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St Mary's Church, Norton Sub Hamdon, Somerset, England

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

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Brookwood Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England

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.

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  "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.'",
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Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Henry Cooper d. 1843

Location

Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: Eliza

People

Cooper, Henry
Age: 35
Date of Death: 16/12/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master of the brig 'Eliza' of London.

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St Mary's Church, Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1991

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy

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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  "transcript": "'Here Lyes Captn Thomas Pooke / Commander [sic] of the Genova Gally / who dyed the 8th day of Ianuary 1728'",
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St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool commemorating Captain Richard Downing Goodwin d. 1834

Location

St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Richard Downing Goodwin died 17th May 1834 aged 45'

Details

People

Goodwin, Richard Downing
Age: 35
Date of Death: 17/5/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 583. Church demolished in 1898.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Richard Crompton d. 1857

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Richard Crompton, Master Mariner, died 9th Feb 1857 age 47 having sailed between Liverpool and Londonderry for 22 years, he crossed the channel about 2444 times without any accident, having travelled 611,000 miles in that time'

Details

People

Crompton, Richard
Age: 47
Date of Death: 9/2/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 677.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St James's Church, Weybridge, Surrey, England

Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Weybridge, Surrey, commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Hopson d. 1717

Location

St James's Church, Weybridge, Surrey, England

Transcript

'S.R.V.AE. / HERE Lyeth ye Body of Sr.THO: HOPSON / Knt. born at Lingewood in the Isle of Wight, of / an Antient & Worthy Family there: Who having / Serv'd ye Space of 55 years in ye ROYAL NAVY, / was deservedly Preferd to the Rank of VICE= / =ADMIRAL of ye RED; in wch. Station he was / Orde'd 12 Octr. 1702 to force ye Boom yt. lay cross / ye Harbour at VIGO: wch. he executed with his / Usual Resolution & Conduct; whereby he made / way for ye whole Confederate Fleet, then under / ye comand of Sr. George Rook, to enter, take & / destroy all ye Enemies Ships of War & Galeons, / wch. was the last of 42 engagements he had/been in : In some of wch. he rec'd many Honble. / Wounds for ye service of his Country. Towards / ye latter End of his Days, he chose this Place / for ye Retreat & Repose of his old Age; where he Died in Peace.12 Octr. AN. Aet. 75'

Details

Description: Arms in centre of a broken pediment above the inscription tablet which is flanked by pilasters, a winged cherub's head below.
Type: Wall tablet

People

Hopson, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 12/10/1717
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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Nunhead Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Nunhead Cemetery commemorating William Lucey d. 1893, shipowner

Location

Nunhead Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / ANN CAROLINE / THE AMIABLE AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE OF / WILLIAM LUCEY / AND FOURTH DAUGHTER OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS & HONOR CUBITT / OF YARMOUTH, NORFOLK / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / SEPTR. 24TH 1866 AGED 45 YEARS / ALSO OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM LUCEY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / FEBY. 10TH 1893 AGED 79 YEARS / ALSO OF / WILLIAM CUBITT LUCEY M.D. / THEIR SECOND SON / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 14TH 1905 AGED 64 YEARS / INTERRED AT HASLEMERE'

Details

Type: Monument
Materials: Pink granite

People

Lucey, William
Age: 79
Date of Death: 10/2/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship owner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Shipowner.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 228.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / ANN CAROLINE / THE AMIABLE AND AFFECTIONATE WIFE OF / WILLIAM LUCEY / AND FOURTH DAUGHTER OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS & HONOR CUBITT / OF YARMOUTH, NORFOLK / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / SEPTR. 24TH 1866 AGED 45 YEARS / ALSO OF THE ABOVE WILLIAM LUCEY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / FEBY. 10TH 1893 AGED 79 YEARS / ALSO OF / WILLIAM CUBITT LUCEY M.D.  / THEIR SECOND SON / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE JUNE 14TH 1905 AGED 64 YEARS / INTERRED AT HASLEMERE'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Robert Lessels RN d. 1909

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of Robert LESSELS, Chief E.R.A., of H.M.S. 'Taku', aged 35 (or 55) years, accidentally drowned in Hong Kong Harbour, 20 June 1909. Erected by the Chief and E.R.A's of the fleet and his shipmates'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Taku

People

Lessels, Robert
Age: 35?
Date of Death: 20/6/1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters