Memorial in St John’s Cathedral, Belize City, Belize commemorating Lieutenant William Wilson RN and F.G. Bedford both of HMS ‘Blossom’ d. 1830 in a yellow fever epidemic
Location
St John's Cathedral, Belize City, Belize, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / LIEUTT WILLIAM WILSON, R.N. / MR F.G. BEDFORD, MIDSHIPMAN, / The Sergeant of Marines and nine Seamen, late of / H.M.S. BLOSSOM, who died of Yellow Fever in the / month of August 1830, and were interred at Goffs Kay. / This tablet is erected by Captn Owen and the / Officers of the Ship, / as a tribute of affection and esteem. Be ye therefore ready also, for the Son of Man cometh at / an hour when ye think not. Luke XII. 40.'
Details
Position: Nave Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Blossom
People
Bedford, F. G. Age: Date of Death: 8/1830 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Wilson, William Age: Date of Death: 8/1830 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Norman Hammond 'Outpost of Empire: Church Monuments in Belize', 'Church Monuments: Journal of the Church Monuments Society' vol. xiv, pp.129-139, (London, 1999). Recorder: Rev. F.D.C. Powell 1969
Wall monument in Bletchingley, Surrey commemorating Captain Sir William Bensley RN d. 1809
Location
St Mary's Church, Bletchingley, Surrey, England
Transcript
'In memory of SIR WILLIAM BENSLEY Bart / who in the early part of his life / was an active and meritorious Officer in His Majesty's Navy / and was afterwards employed / to various situations of trust and importance in Bengal / in the service of the Hon. East India Company / The eminent ability and inflexible integrity / which he had invariably displayed on every occasion / procured him in the year 1781 a seat in the East India Direction / The duties of which situation he continued to discharge / with unabated zeal and fidelity til the age of 73 / when on the 17th day of December, 1809 / he died. In the hope of a more blessed and exalted existence...'
Details
Description: Carved with a relief of an East Indiaman, a draped urn on a pedestal, with an elephant and ship behind, a weeping female (trade?) in the foreground holding a pair of scales. Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble Date Erected: 1809 Artists: John Bacon, the younger
People
Bensley, William Age: 73 Date of Death: 17/12/1809 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946) p.140. Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson 10/2/1982
Memorial in Greenwich, London commemorating Lieutenant James Berry RN d. 1930
Location
Royal Hospital Greenwich Cemetery (Pleasaunce), London, England
Transcript
'‘IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / MARIA ANN / WIFE OF LIEUT. J.T. BERRY R.N. / WHO FELL ASLEEP / 12TH FEB. 1920 / AGED 80 YEARS / SHE HUNDERED FOR USEFULNESS, SHE HATH DONE / WHAT SHE COULD, HER END WAS PEACE, AND / HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN MOURN THEIR LOSS / ALSO OF THE ABOVE / JAMES THOMAS BERRY, LIEUT. R.N. / CURATOR OF THE R.N. MUSEUM FOR 17 YEARS / WHO CROSSED THE BAR 12TH SEPTEMBER 1930 / AGED 87 YEARS / “SAFE IN PORT”’
Details
Description: Headstone, lead letters. Type: Headstone Materials: Stone
People
Berry, James Age: 87 Date of Death: 1930 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN; Curator Organisation: Royal Naval Museum, Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Curator of Royal Naval Museum. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 244. Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020 Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020
Wall tablet in Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich, London commemorating Lieutenant Frederick Bedford RN d. 1862
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Lieut. Frederick Bedford RN / born 20th February 1779 / died 13 May 1862. / At the early age of twenty three, / being incapacitated for further service afloat / in consequence of severe wounds received in actions / with the enemy, he was appointed to Greenwich hospital / on the 23rd June 1802 / where he passed the remaining sixty years of his life / universally respected and beloved for high sense of honour / unswerving integrity and true Christian benevolence. Also Mary, widow of the above / Lieut Bedford died at Greenwich May 25th 1876 and buried in the new Hospital Cemetery' [Standing stone in enclosure] 'This corner the burial place of / Frederick Bedford of the Royal Hospital/Charles Arthur his son died 25 Sept 1813 / aged 7 months'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum
People
Bedford, Frederick Age: 83 Date of Death: 13/5/1862 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Ernest Partridge d. 1908
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In loving memory of Ernest William PARTRIDGE, late SS 'Loong Sang', of Streatham, London, England, who died 15th. September 1908 in his 34th year'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: SS Loong Sang
People
Partridge, Ernest William Age: 33 Date of Death: 15/9/1908 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Steel screw steamer 'Loong Sang' built W. Gray & Co Ltd, W. Hartlepool 1896, owners Indo-China Steam Nav. Co., 1738 tons. Recorder: Christine Thomas 1988
Memorial in Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating William Barnett d. 1836
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of William BARNETT, Chief Officer of the British Barque 'Royal Sovereign' who died June 4th 1836, aged 40 years. This stone was erected by the officers and crew in token of their respect and esteem for the memory of the deceased'
Details
Vessel: Royal Sovereign
People
Barnett, William Age: 40 Date of Death: 4/6/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Nicholas’ Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire commemorating Ivon Fellowes d. 1915
Location
St Nicholas' Church, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
' IN THANKFULNESS TO GOD / and ever loving remembrance of / IVON GORDON FELLOWES / Midshipman Royal Navy / youngest son of Rear Admiral / Sir Thomas H B Fellowes KCB / Killed in action on board / HMS Irresistible in the Straits / of the Dardanelles on March 18th 1915 / Aged 17. / Greater love hath no man than this that / a man lay down his life for his friends.'
Details
Description: Rectangular copper plate with an armorial badge at above the inscription an an anchor below.This monument is close to a door. On the other side of the door lintel is a very similar tablet to his brother, a young Guards officer also killed in WW1. Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave Materials: Copper Vessel: HMS Irresistible
Event
Gallipoli
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Fellowes, Ivon Gordon Age: 17 Date of Death: 18/3/1915 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in All Saints Church, Hereford, commemorating to Edward Watkins Bennett d. 1885
Location
All Saints Church, Hereford, Herefordshire, England
Transcript
'Edward Watkins Bennett, midshipman of His Majesty's Ship RAINBOW, eldest son of Captain Thomas Bennett and Sarah his wife who departed this life at Port Royal Jamaica upon the 31st day of July 1885 at the age of 19, a victim to the malignant fever of that country. His remains are deposited in the Naval Burying-ground on The Palisades near Port Royal'
Details
Type: Memorial Position: Side chapel, north side Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Rainbow
People
Bennett, Edward Watkins Age: 69 Date of Death: 31/7/1855 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire commemorating Richard Templer d. 1736
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'Near this place lyes / Interred the Body of / Mrs SARAH TEMPLER Esqr / who Died July the 21st 1736 / Aged 57 years / And also the Body of / RICHARD TEMPLER Esqr: / Who Died August the 25th: 1744 / Aged 64 years / also the Body of Capn Richard TEMPLER, Son of the above said RICHARD and / SARAH TEMPLER many years Commander / of the RUBY in the Jamaica Trade / who Died June the 28th 1779 Aged 64 years'
Details
Description: Arms above inscription tablet. Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall Materials: White on grey marble Vessel: Ruby
People
Templer, Richard Age: Date of Death: 28/6/1779 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1981
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters