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All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating James George William Grant Ozzard RN d. 1873

Location

All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of J.G.W. GRANT OZZARD Midshipman of H.M.S. Thetis. He was the eldest son of J.W. Ozzard Paymaster in Chief R.N. who in the outset of his career was struck down by fever in the Red Sea and died on board in this harbour aged 15 years June 17 1873'

Details

Vessel: HMS Thetis

People

Ozzard, James George William Grant
Age: 15
Date of Death: 17/6/1873
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham
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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating R.V. Warren d. 1844

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of R.V. WARREN. Aged 22 years. Murdered on board schooner 'Kappa' by Chinese whilst on voyage to Whampoa from Macao, on the night of the 29th. October 1844. This tribute to his memory is erected by his affectionate brother H.V. Warrren'

Details

Vessel: Kappa

People

Warren, R. V.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 29/10/1844
Cause of Death: Murdered
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Recorder: Christine Thomas
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Parish Church, Montrose, Angus, Scotland

Memorial at Montrose Parish Church commemorating James Ogilvy d. 1634, mariner

Location

Parish Church, Montrose, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

'HIC IACET IAC / OB OGILVIVS RE NAVTICA INSIGNIS DEO / ET HOMINIBVS GRATVS PIETATIS [VLTOR AC SCELER=CVM HOSTIS AC]ERRIMV[S QVI]IN / PAT / RIAM CAELESTI / EM MIGRAVIT AN / NO 16[3]4', 'MENS / MANET ET / VIRTVS CE / TERA MO / RTIS ERVNT / OMNIA SIC IBVN / T SIC IVIBVS IBIT / IS IBVNT' (Here lies James Ogilvy, a notable seaman, pleasing to God and men, a follower of good, a most bitter foe to sin, who passed to his heavenly home in the year 1634. Mind and virtue alone abide, the rest belong to Death. Everything shall pass away. As we have passed away so shall you and the rest.)

Details

Description: The first two lines effaced to take a nineteenth century inscription.
Type: Gravestone

People

Ogilvy, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1634
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Flora Davidson '17th century tombstones of Angus and the Mearns an inventory' p. 43
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Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Memorial in St Ives, Cornwall dedicated to William Nicholls d. 1917

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / MY DEAR HUSBAND / SEAMAN WILLIAM B. NICHOLLS; R.N.R., / WHO DIED AT ST IVES, MAY 20TH 1913 / AGED 47 YEARS / HAVING BEEN IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE FOR / OVER 25 YEARS HE RESPONDED TO HIS COUNTY'S / CALL WHEN THE WAR DRUMS WERE SOUNDED. / HE WAS ON BOARD H.M.S 'HIGHFLYER' WHEN THE GERMAN AUXILLIARY CRUISER 'KAISER WILHELM DER GROSSE' / WAS SUNK IN 1914. HE WAS ALSO IN THE JUTLAND / BATTLE BEING ONE OF THE CREW OF H.M.S. 'VALIANT' / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT HE / LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS / ALSO OF / NANCY PAYNTER/WHO DIED AUGUST 11TH 1936/AGED 85 YEARS / ALSO OF MY DEAR MOTHER / BESSIE C. NICHOLLS, / WHO DIED DECR. 15TH 1951, / AGED 78 YEARS.'

Details

Description: Marble headstone, lead lined letters, a crown and cross carved in relief above the inscription.


Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble
Artists: T.H. Pascoe
Vessel: HMS Valiant

Event

Battle of Jutland

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Nicholls, William Berryman
Age: 47
Date of Death: 20/5/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman RNR
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Notes: Listed as casualty by Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Swanscombe, Kent, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Swanscombe, commemorating Charles Wilks RN, HM Navy and Ordnance d. 1847

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Swanscombe, Kent, England

Transcript

'Charles Wilks formerly of Purfleet, Essex and late of Greenhithe ob. 17 March 1847, aged 87. 64 years in Her Majesty's Navy and Ordnance'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Wilks, Charles
Age: 87
Date of Death: 17/3/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

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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.
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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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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
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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
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Church of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London, England

Memorial in St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield commemorating Captain Streynsham Master RN d. 1724

Location

Church of St Bartholomew the Great, Smithfield, London, England

Transcript

'Near this place lies ye Body / of IAMES MASTER of East-Langdon in ye County / of Kent Esqre. He married Ioyce only Daughter / of Sr CHRISTOPHER TORNOR, of Milton-Ernest in ye / County of Bedford, Kt one of ye Barons of ye Court of Exchequer / in ye reign of King Charles ye 2 by whom / he had 4 Sons & 10 Daughters. He departed this Life / Aug: 9th 1702, Aged 75. / He was ye son of RICHARD MASTER of East / Langdon Esqr by Ann his Wife Daughter of / Sr IAMES OXENDEN of Dean, in ye Parish of Wingham / in ye county of Kent, by whom the said RICHD MASTER / had twelve Sons and eight Daughters. She died Ian 30th 1705/Aged 99 years and six Months and lies interred in this place. / Ye said RICHARD MASTER / was the Son of Sr EDWARD MASTER, / of the same place Kt Governour of Dover Castle, / by Audery one of ye Daughters and Coheirs of / ROBT. STREYNSHAM of Ospring in ye said County Esqre. / STREYNSHAM MASTER / the only surviving Son of IAMES MASTER Esqre / married ELIZABETH only Daughter and Heir of / RICHARD OXENDEN of Brook, in ye Parish of Wingham in ye County of Kent Esqre / and departed this life Iune 22: 1724, Aged 42 years: / being married 4 Months, and lies there interred / Leaving no Issue, / The said STREYNSHAM MASTER / Commanded several ships in ye Royal Navy / and did in ye Year 1718, / particularly distinguish himself / in ye Engagement against ye Spaniards / On ye Coast of Sicily; by forcing / the Spanish Admiral in Chief / to Surrender to him'

Details

Description: Below the stepped cornice is a plain frieze. The tablet rests on a moulded shelf with flanking scrolled wings at the base.
Type: Wall monument
Position: Ambulatory wall south side
Vessel: HMS Superbe

Event

1714-1738 Inter-War Period

People

Master, Streynsham
Age: 43
Date of Death: 22/6/1724
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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