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Quay, Harwich, Essex, England

Obelisk on the Quay, Harwich, commemorating all members of the Merchant Navy who lost their lives at sea

Location

Quay, Harwich, Essex, England

Transcript

'THEIR NAMES ARE NOT INSCRIBED ABOVE / A BED OF COMMON CLAY, / BUT IN THE SCROLLS OF ROLLING WAVES AND / WREATHS OF FLYING SPRAY, / THEIR EPITAPHS ARE WRITTEN IN / THE LANGUAGE OF THE SEA. / ON ALL THE OCEANS WHITE CAPS FLOW, / YOU DO NOT SEE CROSSES ROW ON ROW, / BUT THOSE WHO SLEEP BENEATH THE SEA, / REST IN PEACE FOR YOUR COUNTRY IS FREE. / DEDICATED TO THE MERCHANT NAVY BY THE / MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION / 3RD SEPTEMBER 2006'

Details

Description: M.N. logo on four sides in gold leaf.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Granite

Extra

Notes: The memorial was unveiled on 3 September 2006 (Merchant Navy Day), by the Lord Lieutenant of Essex in memory of all members of the Merchant Navy who lost their lives at sea. A scroll of remembrance is buried in the foundations of the memorial.

JSON

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  "id": "M5649",
  "location": "Quay, Harwich, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'THEIR NAMES ARE NOT INSCRIBED ABOVE / A BED OF COMMON CLAY, / BUT IN THE SCROLLS OF ROLLING WAVES AND / WREATHS OF FLYING SPRAY, / THEIR EPITAPHS ARE WRITTEN IN / THE LANGUAGE OF THE SEA. / ON ALL THE OCEANS WHITE CAPS FLOW, / YOU DO NOT SEE CROSSES ROW ON ROW, / BUT THOSE WHO SLEEP BENEATH THE SEA, / REST IN PEACE FOR YOUR COUNTRY IS FREE. / DEDICATED TO THE MERCHANT NAVY BY THE / MERCHANT NAVY ASSOCIATION / 3RD SEPTEMBER 2006'",
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St John's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk commemorating Samuel Amos, d. 1875

Location

St John's Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘In / Affectionate Remembrance of / SAMUEL JAMES AMOS / Master Mariner / who died 26 April 1875 / Aged 32 years / '

Details

Description: Limestone headstone with relief carving of cross resting on the left and foul anchor with chain resting on the right, above choppy sea. Rays of sun above?
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Amos, Samuel James
Age: 32
Date of Death: 26/4/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan, 1967
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘In / Affectionate Remembrance of / SAMUEL JAMES AMOS / Master Mariner / who died 26 April 1875 / Aged 32 years / '",
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    "recorder": "William Donnan, 1967",
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St Anne's Church, Greater Manchester, England

Wall tablet in St Anne’s Church, Greater Manchester commemorating Robert George Herbert Hopwood RN d. 1905

Location

St Anne's Church, Greater Manchester, England

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / ROBERT GEORGE HERBERT HOPWOOD R.N. / ASSISTANT PAYMASTER H.M.S. 'IMPLACABLE' / ONLY SON OF THE RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / WHO ENTERED INTO REST AT MALTA OCTOBER 20th 1905 / AGED 21 YEARS /'So he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be' / ERECTED BY THE CHOIR, CONGREGATION AND SCHOLARS' Brass plaque: 'THE ABOVE MEMORIAL WAS ORIGINALLY / ERECTED IN ST. JAMES' CHURCH, GEORGE / STREET, MANCHESTER, BUT UPON THE / DEMOLITION OF THAT CHURCH IN 1931 / THE MEMORIAL WAS RE-ERECTED / IN THIS PLACE.'

Details

Description: Pediment above inscription tablet, carved with a foul anchor, crown above, within a rope twist border. This design resembles that of the naval officers' button.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Implacable

People

Hopwood, Robert George Herbert
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/10/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1994

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In Loving Memory of / ROBERT GEORGE HERBERT HOPWOOD R.N. / ASSISTANT PAYMASTER H.M.S. 'IMPLACABLE' / ONLY SON OF THE RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / WHO ENTERED INTO REST AT MALTA OCTOBER 20th 1905 / AGED 21 YEARS /'So he bringeth them unto the haven where they would be' / ERECTED BY THE CHOIR, CONGREGATION AND SCHOLARS' Brass plaque: 'THE ABOVE MEMORIAL WAS ORIGINALLY / ERECTED IN ST. JAMES' CHURCH, GEORGE / STREET, MANCHESTER, BUT UPON THE / DEMOLITION OF THAT CHURCH IN 1931 / THE MEMORIAL WAS RE-ERECTED / IN THIS PLACE.'",
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St Cuthberts cemetery, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland

Memorial in St Cuthberts cemetery, Edinburgh commemorating Rear-Admiral James Haldane Tait d. 1845

Location

St Cuthberts cemetery, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'REAR ADMIRAL / JAMES HALDANE TAIT / WHO DIED AUGUST 7th 1845 / AGED 74 YEARS / "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ / and thou shalt be saved." Acts XVI. 31. / HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF / MARION LOUISA / WIFE OF BENJAMIN BURT, M.D. / BENGAL MEDICAL SERVICE / AND ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE LATE / REAR ADMIRAL TAIT, / DIED 18TH OCT 1862 / MARION YULE OR TAIT / RELICT OF REAR ADMIRAL / JAMES H. TAIT / WHO DIED 22ND OCTOBER 1878 / AGED 96 YEARS / "When the chief Shephard shall appear / ye shall receive a crown of glory that / fadeth not away" / I Pet v.4'

Details

Type: Wall monument
Position: 50 yards south west of west end of church
Materials: Grey sandstone

People

Tait, James Haldane
Age: 74
Date of Death: 7/8/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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  "id": "M2841",
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  "transcript": "'REAR ADMIRAL / JAMES HALDANE TAIT / WHO DIED AUGUST 7th 1845 / AGED 74 YEARS / \"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ / and thou shalt be saved.\" Acts XVI. 31. / HERE LIE THE REMAINS OF / MARION LOUISA / WIFE OF BENJAMIN BURT, M.D. / BENGAL MEDICAL SERVICE / AND ONLY DAUGHTER OF THE LATE / REAR ADMIRAL TAIT, / DIED 18TH OCT 1862 / MARION YULE OR TAIT / RELICT OF REAR ADMIRAL / JAMES H. TAIT / WHO DIED 22ND OCTOBER 1878 / AGED 96 YEARS / \"When the chief Shephard shall appear / ye shall receive a crown of glory that / fadeth not away\" / I Pet v.4'",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER",
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    "recorder": "John Steele 1988",
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Père Lachaise, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Memorial at Père Lachaise, Paris commemorating Admiral Alexander Cochrane d. 1831

Location

Père Lachaise, Paris, France, Rest of the World

Details

People

Cochrane, Alexander Forrester Inglis
Age: 73
Date of Death: 20/1/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Burial Place. Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane 1758-1832.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

JSON

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  "post_id": "1938",
  "id": "M3343",
  "location": "Père Lachaise, Paris, France, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Père Lachaise, Paris commemorating Admiral Alexander Cochrane d. 1831</p>",
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    "notes": "Burial Place. Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane 1758-1832.",
    "bibliography": "'Dictionary of National Biography'.",
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Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating John Watson, RN, d. 1885

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘In Memory of / JOHN K. WATSON / Chief Engineer R.N. / H.M.S. Sapphire. / Died 15 Dec 1885 Aged 62 Years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Sapphire

People

Watson, John K.
Age: 62
Date of Death: 15/12/1885
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 326 (Greenwich, 1982).

JSON

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  "post_id": "1918",
  "id": "M3251",
  "location": "Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "‘In Memory of / JOHN K. WATSON / Chief Engineer R.N. / H.M.S. Sapphire. / Died 15 Dec 1885 Aged 62 Years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating John Watson, RN, d. 1885</p>",
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St Mary's Church, South Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, South Dalton commemorating Admiral William Hotham d. 1813

Location

St Mary's Church, South Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'Near this place / Lie interred the remains of / The Right Honourable William Lord Hotham / of South Dalton, in the County of York, / Admiral of the Red, and a Baronet, / who after a long life, / Honourably and Conspicuously spent / in the naval service of his country / Was raised by his Sovereign / to the Dignity of an Irish Peerage / Most graciously extended to the Heirs Male / of the Body of his Father, / William, Lord Hotham, was the Third son, of Sir Beaumont Hotham of Scarborough, Bart. / and succeeded to the Baronetcy on the Demise / of his Nephew, Sir Charles Hotham, on July 18th 1811, / He was Born April 8th 1736 / and departed this life, at South Dalton / on May 1st 1813 in the 78th year of his age / in testimony of the many and signal benefits / Which he conferred upon his Family / This tablet is erected to his Memory / by his next surviving and Affectionate Brother / Beaumont, Lord Hotham'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: White marble
Artists: Fishers York [signed]

People

Hotham, William
Age: 77
Date of Death: 1/5/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Poppy Corita Myerscough 1996

JSON

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  "post_id": "1939",
  "id": "M4017",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, South Dalton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Near this place / Lie interred the remains of / The Right Honourable William Lord Hotham / of South Dalton, in the County of York, / Admiral of the Red, and a Baronet, / who after a long life, / Honourably and Conspicuously spent / in the naval service of his country / Was raised by his Sovereign / to the Dignity of an Irish Peerage / Most graciously extended to the Heirs Male / of the Body of his Father, / William, Lord Hotham, was the Third son, of Sir Beaumont Hotham of Scarborough, Bart. / and succeeded to the Baronetcy on the Demise / of his Nephew, Sir Charles Hotham, on July 18th 1811, / He was Born April 8th 1736 / and departed this life, at South Dalton / on May 1st 1813 in the 78th year of his age / in testimony of the many and signal benefits / Which he conferred upon his Family / This tablet is erected to his Memory / by his next surviving and Affectionate Brother / Beaumont, Lord Hotham'",
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St Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Paul’s Cathedral, Kolkata, India commemorating E. J. Alexander Shaw, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1889

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In sacred memory of E.J. ALEXANDER SHAW, / Bengal Pilot Service, and late cadet H.M.S. / 'Worcester' who was drowned off No.1 / Refuge-house, Sunderbunds, 3rd May 1889, / aged 25 years. This tablet is erected as a mark of deep respect by his brother officers.'

Details

Description: Wall tablet supported by three small granite columns, one symbolically broken carrying a cornice above which is a small marble panel carved with a capstan and anchor; to the right a gunboat and to the left a ship and a lighthouse.

Type: Wall tablet
Vessel: HMS Worcester

People

Shaw, E.J. Alexander
Age: 25
Date of Death: 3/5/1889
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: C.R. Wilson 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Bengal possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Calcutta, 1896).

JSON

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  "id": "M5877",
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  "transcript": "'In sacred memory of E.J. ALEXANDER SHAW, / Bengal Pilot Service, and late cadet H.M.S. / 'Worcester' who was drowned off No.1 / Refuge-house, Sunderbunds, 3rd May 1889, / aged 25 years. This tablet is erected as a mark of deep respect by his brother officers.'",
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Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England

Memorial in the Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset commemorating Captain Thomas Phillip Durell RN d. 1836

Location

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN THE FAMILY VAULT UNDERNEATH LIE THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS PHILLIP DURELL R.N. / WHO DIED AT SIDMOUTH. IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON / NOVEMBER 23RD 1836 / AGED 81 YEARS. / AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER HE WAS EQUALLED BY FEW SURPASSED BY NONE / AND HIS LOSS WILL BE LONG AND DEEPLY DEPLORED BY HIS AFFLICTED FAMILY. / LIKEWISE THE REMAINS OF ELIZA HIS WIFE WHO DIED APRIL 27TH 1815 / AGED 31 YEARS'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side nave
Materials: Marble

People

Durell, Thomas Phillip
Age: 81
Date of Death: 23/11/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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  "post_id": "1920",
  "id": "M4335",
  "location": "Church of St Mary Magdalene, Taunton, Somerset, England",
  "transcript": "'IN THE FAMILY VAULT UNDERNEATH LIE THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS PHILLIP DURELL R.N. / WHO DIED AT SIDMOUTH. IN THE COUNTY OF DEVON / NOVEMBER 23RD 1836 / AGED 81 YEARS. / AS A HUSBAND AND FATHER HE WAS EQUALLED BY FEW SURPASSED BY NONE / AND HIS LOSS WILL BE LONG AND DEEPLY DEPLORED BY HIS AFFLICTED FAMILY. / LIKEWISE THE REMAINS OF ELIZA HIS WIFE WHO DIED APRIL 27TH 1815 / AGED 31 YEARS'",
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    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "South side nave",
    "materials": "Marble",
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "David Saunders",
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St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London commemorating Captain William Rutherford, RN d. 1818

Location

St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM GORDON RUTHERFORD C.B. / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. SWIFTSURE AT THE / BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. / DIED 14 JANY 1818. / ALSO LILIAS RUTHERFORD HIS WIFE 5 NOV. 1831 / BOTH BURIED HERE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS 'Swiftsure'

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Rutherfurd, William Gordon
Age: c. 54 years
Date of Death: 14/1/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS); David Saunders

JSON

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  "post_id": "1895",
  "id": "M4759",
  "location": "St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM GORDON RUTHERFORD C.B. / CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. SWIFTSURE AT THE / BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR. / DIED 14 JANY 1818. / ALSO LILIAS RUTHERFORD HIS WIFE 5 NOV. 1831 / BOTH BURIED HERE'",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS 'Swiftsure'"  },
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    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Rutherfurd, William Gordon","age":"c. 54 years","dateofdeath":"14/1/1818","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS); David Saunders",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters