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St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Beccles, Suffolk commemorating Isaac Blowers, d. 1819

Location

St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Isaac Blowers, Gent. born 31 Dec 1727, Died 24 Nov. 1819. Above 60 years a member of this corporation served the office of Port Reeve four times'

Details

People

Blowers, Isaac
Age: 91
Date of Death: 24/11/1819
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Port Reeve
Organisation: Portreeve, Surveyors and Commonalty of the Fen of Beccles

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan 1967

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  "transcript": "'Isaac Blowers, Gent. born 31 Dec 1727, Died 24 Nov. 1819. Above 60 years a member of this corporation served the office of Port Reeve four times'",
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    "recorder": "William Donnan 1967",
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain Thomas Leisk, d. 1848

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory / of / CAPTAIN THOMS LEISK / of Lerwick / Late Commander of the / Ship 'FORT WILLIAM’ / who departed this life / on the 3rd September 1848 / Aged 39 years / This stone is erected / as a tribute of respect / to his memory / By the members of the / Lodge / ZETLAND IN THE EAST'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: North wall N 36 C46
Vessel: Fort William

People

Leisk, Thomas
Age: 39
Date of Death: 3/9/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 196.

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  "location": "Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory / of / CAPTAIN THOMS LEISK / of Lerwick / Late Commander of the / Ship 'FORT WILLIAM’ / who departed this life / on the 3rd September 1848 / Aged 39 years / This stone is erected / as a tribute of respect / to his memory / By the members of the / Lodge / ZETLAND IN THE EAST'",
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    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 196.",
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St Mary's Church, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England

Tablet at St Mary’s Church, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, dedicated to Admiral James Brine d. 1814

Location

St Mary's Church, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of James Brine Esq...who after 50 years of active service in all parts of the Globe died November 14 1814 aged 76 years'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South Aisle, West Wall
Materials: Marble
Artists: Marshall

People

Brine, James
Age: 76
Date of Death: 41/11/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 192 (Greenwich,1987); 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol. iii, p. 41 (London, 1970).
Recorder: See Biblio

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of James Brine Esq...who after 50 years of active service in all parts of the Globe died November 14 1814 aged 76 years'",
  "content": "<p>Tablet at St Mary’s Church, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, dedicated to Admiral James Brine d. 1814</p>",
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St Peter's Church, Onchan, Isle of Man

Tomb at St Peter’s Church, Onchan, Isle of Man commemorating Lieutenant Lewis Buckle Reeves RM d. 1861, Trafalgar veteran

Location

St Peter's Church, Onchan, Isle of Man

Transcript

'...LIEUT. LEWIS BUCKLE REEVES / Royal Marines / Son of the late Thomas Reeves M.D. / of Cork: Ireland / and Eleanor, nee Buckle his wife / Died 3rd May 1861 / Aged 75 years / He was the last surviving Officer / who fought on board the flagship / Victory at Trafalgar'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: HMS Victory

Event

Battle of Trafalgar,

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Reeves, Lewis Buckle
Age: 75
Date of Death: 3/5/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 125.

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  "content": "<p>Tomb at St Peter’s Church, Onchan, Isle of Man commemorating Lieutenant Lewis Buckle Reeves RM  d. 1861, Trafalgar veteran</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Captain William Burley Grant RN and the officers and men of HMS ‘Shannon’ who died in 1878

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'THIS STONE WAS ERECTED BY / CAPTAIN WILLIAM BURLEY GRANT R.N. AND OFFICERS OF / HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'SHANNON / 1878 / IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS & MEN OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'SHANNON' / WHO DIED WHILE ON SERVICE IN THE EAST / William Henry Garrard GOODLAKE / Lieutenant R.N. / who died at Hongkong June 27 A.D. 1878 / aged 30 years and was buried here / William Moore CHAMBERS / Chief Engineer R.N. / who died at sea July 20 A.D. 1878 aged 47 years / Edward BURBRIDGE Ordinary Seaman / who was drowned at Nagasaki July 4 A.D. 1878 / Aged 18 years / Owen CONNOLLEY / Private R.M.L.I. Plymouth Division 23rd Company / died at Aden 2nd. May A.D. 1878 aged 20 years / John FITZGIBBON / Ord. Seaman died at Hongkong Sept.4 1878 aged [29] years'

Details

Description: Cross on plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Shannon

People

Burbridge, Edward
Age: 18
Date of Death: 4/7/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Chambers, William Moore
Age: 47
Date of Death: 20/7/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Engineer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Connolley, Owen
Age: 20
Date of Death: 2/5/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Fitzgibbon, John
Age: 29
Date of Death: 4/9/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goodlake, William Henry Garrard
Age: 30
Date of Death: 27/6/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: John Fitzgibbon b. 29/7/1859 Middleton, Cork ADM 188/104/94413.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating John Jones d. 1934

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory of / John Jones / Master Mariner / Died Dec 17th 1934 / Also of Annie his wife / Died Dec 6th 1926 / Also of Cecilia their daughter / Died Sept 24th 1935 / Also of Thomas Roger MRCS LRCP/ Dearly loved husband of Nellie Rees / Cremated at Glyntaff Nov 24th 1948.'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone
Position: P954
Materials: Black marble
Artists: Mossford

People

Jones, John
Age:
Date of Death: 17/12/1934
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Merchant Navy

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

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  "id": "M6234",
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  "transcript": "'In / loving memory of / John Jones / Master Mariner / Died Dec 17th 1934 / Also of Annie his wife / Died Dec 6th 1926 / Also of Cecilia their daughter / Died Sept 24th 1935 / Also of Thomas Roger MRCS LRCP/ Dearly loved husband of Nellie Rees / Cremated at Glyntaff Nov 24th 1948.'",
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Cliff Road, Paignton, Devon, England

Memorial in Cliff Road, Paignton, Devon commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Arthur Harrison, VC RN, d. 1918

Location

Cliff Road, Paignton, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / LIEUT. COMMANDER / ARTHUR LEYLAND / HARRISON V.C. R.N. / BORN IN TORQUAY 3RD FEBRUARY 1886 / KILLED IN ACTION DURING / THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID / 23RD APRIL 1918 / PRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS OF / THE TORBAY BRANCH OF / THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION / ON THE OCCASION OF THE MILLENIUM / ST GEORGES DAY, 23RD APRIL 2000'

Details

Date Erected: 2000
Vessel: HMS Lion, HMS Vindictive

Event

Zeebrugge Raid

Event Date

23/4/1918

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Harrison, Arthur Leyland
Age: 32
Date of Death: 23/4/1918
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner

Bibliography: Clifford Bentley 'Our English Heroes' 'This England' (winter, 2000)

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY / OF / LIEUT. COMMANDER / ARTHUR LEYLAND / HARRISON V.C. R.N. / BORN IN TORQUAY 3RD FEBRUARY 1886 / KILLED IN ACTION DURING / THE ZEEBRUGGE RAID / 23RD APRIL 1918 / PRESENTED BY THE MEMBERS OF / THE TORBAY BRANCH OF / THE ROYAL NAVAL ASSOCIATION / ON THE OCCASION OF THE MILLENIUM / ST GEORGES DAY, 23RD APRIL 2000'",
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating John Clark, RN, d. 1879

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'John Clark / Steward / H.M.S. London / died 26.11.1879'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS London

People

Clark, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 16/11/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in St Endellion, Cornwall in memory of Nathaniel Brewer d. 1884

Location

St Endelienta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'On Loving / Memory of / NATHANIEL BREWER / (Master Mariner) / of Port Isaac in this Parish / who died at Sea June 24 1884 / Aged 39 Years / In the midst of Life we are in Death...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Brewer, Nathaniel
Age: 39
Date of Death: 24/6/1884
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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  "transcript": "'On Loving / Memory of / NATHANIEL BREWER / (Master Mariner) / of Port Isaac in this Parish / who died at Sea June 24 1884 / Aged 39 Years / In the midst of Life we are in Death...'",
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St George the Martyr Cemetery, Brunswick Square, London, England

Memorial at St George the Martyr Cemetery, Brunswick Square, London commemorating Vice-Admiral Peter Dennis d. 1778

Location

St George the Martyr Cemetery, Brunswick Square, London, England

Transcript

'Here Lieth the body of / SIR PETER DENNIS, Bart., / Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron, / who departed this life on ye 11th day / of June, 1778, aged 65. / Here lieth the body of / MRS MARTHA, Relict of the Rev. Jacob. Dennis, / Who departed this life on the 11th day of / July 1746, aged 77 years. / Also the body of ELIZTH., late wife of / Sir Peter Dennis, Bart., / who departed this life on the 30th day / of December, 1765 aged 44 years. / Here lieth the body of / MRS ANN DENNIS / Also a daughter of Mrs Martha Dennis, / Who died the 10th day of June; 1793 / Aged 81. / And also the body of / Charles Dennis / who departed this life on the first of June, 1772 / Aged 67 years'

Details

People

Dennis, Peter
Age: 65
Date of Death: 11/6/1778
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 209

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  "id": "M5949",
  "location": "St George the Martyr Cemetery, Brunswick Square, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Here Lieth the body of / SIR PETER DENNIS, Bart., / Vice-Admiral of the Red Squadron, / who departed this life on ye 11th day / of June, 1778, aged 65. / Here lieth the body of / MRS MARTHA, Relict of the Rev. Jacob. Dennis, / Who departed this life on the 11th day of / July 1746, aged 77 years. / Also the body of ELIZTH., late wife of / Sir Peter Dennis, Bart., / who departed this life on the 30th day / of December, 1765 aged 44 years. / Here lieth the body of / MRS ANN DENNIS / Also a daughter of Mrs Martha Dennis, / Who died the 10th day of June; 1793 / Aged 81. / And also the body of / Charles Dennis / who departed this life on the first of June, 1772 / Aged 67 years'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters