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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.

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  "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' '",
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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

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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.

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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.

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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial in Westminster Abbey, London commemorating Admiral Sir Charles Wager RN d. 1743

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'To the Memory of Sir CHARLES WAGER, Kt / Admiral of the White / First Commissioner of the Admiralty, / and Privy counsellor: / A Man of great Natural Talents, / improved by Industry & long Experience; / who bore the highest Commands, / and passed through the Greatest Employments; / with Credit to himself & honour to his Country. / He was, in his Private Life, / Humane, temperate just & Bountifull / In Publick Station, / Valiant, Prudent, Wise & Honest; / Easy of Access to all; / plain and unafffected in his manners; / Steady & Resolute in his Conduct; / so remarkably happy in his presence of Mind / that no danger ever discomposed him / Esteemed and favoured by his King; / Beloved & Honoured by his Country, / He dyed: 24 May 1743. Aged 77' [Under the relief] 'The Destroying & Taking the SPANISH GALLEONS A:D:1708 [sic]'

Details

Description: Fame sits holding a trumpet and the portrait medallion of the admiral which is also supported by the infant Hercules. On her right is an urn and at her feet a cannon and anchor. Wager's arms on a pyramid behind. Below the inscription, a relief of Wager's action off Cartagena 28 May 1708.
Type: Monument
Position: North transept
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1747
Artists: Peter Scheemakers

Event Category

1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession

People

Wager, Charles
Age: 77
Date of Death: 24/5/1743
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Medallion after portrait by Kneller 1710. The relief based on a painting by Samuel Scott owned by Scheemakers - NMM Collections BHC0348. Models exhibited at the Free Society of Artists 1765. Design at Sir John Soanes Museum AL31 E19. Erected by Francis Gashby 'In gratitude to his great patron A.D. 1747’.

Bibliography: Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers', 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' p. 215 (1999); 'Gentleman's Magazine' p. 363 (Aug 1747); C. Dodsley 'London and its environs described' (London,1761) p. 95. Richard Kingzett 'A Catalogue of the works of Samuel Scott', 'The Walpole Society 1980-1982, p. 29.
Recorder: A.J. Richardson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England

Memorial at Helston to James Penberthy of HMS ‘Sealark’ d. 1844 at Ascension Island.

Location

St Michael's Church, Helston, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY / OF / JAMES PENBERTHY, R.N. / LATE PURSER AND PAYMASTER / OF H.M.S. SEALARK / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT THE ISLAND OF / ASCENSION, / ON THE 12TH DAY OF MARCH, 1844, / AGED 28 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / IN THE CHURCH / OF HIS NATIVE TOWN / AS A TRIBUTE TO DEPARTED WORTH / AND A TESTIMONIAL OF PARENTAL AFFECTION'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Vessel: HMS Sealark

People

Penberthy, James
Age:
Date of Death: 12/3/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: M.T. Morton

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St Alfege's Church, Greenwich, London, England

Wall tablet at St Alfege’s Church, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant Robert Braithwaite RN d. 1806

Location

St Alfege's Church, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'In the vicar's vault under this church are deposited the remains of Lieut Robert Braithwaite of the Royal Navy who departed this life Jany 15th 1806 aged 37 years'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: North wall outside

People

Braithwaite, Robert
Age: 37
Date of Death: 15/1/1806
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Promoted lieutenant 15 Nov 1790.
Recorder: B B T, 19/6/88

JSON

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St Mary's Church, Charborough, Dorset, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Charborough, commemorating Captain Robert Clarke RN d. 1708

Location

St Mary's Church, Charborough, Dorset, England

Transcript

'To the Memory of Captain Robert Clarke, Commander of Her Majesty's Ship Adventure was killed in an engagement on board her in ye West Indies, the 1st of March 1708 in the 24th year of his age'

Details

Type: Tablet
Vessel: HMS Adventure

People

Clarke, Robert
Age: 23
Date of Death: 1/3/1708
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 194 (Greenwich,1987); 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol.ii, part 1, p. 162 (London, 1970).

JSON

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Seafront, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial at Milford Haven commemorating ‘Operation Overlord’ 1944

Location

Seafront, Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'MEMORIAL COMMEMORATING / "OPERATION OVERLORD" / ON 8TH JUNE 1994, THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE INVASION / OF NORMANDY, WE RECALL WITH PRIDE THE ENDEAVOURS / OF THE MANY THOUSANDS OF SERVICE MEN, WOMEN / AND MERCHANT SEAMEN AND CIVILIANS OF THE ALLIED / NATIONS WHO WORKED ON AND AROUND THE MILFORD / HAVEN WATERWAY IN PREPARATION FOR THE LAUNCH / AND SUBSEQUENT SUPPORT OF OPERATION "OVERLORD" / THIS COMMEMORATIVE PLAQUE HAS BEEN / PLACED HERE BY THE COUNTY BRANCH OF / THE NORMANDY VETERANS ASSOCIATION.'

Details

Description: Bronze inscription plaque on grey granite plinth.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Bronze, granite

Event

Normandy Landings

Event Date

1944

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

Extra

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating James Shea d. 1912

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In / affectionate memory / of / JAMES SHEA / of HMS 'Collingwood' / who died 29th October 1912 / Aged 31 years / fortified by the rites of the / Holy Catholic Church / RIP / We cannot tell who next may fall / beneath thy chastening rod / one must be first / so let us all / prepare to meet our God'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Roman Catholic (old) 510
Artists: Appleby & Childs
Vessel: HMS Collingwood

People

Shea, James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 29/10/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

JSON

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  "id": "M3637",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'In / affectionate memory / of / JAMES SHEA / of HMS 'Collingwood' / who died 29th October 1912 / Aged 31 years / fortified by the rites of the / Holy Catholic Church / RIP / We cannot tell who next may fall / beneath thy chastening rod / one must be first / so let us all / prepare to meet our God'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating James Shea d. 1912</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Roman Catholic (old) 510",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Appleby & Childs",
    "vessel": "HMS Collingwood"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Shea, James","age":"31","dateofdeath":"29/10/1912","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters