Gravestone in Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough commemorating Ambrose Gibson d. 1862
Location
Dean Road Cemetery, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF AMBROSE GIBSON (JNR) MASTER MARINER WHO WAS DROWNED BY THE OVERTURNING OF HIS BOAT WHEN CROSSING THE BAR OF SVEDIA ON THE COAST OF SYRIA MARCH 25 1862 AGED 28 YEARS'
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People
Gibson, Ambrose Age: 28 Date of Death: 25/3/1862 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
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
Memorial at the Scotch church, Rodney Street, Liverpool commemorating William Martin d. 1842
Location
Scotch church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'William Martin of Dundee died 24th April 1842 age 57. He spent the early part of his life at sea and in 1808 he was taken by the French and kept in prison 5 1/2 years'
Details
People
Martin, William Age: 57 Date of Death: 24/4/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Prisoner of war Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office,compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 5, p. 126. The church is now a ruin. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Howsagoe, d. 1856
Location
St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'ERECTED BY THEIR SON J. G. HOWSAGOE / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / LYDIA WIFE OF / JOHN HOWSAGOE / WHO DIED JANUARY 5TH 1852 AGED 35 YEARS / ALSO OF / JOHN HOWSAGOE, / (MASTER MARINER,) WHO DIED AT ALDEBURGH APRIL 8 1856 / AGED 48 YEARS. / THOMAS SON OF THE ABOVE / DIED IN INFANCY'
Tablet in Church of St John the Baptist, Littlehempston, Devon commemorating Captain Farmary Predam Epworth, RN d. 1828
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Littlehempston, Devon, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO the Memory of / FARMARY PREDAM EPWORTH ESQ, / Captain in the Royal Navy, / who died August 18th 1828. / Also of CHRISTOPHER his Brother, / Major in the Royal Marines. / Also their Sisters JANE and ELIZABETH. / This Monument was erected in the Year 1844 / by their affectionate Sister MARY, Widow of / the Revd. CUDWORTH BRUCH, M.A. / late Incumbent of Bullinghope in the County of / Herefordshire.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: North Aisle, North Wall Materials: Marble
People
Epworth, Farmary Predam Age: Unknown Date of Death: 18/8/1828 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Farmery Predam Epworth christened 29 Dec 1766 at Totnes, son of Farmery Epworth also Captain RN. The younger Epworth seems to have married Agnes Morell, 1 May 1824, at Old Church St Pancras. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2007
Gravestone in the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Thomas Allen d. 1838, Nelson’s servant
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'To the memory / of / Thomas Allen / the faithful servant / of / Admiral Lord Nelson / born at / Burnham Thorpe / in the / county of Norfolk / 1764 / and died at / the Royal Hospital / Greenwich / on the 23rd November / 1838'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Portland stone
People
Allen, Thomas Age: c. 74 Date of Death: 23/11/1838 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Servant. Greenwich pensioner Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
Extra
Notes: Servant of Lord Nelson
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 13
Recorder: B. Tomlinson. 1981
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters