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St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Wall tablet in Paul, Cornwall dedicated to three fishermen of this parish who died in Tierra-del-Fuego in 1850 on a missionary venture

Location

St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'[Crown] THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD, / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / JOHN BADCOCK, JOHN BRYANT, & JOHN PEARCE. / YOUNG FISHERMEN OF THIS PARISH; WHO NOBLY / JOINED THE MISSIONARY BAND WHICH ACCOMPANIED / THE LATE CAPTN. A. GARDINER, R.N., IN HIS ENDEAVOUR / TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO THE INHABITANTS OF / TERRA-DEL-FUEGO, IN THE YEAR A.D. 1850. ONE BY ONE THEY ALL / PERISHED FROM WANT AND EXPOSURE. THEIR JOURNAL, ENDED BY / THE DYING HAND OF THE LATEST SURVIVOR, BEARS TESTIMONY TO THE / UNFLINCHING CONSTANCY WITH WHICH THEY "ALL DIED IN FAITH." / [Cross and palm branch] 'S.MATT.XIX.V.29./HEBWS.XI.X.15.16. / "GOD IS NOT ASHAMED/TO BE CALLED/THEIR GOD."

Details

Description: Diamond-shaped tablet the lettering picked out in red.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of Nave
Materials: Marble

People

Badcock, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman; missionary
Organisation:
Bryant, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman; missionary
Organisation:
Pearce, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fisherman; missionary
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'[Crown] THIS TABLET / IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD, / AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / JOHN BADCOCK, JOHN BRYANT, & JOHN PEARCE. / YOUNG FISHERMEN OF THIS PARISH; WHO NOBLY / JOINED THE MISSIONARY BAND WHICH ACCOMPANIED / THE LATE CAPTN. A. GARDINER, R.N., IN HIS ENDEAVOUR / TO TAKE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST TO THE INHABITANTS OF / TERRA-DEL-FUEGO, IN THE YEAR A.D. 1850. ONE BY ONE THEY ALL / PERISHED FROM WANT AND EXPOSURE. THEIR JOURNAL, ENDED BY / THE DYING HAND OF THE LATEST SURVIVOR, BEARS TESTIMONY TO THE / UNFLINCHING CONSTANCY WITH WHICH THEY \"ALL DIED IN FAITH.\" / [Cross and palm branch] 'S.MATT.XIX.V.29./HEBWS.XI.X.15.16. / \"GOD IS NOT ASHAMED/TO BE CALLED/THEIR GOD.\"",
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St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Plaque in St Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon commemorating Robert Davy d. 1862

Location

St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF ROBERT DAVY OF COUNTESS WEAR OF THIS PARISH, AN EXTENSIVE SHIPBUILDER FOR THE ROYAL NAVY AND OF EAST AND WEST INDIAMEN &c GENERAL MERCHANT AND SHIPOWNER WHO DIED 30TH AUGUST 1862 AGED 99 YEARS AND 4 MONTHS LEAVING FOUR SONS AND ONE DAUGHTER. ALSO GRACE DAVY WIFE OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED 5TH JUNE 1839 AGED 75. THEY WERE INTERRED AT ST MARY'S CLYST AND THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY THEIR YOUNGEST SON FRANCIS RESIDING AT RIVERSMEET IN THIS PARISH WHO DIED 10TH SEPTEMBER 1896 AGED 86 YEARS. HE WAS INTERRED AT TOPSHAM CEMETERY'

Details

Description: Incised letters painted black, decorated surround.

Type: Wall plaque
Position: North transept, north wall
Materials: Limestone
Date Erected: 1883
Artists: Faulkner
Vessel: HMS Terror

People

Davy, Robert
Age: 99
Date of Death: 30/8/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder / Shipowner
Organisation: Royal Navy, East & West Indiamen

Extra

Notes: Built HMS 'Terror' 1836, Terror was lost with Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition to find the North-West Passage.
Bibliography: Clive N. Ponsford 'Ship Building on the Exe' (Devon and Cornwall Historical Society 1988) (includes biography of Davy with list of his ships. He built HMS 'Terror' of polar exploration fame).

Recorder: F M M Lewes, 5/4/94

JSON

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St Lawrence Church, Swindon, Gloucestershire, England

Memorial in St Lawrence Church, Swindon, Gloucestershire commemorating Vice-Admiral Robert Tristan Ricketts d. 1842

Location

St Lawrence Church, Swindon, Gloucestershire, England

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble

People

Ricketts, Robert Tristan
Age:
Date of Death: 1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 1772-1842.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991

JSON

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    "notes": "1772-1842.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1991",
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Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Gravestone in Borough Cemetery, Harwich, commemorating Charles Parsons and Thomas Gardner d. 1866

Location

Borough Cemetery, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES PARSONS / THOMAS GARDNER / SEAMEN OF H.M. GUNBOAT 'MAGNET' / WHO WERE DROWNED IN HARWICH HARBOUR / 2nd JUNE 1866 / BOTH AGED 21 Yrs'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Right of main gate
Vessel: HMS Magnet

People

Gardner, Thomas
Age: 21
Date of Death: 2/6/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Parsons, Charles
Age: 21
Date of Death: 2/6/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: M.E. Manton 1997

JSON

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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "M.E. Manton 1997",
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Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada, Rest of the World

Memorial at Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada commemorating Samuel Sargent, RN, d. 1854

Location

Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada, Rest of the World

Transcript

'FROM 1853, HERE IN THE FOREST OUTSKIRTS OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT WERE BURIED MANY NANAIMO PIONEERS. FEW HEADSTONES REMAIN. THIS HONOURS THEM ALL. AN UNIQUE BURIAL OCCURED OCTOBER 10, 1854, OF SAMUEL SARGENT, STOKER, WHO DIED ABOARD H.M.S. VIRAGO IN NANAIMO OF WOUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE CRIMEAN WAR - PROBABLY THE ONLY SUCH CASUALTY BURIED ON CANADIAN SOIL'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: Corner Comox Rd and Wallace St
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Virago

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Sargent, Samuel
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 10/1854
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Plaque placed on wall of municipal park by Nanaimo Historical Society aand Nanaimo Community Foundation in 1985.
Recorder: Tom W. Parkin 1998

JSON

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  "location": "Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'FROM 1853, HERE IN THE FOREST OUTSKIRTS OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT WERE BURIED MANY NANAIMO PIONEERS. FEW HEADSTONES REMAIN. THIS HONOURS THEM ALL. AN UNIQUE BURIAL OCCURED OCTOBER 10, 1854, OF SAMUEL SARGENT, STOKER, WHO DIED ABOARD H.M.S. VIRAGO IN NANAIMO OF WOUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE CRIMEAN WAR - PROBABLY THE ONLY SUCH CASUALTY BURIED ON CANADIAN SOIL'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Nanaimo Pioneer Cemetery, Nanaimo, Canada commemorating Samuel Sargent, RN, d.  1854</p>",
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    "position": "Corner Comox Rd and Wallace St",
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    "vessel": "HMS Virago"  },
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    "event":"Crimea War",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Tom W. Parkin 1998",
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St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales

Gravestone at St Cadfan’s Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd commemorating Captain John Rees d. 1867

Location

St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales

Transcript

'Captain John Rees, Schooner 'JOHN WESLEY' of Aberdovey, who departed this life November 19th 1867 aged 43 years. Also John, son of Captain John and Jane Rees d. 17 June 1865 aged 13 months'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: John Wesley

People

Rees, John
Age: 43
Date of Death: 19/11/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain John Rees, Schooner 'JOHN WESLEY' of Aberdovey, who departed this life November 19th 1867 aged 43 years. Also John, son of Captain John and Jane Rees d. 17 June 1865 aged 13 months'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Cadfan’s Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd commemorating Captain John Rees d. 1867</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
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}

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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Edmund Tincome RN d.1825

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of EDMUND TINCOME Esq masters mate of H.M.S. Liffey. Died Aug 7 1825 aged 27 years. Beloved by his shipmates and esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Pause stranger o'er this hallowed spot/And grant for one so dear / A prayer for him who's now no more / And drop a pitying tear'

Details

Vessel: HMS Liffey

People

Tincome, Edmund
Age: 27
Date of Death: 7/8/1825
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of EDMUND TINCOME Esq masters mate of H.M.S. Liffey. Died Aug 7 1825 aged 27 years. Beloved by his shipmates and esteemed by all who had the pleasure of his acquaintance. Pause stranger o'er this hallowed spot/And grant for one so dear / A prayer for him who's now no more / And drop a pitying tear'",
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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}

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Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall, England

Window in Truro Cathedral, Cornwall dedicated to Cornish fisherman.

Location

Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'CORNISH FISHERMEN AT NEWLYN', 'TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF THEIR PARENTS / THIS WINDOW WAS GIVEN BY H.P. AND F. EDE A.D. 1907'

Details

Description: A scene of a fishing boat leaving harbour, the Guardian Angel of fishermen stands above. A pair to a similar window showing Cornish miners.

Type: Window
Position: West end, South side
Artists: Clayton & Bell

Extra

Bibliography: Margaret E.D. Eustice 'The Windows of Truro Cathedral' 1995

JSON

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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Statue in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Captain Sir William Hoste RN d. 1828

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'SIR WILLIAM HOSTE BART., K.C.B., K.M.T. CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS / AND / THE ADMIRERS OF HIS SERVICES'

Details

Description: Full-length in uniform, draped in a cloak, leaning on a capstan holding a telescope.
Type: Statue
Position: South transept
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: 1833
Artists: Thomas Campbell

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hoste, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1828
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M1013",
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Cathedral Close, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Statue in Norwich Cathedral Close commemorating Vice Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, RN d. 1805

Location

Cathedral Close, Norwich, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'NELSON' [on plinth]

Details

Description: Full-length figure, in uniform but bareheaded, draped in cloak, a gun at his feet and holding a telescope in his left hand.
Type: Statue
Date Erected: 1847
Artists: Thomas Milnes

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: Cost £700 guineas

Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 145.
Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson, Pippa Lacey

JSON

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    "vessel": ""  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Nelson, Horatio","age":"47","dateofdeath":"21/10/1805","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Vice Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Cost £700 guineas<br />",
    "bibliography": "Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 145.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "Barbara Tomlinson, Pippa Lacey"  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters