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St Augustine's Church, Birdbrook, Essex, England

Wall tablet in St Augustine’s Church, Birdbrook, dedicated to James Hills Manley d. 1876

Location

St Augustine's Church, Birdbrook, Essex, England

Transcript

'James Hills MANLEY Esq. Royal Navy,who departed this life at Birdbrook Rectory, January 10 1876 in the 85 year of his age. This tablet is erected in loving remembrance of the best of Fathers by his only surviving child Richard Henry Manley Rector of this parish [Quotations from John 1,47,Acts XI,24]'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Near altar
Materials: Marble

People

Manley, James Hills
Age: 84
Date of Death: 10/1/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "id": "M1350",
  "location": "St Augustine's Church, Birdbrook, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'James Hills MANLEY Esq. Royal Navy,who departed this life at Birdbrook Rectory, January 10 1876 in the 85 year of his age. This tablet is erected in loving remembrance of the best of Fathers by his only surviving child Richard Henry Manley Rector of this parish [Quotations from John 1,47,Acts XI,24]'",
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    "notes": "",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Robert James Grieve d. 1918

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'IN / loving memory of / Robert James Grieve / master mariner / dearly beloved husband of / Ethel Grieve / Died through enemy action March 24th 1918 / Aged 46 years / Dearly loved and sadly missed / Also the aforenamed / Ethel Grieve / Died Oct 17th 1968 / Aged 86 years.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone

Event

1914-1918 First World War

People

Grieve, Robert James
Age: 46
Date of Death: 17/10/1918
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Merchant Navy

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "id": "M6287",
  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'IN / loving memory of / Robert James Grieve / master mariner / dearly beloved husband of / Ethel Grieve / Died through enemy action March 24th 1918 / Aged 46 years / Dearly loved and sadly missed / Also the aforenamed / Ethel Grieve / Died Oct 17th 1968 / Aged 86 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Robert James Grieve d. 1918</p>",
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    "date": "",
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}

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Church of St Mary and All Saints, Shelton, Nottinghamshire, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Shelton commemorating Captain James Hall RN d. 1810

Location

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Shelton, Nottinghamshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / JAMES HALL... / Late Captain in the Royal Navy / who / in consequence of the many / severe wounds he received / in different actions / gallantly defending the honor / of the British Flag / died on the 11th June 1810 / aged 34 years'

Details

Description: Flat gravestone
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Cyane

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hall, James
Age: 34
Date of Death: 11/6/1810
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Wounded in an action 26/27 June 1809 in 'Cyane'.
Bibliography: 'The kedge Anchor' (1805 Club Newsletter), No. 14, Nov. 2005, p. 9.

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary and All Saints, Shelton, Nottinghamshire, England",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of / JAMES HALL... / Late Captain in the Royal Navy / who / in consequence of the many / severe wounds he received / in different actions / gallantly defending the honor / of the British Flag / died on the 11th June 1810 / aged 34 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at the Church of St Mary and All Saints, Shelton commemorating  Captain James  Hall RN d. 1810</p>",
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    "bibliography": "'The kedge Anchor' (1805 Club Newsletter), No. 14, Nov. 2005, p. 9.",
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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Captain Morgan Kempthorne RN d. 1681.

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

Hoc tumulantur sub marmore / spolia gloriosa Morgani Kempthorne / Praefecti navis bellicae regis Angliae scilicet Halcyonis / cum hac sola strenuo animo in hostes Christianorum immanes insigni erigens / nihilque numero territus cum septem Turcarum navibus fortiter prudenterq pugnavit / globo tandem ferreo medium perrumpente corpus immortalis gloriae diademate navali / quod sibi triumphantium Romanorum iustar comparaverat / coronatus / victricem animam exhalavit / anno MDCLXXXI die XXII May aetatis vero suae XXVII' [Under this marble are buried the glorious remains of Morgan Kempthorn, Commander of the Royal English War Ship Kingfisher. With this vessel alone, among the terrible enemies of the Christians, with raised standards, with courageous spirit and not at all deterred by their overpowering numbers, he fought with increasing courage and prudence against seven Turkish ships, until his body, crowned with the naval diadem of immortal glory, which can be justly compared to that of the victorious Romans, pierced in the middle by a cannon ball, exhaled his victorious soul on 22 May 1681 at the exact age of 27.]

Details

Description: Arms: three pine trees eradicated.
Vessel: Kingfisher

People

Kempthorne, Morgan
Age: 27
Date of Death: 22/5/1681
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Translation Silvia Bozzato.
Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.30.

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  "transcript": "Hoc tumulantur sub marmore / spolia gloriosa Morgani Kempthorne / Praefecti navis bellicae regis Angliae scilicet Halcyonis / cum hac sola strenuo animo in hostes Christianorum immanes insigni erigens / nihilque numero territus cum septem Turcarum navibus fortiter prudenterq pugnavit / globo tandem ferreo medium perrumpente corpus immortalis gloriae diademate navali / quod sibi triumphantium Romanorum iustar comparaverat / coronatus / victricem animam exhalavit / anno MDCLXXXI die XXII May aetatis vero suae XXVII' [Under this marble are buried the glorious remains of Morgan Kempthorn, Commander of the Royal English War Ship Kingfisher. With this vessel alone, among the terrible enemies of the Christians, with raised standards, with courageous spirit and not at all deterred by their overpowering numbers, he fought with increasing courage and prudence against seven Turkish ships, until his body, crowned with the naval diadem of immortal glory, which can be justly compared to that of the victorious Romans, pierced in the middle by a cannon ball, exhaled his victorious soul on 22 May 1681 at the exact age of 27.]",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Captain Morgan Kempthorne RN d. 1681.</p>",
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    "description": "Arms: three pine trees eradicated.",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "Kingfisher"  },
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    "notes": "Translation Silvia Bozzato.",
    "bibliography": "G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.30.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Percy Wilkins d. 1909

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'PERCY GEORGE WILKINS / O.S. H.M.S. 'Hindustan' / died / 30 March 1909. Aged 18'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 310
Vessel: HMS Hindustan

People

Wilkins, Percy George
Age: 18
Date of Death: 30/3/1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "id": "M3515",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'PERCY GEORGE WILKINS / O.S. H.M.S. 'Hindustan' / died / 30 March 1909. Aged 18'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Percy Wilkins d. 1909</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 310",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Hindustan"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Wilkins, Percy George","age":"18","dateofdeath":"30/3/1909","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Ordinary Seaman","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Joseph Henry Zelley RN d. 1886

Location

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

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / JOSEPH HENRY ZELLEY / STOKER OF H.M.S. HEROINE / WHO PASSED INTO REST AFTER / THREE WEEKS ILLNESS OF FEVER / AT THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL / HONG KONG. / NOVEMBER THE 24 1886 / AGED 26 YEARS / DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS / SORROWING WIDOW / AND DEEPLY MOURNED BY ALL / WHO KNEW HIM / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW’

Details

Description: Cross on plinth
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Heroine

People

Zelley, Joseph Henry
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/11/1886
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "post_id": "2204",
  "id": "M316",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / JOSEPH HENRY ZELLEY / STOKER OF H.M.S. HEROINE / WHO PASSED INTO REST AFTER / THREE WEEKS ILLNESS OF FEVER / AT THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL / HONG KONG. / NOVEMBER THE 24 1886 / AGED 26 YEARS / DEEPLY MOURNED BY HIS / SORROWING WIDOW / AND DEEPLY MOURNED BY ALL / WHO KNEW HIM / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW’",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Joseph Henry Zelley RN d. 1886</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Rogers, Trinity Pilot, d. 1870

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘In Affectionate Memory of / JOHN ROGERS / (Trinity Pilot) / who departed this life / December 28 1870 / aged 87 Years. / His End was Peace.'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Rogers, John
Age: 87
Date of Death: 28/12/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
Photographer: Pippa Lacey, 2018

JSON

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  "id": "M4106",
  "location": "St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "‘In Affectionate Memory of / JOHN ROGERS / (Trinity Pilot) / who departed this life / December 28 1870 / aged 87 Years. / His End was Peace.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Rogers, Trinity Pilot, d. 1870</p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_4071-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33216\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_4071-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_4071-150x150.jpg 150w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_4071-300x300.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_4071-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" /></figure>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": "Pippa Lacey, 2018"  }
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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating William George Dennis Baldwin d. 1933

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of William George Dennis BALDWIN, Tidewaiter, Chinese Maritime Customs. Born 7th January 1907. Killed on duty 16th April, 1933. Erected by the Chinese Maritime Customs'

Details

People

Baldwin, William George Dennis
Age: 26
Date of Death: 16/4/1933
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Tidewaiter
Organisation: Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "post_id": "2205",
  "id": "M396",
  "location": "Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of William George Dennis BALDWIN, Tidewaiter, Chinese Maritime Customs. Born 7th January 1907. Killed on duty 16th April, 1933. Erected by the Chinese Maritime Customs'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating William George Dennis Baldwin d. 1933</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William John Andrews d. 1948

Location

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

Transcript

'In loving memory of William John Andrews, Master Mariner, departed from service 13th March 1948 in his 66th year. Blessed are they that trust in the Lord'

Details

Description: Plinth, grave with kerbs and slab.
Type: Gravestone

People

Andrews, William John
Age: 65
Date of Death: 13/3/1948
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Chrstine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "id": "M96",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of William John Andrews, Master Mariner, departed from service 13th March 1948 in his 66th year. Blessed are they that trust in the Lord'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William John Andrews d. 1948</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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Woodbury Park cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Tomb at Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent commemorating Vice-Admiral W.B. Oliver RN d. 1877

Location

Woodbury Park cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

Transcript

'In memory of / Vice Admiral W.B. OLIVER, / who departed this life October 1st. 1877 / aged 75. / Also of Edmund Sintry OLIVER, / second son of the above / Born February 27th 1864 / Died August 10th 186[6]'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb

People

Oliver, William Brown
Age: 75 years
Date of Death: 1/10/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice-Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: M. Maplesdon 1994

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In memory of / Vice Admiral W.B. OLIVER, / who departed this life October 1st. 1877 / aged 75. / Also of Edmund Sintry OLIVER, / second son of the above / Born February 27th 1864 / Died August 10th 186[6]'",
  "content": "<p>Tomb at Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent commemorating Vice-Admiral W.B. Oliver RN d. 1877</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "M. Maplesdon 1994",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters