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St Peter's Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire, England

Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire commemorating Sub Lieutenant Owen Powell RN d. 1919

Location

St Peter's Church, Tewin, Hertfordshire, England

Transcript

'So he passed over and all the trumpets / sounded for him on the other side. / to the dear and beautiful memory of / Sub. Lieut. OWEN PHILIP POWELL R.N. / Beloved and only child of / OWEN MARKHAM and HARRIET POWELL / Killed on Active Service / In the Gulf of Finland / 3rd September 1919, aged 21'

Details

Description: Egg and tongue border.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Stone

People

Powell, Owen Philip
Age: 21
Date of Death: 3/9/1919
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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  "transcript": "'So he passed over and all the trumpets / sounded for him on the other side. / to the dear and beautiful memory of / Sub. Lieut. OWEN PHILIP POWELL R.N. / Beloved and only child of / OWEN MARKHAM and HARRIET POWELL / Killed on Active Service / In the Gulf of Finland / 3rd September 1919, aged 21'",
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Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Headstone in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool commemorating Commander Samuel Strover RN d. 1868

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / SAMUEL STROVER / COMMANDER RN / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 18TH 1868 / IN HIS 77TH YEAR / ALSO OF ELIZABETH / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 15TH 1877 / IN HER 81ST YEAR / ALSO OF / MARY ANNE STROVER / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVR 13TH 1868 / IN HER 79TH YEAR / CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS / AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL.'

Details

Description: Foul anchor above inscription.
Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite

People

Strover, Samuel
Age: 76
Date of Death: 18/05/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / SAMUEL STROVER / COMMANDER RN / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE MAY 18TH 1868 / IN HIS 77TH YEAR / ALSO OF ELIZABETH / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE DECEMBER 15TH 1877 / IN HER 81ST YEAR / ALSO OF / MARY ANNE STROVER / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOVR 13TH 1868 / IN HER 79TH YEAR / CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS / AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL.'",
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St Martin's Church, West Drayton, London, England

Memorial in St Martin’s Church, West Drayton commemorating Rupert Billingsley d. 1720

Location

St Martin's Church, West Drayton, London, England

Details

Description: With a relief of a warship - 'Royal George'.
Type: Monument
Vessel: HMS Royal George

People

Billingsley, Rupert
Age:
Date of Death: 1720
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'The Buildings of England: Middlesex' (Harmondsworth, 1951) p. 171.

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St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Headstone in St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent, commemorating Captain Frederick Mortimer Barwick RIN, d. 1954

Location

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Transcript

'To / the glory of God / and the memory of / ETHEL GORDON / beloved wife of / Capt. F M BARWICK R.I.N. / died 16th Sep 1944 / Also of the above / FREDERICK MORTIMER BARWICK / O.B.E. K.T. of St John. J.P. / Capt. R.I.N. Retd. / died 24th July 1954 / in his 97th year (EKB). / Rise with me dawn at the birth of spring / lay sorrowing thoughts on the swallow's wing'

Details

Description: Headstone and kerbstone.
Type: Headstone
Position: N1256

People

Barwick, Frederick Mortimer
Age: 97
Date of Death: 24/7/1954
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RIN
Organisation: Royal Indian Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 89, no. N1256 (Folkestone and District Family History Society, 1985).

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  "transcript": "'To / the glory of God / and the memory of / ETHEL GORDON / beloved wife of / Capt. F M BARWICK R.I.N. / died 16th Sep 1944 / Also of the above / FREDERICK MORTIMER BARWICK / O.B.E. K.T. of St John. J.P. / Capt. R.I.N. Retd. / died 24th July 1954 / in his 97th year (EKB). / Rise with me dawn at the birth of spring / lay sorrowing thoughts on the swallow's wing'",
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St Mary's Church, Stottesdon, Shropshire, England

Window in Stottesdon church, Stropshire dedicated to Stephen Karslake Bathe RN, d. 1896

Location

St Mary's Church, Stottesdon, Shropshire, England

Transcript

'To the glory of God and in memory of Stephen Karslake Bathe midshipman of the Royal Navy died at Hobart Feb 13th 1896. aged 18 years'

Details

Type: Window

People

Bathe, Stephen Karslake
Age: 18
Date of Death: 13/2/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Elizabeth Wiggans

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  "transcript": "'To the glory of God and in memory of Stephen Karslake Bathe midshipman of the Royal Navy died at Hobart Feb 13th 1896. aged 18 years'",
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Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Family vault in Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey of Admiral Thomas Gosselin d. 1857

Location

Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'To the memory of Admiral Thomas Le M: Gosselin born in Guernsey 1765 died at his residence, Bengeo Hall, Hertfordshire 1857 aged 92 years. At his death he was the Senior Admiral of the Royal Navy'

Details

Type: Family vault

People

Goselin, Thomas Le Marchant
Age: 92
Date of Death: 1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982

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  "id": "M3751",
  "location": "Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of Admiral Thomas Le M: Gosselin born in Guernsey 1765 died at his residence, Bengeo Hall, Hertfordshire 1857 aged 92 years. At his death he was the Senior Admiral of the Royal Navy'",
  "content": "<p>Family vault in Brothers Burial Ground, Rue des Freres, Guernsey of Admiral Thomas Gosselin d. 1857</p>",
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Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Gravestone in Seaton Carew, Hartlepool commemorating Vivian Emlyn d. 1944

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Seaton Carew, Hartlepool, England

Transcript

'in / Loving Memory / of / WALTER EMLYN / BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZABETH ANN EDWARDS / DIED JULY 4TH 1918 / AGED 32 YEARS / ALSO THEIR SECOND SON / VIVIAN LLEWELLYN (BILLA) / 1ST OFFICER, MN / KILLED AT SEA, AUG 16TH 1944 / AGED 34 YEARS'

Details

Description: Art Nouveau style, the inscription flanked by ivy branches, a celtic cross-head above.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble

People

Emlyn, Vivian Llewellyn
Age: 34
Date of Death: 16/8/1944
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: First Officer
Organisation:

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  "transcript": "'in / Loving Memory / of / WALTER EMLYN / BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZABETH ANN EDWARDS / DIED JULY 4TH 1918 / AGED 32 YEARS / ALSO THEIR SECOND SON / VIVIAN LLEWELLYN (BILLA) / 1ST OFFICER, MN / KILLED AT SEA, AUG 16TH 1944 / AGED 34 YEARS'",
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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Church, Toxeth, Liverpool, commemorating David Donkin d. 1798

Location

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'David Donkin of South Shields, Durham, Mariner died 29th July 1798 age 58'

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People

Donkin, David
Age: 58
Date of Death: 29/7/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

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Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 341.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Memorial in Portland, Dorset, dedicated to William Beckingham d. 1906

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM HENRY BECKINGHAM / P.O.2. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died November 6th 1906 / Aged 29 years / Until the dawn breaks / Erected by his shipmates'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 350
Vessel: HMS Good Hope

People

Beckingham, William Henry
Age: 29
Date of Death: 6/11/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 2nd class RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J. H. Perry 1987

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  "transcript": "'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM HENRY BECKINGHAM / P.O.2. / of H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / died November 6th 1906 / Aged 29 years / Until the dawn breaks / Erected by his shipmates'",
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Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England

Gravestone in Cartmel, Cumbria of Robert Barrow d. 1795 and Richard Barrow d. 1796

Location

Cartmel Priory, Cartmel, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'William Barrow of Abbott Hall, gent, died 7 May 1784 in his 66th year, Ann his wife died 8 May 1789, in her 57th year and their children William died 1764 aged 7, Thomas, Mariner died 1771 aged 18, Alice, died 14 February 1788 aged 18, William Spencer Barrow died 2 June 1793 on the coast of Guinea aged 23. Robert, Mariner died in Norway in 1795 aged 34, Richard, Mariner died at Lorraine in France in 1796 aged 28, Thomas died 12 May 1835 aged 60'

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Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Barrow, Thomas
Age: 18
Date of Death: 1771
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Barrow, William Spencer
Age: 23
Date of Death: 2/6/1793
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Barrow, Robert
Age: 34
Date of Death: 1795
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Barrow, Richard
Age: 60
Date of Death: 1796
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: DB Nottage

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters