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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England

Chest-tomb at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet, Kent commemorating Commander William Wood RN, d.1849

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Minster in Thanet, Kent, England

Transcript

'HERE LIETH THE REMAINS OF / COMMANDER WILLIAM WOOD RN / WHO DIED AT BRAMPTON / 28 AUGUST 1849 [illegible].' 'HERE LIETH THE REMAINS OF / SARAH, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD AND SARAH / BROWNING OF THIS PARISH AND WIFE OF / LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WOOD ROYAL NAVY / SHE DIED SUDDENLY AT MARGATE 21 DECEMBER 1828 / AGED 19 YEARS / Watch and pray for ye know not when the time is / ALSO OF / ELIZABETH CHAPPELL DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / AND WIFE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD CHAPPELL R.N. / BORN OCT.5TH 1802 DIED JANUARY 11 1842'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Wood, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 28/8/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'HERE LIETH THE REMAINS OF / COMMANDER WILLIAM WOOD RN / WHO DIED AT BRAMPTON / 28 AUGUST 1849 [illegible].' 'HERE LIETH THE REMAINS OF / SARAH, DAUGHTER OF EDWARD AND SARAH / BROWNING OF THIS PARISH AND WIFE OF / LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WOOD ROYAL NAVY / SHE DIED SUDDENLY AT MARGATE 21 DECEMBER 1828 / AGED 19 YEARS / Watch and pray for ye know not when the time is / ALSO OF / ELIZABETH CHAPPELL DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / AND WIFE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD CHAPPELL R.N. / BORN OCT.5TH 1802 DIED JANUARY 11 1842'",
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Old Cemetery, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at Old Cemetery, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India commemorating John Dykes, RN, d. 1804

Location

Old Cemetery, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'John Dykes, seaman aged 24 years, who departed this life on the 20th September A.D. 1804 in consequence of wounds received on board His Britannic Majesty's ship the Centurion of 50 guns, which, in a gallant but unequal conflict calculated to increase the glory and maintain the well-established pre-eminance of the British navy, succeeded in beating off a French ship of 80 guns and two frigates in the roads on Vizagapatam'

Details

Vessel: HMS 'Centurion', 'Marengo'

Event

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Dykes, John
Age: 24
Date of Death: 20/9/1804
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Julian James Cotton 'List of inscriptions on tombs and monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' vol. ii, p. 285.

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  "transcript": "'John Dykes, seaman aged 24 years, who departed this life on the 20th September A.D. 1804 in consequence of wounds received on board His Britannic Majesty's ship the Centurion of 50 guns, which, in a gallant but unequal conflict calculated to increase the glory and maintain the well-established pre-eminance of the British navy, succeeded in beating off a French ship of 80 guns and two frigates in the roads on Vizagapatam'",
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Church of St Michael & All Angels, Awliscombe, Devon, England

Wall tablet in the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Awliscombe, Devon commemorating William Rowe Pring, RN d. 1805

Location

Church of St Michael & All Angels, Awliscombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN THIS AISLE / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / DANIEL PRING ESQUIRE / OF IVEDON / WHO DIED NOVEMBER THE 19TH / 1791 / AND BENEATH THEIR PEW / IS ENTOMBED HONOUR, HIS WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 23RD OF OCTOBER / 1826 / THEY WERE BOTH BORN IN THE YEAR / 1745 / THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THEM / BY THEIR SURVIVING CHILDREN / IN AFFECTIONATE RESPECT / TO THEIR MEMORY. / ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE / OF WILLIAM ROWE, R.N. SON OF THE ABOVE / DANIEL AND HONOUR PRING, WHO / DIED OF YELLOW FEVER AT ANTIGUA / 1805'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Aisle north wall
Materials: White marble
Artists: Peter Roux

People

Pring, William Rowe
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1805
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1996

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN THIS AISLE / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / DANIEL PRING ESQUIRE / OF IVEDON / WHO DIED NOVEMBER THE 19TH / 1791 / AND BENEATH THEIR PEW / IS ENTOMBED HONOUR, HIS WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 23RD OF OCTOBER / 1826 / THEY WERE BOTH BORN IN THE YEAR / 1745 / THIS TABLET IS DEDICATED TO THEM / BY THEIR SURVIVING CHILDREN / IN AFFECTIONATE RESPECT / TO THEIR MEMORY. / ALSO IN REMEMBRANCE / OF WILLIAM ROWE, R.N. SON OF THE ABOVE / DANIEL AND HONOUR PRING, WHO / DIED OF YELLOW FEVER AT ANTIGUA / 1805'",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER",
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1996",
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All Saints Church, Ascot Heath, Berkshire, England

Wall tablet in Ascot Heath, Berkshire commemorating John Ligertwood Gordon Paterson d. 1905

Location

All Saints Church, Ascot Heath, Berkshire, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / JOHN LIGERTWOOD GORDON PATERSON / MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / WHO DIED ON THE 20th JANUARY 1905 / WHILST SERVING ON BOARD / H.M.S. 'BACCHANTE' / THIS BRASS IS ERECTED / AS A MARK OF ESTEEM / BY THE REAR ADMIRAL, CRUISER SQUADRON / MEDITERRANEAN FLEET / THE CAPTAIN AND OFFICERS OF / H.M.S. 'BACCHANTE'

Details

Description: Inscription in arch-headed panel within rope edge and border of oak branches on a niello ground. Above are two foul anchors and a naval crown.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Lady Chapel
Materials: Copper alloy
Vessel: HMS Bacchante

People

Paterson, John Ligertwood Gordon
Age: 18
Date of Death: 20/1/1905
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Not mounted on wall.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

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

Tablet in St Mary’s Church, Thirsk commemorating Frederick Roger Frankland RN d. 1844 and Harry Albert Frankland d. 1847

Location

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

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / FREDERICK ROGER FRANKLAND / MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. WINCHESTER / WHO DIED OF FEVER AT SIERRE LEONE / 23RD JANUARY 1844, AGED 20 YEARS / THOMAS FRANKLAND/ LIEUTENANT 48TH MADRAS NATIVE INFANTRY / AND SECOND IN COMMAND 2ND PUNJAB REGIMENT / KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE SEPOY REBELS / LEADING AN ASSAULT AT THE RELIEF OF LUKNOW / 17TH NOVEMBER 1857, AGED 29 YEARS. / HARRY ALBERT FRANKLAND / MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. ALARM / WHO DIED OF FEVER OFF VERA CRUZ / 9TH MAY 1847, AGED 17 YEARS / THE BELOVED SONS OF / SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANKLAND / VIII BARONET / LATE CAPTAIN 20TH REGIMENT / AND DAME KATHERINE MARGARET / HIS WIFE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of aisle
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Alarm, HMS Winchester

People

Frankland, Frederick Roger
Age: 20
Date of Death: 23/1/1844
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Frankland, Harry Albert
Age: 17
Date of Death: 9/5/1847
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1970, Alex Chatwin, 1982

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Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Florence commemorating Commander James Stuart Brisbane RN d. 1833

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES STUART BRISBANE / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / DIED AT FLORENCE / 23 DEC 1833 / AGED 30'

Details

People

Brisbane, James Stuart
Age: 30
Date of Death: 23/12/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES STUART BRISBANE / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / DIED AT FLORENCE / 23 DEC 1833 / AGED 30'",
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St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford commemorating Master shipwright Fisher Harding

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Transcript

'...sometime Master-shipwright of Her Majesty Queen Anne's Yard at Harwich'

Details

Position: North aisle north wall

People

Harding, Fisher
Age:
Date of Death: 18c
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Damaged in Second World War.
Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27 p. 285 (Cambridge,1941)

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Thomas Dromgoole d. 1912

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'THOMAS JAMES DROMGOOLE / Stoker 1st class H.M.S. 'Tartar' / died / 1st Dec 1912 Aged 30'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 392
Vessel: HMS Tartar

People

Dromgoole, Thomas James
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1/12/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry, 1987

JSON

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  "transcript": "'THOMAS JAMES DROMGOOLE / Stoker 1st class H.M.S. 'Tartar' / died / 1st Dec 1912 Aged 30'",
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Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Gravestone at Arbroath Abbey commemorating Thomas Fearnie d. 1813 shipbuilder

Location

Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

[Front] 'Erected / In memory of Thomas Fearnie / late Ship Builder in Arbroath / who died 9th October 1813 / Aged 40 years / and is interred here / Alexander Fearnie caused / this stone to be placed here as / a mark of regard for a / Loving Brother' [Back] 'The carpenter stretcheth out his / Rule he marketh it out with a line / he fitteth it with planes, and he / marketh it out with the compass'

Details

Description: The reverse of the stone has the lines of a boat engraved above the inscription.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Kirkyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Fearnie, Thomas
Age: 40
Date of Death: 9/10/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Barbara Tomlinson ‘Commemorating the seafarer: monuments, memorials and memory’ (London, 2015) p. 126,
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "[Front] 'Erected / In memory of Thomas Fearnie / late Ship Builder in Arbroath / who died 9th October 1813 / Aged 40 years / and is interred here / Alexander Fearnie caused / this stone to be placed here as / a mark of regard for a / Loving Brother' [Back] 'The carpenter stretcheth out his / Rule he marketh it out with a line / he fitteth it with planes, and he / marketh it out with the compass'",
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St Nicholas's Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire commemorating Vice-Admiral William Bowden-Smith d. 1962

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BOWDEN-SMITH / VICE ADMIRAL C.B.E. / BORN 28TH MARCH 1874 / DIED 17TH MARCH 1962 / SON OF / WILLIAM BOWDEN-SMITH'

Details

Description: Incised inscription in black Roman capitals.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North aisle, east.wall
Materials: Stone

People

Bowden-Smith, William
Age: 88
Date of Death: 17/3/1962
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1984

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters