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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:

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Notes: Shipowner.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 228.
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Zubara Road Cemetery, Gudaibiya, Manama, Bahrain, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Christian Cemetery, Bahrain commemorating Michael Kearney, Surgeon RN d. 1879

Location

Zubara Road Cemetery, Gudaibiya, Manama, Bahrain, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Michael Kearney; Surgeon; H.M.S. Beacon, B.1846 D.1879'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Beacon

People

Kearney, Michael
Age: 33
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Mrs J. Alker 1985
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Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating James Harding, d. 1901

Location

Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'JAMES husband of HANNAH HARDING died December 12 1896 after 50 years faithful work of preaching the gospel in the surrounding chapels and in connection with the Sailor's and Fisherman's Bethel aged 75 also of HANNAH wife of the above died Jul. 6, 1901 in her 78th year'.

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Harding, James
Age: 75
Date of Death: 12/12/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Clergyman
Organisation: Sailor's and Fisherman's Bethel

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Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Memorial at Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire commemorating Hercules Linton d. 1900, designer of ‘Cutty Sark’

Location

Inverbervie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Transcript

Hercules Linton, designer of the famous clipper, / Cutty Sark, was born in Inverbervie in 1837. / The Cutty Sark was built in Dumbarton in 1869 / and is now beautifully preserved at Greenwich. / The memorial, dedicated by the people of / Inverbervie on 11 July 1997, replaces a memorial / unveiled by Sir Francis Chichester in 1969. / It is a full scale replica of the ship's figurehead / and was carved from Hercules Linton's / original drawings. / The figurehead depicts the comely young witch / in Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter / grasping the tail of Tam's grey mare. / Linton died in the house where he was born / and is buried in Inverbervie Kirkyard.'

Details

Description: Memorial in the shape of figurehead.
Type: Memorial
Date Erected: 1969
Vessel: Cutty Sark

People

Linton, Hercules
Age:
Date of Death: 1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval architect
Organisation:

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Notes: Hercules Linton 1836-1900. Designer of 'Cutty Sark'. Memorial unveiled by Sir Francis Chichester on 23 October 1969. Erected by Royal Borough of Inverbervie and Cutty Sark Society. The present memorial is a replacement erected in 1997.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 143.
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Francis Barnes Cox RMLI d. 1891

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of William Francis Barnes COX Private, R.M.L.I. of H.M.S. 'Minotaur' born October 1891 died 30 December 1913'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth. Grave with kerbstones.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Minotaur

People

Cox, William Francis Barnes
Age: 22
Date of Death: 30/12/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

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Recorder: Christine Thomas 1988; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial at the Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel, Cardiff commemorating Daniel Davies d. 1861

Location

Tabernacle Welsh Baptist Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In memory of Daniel Davies of the Fishguard Arms in this town (late Master Mariner) who died April 20 1861 aged 62 years / Er Diane a beryglan's mor / Wr fawel diddrwy daeth i'w fedd / Ai enaid hwydiodd gydd'r iar / Draw i ddyniuno hafun hod'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone

People

Davies, Daniel
Age: 62
Date of Death: 20/4/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Walter Woollcott, RN d. 1882

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory / of / Walter Woolcott A.B. / H.M.S. London / drowned off Pemba 2.2.82 / aged 25'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS London

People

Woolcott, Walter
Age: 25
Date of Death: 1882
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Statue at Southsea, Portsmouth by F. Brook Hitch depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Southsea, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[Naval Crown] 'HORATIO NELSON KB / DUKE OF BRONTE IN SICILY / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / HIS LAST HOURS IN ENGLAND / BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR / WERE SPENT AT THE / GEORGE HOTEL HIGH STREET PORTSMOUTH / WHICH HOTEL WAS DESTROYED WITH / A GREAT PART OF PORTSMOUTH IN / A GERMAN AIR RAID ON THIS CITY / ON JANUARY 10TH-11TH 1941. / HIS REMAINS WERE BROUGHT TO / SPITHEAD DECEMBER 4TH 1805 ON / BOARD H.M.S. VICTORY WHICH SHIP / WAS BADLY DAMAGED IN THE FOREFOOT / BY A BOMB IN A RAID ON THE / 10TH MARCH 1941', 'PRESENTED / BY / HERBERT J. ALDOUS L.R.C.S. L.S.A. / FROM WHOSE DESIGNS / THE SCULPTOR WORKED / F. BROOK HITCH F.R.B.S.', [Naval crown] 'NELSON'S PRAYER / MAY THE GREAT GOD WHOM / I WORSHIP GRANT TO MY COUNTRY / AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF EUROPE / IN GENERAL, A GREAT AND GLORIOUS / VICTORY AND MAY NO MISCONDUCT / IN ANY ONE TARNISH IT AND MAY / HUMANITY AFTER VICTORY BE THE PREDOMINANT FEATURE IN THE / BRITISH FLEET FOR MYSELF INDIVIDUALLY / I COMMIT MY LIFE TO HIM THAT MADE / ME AND MAY HIS BLESSING ALIGHT / ON MY ENDEAVOURS FOR SERVING / MY COUNTRY FAITHFULLY. TO HIM / I RESIGN MYSELF AND THE JUST CAUSE / WHICH IS ENTRUSTED TO ME / TO DEFEND / AMEN . AMEN . AMEN .'

Details

Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze, granite
Date Erected: 1951
Artists: F. Brook Hitch

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: Presented by Dr H. Aldous.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) pp. 142-3.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial at Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Robert Ryman d. 1844

Location

Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: John Burrell

People

Ryman, Robert
Age: 45(?)
Date of Death: 26/1/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Notes: Master, brig 'John Burrell of Stockton'.
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Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Memorial in Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire commemorating Herbert Johnstone d. 1856

Location

Hospital Burial Ground, Haslar, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Herbert Johnstone / Paymaster R.N. / who died in this Hospital / October 11th 1856 / In the 34th year of his age'

Details

People

Johnstone, Herbert
Age: 33
Date of Death: 11/10/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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