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
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Notes: A plaque replicating the tomb's deteriorating inscriptions set up by the 1805 Club on 21 July 2003. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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.
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:
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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
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
Plaque in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, dedicated to Captain William Henry Brand RN d. 1867
Location
St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England
Transcript
'On the centenary of Trafalgar, the four surviving sons of Captain W.H. Brand who is buried here, have placed this stone to record that as Midshipman of H.M.S. Revenge he was one of those who in the momentous Battle of 21 Oct 1805 so amply satisfied their country that they had done their duty. Through ten years of almost ceaseless warfare following Nelson's victory, Captain Brand bore a gallant part in many dangerous engagements and enterprises distinguishing himself by devotion to duty, daring & seamanship, worthy of England's Naval Traditions. In the period of his country's great struggle Captain Brand's Father, himself formerly in the Navy, gave four other sons to Her Service, one to the Military, 3 to Naval forces of the latter Lieutenant George Rowley Brand lost his life in action in 1806 under circumstances publicly recognised as of heroic gallantry going down on H.M.S. Unique, which he commanded with colours flying and himself covered with twenty seven severe wounds'
Details
Type: Plaque Position: Chapel on south side Vessel: HMS Unique, HMS Revenge
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Brand, William Henry Age: Date of Death: 1867 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Brand, George Rowley Age: Date of Death: 23/2/1806 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: George Rowley Brand was killed in action in command of HMS 'Unique' during her capture on 23 February 1806 by a French privateer in the West Indies. Bibliography: Robert Holden Mackenzie 'The Trafalgar Roll' (London, 1913). Recorder: William Donnan, 1969
Wall tablet in Wolverhampton, West Midlands commemorating Surgeon Richard Huskisson RN d. 1794
Location
Bushbury church, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF WILLIAM HUSKISSON Esq: of OXLEY, in the Parish / of BUSHBURY who died the 12 of February 1790 , Aged 47 Years / And of ELIZABETH his WIFE who DIED the 19th / of September 1774 Aged 31 YEARs / ALSO of RICHARD HUSKISSON their second Son who / served as a NAVAL and MILITARY SURGEON: first in the / THETIS frigate 1793 , afterwards in the reduction of Martinique, / and St Lucia: and finally of Guadeloupe, where he / expired in the 24th Year of his Age 1794 / BRAVE, SENSIBLE, HUMANE, THY MIND AND HEART, / COMPLETELY FASHION'D FOR THE HEALING ART, / LED THE YOUNG HUSKISSON WITH GUARDIAN CARE, / TO RESCUE VALOUR FROM PERDITION'S SNARE: / TEACHING THE MARINER IN NOXIOUS SEAS, / TO FOIL THE HOVERING HARPY OF DISEASE; / THE BOLDER PITY LABOURED TO SUSTAIN, / THE SOLDIER DROOPING WITH CONTAGIOUS PAIN; / WHERE DEATH, THAT NATURE TO HER RAGE MIGHT BEND, / ROBB'D HER OF THEE, HER SALUTARY FRIEND, / HUMANITY AND HONOUR JOIN'D IN GRIEF, / WHERE THEY DEJECTED LOST THY DEAR RELIEF, / PAYING TO VIRTUE THEIR ACKNOWLEDGED DEBT, / GAVE THEE A FOREIGN GRAVE WITH FOND REGRET, / A BROTHER WHO IN THEE COULD ONCE REJOICE, / (HIS BOSOM FRIEND BY NATURE AND BY CHOICE) / FEELS AND RECORDS ON THIS THY VACANT TOMB, / PRIDE IN THY WORTH AND ANGUISH IN THY DOOM'
Huskisson, Richard Age: 23 Date of Death: 1794 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Erected by Richard's brother William Huskisson, President of the board of Trade. Bibliography: C.R. Fay. 'Huskisson and His Age' (London, 1951). Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1980
Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Ringmore, Devon commemorating Hugh Cates d. 1898
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Ringmore, Devon, England
Transcript
'To the glory of God and in loving memory of Hugh William Francis Cates. Killed by a fall from the rigging of the Waitangi near Dunedin November 6th 1898 aged 18'
Details
Type: Brass Position: South wall beside door Materials: Brass Vessel: Waitangi
People
Cates, Hugh William Francis Age: 19 Date of Death: 6/11/1898 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
