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:
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
Memorial at Brompton Cemetery, London commemorating Thomas Potter Cooke d. 1864, seaman and actor
Location
Brompton cemetery, London, England
Details
Description: Pillar on plinth with a draped urn above, the whole within iron railings. Type: Memorial
Event
Battle of Cape St Vincent
Event Date
1797
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Cooke, Thomas Potter Age: Date of Death: 1864 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman. Actor Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Naval seaman. At the Battle of Cape St Vincent 14/2/1797. Later an actor specialising in nautical roles. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 80; Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 54.
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Philip Butticax, HEIC, d. 1803
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Mr Philip Butticax; / late Chief Officer of the 'Hugh Inglis', / he departed this life / the 8th day of December 1803 aged 27 / He was a most deserving officer / and beloved by all who knew him. / This Monument was erected / by his friend and shipmate Capt. Franklin / by desire of his most esteemed friend and protec / tor, Mr Leith of Harrow in England.'
Details
Vessel: Hugh Inglis
People
Butticax, Philip Age: 27 Date of Death: 8/12/1803 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.86
Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Willian Frink d. 1872
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Transcript
'... WILLIAM SHEARS FRINK; / WHO DIED ON HIS PASSAGE FROM / QUEENSTOWN TO PLYMOUTH / ON THE 21 DAY OF JUNE 1872 / AGED 45 YEARS.' // 'And now Lord what is my Hope / Truly my Hope is even in Thee.'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard no 101 row 6 1st by church
People
Frink, William Shears Age: 45 Date of Death: 21/6/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating Erasmus Griffith d. 1842
Location
St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'Underneath / are interred the remains of MARY / the wife of ERASMUS GRIFFITH / Harbour Master of this Port / who departed this life / March 27th 1836 Aged 71 years / Also/the above named ERASMUS GRIFFITH / who departed this life / March 27th 1836 Aged 71 Years / Also/the above named / ERASMUS GRIFFITH / who departed this life / April 19th 1842 Aged 76 Also / of ERASMUS Son of the Above / ERASMUS and MARY GRIFFITH / who died April 2nd 1798 / Aged 17 Months / Also / ERASMUS son of / the above named Parents / who died April 25th 1802 / Aged 11 Months / Also of ANN / Daughter of the above / ERASMUS and MARY GRIFFITH / who died January 29th 1878 / in the 84 years of her age'