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St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England

Monument commemorating William Cannynges d. 1474 in St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol

Location

St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, England

Transcript

'Orate pro ani[m]abus Gulielmi Cannynge quondam hujus villae et Johannae uxoris ejus' [Pray for the souls of William Cannynges sometime of this town and his wife Joanna]

Details

Description: Recumbent effigies of Canynges and his wife Joanna, under a Gothic canopy, inscription on a scroll above. Merchants' marks are painted on the front of the tomb chest.


Type: Monument
Position: South transept
Materials: Stone

People

Canynges, William
Age: 75
Date of Death: 7/11/1474
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipowner; merchant
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: A merchant, shipowner, mayor, priest and generous benefactor of this church.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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Mount Young Cemetery, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA, Rest of the World

Memorial at Mount Young Cemetery, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA commemorating Private William Davis RMLI d. 1868

Location

Mount Young Cemetery, San Juan Island, Washington State, USA, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to / the Memory / of / William Davis. Pte 109 Co RMLI / who was accidentally drowned / May 7th 1868 / Aged 26 years / This Tablet / is erected to his memory by his surviving comrades.'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Davis, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 7/5/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: J.A. Lavin, 1988
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St Peter's Church, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, England

Plaque in Babraham, Cambridgeshire dedicated to Admiral Edward Stanley Adeane d. 1902

Location

St Peter's Church, Babraham, Cambridgeshire, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / EDWARD STANLEY ADEANE, / BORN DEC: 7TH, DIED OCT: 18TH 1902 / THIRD SON OF HENRY JOHN ADEANE / OF BABRAHAM. ALSO OF HIS WIFE / EDITH ISABELLA, BORN OCT: 15TH 1843 / DIED MAY 7TH 1909, YOUNGER DAUGHTER OF / HARRY BURRARD, 11TH EARL OF CARNWATH.'

Details

Description: Inscribed with crest of Griffon.


Type: Plaque
Materials: Brass

People

Adeane, Edward Stanley
Age: 63
Date of Death: 18/10/1902
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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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
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Castle Green, Hereford, Herefordshire, England

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Column at Hereford commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Castle Green, Hereford, Herefordshire, England

Transcript

'HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON K.B. / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE IN THE BRITISH NAVY / AND DUKE OF BRONTE IN SICILY / WAS BORN XXIV SEPTEMBER MDCCLVIII / AND TERMINATED A CAREER OF UNEXAMPLED GLORY / OFF CAPE TRAFALGAR XXI OCTOBER MDCCCV / IN A BATTLE / WHICH NEARLY ANNIHILATED THE MARINE OF / FRANCE AND SPAIN / AND CONFIRMED IN THE EYES OF EUROPE AND THE WORLD / THE MARINE SUPERIORITY OF GREAT BRITAIN / THIS GALLANT HERO / CAPTURED OR DESTROYED / FORTY SEVEN SHIPS / IN VARIOUS ENGAGEMENTS / WITH THE ENEMIES OF HIS COUNTRY / HIS FELLOW CITIZENS OF HEREFORD / IN GRATEFUL RECOLLECTION OF SUCH PRE EMINENT SERVICES /CONSECRATE THIS COLUMN / TO HIS HONOUR AND IMMORTAL MEMORY / MDCCC[VI]'

Details

Description: A Tuscan column on a stepped base with buttresses decorated with inverted torches. The capital is surmounted with a urn clasped by dolphins, anchors and rope swags below. The inscription is on the south side with a profile portrait flanked by trophies above.
Type: Column
Materials: Ashlar
Date Erected: 1806
Artists: Thomas Hardwick

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

Event Date

1805

Event Category

Napoleonic Wars

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: Built by Wood of Hereford.
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p.143.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales

Gravestone at St Cadfan’s Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd commemorating John Roberts d. 1874 and William  Roberts d. 1877

Location

St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales

Transcript

'William Roberts, Glan-y-Mor, Towyn, died 6 March 1883 aged 79 years. Also John, son of the above who drownded [sic] in his voyage from Calcutta to London, Jany 21st 1874 aged 24 years. Also William, son of above, who fell overboard the 'SEVEN BROTHERS' off the TUSKAR Lightship, April 21st, 1877 aged 31 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Seven Brothers

People

Roberts, John
Age: 24
Date of Death: 21/1/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Roberts, William
Age: 31
Date of Death: 21/4/1877
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain G F Andree, d. 1851

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / CAPT G. F. ANDREE, / of the Barque ‘CLARISSA’ / who departed this life / at Singapore / on the 18th May 1851 / Aged 54 years, 10 mths & 22 Dys'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South east wall SE31 C77
Artists: P. & S. Lindeman & Sons
Vessel: Clarissa

People

Andree, G. F.
Age: 54
Date of Death: 18/5/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 239.
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Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating William Eldridge and James Jackson d. 1867

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / WILLIAM ELDRIDGE / A.B. H.M.S.'Boscawen' / who was drowned January 20th 1867 / aged 23 years / This stone is erected by his ship / mates as a token of esteem for / the departed and for a memorial / to the living that in the midst of / life we are in death / Also of JAMES JACKSON RMLI / died March 15th 1867 aged 32 years'

Details

Position: 116
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Eldridge, William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 20/1/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jackson, James
Age: 32
Date of Death: 15/3/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry
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St Martin's Church, Wareham, Dorset, England

Memorial at St Martin’s Church, Wareham, Dorset, commemorating Commander John Calcraft RN d. 1868

Location

St Martin's Church, Wareham, Dorset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN HALES MONTAGU CALCRAFT / COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY / ELDEST SON OF JOHN HALES CALCRAFT / BORN MAY 1831 [?] DIED DECEMBER 1868 / HE WAS TWICE RETURNED TO PARLIAMENT AS / REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BOROUGH OF WAREHAM'

Details

People

Calcraft, John Hales Montagu
Age:
Date of Death: 12/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992
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St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith, Swansea, Wales

Tablet at St Cenydd’s Church, Llangennith, Swansea commemorating the Reverend John Llewellin d. 1912, chaplain RN

Location

St Cenydd's Church, Llangennith, Swansea, Wales

Transcript

'The Revd John Llewellin of Brazenose College in Oxford Clerk, Master of Arts, for many years a chaplain in her Majesty's Navy, afterwards Rector of Solterley in the County of Suffolk. He died in this his native town to which he was devoted, on the first day of May 1912 aged 67 "Loyal to Pembroke"'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: Churchyard

People

Llewellin, John
Age: 67
Date of Death: 1/5/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973
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