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
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Notes: John Fitzgibbon b. 29/7/1859 Middleton, Cork ADM 188/104/94413. Recorder: Christine Thomas
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.'
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)
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...'
Cross in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh commemorating Commander James Blair Grove RN d. 1885
Location
Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES BLAIR GROVE ESQ. / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / WHO WAS BORN AT EDINBURGH 15TH MARCH 1834 / & DIED AT PLYMOUTH 10TH JULY 1885'
Details
Type: Cross Materials: Granite
People
Grove, James Blair Age: 51 Date of Death: 10/7/1885 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Kirkdale, Liverpool commemorating George Frederick Unsworth d. 1850 and Captain John Unsworth d. 1854
Location
St Mary's Church, Kirkdale, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'George Frederick Unsworth son of John and Sarah, lost his life on board the ship LARNE on a voyage from this port to Quebec on the 28 August 1850 age 20. Also Captain John Unsworth, father of the above, died 17 March 1854 age 52'
Details
Vessel: Larne
People
Unsworth, George Frederick Age: 20 Date of Death: 28/8/1850 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Unsworth, John Age: 52 Date of Death: 17/3/1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 9, p. 301. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno, Italy commemorating Alexander Mackay RN d. 1817
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Here lies interred / in hopes of a happy resurrection / Alexander Mackay Seaman / a native of Aberdeen in North Britain / aged 28 years / who departed this life the 6th day / of March 1817. / He served the Almighty with humility / his King and Country with Courage / he did that unto his neighbours / which he wished them to do to him / and died happy. / This stone is erected / by Alexander Stephenson / master of the Flora of Aberdeen. / In token of regard / for the faithful services of the deceased'
Details
Vessel: Flora
People
Mackey, Alexander Age: 28 Date of Death: 6/3/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.3.
Memorial at Rochester Cathedral, Kent commemorating Captain Christopher Fogge, RN, d. 1708
Location
Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England
Transcript
'Here lieth the Body of / Christopher Fogge, of Temestone / in this County Esq; who after commanding / several of Her Majesty's Ships of War, / died in Her Service the 24th Day of November / 1708 in the 58th Year of his Age, being then / Captain of the Rupert'
Details
Vessel: HMS ‘Rupert'
People
Fogge, Christopher Age: 57 Date of Death: 24/11/1708 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: John Le Neve 'Monumenta Anglicana', vol. v, p. 155 (London, 1718).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters