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
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
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
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
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
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'
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:
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.
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
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
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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters