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St Mary's Church, Eling, Hampshire, England

Headstone at St Mary’s Church, Eling, Hampshire, commemorating Thomas Warwick d. 1764

Location

St Mary's Church, Eling, Hampshire, England

Details

Description: Carved with a ship and a globe.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Interior
Materials: Purbeck stone

People

Warwick, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1764
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Headstone brought inside the church.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'Buildings of England: Hampshire and Isle of Wight' (London, 1996) p. 209.

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Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, London, England

Folly known as Severndroog Castle on Shooter’s Hill commemorating Sir William James HEIC d. 1783

Location

Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill, London, England

Transcript

'This building was erected MDCCLXXXIV by the representative of the late Sir William James Bart., to commemorate the gallant officer's achievement in the East Indies during his Command of the Company's Marine Forces in those seas, and in particular manner to record the conquest of the castle of Severndroog, on the coast of Malabar, which fell to his superior valour and able conduct on the 2nd day of April MDCCLV' [Tablet over door]

Details

Type: Folly
Date Erected: 1784
Artists: Richard Jupp

Event

Capture of Suvarnadurg

Event Date

1755

People

James, William
Age:
Date of Death: 16/12/1783
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: Roger White 'Folly of Form Severndroog Castle, Shooters Hill', 'Country Life' vol. 132, p. 2016 (1984).

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Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Gravestone in the Memorial Garden next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Essex, commemorating William Barlow d. 1916

Location

Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Transcript

'IHS / William Barlow / Petty Officer / Died / March 28th 1916 / Aged 36 years'

Details

Description: Headstones arranged in two parallel lines.
Type: War Graves Commission headstone
Vessel: HMS Conquest

People

Barlow, William
Age: 36
Date of Death: 28/3/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Crew members drowned in capsize of whaler.
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1981

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St Clement's Church, St Clement, Cornwall, England

Memorial in St Clement, Cornwall dedicated to Admiral Barrington Reynolds d. 1861

Location

St Clement's Church, St Clement, Cornwall, England

Details

Type: Memorial

People

Reynolds, Barrington
Age: 75
Date of Death: 1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: East window also dedicated to the memory of Sir Barrington Reynolds.

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St Mary's Church, Shotley, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Shotley, Suffolk commemorating Clarence Spuffard RN, d. 1908

Location

St Mary's Church, Shotley, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Clarence Alfred SPUFFARD Boy 2nd Cl, 31 March 1908 age 16'

Details

Position: Naval cemetery

People

Spuffard, Clarence Alfred
Age: 16
Date of Death: 31/3/1908
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Boy 2nd Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Fred Lowe d. 1913

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Fred LOWE / Stoker 1st Cl. H.M.S. 'Britannia' / died / 3rd April 1910 aged 28'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 292
Vessel: HMS Britannia

People

Lowe, Fred
Age: 28
Date of Death: 3/4/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipwich, Suffolk commemorating Nathaniel Hammond, d. 1691

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Here lieth the Body of / Nath. Hammond Marriner who dept. this life / February 14.AD 1691: aged 32 years'

Details

Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Black marble

People

Hammond, Nathaniel
Age: 32
Date of Death: 14/2/1691
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: British Library: Add.19093, f.206.
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988

JSON

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Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England

Memorial in Cookham, Berkshire dedicated to Admiral of the fleet Edward Hobart Seymour d. 1929

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE BELOVED MEMORY / OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE / EDWARD HOBART SEYMOUR / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET GCB OM / GCVO LLD WHO DIED ON 2ND OF MARCH / 1929 IN HIS 90TH YEAR. FOR MANY YEARS / A REGULAR WORSHIPPER IN THIS CHURCH / FROM BOYHOOD TO OLD AGE A BRAVE / AND DEVOTED SERVANT OF HIS COUNTRY'

Details

Vessel: HMS Centurion

Event

Boxer Rebellion

Event Date

1900

Event Category

19th Century conflicts in Asia

People

Seymour, Edward Hobart
Age: 89
Date of Death: 2/3/1929
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: H. W. Richmond, ‘Seymour, Sir Edward Hobart (1840–1929)’, rev. Andrew Lambert, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2011 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36032, accessed 25 May 2017]
Recorder: Colin Harris 1993

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St Martin's Church, Nacton, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Martin’s Church, Nacton, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Sir George Broke-Middleton, RN, d. 1887

Location

St Martin's Church, Nacton, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE N. BROKE-MIDDLETON BARONET., C.B., AND / KNIGHT OF MEDJIDIE, J.P., D.L., / HIGH SHERRIFF FOR SUFFOLK IN 1864, / OF BROKE HALL AND SHRUBLAND PARK, / DIED 14TH JANUARY 1887 AGED 74 YEARS. / SERVED AT NAVARINO 1827, / THE TAKING OF ST JEAN D'ACRE 1840 / COMMANDED THE GLADIATOR IN THE BALTIC 1854 / AND IN THE BLACK SEA 1855 AT SEVASTOPOL / "THE LORD IS MERCYFUL" / 'HIS DEVOTED WIDOW ERECTED THIS TABLET TO HIS BELOVED MEMORY'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Gladiator

Event

Battle of Navarino, St Jean D'Acre, Crimea War

Event Date

1827, 1840, 1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Broke-Middleton, George N.
Age: 74
Date of Death: 14/1/1887
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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St Mary's Church, Whitkirk, West Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Whitkirk commemorating John Smeaton d. 1792

Location

St Mary's Church, Whitkirk, West Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'sacred to the Memory / of JOHN SMEATON F.R.S. / A Man, whom God had endowed with the most extraordinary Abilities / which he indefatigably exerted for the benefit of Mankind, in works of Science / and philosophical research / More especially as an Engineer and a Mechanic. His principal work, / The Edystone Light-house erected upon a rock in the open Sea, / (where one had been washed away by the violence of a storm, And another had / been consumed by the rage of fire) Secure in its own stability and in the wise / precautions for its safety, seems not unlikely to convey to distant Ages, / As it does to every nation of the Globe, the name of its Constructor. / He was born at Austhorpe June 8th 1724 / And departed this Life October 28th 1792.' [Below] ' Also Sacred to the Memory of / ANN the Wife of the said JOHN SMEATON F.R.S. / who died January 17th 1784 / Their two surviving daughters / Duly impressed with sentiments of love and respect / For the kindest and tenderest of Parents / Pay this tribute to their Memories'

Details

Description: With a lighthouse on the top.
Type: Wall monument

People

Smeaton, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Civil engineer
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Builder of 3rd Eddystone Lighthouse.
Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) pp. 111, 112.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters