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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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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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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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Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland

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

Extra

Notes: Cross on stepped plinth.
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St Mary's Church, Kirkdale, Liverpool, England

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
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St Andrew's Church, Hove, Sussex, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Hove, Sussex commemorating Captain Thomas Carpenter RN d. 1878

Location

St Andrew's Church, Hove, Sussex, England

Transcript

' In loving memory of Thomas Carpenter Capt RN. Died Dec 23 1878 Aged 70 years'

Details

People

Carpenter, Thomas
Age: 70
Date of Death: 23/12/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

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.
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Cathedral, Rochester, Kent, England

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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