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Church of St Mary and All Saints, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

Wall monument dedicated to Commander John Reddall HEIC, d. 1782, located in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.

Location

Church of St Mary and All Saints, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED to the Memory of / JOHN REDDALL Esq. / late COMMANDER of the SHIP LORD CAMDEN / in the service of the Honourable United EAST-INDIA COMPANY / He died on the 17th day of October 1782 / Aged 45 years / His widow caused this Monument to be erected as a Feeble Testimony of Her / Gratitude towards a Tender, Indulgent Husband'

Details

Description: Plain white plaque surmounted by marble pyramid with grecian urn at base.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South wall of south aisle
Materials: Black and white marble
Vessel: HEIC Lord Camden

People

Reddall, John
Age: 45
Date of Death: 17/10/1782
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1981

JSON

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  "post_id": "1882",
  "id": "M1262",
  "location": "Church of St Mary and All Saints, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED to the Memory of / JOHN REDDALL Esq. / late COMMANDER of the SHIP LORD CAMDEN / in the service of the Honourable United EAST-INDIA COMPANY / He died on the 17th day of October 1782 / Aged 45 years / His widow caused this Monument to be erected as a Feeble Testimony of Her / Gratitude towards a Tender, Indulgent Husband'",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Plain white plaque surmounted by marble pyramid with grecian urn at base.",
    "type": "Wall monument",
    "position": "South wall of south aisle",
    "materials": "Black and white marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HEIC Lord Camden"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "A.J. Richardson 1981",
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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.

JSON

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  "post_id": "1883",
  "id": "M459",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain Thomas Leisk, d. 1848</p>",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 196.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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

JSON

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Tablet at St Mary’s Church, Blandford St Mary, Dorset, dedicated to Admiral James Brine d. 1814</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "recorder": "See Biblio",
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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.

JSON

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  "post_id": "1886",
  "id": "M629",
  "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'",
  "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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    "description": "",
    "type": "Chest-tomb",
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    "materials": "Sandstone",
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    "date": "1805",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 125.",
    "recorder": "",
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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

JSON

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  "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'",
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    "materials": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Shannon"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "notes": "John Fitzgibbon b. 29/7/1859 Middleton, Cork ADM 188/104/94413.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island to James Gallaway and Charles Stevens both RMLI d. 1872

Location

St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES GALLAWAY, Pte R.M.L.I. / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY FALLING FROM NORTH EAST PATH / DOWN BLACK ROCK ON THE NIGHT OF 17th NOVEMBER 1872 / IN THE 31st YEAR OF HIS AGE / ALSO / CHARLES STEVENS, Pte. / WHO DIED AT THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL ON 23rd NOV / AGED 26 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND / MEN OF THE DETACHMENT, AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND RESPECT'

Details

Description: Above the inscription tablet, incised badge of globe and laurel, surmounted by a bugle (Royal Marines Light Infantry).
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Gallaway, James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 17/11/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Stevens, Charles
Age: 26
Date of Death: 23/11/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997

JSON

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  "post_id": "1858",
  "id": "M17",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Ascension Island, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES GALLAWAY, Pte R.M.L.I. / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY KILLED BY FALLING FROM NORTH EAST PATH / DOWN BLACK ROCK ON THE NIGHT OF 17th NOVEMBER 1872 / IN THE 31st YEAR OF HIS AGE / ALSO / CHARLES STEVENS, Pte. / WHO DIED AT THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL ON 23rd NOV / AGED 26 YEARS / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND / MEN OF THE DETACHMENT, AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND RESPECT'",
  "content": "<p><a href=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AscensionIslandJamesCallaway†1872.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9367\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-9367\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/AscensionIslandJamesCallaway†1872-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\"></a>Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island  to James Gallaway and Charles Stevens both RMLI d. 1872</p>",
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  "details": {
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    "position": "",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Captain Owen Lewis d. 1818

Location

New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'....Captain Owen LEWIS, of the Brig 'Acorn', of Liverpool, who died on the 19th July, 1818 in the 43d year of his age'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Acorn

People

Lewis, Owen.
Age: 42
Date of Death: 19/7/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

JSON

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  "post_id": "1860",
  "id": "M2860",
  "location": "New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'....Captain Owen LEWIS, of the Brig 'Acorn', of Liverpool, who died on the 19th July, 1818 in the 43d year of his age'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Captain Owen Lewis d. 1818</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "position": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating George Thorp, Trinity Pilot, d. 1851

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'George Edward Thorp, Trinity Pilot, born 16 Sept 1851, died 27 Oct 1901, also Eliza his wife died 2nd Dec 1935 aged 80'

Details

People

Thorp, George Edward
Age: 50
Date of Death: 27/10/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

JSON

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  "post_id": "1862",
  "id": "M1147",
  "location": "Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'George Edward Thorp, Trinity Pilot, born 16 Sept 1851, died 27 Oct 1901, also Eliza his wife died 2nd Dec 1935 aged 80'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating George Thorp, Trinity Pilot, d. 1851</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating William Mead d. 1792

Location

St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM MEAD, / Master-Mariner / who departed this Life / the 23rd of August 1792 / aged 31 years / Also JOHN MEAD brother of / the above who died / December 11th / 1839 aged 77 years / Also THOMAS his son who / died in his infancy'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Mead, William
Age: 31
Date of Death: 23/8/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

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JSON

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  "post_id": "1864",
  "id": "M5636",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM MEAD, / Master-Mariner / who departed this Life / the 23rd of August 1792 / aged 31 years / Also JOHN MEAD brother of / the above who died / December 11th / 1839 aged 77 years / Also THOMAS his son who / died in his infancy'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating William Mead d. 1792</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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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.

JSON

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Cross in Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh commemorating Commander James Blair Grove RN d. 1885</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters