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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating William George Stanley and John Robert Stanley d. 1848

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William George, son of John and Mary Stanley died on board the Corea at Africa 22nd June 1844 age 23. Brother John Robert died on board the Jemima on her passage home from Africa 24 June 1848 age 22'

Details

Vessel: Corea, Jemima

People

Stanley, William George
Age: 23
Date of Death: 22/6/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Stanley, John Robert
Age: 22
Date of Death: 24/6/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Notes: From a MS in the Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 483. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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St Mary's Church, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

Wall tablet at St Mary’s Church, Margam commemorating William Llewellyn d. 1840, surgeon RN

Location

St Mary's Church, Margam, Neath Port Talbot, Wales

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM LLEWELLYN ESQ. / OF GLANAFON IN THIS PARISH / ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S JUSTICES OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF GLAMORGAN / HE WAS BORN VII NOVEMBER MDCCLXXIII / AND DIED XXVI APRIL MDCCCXL / HIS REMAINS WITH THOSE OF HIS DAUGHTER / CAHERINE ANNE / WHO DIED IN INFANCY ARE DEPOSITED IN THE EASTERN PART / OF HIS CHURCHYARD / HE WAS EMINENT AS A SURGEON / IN THE ROYAL NAVY FOR TWENTY YEARS / DURING THE WAR / AND SUSTAINED A HIGH PROFESSIONAL REPUTATION / FOR THE REMAINDER OF HIS LIFE / IN AN EXTENSIVE PRACTICE / HIS DEPORTMENT WAS FRANK AND HONEST AND KIND / HIS JUDGMENT PRACTICAL AND SOUND / HE WAS MUCH RESPECTED AND BELOVED / WHEN LIVING / AND CORDIALLY LAMENTED WHEN HE DIED.'

Details

Description: Neoclassical wall tablet, two palm branches are carved in the pediment which has anthemion acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of Nave
Materials: marble
Artists: P. Rogers

People

Llewellyn, William
Age: 66
Date of Death: 26/4/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating John Barlow d. 1866

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Barlow, John
Age: 22
Date of Death: 8/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Notes: Drowned in Sea of Azov.
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St Maughold's Church, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man

Gravestone at Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man commemorating Charl. Friderich Wilhelm Behrndt, Charl. Grahl and Charl. Hennies d. 1860 of arsenic poisoning.

Location

St Maughold's Church, Kirk Maughold, Isle of Man

Transcript

[Front] 'SACRED / to the Memory of / CHARL FRIDERICH WILHELM BEHRNDT. / Wolgast, in Pommern. / who departed this life the 16th of / March 1860 aged 17 years. / Also, CHARL GRAHL. / of Altona. / who departed this life the 16th of / March 1860 aged 24 years. / AND CHARL HENNIES / of Lauenburg / who departed this life the 16th of / March 1860 aged 27 years'. [Back] 'Jesus spricht: Ich bin die /Auferstehung und das Leben / Wer an mich glaubt der wird / leben ob er gleich sturbe / Johannis 11.25/Jesus said. I am the resurrection / and the life: he that believeth in me / though he were dead, yet he shall live / John XI. 25'

Details

Description: Horizontal cylindrical moulding across the top. A relief of an angel, crossed palm branches and a snake biting its tail on the reverse.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Behrndt, Charl Friderich Wilhelm
Age: 17
Date of Death: 16/3/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Grahl, Charl
Age: 24
Date of Death: 16/3/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:
Hennies, Charl
Age: 27
Date of Death: 16/3/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Died of arsenic poisoning.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Edburg's Church, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England

Wall tablet at St Edburg’s Church, Bicester commemorating Thomas Roblyn surgeon RN d. 1855

Location

St Edburg's Church, Bicester, Oxfordshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Thomas Roblyn MD who died at his residence Cairo Lodge, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset February 10th 1855 aged 75'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: East end of nave
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Bulldog, HMS Ulysses

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War; 1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Roblyn, Thomas
Age: 75
Date of Death: 10/2/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
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Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent, England

Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent commemorating John Madgshon, Master Attendant, HMS Dockyard, Chatham, d. 1818

Location

Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / MARTHA / wife of JOHN MADGSHON Esqr / Master Attendant / of / His Majesty's Dockyard at Chatham who departed this Life 11th Decr 1803 / Aged 38 years / Also the above / JOHN MADGSHON Esqr / who died the 17th day of May 1818 / aged 84 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: Grey marble

People

Madgshon, John
Age: 84
Date of Death: 17/5/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master Attendant
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Chatham

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Parc Richelieu, Calais, France, Rest of the World

Memorial in Parc Richelieu, Calais, France commemorating Emma Lady Hamilton d. 1815

Location

Parc Richelieu, Calais, France, Rest of the World

Transcript

'EMMA LADY HAMILTON / BORN 26 APRIL 1765 / NESSE, ENGLAND / DIED 15 JANUARY 1815 / CALAIS, FRANCE / WIFE OF SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON / BELOVED FRIEND OF / ADMIRAL LORD NELSON.'

Details

Description: Obelisk on plinth with ball at the top.
Type: Obelisk
Date Erected: 1994

People

Hamilton, Emma
Age: 49
Date of Death: 1815
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) pp.150-1. Erection of memorial funded by Mrs Jean Kislak.
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All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Chelsea commemorating Peregrine Clifford Chamberlayne d. 1691

Location

All Saints Church, Chelsea, London, England

Transcript

'POSTERITATI SACRUM / HIC JUXTA SITUS EST PERIGRINUS CLIFFORD / CHAMBERLAYNE DUX MARINUS FILIUS NATU / MAXIMUS EDVARDI CHAMBERLAYNE / LEGUM DOCTORIS / NATUS FUIT HAGAE COMITIS 22 JAN 1660 / QUI TUM LINGUIS SCIETIIS LIBERALIBUS / STUDIO LEGUM MUNICIPALIUM ARTIBUS / PINGENDI, PSALLENDI, DIGLIADIENDI / MODULANDI / TERRAS ET REGIONIES DIMITIENDI / SED PRAE OMNIBUS OPERAM NAVIGANDI DEDISSET / QUATUOR MUDI PLAGAS LUTRASSET REGI / PATRAE FIDELITER AC STRENUE CONTRA GALLOS / ET INDOS MERUISSET, HEU PRAEMATURE IN / TERRAS OBLIVIONIS SEMIGAVIT / 6 NOVEM 1691 / HOC MONUMENTUS NON IMPUNE TEMERANDUM / PONI CURAVIT MOERENS PATER' [ Sacred to posterity, near this place lies interred Peregrine Clifford Chamberlayne, a naval officer, eldest son of Edward Chamberlayne, Doctor of Law, born in the Hague, Jan 22 1660, who was well skilled in the learned languages and liberal sciences; also in municipal law; but especially in navigation. He visited the four parts of the world; and after having deserved well both of his king and country, by fighting valiantly against the French and the Indians, he died the sixth of November 1691. This monument, not to be violated with impunity, his sorrowful father caused to be erected]

Details

Type: Slab
Position: Churchyard

People

Chamberlayne, Peregrine Clifford
Age: 31
Date of Death: 6/11/1691
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Lancaster Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Gravestone at Lancaster Priory commemorating John Adamson d. 1791, shipwright

Location

Lancaster Priory, Lancaster, Lancashire, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / JOHN ADAMSON Shipwright / Died Sept 27th 1791 Aged 26 Years / CALEB ADAMSON the Son of JOHN / and ELIZABTH ADAMSON / Attorney at Law who died the 22nd / day of January 1816 aged 25 Years / and of RICHARD WADESON / who died at Kingston, Jamaica / 4th February 1... aged 20 Years.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Adamson, John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 27/9/1791
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Laid flat
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Brett d. 1906

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'JOHN BRETT / chief stoker H.M.S. 'Albion' / died / 3 / Jan'y 1906 aged 35'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 367
Vessel: HMS Albion

People

Brett, John
Age: 35
Date of Death: 3/1/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

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