Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Captain Thomas Lee RN and William Sibble RN both died in 1836
Location
Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World
Details
Vessel: HMS Vernon
People
Lee, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 29/9/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Sibble, William Age: Date of Death: 9/5/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Carmarthen commemorating Thomas Hughes RN d. 1824
Location
Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales
Transcript
'Thomas Hughes, Mariner, formerly Master of the Carmarthen packet of this port who died May 30 1824 aged 58 years. Having served for many years in the RN he spent his later years in the costing [sic] trade. This stone was placed by his son Rev. James Hughes, Wesleyan Minister'
Details
Vessel: HMS Carmarthen
People
Hughes, Thomas Age: 58 Date of Death: 30/5/1824 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in Bath Abbey, Bath, dedicated to Colonel Christie John Ewart RM d. 1828
Location
Bath Abbey, Bath, England
Transcript
'To the memory of Christie John Ewart of the Royal Marines and late Lieut Col of the Nithsdale Local Militia Dumfrieshire NB died 27th June 1828 aged 74 years'
Details
Type: Wall tablet
People
Ewart, Christie John Age: 74 Date of Death: 27/6/1828 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marines
Memorial in the grounds of the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich commemorating naval casualties during the Second New Zealand War 1863-1864
Location
Grounds of Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'NEW ZEALAND' [South side] 'THIS MONUMENT / IS ERECTED / BY THE SURVIVING OFFICERS / AND MEN / TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES / WHO FELL IN ACTION / IN NEW ZEALAND / DURING THE YEARS 1863-1864' [East side] 'CAPT. J.F.C. HAMILTON RN H.M.S. 'ESK' / COMM EDWARD HAY 'HARRIER' / LIEUT. CHARLES HILL 'CURACOA' / LIEUT. W.E. MITCHELL 'ESK' / THOMAS WATKINS MID 'CURACOA'' [North side] 'GEORGE WATT GUNNER H.M.S. 'MIRANDA' / WILLIAM DALTON QTR MASTR 'ESK' / JAMES WOODS [QTR MASTR] 'CURACOA'/HENRY HARDING SERGT. RM. 'ECLIPSE' / FRED. OSBORNE. CAPT. M.T. 'HARRIER' / GEORGE YOUNG AB [HARRIER] / WILLIAM TIDY [AB] 'CURACOA' / JOHN HAYES [AB 'CURACOA'] [West side] 'JAMES HARRIS ORDY H.M.S. 'CURACOA' / RICHARD FULLER [ORDY] 'ESK / HENRY CLARKE [ORDY] 'HARRIER' / ANDREW GREENHAM [STOKER] 'HARRIER' / WILLIAM LEIGH [STOKER] 'ESK' / LEVI KENT PRIV. RM 'MIRANDA' / DAVID DOWNER [PRIV RM ] 'HARRIER' / RICHD STEPHENSON BOY 'CURACOA''
Details
Description: Obelisk on plinth with rope twist round base and chain round the rop. On three steps. Type: Obelisk Position: River front Materials: Granite Vessel: HMS Curacoa, HMS Eclipse, HMS Esk, HMS Harrier, HMS Miranda
Event
New Zealand War
Event Date
1860-1866
Event Category
19th century conflicts in the Pacific
People
Clarke, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Dalton, William Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster Organisation: Royal Navy Downer, David Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1863 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Fuller, Richard Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Greenham, Andrew Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Hamilton, John Fane Charles Age: 42 Date of Death: 29/4/1864 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Harding, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RM Organisation: Royal Navy Harris, James Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hay, Edward Age: 28 Date of Death: 29/4/1864 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Hayes, John Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hill, Charles Age: Date of Death: 28/4/1864 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Kent, Levi Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Leigh, William Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Mitchell, W. E. Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Osborne, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1863 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain of the main top Organisation: Royal Navy Stephenson, Richard Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1863 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st class Organisation: Royal Navy Tidy, William Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1863 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Watkins, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1863 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Watt, George Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN Organisation: Royal Navy Woods, James Age: Date of Death: 20/11/1863 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster Organisation: Royal Navy Young, George Age: Date of Death: 1863-64 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Harrow on the Hill commemorating Admiral Byron Drury d. 1881
Location
St Mary's Church, Harrow on the Hill, London, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL BYRON DRURY, R.N. / SECOND SON OF/THE REV H.J.T. DRURY / HE WAS BORN AT HARROW / 10th FEBRUARY 1815 / AND DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 6th NOVEMBER 1883 / ALSO OF HELEN STEWART, HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 19th SEPTEMBER 1881 / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord'" / REV XIV.13'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: South transept Materials: Black and white marble
People
Drury, Byron Age: Date of Death: 6/11/1883 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Wall tablet in Bath Abbey, Bath, dedicated to Commodore Walter Borlase, d. 1814
Location
Bath Abbey, Bath, England
Transcript
‘In Memory of / WALTER BORLASE / OF PENZANCE IN THE COUNTY OF CORNWALL ESQ / LATE COMMODORE / IN THE HONble. EAST INDIA COMPANY'S MARINE / AT BOMBAY / OBT 17th JULY 1814. AETAT 61'
Details
Description: Oval inscription tablet on background of draped cloth, arms above.
Type: Wall tablet Position: South side of Nave Materials: marble Artists: Reeves & Son
People
Borlase, Walter Age: 61 Date of Death: 17/7/1814 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commodore HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1986 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Statue in St James’s Church, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, commemorating Admiral Robert Holmes d. 1692
Location
St James's Church, Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
'H.S.I. / ROBERTUS HOLMES Miles / HENRICI HOLMES de Mallow comitatus Corkensis in Hibernia Armigeri Filius natu Tertius, ab ineunt Adolescentia / ad acquirendam armis gloriam intentus Militiae Nomen dedit, et sub serenissimi Regis Caroli vexillis Tyrocinia ponens contra / perduelles fortiter feliciterq' pugnavit Pari deinde amimo, Pari Laude Navalibus se immiscuit praeliis, et sub Auspiciis Celsillimi / principis Ruperti egregie meruit. Cum vero videret Causam Regiamarmis ultra defendi non posse, ad exteros sese principes / Contulit, et in Gallia, Germania, Flandria rebus Belli pulchre gestis inclaruit. Rege Carolo 2do fauste Tandem prospereque / restaurato, ab eo Castelli de Sandon in vectis insula praefecturam (tanquam veteris Meriti praemium) accepit, et subinde / Militis Titulo ornatus est Anno 1666. Copiarum Navalium, quae Rubris vexillis insigniuntur, legatus alter Constitutus / Portum Batavum de Ulii exigua classe intravit Cumq' illic Naves centum et octoginta Concremasset in Scellingam descendit/et Branderium istius Insulae primarium oppidum incendio delevit. Ob haec et alia multa praeclare acta eum Serenissimus Rex / haud indebitis illius et virtuiti, et Fidei pramiis honorabit, Insulaeq vectis ducem, et Gubernatorem durante vita naturali praefecit quinetiam / Faecialium principi Mandavit ut Ipsius gentilitiis insignibus Leo Angelicus adscriberetur, nec non Crista nempe Brachium / Armatum e navali corona porrectum, et Tridentem gerens. Hos Honores qua arte acquisivit eadem etiam tuebatur Vir / Fortissimus, nimirum bene merendo, fideli semper in Reges et in Patriam Studio. Obiit An:Dom 1692 Nov: 18. / Honoratissimo Patruo infra Sepulto hoc Monumentum posuit HENRICUS HOLMES / Armiger vectis Insulae praefecti Authoritate Regia locum tenens.' [Translation] 'ROBERT HOLMES KNIGHT. The third son of Henry Holmes , Gentleman, of Mallow in the County of Cork in Ireland being from his early youth determined on winning fame by arms enlisted for military service, and under the standards of his most serene Charles he fought bravely and successfully against his enemies. Then with equal spirit and equal success he involved himself with naval encounters and served with distinction under the auspices of the most noble Prince Rupert. But when he saw that the Royal cause could not be defended further with arms, he offered his services to foreign princes, and after successfully campaigning in France, Germany and Flanders he became famous. When at length King Charles II had been happily and properly restored he received from him the office of Governor of the castle of Sandown on the Isle of Wight (as a reward for his former service) and thereupon in the year 1666 he was honoured with the title of knight. Having been appointed to one of two commanders of naval forces which were identified by red banners [the red squadron] he entered the Dutch port of Vlie with a small squadron, and when he had burned a hundred and eighty ships there he made an attack on Terschelling and destroyed with fire [Branderium?] the principal town of that island. Because of these and many other splendid feats of arms his most Serene Majesty honoured him with not undeserved rewards for his courage and loyalty, and appointed him as captain and governor of the Isle of Wight for the rest of his natural life. Indeed [?] instructed that he should add the lion of England to his armourial bearings, and that his coat of arms should have the crest of a naval crown and bear a trident. This very gallant man guarded these honours with the same zeal as he had obtained them, indeed very well deserved and with always faithful devotion to his monarchs and his country. He died on November 18th in the year of our Lord 1692. This memorial tablet to his most distinguished uncle, buried below, was set up by Henry Holmes, gentleman, holding the position of Governor of the Isle of Wight by royal authority'
Details
Description: Holmes shown full-length in armour the left hand resting on a gun. Type: Statue Position: Mortuary chapel Materials: Marble
Event Category
1666-1667 Second Anglo-Dutch War
People
Holmes, Robert Age: Date of Death: 18/11/1692 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation:
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER Supposed to be captured statue of Louis XIV with head finished to resemble Holmes. Holmes left £300 in his will to erect the monument. Not original inscription? Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Memorial in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Charles Duff RN d. 1805 during the Battle of Trafalgar
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN GEORGE DUFF / WHO WAS KILLED THE XXITH OF OCTR / MDCCCV / COMMANDING THE MARS / IN THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / IN THE FORTY SECOND YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND THE TWENTY-NINTH OF HIS SERVICE'
Details
Description: In relief, Britannia lays an oak wreath on a sarcophagus carved with a profile portrait of Duff, her lion reclines behind her. On the opposite side of the monument, a sailor mourns over the inscription tablet with an ensign draped behind him. Type: Wall memorial Position: Crypt Materials: Marble Date Erected: 1806 Artists: John Bacon, the younger
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Duff, George Age: 41 Date of Death: 21/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Date of contract 19/10/1807, value £1, 575. A new memorial stone and plaque erected in the grounds of Banff Castle, 21 October 2005. Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London 1964); 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 28, p. 506 and frontispiece (London, 1812). Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
