Memorial at Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Rear-Admiral Charles Austen, RN d. 1852
Location
Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of his Excellency C.J. Austen Esq. Companion of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath, Rear Admiral of the Red and commander in chief of H.M. Naval Force in the East India and China station. Died off Prome 7 Oct 1852 while in command of the naval expedition on the Irrawaddy against Burmese forces aged 73 years'
Details
Event
Second Burma War
Event Date
1852-1853
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Austen, Charles John Age: 73 Date of Death: 7/10/1852 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Brother of novelist, Jane Austen, died at Prome of cholera on board HMS 'Flute'. Another memorial in Portsmouth Cathedral.
Sri Lanka was formerly known as Ceylon until 1972.
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Reginald H. Manley d. 1910 and Nathaniel Coupland d. 1909 both of HMS ‘Kent’
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory of their late shipmate Reginald H. MANLEY, Stoker, who died 7th February 1910. Also of Nathaniel COUPLAND, Stoker Petty Officer, who died and was buried at sea off Colombo, 17th December 1909. This stone is erected by the men of H.M.S. 'Kent''
Details
Description: Cross on stepped plinth. Type: Cross Vessel: HMS Kent
People
Coupland, Nathaniel Age: Date of Death: 17/12/1909 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Petty Officer Organisation: Royal Navy Manley, Reginald H. Age: Date of Death: 7/2/1910 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Christine Thomas 1986; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Blyford, Suffolk commemorating Edmund Freeman, RN, d. 1809, off Guadeloupe, West Indies
Location
All Saints' Church, Blyford, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Edmund Freeman, born in this parish 10th November 1788. Killed in action with two French frigates and a battery off Guadeloupe in the West Indies 19 Dec 1809 aged 21 years 5 weeks and 4 days'
Details
Event
Roquebert’s Caribbean Expedition
Event Date
1804 - 1810
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Freeman, Edmund Age: 21 Date of Death: 19/12/1809 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Capture of two French flûtes 'Loire' and 'Seine' at a cove named Anse la Barque. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Richard Turner d. 1839
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Richard TURNER Esq., merchant of Canton who died at Macao the 28th March 1839. Aged 53 years'
Details
Vessel: Anglona
People
Turner, Richard Age: Date of Death: 28/3/1839 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Master, schooner 'Anglona' 90 tons, knocked overboard by boom and drowned. Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'.
Plaque in Taunton Somerset, commemorating Admiral William Coldingham Masters Nicholson d. 1927
Location
Church of St Mary Magdelene, Taunton, Somerset, England
Transcript
'William Coldingham Masters Nicholson, Admiral in His Majesty's Fleet and Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath. Died 9 January 1932. Erected by the Naval Fellowship of Taunton, Bridgewater and Wellington which he founded in 1927'
Details
Type: Plaque Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Emperor of India
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Nicholson, William Coldingham Masters Age: Date of Death: 9/1/1932 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Norton Sub Hamdon commemorating Paul Eric Melville Bray RN d. 1942
Location
St Mary's Church, Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England
Details
Description: Wrought iron bracket and iron wreath. Type: Memorial Materials: Bell metal Vessel: HMS Nigeria
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Bray, Paul Eric Neville Age: 20 Date of Death: 12/8/1942 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: HMS'Nigeria' was torpedoed by the Italian submarine 'Axum' on the 12 August 1942 but remained afloat until she reached Gibraltar. Recorder: Mrs J E A Wickham, Stowe Maries, Balchins Lane, Westcott, Dorking
Memorial in Brookwood Cemetery, Woking commemorating Admiral Sir Henry John Codrington d. 1877
Location
Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR HENRY JOHN CODRINGTON, / THIRD SON OF ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD CODRINGTON / AND JQNE HIS WIFE. / HE WAS BORN 17TH OCTOBER 1808. / AS MIDSHIPMAN HE WAS DANGEROUSLY WOUNDED / IN THE BATTLE OF NAVARIN, 1827. / AS CAPTAIN HE COMMANDED H.M.S. 'TALBOT' / AT THE SIEGE OF ACRE, 1840. / AND H.M.S. 'ROYAL GEORGE' IN THE BALTIC / DURING THE WAR WITH RUSSIA 1854-5. / HE WAS KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE BATH. / AND HAD THE RUSSIAN ORDER OF VLADIMIR / THE FRENCH ORDER OF LEGION OF HONOUR, / THE GREEK ORDER OF THE REDEEMER, / AND THE TURKISH ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE. / HE BECAME ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET IN JANUARY 1877 / AND DIED 4TH AUGUST 1877 / AGED 68 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS.'
Details
Vessel: HMS Talbot
Event
Battle of Navarino, Siege of Acre, Crimean War
Event Date
1827, 1840, 1853-1856
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
Extra
Bibliography: Editor Jane Bourchier 'Selections from the letters (private and professional) of Sir Henry Codrington' 1880.
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Fishguard commemorating Thomas Roblyn MD d. 1855 Naval Surgeon
Location
St Mary's Church, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
‘SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS ROBLYN M.D. / WHO DIED AT HIS RESIDENCE CAIRO LODGE, WESTON SUPER / MARE, SOMERSET FEBRUARY 10TH 1855, AGED 75 YEARS. / SON OF THE LATE BENJAMIN ROBLYN AND / SARAH HIS WIFE, AND GRANDSON OF THE LATE THOMAS DAVIS AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE. / OF THE LOWER TOWN. DR ROBLYN SERVED AS SURGEON OF THE BULL DOG / SLOOP OF WAR WHEN ON THE COAST OF EGYPT. AND AT THE BLOCKADE / AND SURRENDER OF MALTA 1799. HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AT ANCONA / AND WHEN RELEASED RETURNED TO EGYPT AND AFTERWARDS AP / POINTED SURGEON OF THE BRIGADE OF SAILORS CO-OPERATING WITH / THE ARMY ON SHORE WHEN GRAND CAIRO FELL. / FOR THE LAST SERVICE DR ROBLYN RECEIVED THE TURKISH GOLDEN MEDAL, THE SILVER SPHINX AND IN 1850 THE QUEEN’S MEDAL. HE RETURNED TO ENGLAND AS SURGEON OF THE ULYSSES / PAID OFF AT WOOLWICH IN 1802. ROBLYN HAD SERVED UNDER LORDS ST. VINCENT, KEITH, NELSON, SIR SYDNEY SMITH AND OTHER ADMIRALS DURING AN EVENTFUL PERIOD, HE FINALLY / PRACTISED AS SURGEON AND PHYSICIAN AT CLIFTON, NEAR BRISTOL, WHERE HE / WAS HIGHLY AND DESERVEDLY RESPECTED. HIS END WAS PEACE, HIS RELATIVES / SICERELY LAMENTED A LOSS OF SO ESTIMABLE A FRIEND. HIS REMAINS ARE INTER / RED IN THE SAME GRAVE AS THOSE OF HIS BELOVED WIFE REBECCA, AT BICESTER, OXFORDSHIRE’ '
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Choir wall Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Bulldog, HMS Ulysses
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Roblyn, Thomas Age: 75 Date of Death: 10/2/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating Captain Thomas Pooke d. 1728
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy
Transcript
'Here Lyes Captn Thomas Pooke / Commander [sic] of the Genova Gally / who dyed the 8th day of Ianuary 1728'
Details
Vessel: Genova Galley
People
Pooke, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 8/1/1728 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: PROB 11/619/276 will of Thomas Pooke, mariner of Rotherhithe 1728. Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p. 28.
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