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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Magub, d. 1892

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / JOHN MAGUB / (MASTER MARINER) / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / DEC 5TH 1892 / AGED 65 YEARS [verse]'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Magub, John
Age: 65
Date of Death: 5/12/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Headstone at the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating George Sharpe, Lighthouse Keeper d. 1748

Location

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Transcript

'Here lieth the body of / GEORGE SHARPE / late of this Parish / he / departed this life February / the 4th 1748 in the 83rd year / of his age / he was light keeper 56 years / in ye South Foreland. He left / 3 sons and 1 daughter viz / George, Vincent'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: No 327 square location M14
Materials: Limestone

People

Sharpe, George
Age: 83
Date of Death: 4/2/1748
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lighthouse keeper
Organisation: Unknown

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Recorder: E.R. Stage 1982
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St Mark's church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Mark’s Church, Liverpool commemorating John Woodburne d. 1821

Location

St Mark's church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Woodburne, Shipwright, died 29 October 1821 age 37'

Details

People

Woodburne, John
Age: 37
Date of Death: 29/10/1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiles by James Gibson d.1886, vol.3, p. 607. Church demolished in 1913.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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St Mary's Church, Northolt, London, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Northolt commemorating Richard Pemberton Innes RND d. 1917

Location

St Mary's Church, Northolt, London, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God / and / in affectionate and honoured remembrance of / RICHARD PEMBERTON INNES, / FIFTH SON OF THE LATE G.E. INNES, / OF ISLIPS MANOR IN THIS PARISH / OF THE HAWKE BATTALION, / ROYAL NAVAL DIVISION / WHO AFTER TAKING PART IN THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN / FELL IN ACTION WHILE SERVING WITH HOWE BATTALION / AT GAURELLE, NEAR ARRAS, FRANCE / ON THE 24TH APRIL 1917'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel north wall
Materials: Marble

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Innes, Richard Pemberton
Age:
Date of Death: 24/4/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Naval Division

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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating S. I. Hawkins d. 1915

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

'S.I. Hawkins, Fireman S.S.'Batoum' 18 July 1915 aged 47'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Batoum

People

Hawkins, S. I.
Age: 47
Date of Death: 18/7/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Fireman
Organisation:

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Memorial in Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent commemorating Sir James Hales d. 1589

Location

Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England

Transcript

'MEMORIAE ET POSTERITATI SACRUM / JACOBO HALES MILITI VIRTUTIBUS ET MUNERIBUS CIVILIBUS INSIGNI ET PATRIAE CHARO IN / EXPEDITIONE PORTUGALIENSI THESAURARIO IN QUA PATRIAM REVISURUS ANNO D. 1589 OBIIT / D: ALICIA EIUSDEM JACOBI RELICTAE FAEMINAE SUMMIS NATURAE ET PIETATIS DOTIBUS / ORNATA QUA ANNO D.1592; MORTUA EST: / CHENEIO HALES UNICO EORUNDEM JACOBI ET ALICIAE FILIO QUI ANNO D.1596. / IMMATURO FATO PERIIT / RICARDUS LEE ARMIGER EIUSDEM ALICIAE / MARITUS SUPERSTES MARENS POSUIT'

Details

Description: Elizabethan warship carved in relief at the top between two armorial obelisks. She is flying St George's flag at the main. James Hales body is being lowered over the side clad in armour. the kneeling figure of James Hales's widow Alice below, with the family estate in the Stour valley shown in the background. Beneath this again, the kneeling figure of James Hales' son, Cheyney Hales.
Type: Wall monument
Position: North side nave
Materials: Coloured marble

People

Hales, James
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 25/6/1589
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Navy Treasurer
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Sir James Hales was Treasurer of the 1589 expedition to Cadiz-a reprisal for the Spanish Armada and died on the voyage back. The memorial was erected by Alice Hales' second husband Richard Lee d. 1608, Ambassador to Russia. Lee claimed part of the Hales estate, a claim contested by the children of James Hales's brother.
Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); Rupert Gunnis 'History in Marble', 'Country Life' vol. cxviii, pp.396-398 (25 August, 1955).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating James Taylor, d. 1876

Location

Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'James Taylor, Master Mariner of this port, who departed this life 26 July 1876 aged 64 years'

Details

People

Taylor, James
Age: 64
Date of Death: 26/7/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Memorial in Tetbury, Gloucestershire commemorating Vice-Admiral James Richard Dacres d. 1853

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF JAMES RICHARD DACRES ESQRE. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE RED SQUADRON / WHO DIED AT CATSFIELD LODGE, HANTS. / ON THE 4TH DECEMBER 1853 / AGED 64 YEARS, / ALSO HIS SON / JAMES RICHARD DACRES / COMMANDING H.M. SLOOP NIMROD, / WHO DIED AT MOZAMBIQUE ON THE 14TH FEBRUARY 1848 AGED 37 YEARS / AND OF HIS YOUNGEST SON / HEW DALRYMPLE DACRES, ESQRE. / LIEUT: IN H.M. 67TH REGT. / WHO DIED AT SEA ON HIS PASSAGE FROM BARBADOES 11TH JULY 1835 / AGED 21 YEARS.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: White marble
Vessel: HMS Nimrod

People

Dacres, James Richard
Age: 64
Date of Death: 4/12/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy
Dacres, James Richard
Age: 37
Date of Death: 14/2/1848
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: David Saunders
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St Budeaux Church, Devon, England

Memorial in St Budeaux Church, Devon commemorating Captain Thomas Byard, RN d. 1798

Location

St Budeaux Church, Devon, England

Transcript

'To perpetuate the Memory of Sir Thos Byard Kt / late of Mount Tamer, in this Parish / Who to the Service of his King and Country / devoted the greatest Part of his Life / This Marble is erected by the grateful Affection / of his surviving Family: / It is not for them to record those Actions, / which gained their beloved friend so much Honour / they are chronicled in the naval Annals of his Time / and engraven on the Hearts of all those / who had the good Fortune to serve under / his auspicious Command / He died at Sea, Captain of His Majesty's Ship / Foudroyant / on the 30th Day of October, 1798, aged 33 Years / and his mortal Remains lie interred / in this Church / In the same Vault with her beloved Husband / and Child Are deposited / In the firm hope of a blessed resurrection / The remains of / DAME SUSANNA BYARD / Who died Febry 4th 1808 Aged 63 / Louisa Byard who died on the 7th / day of September 1794 / Aged 13 Years'

Details

Description: The inscription tablet on a black marble background with an urn bearing the Byard arms above it, a skull and crossed bones below.
Type: Wall monument
Materials: Black and white marble
Vessel: HMS Foudroyant

People

Byard, Thomas
Age: 33
Date of Death: 30/10/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Memorial at Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating Henry Payn, mariner d. 1797

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Transcript

'To the memory of Mr Henry PAYN marriner, late of this parish, who departed this life July 16th 1797 in the 43rd year of his age. Also of Elizabeth PAYN, wife of the above who died September 22nd 1825 aged 86 years'

Details

Position: South side churchyard

People

Payn, Henry
Age: 42
Date of Death: 16/7/1797
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

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