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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

Extra

JSON

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  "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.'",
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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

JSON

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  "post_id": "1889",
  "id": "M6234",
  "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.'",
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    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
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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)

JSON

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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

Extra

JSON

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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:

Extra

JSON

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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

JSON

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  "post_id": "1875",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St George the Martyr Cemetery, Brunswick Square, London commemorating Vice-Admiral Peter Dennis d. 1778</p>",
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Bridlington Priory, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet in Bridlington Priory commemorating William Pitts RN d. 1806, Frederick Pitts RN d. 1814 and Commander Edward Pitts RN d. 1848

Location

Bridlington Priory, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England

Transcript

SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF THOMAS JAMES HEBLETHWAYTE / OF WILLIAM AND OF FREDERICK PITTS / THREE BROTHERS, / WHO IN ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES // AND IN THE PERILOUS CAUSE OF GLORY WHICH THEY PURSUED / LIVED DISTINGUISHED AND DIED LAMENTED, / SERVING THEIR COUNTRY / WILLIAM AND FREDERICK MIDSHIPMEN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / ALREADY AT THE AGE OF 16, HAD GIVEN AN ERNEST OF FUTURE EXCELLENCE; / WHEN THEY SEVERALLY FELL THE VICTIMS OF MISCHANCE AND DISEASE. / WILLIAM WAS DROWNED IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, ON THE 2ND AUGUST 1806 / FREDERICK DIED AT SEA; ON THE 24TH JUNE 1814 / THOMAS/A CAPTAIN IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS / SERVED FOUR CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE FRENCH IN SPAIN, / UNTIL THE DELIVERANCE OF THAT COUNTRY BY HIS COMPATRIOTS / TRANSFERRED THE SCENE OF VICTORY TO THE SOIL OF FRANCE / AT BARROSA, AT BADAJOZ, AT SALAMANCA, / THE SIEGE OF SALAMANCA, MADRID, BURGOS, VITTORIA, CADIZ, ALMAREZ, BIDAZOA, / PAMPLONA, NIVELLE, NIVE AND BAYONNE: / IN THE PASSES OF THE PYRANEES / HE DISPLAYED ALL THOSE QUALITIES WHICH CONSTITUTE MILITARY VIRTUE / AND ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY 1814, IN CARRYING THE FORT OF HASTINGUES / FELL AT THE AGE OF 24 / NOT MANY DAYS BEFORE THE CITY OF BORDEAUX WAS TAKEN / BY THAT ILLUSTRIOUS ARMY / WHOSE LAURELS OVERSHADOW HIS GRAVE / IF THE FATHER WAS TOO PROUD, THE MOTHER TOO FOND / OF SONS LIKE THESE, / THEY HAVE BORNE THE LOSS OF THEM WITH SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD / WHOSE MERCY THEY HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE / THAT IN THIS SAD BUT SOOTHING OFFICE / OF INSCRIBING A MONUMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN / NOTHING WOULD BE RECORDED / THAT DID NOT REFLECT HONOR ON THE AUTHORS OF THEIR BEING / Sons of John Pitts Esq. Of Bridlington Quay, / in the East Riding of the County of York / many years Lieut- / Commandant of the Bridlington Volunteer Artillery and Light Infantry and of Frances his Wife, eighth Daughter of the / late James Heblethwayte Esq. of Bridlington in the same County' [added marble slab] 'Also of John S. Pitts Captain R.L. B.L. Fusiliers. / Died in India in 1833, Aged 33 / Edward Pitts, Commander R.N. and K.T.S. / Died at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; in 1848, Aged 53 / Francis Pitts Lt. Colonel, late 72nd Highlanders; Died / 1st Sept 1880, aged 78 years / Brothers of the above / And of Edward William Pitts, the only son of the above John S. Pitts / died at Glenely, Adelaide S. Australia 30th Decr. 1885, Aged 53 years'

Details

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

Event

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Pitts, William
Age: 16
Date of Death: 2/8/1806
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pitts, Frederick
Age: 16
Date of Death: 24/6/1814
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Pitts, Edward
Age: 53
Date of Death: 1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "location": "Bridlington Priory, Bridlington, East Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF THOMAS JAMES HEBLETHWAYTE / OF WILLIAM AND OF FREDERICK PITTS / THREE BROTHERS, / WHO IN ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES // AND IN THE PERILOUS CAUSE OF GLORY WHICH THEY PURSUED / LIVED DISTINGUISHED AND DIED LAMENTED, / SERVING THEIR COUNTRY / WILLIAM AND FREDERICK MIDSHIPMEN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / ALREADY AT THE AGE OF 16, HAD GIVEN AN ERNEST OF FUTURE EXCELLENCE; / WHEN THEY SEVERALLY FELL THE VICTIMS OF MISCHANCE AND DISEASE. / WILLIAM WAS DROWNED IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, ON THE 2ND AUGUST 1806 / FREDERICK DIED AT SEA; ON THE 24TH JUNE 1814 / THOMAS/A CAPTAIN IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS / SERVED FOUR CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE FRENCH IN SPAIN, / UNTIL THE DELIVERANCE OF THAT COUNTRY BY HIS COMPATRIOTS / TRANSFERRED THE SCENE OF VICTORY TO THE SOIL OF FRANCE / AT BARROSA, AT BADAJOZ, AT SALAMANCA, / THE SIEGE OF SALAMANCA, MADRID, BURGOS, VITTORIA, CADIZ, ALMAREZ, BIDAZOA, / PAMPLONA, NIVELLE, NIVE AND BAYONNE: / IN THE PASSES OF THE PYRANEES / HE DISPLAYED ALL THOSE QUALITIES WHICH CONSTITUTE MILITARY VIRTUE / AND ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY 1814, IN CARRYING THE FORT OF HASTINGUES / FELL AT THE AGE OF 24 / NOT MANY DAYS BEFORE THE CITY OF BORDEAUX WAS TAKEN / BY THAT ILLUSTRIOUS ARMY / WHOSE LAURELS OVERSHADOW HIS GRAVE / IF THE FATHER WAS TOO PROUD, THE MOTHER TOO FOND / OF SONS LIKE THESE, / THEY HAVE BORNE THE LOSS OF THEM WITH SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD / WHOSE MERCY THEY HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE / THAT IN THIS SAD BUT SOOTHING OFFICE / OF INSCRIBING A MONUMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN / NOTHING WOULD BE RECORDED / THAT DID NOT REFLECT HONOR ON THE AUTHORS OF THEIR BEING / Sons of John Pitts Esq. Of Bridlington Quay, / in the East Riding of the County of York / many years Lieut- / Commandant of the Bridlington Volunteer Artillery and Light Infantry and of Frances his Wife, eighth Daughter of the / late James Heblethwayte Esq. of Bridlington in the same County' [added marble slab] 'Also of John S. Pitts Captain R.L. B.L. Fusiliers. / Died in India in 1833, Aged 33 / Edward Pitts, Commander R.N. and K.T.S. / Died at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; in 1848, Aged 53 / Francis Pitts Lt. Colonel, late 72nd Highlanders; Died / 1st Sept 1880, aged 78 years / Brothers of the above / And of Edward William Pitts, the only son of the above John S. Pitts / died at Glenely, Adelaide S. Australia 30th Decr. 1885, Aged 53 years'",
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    "event":"1803-1815 Napoleonic War",
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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Michael Patey Yabsley d. 1859

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'MEMENTO MORI / IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE JAMES SON OF / JOHN AND ELIZABETH JAMES / OF OKEHAMPTON DEVON / BORN 1 MARCH 1837 / DIED 21 AUGUST 1857 / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / MICHAEL PATEY YABSLEY DIED AT / RIO DE JANEIRO FEBRUARY 29 / 1859 / AGED 26 YEARS'

Details

Description: Carved with a lamp and a snake.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard no 154
Vessel: Brig Josephine

People

Yabsley, Michael Patey
Age: 26
Date of Death: 25/2/1859
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Buried 25/2/1859 Cemiterio dos Ingleses Gamboa.
Recorder: Lyn Collins

JSON

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  "location": "Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'MEMENTO MORI / IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE JAMES SON OF / JOHN AND ELIZABETH JAMES / OF OKEHAMPTON DEVON / BORN 1 MARCH 1837 / DIED 21 AUGUST 1857 / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / MICHAEL PATEY YABSLEY DIED AT / RIO DE JANEIRO FEBRUARY 29 / 1859 / AGED 26 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Michael Patey Yabsley d. 1859</p>",
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    "notes": "Buried 25/2/1859 Cemiterio dos Ingleses Gamboa.",
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St Thomas' Cathedral, Mumbai (Bombay), India, Rest of the World

Memorial in St Thomas’ Cathedral, Mumbai, India commemorating Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland, RN, d. 1839

Location

St Thomas' Cathedral, Mumbai (Bombay), India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Rear Admiral Sir F.L. Maitland, K.C.B., Naval Commander-in-Chief in the East Indies, who died the 30th November 1839, aged 62 years.'

Details

Position: Centre Aisle
Vessel: HMS Wellesley

People

Maitland, Frederick Lewis
Age: 62
Date of Death: 30/11/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Rear Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland was appointed commander-in-chief of the East Indies and China Station in July 1837.

He died on board his ship HMS 'Wellesley' off Bombay and was buried at Bombay.

JSON

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  "location": "St Thomas' Cathedral, Mumbai (Bombay), India, Rest of the World",
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Holy Trinity Church, Lydham, Shropshire, England

Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Lydham, Shropshire commemorating Commander Henry Oakeley RN d. 1877

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Lydham, Shropshire, England

Transcript

'Commander Henry Oakeley RN (of Oakeley) who died March 12th 1877 aged 60 years. Also of Emily Letitia Oakeley wife of the above who died Jan 16th 1871. Also of Lieut. Arthur Henry Oakeley, 83rd Regt their son who died at DEESA in India Oct 16th 1876 aged 23'

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Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall nave

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Oakeley, Henry
Age: 60
Date of Death: 12/3/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters