Memorial headstone at Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool commemorating Rear-Admiral Christopher Bell, RN d. 1853
Location
Church of St Michael in the Hamlet, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Christopher Bell, Rear-Admiral in her Majesty's Navy, born at Gorleston in Suffolk, 29th. April 1784, died at Aigburth, 16th. October, 1853'
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Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Bell, Christopher Age: 69 Date of Death: 16/10/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool commemorating Robert Cole d. 1943 and Robert Thompson d. 1972
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England
Transcript
'IN SWEET MEMORY OF / RALPH / DEARLY LOVED HUSBAND OF / MARGARET CONSTANCE COLE / BORN 17TH APRIL 1883, DIED 11TH JULY, 1840 / 'ACROSS THE BAR' / ALSO THE ABOVE MARGARET CONSTANCE COLE / BORN 14TH DEC 1888 DIED ...FEB 1972 / LOVING AND LOVED', 'ALSO THEIR DEAR SON-IN-LAW / GEOFFREY ROBERT THOMPSON / COMMODORE MASTER MARINER / DIED 4TH APRIL 1972 AGED 58 YEARS', 'ALSO THEIR DEAR SON / RALPH COLE / MASTER MARINER / KILLED BY ENEMY ACTION AT SYRACUSE, ITALY / JULY 25TH 1943 AGED 28 YEARS.'
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Description: The slab covering the grave inlaid with an anchore, fouled with chain. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Granite
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Cole, Robert Age: 28 Date of Death: 25/7/1943 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation: Thompson, Geoffrey Robert Age: 58 Date of Death: 4/4/1972 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commodore; Master Mariner Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Charles de la Poer Beresford d. 1919
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'Charles William de la Poer Beresford / Admiral Lord Beresford of Metemmer / G.C.B. G.C. V.O. D.C.L. L.L.D. / Born February 10th 1846, died September 6th 1919. / At Alexandria 1882 on The Nile 1885. / Three times commander in chief at sea. / A Member of the House of Commons for more than twenty years. / A distinguished and gallant sailor, a devoted public servant / and the genial comrade of many illustrious and humble friends'
Details
Description: Carved with a half-length portrait in uniform in relief and the Beresford coat-of-arms. Type: Wall tablet Position: Crypt Materials: Marble
Event
Anglo-Egyptian War
Event Date
1882
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Beresford, Charles William de la Poer Age: 73 Date of Death: 6/9/1919 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in Richmond, London commemorating Major George Bean d. 1815
Location
St Mary's Church, Richmond, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GEORGE BEAN / OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY / WHO WAS KILLED BY A CANNON BALL IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AT THE HEAD OF HIS TROOP / ON THE 18TH JUNE 1815 IN THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF / WATERLOO. / AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN HE WAS, AT HIS OWN REQUEST / PLACED IN THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY / SERVED UNDER LORD NELSON AT THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN / AND VOLUNTEERED TO ACCOMPANY THE EXPEDITION / WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO CUT THE BOATS AT BOULOGNE / FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED HIS LORDSHIPS PUBLIC THANKS. / HE ALSO PARTICULARLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / UNDER SIR DAVID BAIRD AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN SPAIN. / WHERE HE WAS SEVENTEEN TIMES SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY / BUT SIGNALISED HIMSELF PRINCIPALLY AT THE BATTLES OF / VITTORIA, ORTHES AND THOULOUSE. / UNHAPPILY HIS MILITARY CAREER TERMINATED PREMATURELY / HE FELL, IT IS TRUE, IN THE FIELD OF GLORY, / LAMENTED BY HIS SURVIVING OFFICERS AND MEN, / BUT ALAS ! HAS LEFT A WIDOWED MOTHER, AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE. WITH TWO INFANT CHILDREN. / TO LAMENT THEIR IRREPARABLE LOSS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / AS A WELL MERITED TRIBUTE OF MATERNAL, CONJUGAL AND FRATERNAL AFFECTION / AND AS A MEMORIAL TO HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORTH'
Details
Description: Carved with a mourning female figure; urn and military trophies. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
Event
Battle of Copenhagen, Battle of Waterloo
Event Date
1801 and 1815
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Bean, George Age: 25 Date of Death: 18/6/1815 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Major Organisation: British Army
Monument in St Margaret’s Church, Barking, Essex commemorating Captain John Bennet RN d. 1719
Location
St Margaret's Church, Barking, Essex, England
Transcript
'To the Pious Memory of Capt John Bennet senior late of Pool in the county of Dorset who died 8 Maii MDCCXI Aetat 74. And of Mary his wife who deceas'd 9 Januar MDCCXV Aetat 46 [?]. Both lying here interred. Captain John Bennet their only son who died 30 Januar MDCCXVI Aet 40 and layeth in a vault under an altar tomb in the church yard. Ordered by his will this monument to be erected which accordingly was perform'd by Abraham Edlin Gent his acting executor. He bequeathed to the poor of this Parish 100L distributed among them by the aforesaid executor as also 10L more to be disposed of in like manner by the hands of the church wardens. To the corporation of Pool the place of his nativity 300L for the use of the poor there. And 10L to the poor of Harbridge in Hantshire. All paid by his executor'
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Description: Half effigy of John Bennet in contemporary costume. The inscription above as a draped cloth. The figure is flanked by reliefs showing the bow and stern of a warship. Below, a relief of navigational instruments (back staff, cross staff, quadrant) above a winged skull. On either side, a relief of a globe. Type: Monument Position: North nave Artists: Thomas Green Vessel: HMS Lennox
People
Bennet, John Age: 40 Date of Death: 30/1/1717 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Bennet coat-of-arms to which family not entitled. Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 99. Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1996 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, St Anne Street, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Bennett. d. 1809
Location
Holy Trinity Church, St Anne Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Thomas Bennett Master Mariner, died 3rd February 1809 age 35. At anchor here my body lies / Til the last trump shall bid it rise / My flesh shall hear the living word / Then quit my tomb to meet the Lord. / Dear wife, forbear to mourn your loss / The tempests now have ceased to toss / I've launched into the eternal main / Where we must shortly meet again'
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People
Bennett, Thomas Age: 35 Date of Death: 3/2/1809 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a Manuscript in Liverpool Record Office compiled by Thomas Gibson d. 1836, vol. 2, p. 268. Recorder: J.P. Brand
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis commemorating Charles Bean d. 1870
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Charles Birch Bean second son of Thos and Betty Bean, who died suddenly at sea on board the Steam Navigation Cos steamship Cordillera, GN Conlan Commander, 26 October 1870 on the anniversary of his 44th birthday and was buried in the North Atlantic Ocean'
Details
Vessel: SS Cordillera
People
Bean, Charles Birch Age: 44 Date of Death: 26/10/1870 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: From a Manuscript in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson, d.1886, vol. 8, p.167. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: J.P. Brand
Tablet in St John’s Cathedral Belize City, Belize commemorating Henry Bayfield RN d. 1858
Location
St John's Cathedral, Belize City, Belize
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY BAYFIELD / MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S.S. LEOPARD / AND SON OF REAR ADMIRAL BAYFIELD R.N. / WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER AT BELIZE / ON THE 15TH APRIL 1858 / AGED 17 YEARS / "JUST AS I AM WITHOUT ONE PLEA / BUT THAT MY BLOOD WAS SHED FOR ME/AND THAT THOU BIDD'ST ME COME TO / THEE / OH! LAMB OF GOD! I COME"'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: Nave Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Leopard
People
Bayfield, Henry Age: 17 Date of Death: 15/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Norman Hammond 'Outpost of Empire: Church Monuments in Belize', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol. xiv, pp.129-139, (London, 1999). Recorder: Powell
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
