, Blackfriars, London, England

Memorial at Christchurch, Blackfriars, London to Captain Thomas Eyre Hinton RN d. 1829

Location

Christchurch, Blackfriars, London, England

Transcript

'IN THIS VAULT ARE DEPOSITED / THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS EYRE HINTON R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 13th 1829 / AGED 72 YEARS'

Details

Type: Ledger over vault
Position: Churchyard

People

Hinton, Thomas Eyre
Age: 72
Date of Death: 13/7/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also commemorated his wife Phoebe and grandson Charles Petty.
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Penal Burial Ground, Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Penal Burial Ground, Georgetown, Guyana commemorating Captain John H. Delap d. 1868

Location

Penal Burial Ground, Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of Capt John H Delap a native of Nova Scotia of British Barque 'Trident' who died at Massaring British Guiana June 31 1868 Aged 29 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Trident

People

Delap, John H.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 31/6/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham
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