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Scotch church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at the Scotch church, Rodney Street, Liverpool commemorating Alexander Sangster d. 1827

Location

Scotch church, Rodney Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Alexr. Sangster, Shipmaster, Saltcoats, died 17th January 1827 age 35'

Details

People

Sangster, Alexander
Age: 35
Date of Death: 17/1/1827
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. 5, p. 139. The church is now a ruin.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Spanish Town, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Statue in Spanish Town, Jamaica commemorating Admiral George Brydges Rodney d. 1792

Location

Spanish Town, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'GEORG. BRYDG. RODNEY . BARON RODNEY / NAVAL PRAEL. VICTORI. / PRID. ID. APRILIS / A.D. MDCCLXXXII / JAMAICAE SALUTEM / BRITANN. PACEM REST. / DDD S.P.G. JAMAICENSIS.'

Details

Description: In a domed pavilion, a statue of Rodney dressed as a Roman general holding a baton in his extended right hand, his left hand rests on a sword hilt above a polygonal shield resting on a rock covered with seaweed and shells. On the back a relief of the 'Ville de Paris' surrendering based on a painting by Dominic Serres. Symbolic reliefs of Britannia on east and west sides. One in a sea shell chariot on the other side protecting Jamaica.
Type: Statue
Date Erected: 1792
Artists: John Bacon, the elder

People

Rodney, George Brydges
Age: 74
Date of Death: 24/5/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Commissioned by Jamaican Assembly after the battle of the Saints. Clay model in V & A with Rodney in contemporary uniform. Serres painting exhibited at RA in 1784. No. 89 'La Ville de Paris striking to the British Fleet Apr. 12 1782.' John Bacon Junior 'Reminiscences of the late John Bacon Esquire RA and other persons of his time; as far as an old treacherous memory may be relied on' (MSS).
Bibliography: Lesley Lewis 'English Commemorative Monuments in Jamaica', 'The Jamaican Historical Review' vol. ix, (1972); K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p. 39, p.68; Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964)); 'Times' (Dec 15 1929). Joan Coutu 'Eighteenth-Century British Monuments and the Politics of Empire' (PHD thesis, University of London, 1993) pp. 208-211.
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Robert Bailey d. 1951

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In ever loving memory of / Robert Bailey / Master Mariner / Deeply loved and devoted husband of Harriett / Who died 27th April 1951 - aged 77 / until we meet./ Also Harriett / beloved wife of / Robert Bailey / Died 16th March 1961-Aged 88.'

Details

Type: Coped stone

People

Bailey, Robert
Age: 77
Date of Death: 27/4/1951
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

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Recorder: David J. Wickham
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Robert Hannay d. 1838

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Capt. Robert Hannay of Port William Wigtonshire died 7 December 1838 age 24'

Details

People

Hannay, Robert
Age: 24
Date of Death: 7/12/1838
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. 7, p. 261.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating James Sunners d. 1913

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'JAMES SUNNERS / Leading Signalman H.M.S. KING GEORGE V / died / 27th March 1913 aged 25'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Roman Catholic (old) 504
Vessel: HMS King George V

People

Sunners, James
Age: 25
Date of Death: 27/3/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Signalman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Tomb in Castel, Guernsey, of Admiral James Saumarez, d. 1836

Location

Castel, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Here rests the mortal remains of / the Right Honourable JAMES Lord De SAUMAREZ / Baron of the United Kingdom and Baronet / Admiral of the Red General of Marines / Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath and of / the Royal Order of the Sword of Sweden DCL. / Looking unto Jesus for a blessed resurrection / He departed this life with the joyful hope / of immortal glory on the 9 of October 1836 / in the 80th year of his age / England's history records his public character / the voice of this island his private virtues / Also the mortal remains of / the Right Honourable MARTHA Baroness DE SAUMAREZ / relict of the above who departed this life on / the 17th of April 1849 in the 81st year of her age / Four of their children are also interred here / MARY DOBREE died 25 September 1812 / CARTERET died 19 June 1814 / THOMAS LE MARCHANT died 4th of July 1834 / MARTHA HARRIET died 2nd of January 1848 / Here also are deposited the remains of / CAROLINE ESTHER wife of Colonel / the Honourable JOHN ST VINCENT SAUMAREZ'

Details

Type: Tomb

Event

Second Battle of Algeciras

Event Date

1801

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Saumarez, James
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/10/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: A plaque replicating the tomb's deteriorating inscriptions set up by the 1805 Club on 21 July 2003.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating James Webb d. 1813

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'In front of this stone / are deposited the remains of / Mr James Webb / upwards of twenty years / one of the porters of the / Royal Hospital / who died 7th June 1813 aged 81 / and Susannah his wife who / died 14th March 1863 aged 65 / Also of Mrs Mary Stuart / sister of the above / Died 6th February 1814 aged 80 years'

Details

Position: East side

People

Webb, James
Age: 81
Date of Death: 7/6/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Porter
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 9618.
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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth, Liverpool to Edward Grayson d. 1804  killed in a duel

Location

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Ed. Grayson of Liverpool Shipwright, whose zeal in the defence of insulted innocence caused him to fall a sacrifice to the laws of false honour whereby the injured are unhappily compelled to expose themselves to destruction at the call of the agressor: died 4th March 1804 age 46'

Details

People

Grayson, Edward
Age: 46
Date of Death: 4/3/1804
Cause of Death: Killed in a duel
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuildert
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p.16. Killed in a duel with Lt. William Sparling 10th Dragoons.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William McAlister d. 1906

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'William McAlister / Ldg Stoker H.M.S.'Sapphire' / died 5th December 1906 aged 30'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Nonconformist 427
Vessel: HMS Sapphire

People

McAlister, William
Age: 30
Date of Death: 5/12/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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St Giles's Church, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England

Wall tablet at  Chalfont St Giles ocommemorating Admiral Sir Hugh Palliser RN. d. 1796.

Location

St Giles's Church, Chalfont St Giles, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

' Near this Place / are deposited / the Remains of Sir HUGH PALLISER Bart. / Of the Vache in this Parish: / Who formerly represented the Boroughs of Scarborough and / Huntingdon in Parliament: was Comptroller of the Navy / One of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty / Lieutenant General of Marines; Commander in Chief / Of His Majesty's ships at Newfoundland; Governor of that Island / And died the 19th of March 1796, / Admiral of the White Squadron; / An Elder Brother of the Trinity House; / Governor of Scarborough Castle and of the Royal/Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich: / aged 74 years. / The Inhabitants desire here to commemorate SIR HUGH PALLISER'S Bequest of a School House & L30 a Year, for / Ever, towards educating and Cloathing 20 poor Boys & 20 poor Girls of this Parish'

Details

Description: Butterfly encircled with a snake with a tail in its mouth between two dolphins.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of chancel
Materials: White marble, grey clouded marble.

Event

Battle of Ushant

Event Date

1778

Event Category

17793 - 1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Palliser, Hugh
Age: 74
Date of Death: 19/3/1796
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White. Comptroller of the Navy. Governor of Greenwich Hospital
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Lived at the Vache nearby.
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