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St John's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk commemorating Captain John Taylor, RN d. 1842

Location

St John's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Captain John Taylor, Royal Navy, died 31 Dec 1842 aged 67'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Taylor, John
Age: 67
Date of Death: 31/12/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
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St Thomas Church, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial at Kingston Parish Church, Jamaica commemorating Captain William Burns d. 1800

Location

St Thomas Church, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lies interred the body of Capt. William BURNS, late of this town, Mariner, who departed this life the 10th September, 1800 in the 62nd year of his age'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Burns, William
Age: 61
Date of Death: 10/9/1800
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875).
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Edward Lee d. 1882

Location

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

Transcript

'In remembrance of Edward LEE, Master of the S.S.Yangtsze who died in Hong Kong on the last day of the year 1882, aged 32 years. Deeply regretted by all who knew him. Erected by his many friends as a mark of respect and esteem'

Details

Type: Stele
Vessel: HMS Yangtsze

People

Lee, Edward
Age: 32
Date of Death: 31/12/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas
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Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating Royal Marines Thomas Assam and Thomas Harding both died 1835

Location

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

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Assam, Thomas
Age: 28
Date of Death: 29/3/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Harding, Thomas
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1/6/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Headstone erected by NCO's and men of the corps.
Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 438 (Greenwich, 1982).
Recorder: Lawrence Philip
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All Hallows Church, Barking, Essex, England

Wall monument in All Hallows Church, Barking, Essex commemorating Captain John Lytcott RN d. 1697

Location

All Hallows Church, Barking, Essex, England

Transcript

'Near / this place lyeth the Body of Giles Lytcott, [late of] / Stratford Langthone in ye County of / Essex Esqr youngest son of Sir Iohn Lytcott of / East Moulsey in ye County of Surrey by M[argaret] / Daughter of Sir Nicholas Overbury [& Sister of] / Sir Thomas Overbury who was [poisoned in] / the Tower. He was born ye 2nd of November, / 1633 and dyed August ye 11th 1696 in ye / 63rd year of his age. He was ye first Controller / General of all ye Accompts of ye Customs [of] / England & of all ye English Colonies / which Office he executed from / 1671 to ye time of his death. He married Sarah / Daughter and Heiress of Richard Culling of / Woodlands in ye County of Devon Gent: by whom / [he had] 5 sons & 5 Daughters. His eldest son Giles / dy'd in ye East Indies in ye Streights of Molucca / going to China in ye year 1688. His second son / Iohn dy'd in ye West Indies Comander of His Majests. / shipp ye Pembroke 10 months after his Father / aged 27 years. He had served his Majesty King / William in all ye war with France & was [in all] / engagements by sea during ye war but dy'd in / ye squadron under ye comand of Admiral Nevil / in ye fatall sickness wherein so many Brave / men Lost their lives'

Details

Description: A large wall monument consisting of an inscribed column, without a capital, but standing on a moulded and inscribed pedestal, with an architectural background and two children who act as supporters to the upper part of the column and hold inverted torches, one of which is missing. The lower part is elaborately designed with carved consoles and a substructure of a cove three times recessed, over foliage surrounding a mask.


Type: Wall monument
Vessel: HMS Pembroke

People

Lytcott, John
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1697
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER (illustration)
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial formerly at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Rear Admiral Sir William Fairbrother Cassell d. 1862

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / Rear Admiral Sir William Fairbrother Cassell KCB / Lieutenant Governor of Greenwich Hospital / who died 8th April 1862 aged 82'

Details

Position: Mausoleum

People

Cassell, William Fairbrother
Age: 82
Date of Death: 8/4/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral. Lieutenant Governor Greenwich Hospital
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in Public Record Office. Greenwich Hospital memorial inscription 99618.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain Archibald McTavish, d. 1862

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / CAPT. ARCHIBALD McTAVISH / Late of the STR ‘ARMENIAN’ / Born at Garthbeg, Invernesshire / Augst 8th 1835 / Died at Singapore / June 21st 1862 / This tablet is erected / to his memory / as a last tribute of one / who deeply laments his loss'

Details

Position: S. Boundary wall A199
Artists: Llewellyn & Co, Calcutta
Vessel: Armenian

People

McTavish, Archibald
Age: 26
Date of Death: 21/6/1862
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 80; 'Straits Times' 21 June 1862.
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating  Abel Heale RMLI d. 1878

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Abel HEALE, R.M.L.I., H.M.S. 'VICTOR EMANUELE', who departed this life April 11th 1878. Aged 40 years. Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth heed lest he fall. Erected as a token of respect by his many friends.'

Details

Description: Headstone flanked by pillars, flowers in the Chinese style above the inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Victor Emanuel

People

Heale, Abel
Age: 40
Date of Death: 11/4/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas
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St Bridget's Kirk, Bride, Isle of Man

Gravestone at St Bridget’s Kirk, Bride, Isle of Man commemorating John Cowell RN d. 1863, Trafalgar veteran

Location

St Bridget's Kirk, Bride, Isle of Man

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY / OF / JOHN COWELL / WHO DIED MAY 31ST 1863 / AGED 77 YEARS / HE FOUGHT AND WAS WOUNDED ON / BOARD OF H.M.S. TEMERAIRE IN / THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. OCTOBER / 21ST 1805. / ALSO MARY COWELL, / BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE. / WHO DIED FEBRUARY 14TH 1865, / AGED 74 YEARS. / ALSO JAMES COWELL, / SON OF THE ABOVE, / WHO DIED FEBRUARY 25TH 1830, / AGED 3 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS Temeraire

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Cowell, John
Age: 77
Date of Death: 31/5/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Landsman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: See John Cawle. Lost arm at Trafalgar and was discharged from the service. He returned to the Isle of Man where he worked as a school teacher.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 57.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating John Gentry d. 1897

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'John Gentry / aged 37 / Drowned from S Y 'Anemone’ / at Southampton / May 13 1897 / Buried at Hamble.'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SY Anemone

People

Gentry, John
Age: 37
Date of Death: 13/5/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey
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