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
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
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)
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
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
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
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