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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Henry Alexander Brice d. 1848

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Henry Alexander Brice late RN died Portsmouth in 1848 aged 25'

Details

People

Brice, Henry Alexander
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 787.
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of the Museum of Merseyside

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Henry Alexander Brice late RN died Portsmouth in 1848 aged 25'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Henry Alexander Brice d. 1848</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 787.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J P Brand, Friends of the Museum of Merseyside",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St James's Church, Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Emsworth commemorating Captain Henry James Matson RN and other officers and crew of HMS ‘Highflyer’ who died of yellow fever in 1852

Location

St James's Church, Emsworth, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / HENRY JAMES MATSON, ESQUIRE, / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTIES OF HANTS AND SUSSEX, / WHO WAS PREMATURELY CUT OFF / IN THE MIDST OF AN HONOURABLE CAREER, / BY THE YELLOW FEVER, WHILST IN COMMAND OF H.M. STEAMSHIP 'HIGHFLYER' AT TRINIDAD / DECEMBER 14TH 1852, IN THE 44TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH ZEAL AND ABILITY, / BOTH IN A CIVIL AND MILITARY CAPACITY, / AND WAS EQUALLY BELOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / ALSO OF HIS FELLOW VICTIMS AND SHIPMATES: / WILLIAM D. HAYE... ASSISTANT SURGEON / SAMUEL. R.H. MCKERR...CLERK / ABRAHAM R. MILLS... GUNNER / JOSEPH BEARDMORE...SEAMAN / WILLIAM FALLON...STEWARD / WILLIAM WELLS...GUNNER, R.M.A. / ALL OF WHOM DIED IN THE SAME MONTH. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / AS A LAST TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE AND RESPECT / BY THEIR SURVIVING SHIPMATES'

Details

Description: The tablet has a triangular pediment with naval trophies and foul anchor.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle, south wall
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Thomas Gaffin
Vessel: HMS Highflyer

People

Beardmore, Joseph
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Fallon, William
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Steward RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Haye, William D.
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy
Matson, Henry James
Age: 43
Date of Death: 14/12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
McKerr, Samuel R. H.
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mills, Abraham R.
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wells, William
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / HENRY JAMES MATSON, ESQUIRE, / CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / ONE OF HER MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTIES OF HANTS AND SUSSEX, / WHO WAS PREMATURELY CUT OFF / IN THE MIDST OF AN HONOURABLE CAREER, / BY THE YELLOW FEVER, WHILST IN COMMAND OF H.M. STEAMSHIP 'HIGHFLYER' AT TRINIDAD / DECEMBER 14TH 1852, IN THE 44TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH ZEAL AND ABILITY, / BOTH IN A CIVIL AND MILITARY CAPACITY, / AND WAS EQUALLY BELOVED AND RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / ALSO OF HIS FELLOW VICTIMS AND SHIPMATES: / WILLIAM D. HAYE... ASSISTANT SURGEON / SAMUEL. R.H. MCKERR...CLERK / ABRAHAM R. MILLS... GUNNER / JOSEPH BEARDMORE...SEAMAN / WILLIAM FALLON...STEWARD / WILLIAM WELLS...GUNNER, R.M.A. / ALL OF WHOM DIED IN THE SAME MONTH. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / AS A LAST TOKEN OF REMEMBRANCE AND RESPECT / BY THEIR SURVIVING SHIPMATES'",
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  "details": {
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    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "South aisle, south wall",
    "materials": "Black and white marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Thomas Gaffin",
    "vessel": "HMS Highflyer"  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Reginald Symons d. 1913

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'REGINALD SYMONS / ordinary seaman H.M.S. 'Bellerophon' / died / 10th March 1913 aged 18'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Nonconformist 453
Vessel: HMS Bellerophon

People

Symonds, Reginald
Age: 18
Date of Death: 10/3/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'REGINALD SYMONS / ordinary seaman H.M.S. 'Bellerophon' / died / 10th March 1913 aged 18'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Reginald Symons d. 1913</p>",
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    "vessel": "HMS Bellerophon"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Bride's Church, Kirkbride, Cumbria, England

Wall tablet in Kirkbride, Cumbria dedicated to William Metcalfe d. 1808

Location

St Bride's Church, Kirkbride, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'SACRED to the memory of / WILLIAM METCALFE / Midshipman / in His majesty`s ship Aeolus,and / second Son of the Revd F Metcalfe / Rector of Kirkbride and Harriet / his Wife. Who died the 6 Sepr 1808 / Aged 16 years.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Aeoleus

People

Metcalfe, William
Age: 16
Date of Death: 6/9/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "id": "M6018",
  "location": "St Bride's Church, Kirkbride, Cumbria, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED to the memory of / WILLIAM METCALFE / Midshipman / in His majesty`s ship Aeolus,and / second Son of the Revd F Metcalfe / Rector of Kirkbride and Harriet / his Wife. Who died the 6 Sepr 1808 / Aged 16 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in Kirkbride, Cumbria dedicated to William Metcalfe d. 1808</p>",
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    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Aeoleus"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Obelisk at Glasgow Green, Glasgow commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland

Details

Description: Obelisk on plinth.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Sandstone
Date Erected: 1806
Artists: David Hamilton; A. Brockett [Mason]

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Damaged by lightning in 1810. Refurbished and floodlit in 2002.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 146.

JSON

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  "post_id": "2315",
  "id": "M2284",
  "location": "Glasgow Green, Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Obelisk at Glasgow Green, Glasgow commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805</p>",
  "images": [],
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  "details": {
    "description": "Obelisk on plinth.",
    "type": "Obelisk",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Sandstone",
    "dateErected": "1806",
    "artists": "David Hamilton; A. Brockett [Mason]",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Nelson, Horatio","age":"47","dateofdeath":"21/10/1805","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Vice Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Damaged by lightning in 1810. Refurbished and floodlit in 2002.",
    "bibliography": "Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 146.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

Gravestone at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating John Smart d. 1820

Location

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

Transcript

'...Also Mr John Smart / who died January 2nd 1820 / aged 59 years / was Porter of the Royal Hospital Greenwich eighteen years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: West side

People

Smart, John
Age: 59
Date of Death: 2/1/1820
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Porter
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: Public Record Office, Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618.

JSON

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  "post_id": "2316",
  "id": "M2444",
  "location": "Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'...Also Mr John Smart / who died January 2nd 1820 / aged 59 years / was Porter of the Royal Hospital Greenwich eighteen years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating John Smart d. 1820</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "West side",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Smart, John","age":"59","dateofdeath":"2/1/1820","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Porter","organisation":"Royal Hospital, Greenwich"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Public Record Office, Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire commemorating Commander John Hepburn RN d. 1853

Location

Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / Retired Commander / John Hepburn R:N. / who departed this Life: / the 6th of October 1853 / Aged 83 Years / Also / ELIZABETH Wife of / Commander / JOHN HEPBURN R:N. / who departed this life: / the 18th of February 1850 / Aged 80 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Hepburn, John
Age: 83
Date of Death: 6/10/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.

JSON

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  "post_id": "2317",
  "id": "M4688",
  "location": "Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the Memory of / Retired Commander / John Hepburn R:N. / who departed this Life: / the 6th of October 1853 / Aged 83 Years / Also / ELIZABETH Wife of / Commander / JOHN HEPBURN R:N. / who departed this life: / the 18th of February 1850 / Aged 80 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire commemorating Commander John Hepburn RN d. 1853</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Churchyard",
    "materials": "Limestone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset, England

Wall tablet in Christchurch Priory, Dorset, dedicated to Albert Haskell d. 1914

Location

Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ALBERT HASKELL / WHO WAS KILLED IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY ON BOARD H.M.S. ZEALANDIA / APRIL 24TH 1914 / AGED 22 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS MESSMATES AND FRIENDS'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel
Vessel: HMS Zealandia

People

Haskell, Albert
Age: 22
Date of Death: 24/4/1914
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "2318",
  "id": "M1863",
  "location": "Christchurch Priory, Christchurch, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / ALBERT HASKELL / WHO WAS KILLED IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY ON BOARD H.M.S. ZEALANDIA / APRIL 24TH 1914 / AGED 22 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS MESSMATES AND FRIENDS'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in Christchurch Priory, Dorset, dedicated to Albert Haskell d. 1914</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Chancel",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Zealandia"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Haskell, Albert","age":"22","dateofdeath":"24/4/1914","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Dodd d. 1900

Location

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

Transcript

'In loving memory of James DODD, I.M. Customs and Naval Dockyard Police who died at Hong Kong 9th September 1900, aged 52 years'

Details

Description: Celtic cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross

People

Dodd, James
Age: 52
Date of Death: 9/9/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Customs. Naval Dockyard Police
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "post_id": "2319",
  "id": "M603",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of James DODD, I.M. Customs and Naval Dockyard Police who died at Hong Kong 9th September 1900, aged 52 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Dodd d. 1900</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Celtic cross on stepped plinth.",
    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Dodd, James","age":"52","dateofdeath":"9/9/1900","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Customs. Naval Dockyard Police","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England

Ledger in St Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham commemorating Captain Richard Collins RN d. 1780

Location

St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / RICHARD COLLINS Esq / Cap in his Majesty's / Navy / (who departed this life / June 24th 1780 age Forty Seven Years)'

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Nave north aisle
Materials: White marble

People

Collins, Richard
Age: 47
Date of Death: 24/6/1780
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Very worn.

JSON

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  "id": "M1936",
  "location": "St Bartholomew's Church, Corsham, Wiltshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / RICHARD COLLINS Esq / Cap in his Majesty's / Navy / (who departed this life / June 24th 1780 age Forty Seven Years)'",
  "content": "<p>Ledger in St Bartholomew’s Church, Corsham commemorating Captain Richard Collins RN d. 1780</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Ledger",
    "position": "Nave north aisle",
    "materials": "White marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Very worn.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters