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Church of St John the Evangelist, Croxton, Staffordshire, England

Memorial at St John the Evangelist, Croxton commemorating the Reverend John Morgan d. 1858, formerly a chaplain in the Royal Navy

Location

Church of St John the Evangelist, Croxton, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'To the memory of Rev John Morgan LL.B. for 16 years Chaplain in the Royal Navy and for 27 years Rector of this parish died Aug 16 1858 Aged 72 years'

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People

Morgan, John
Age: 72
Date of Death: 16/8/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: C. Flintham
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Congregational Chapel, Great George's Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at the Congregational Chapel, Liverpool commemorating Captain David Whitlow d. 1855

Location

Congregational Chapel, Great George's Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain David Whitlow died 16th May 1855 age 35. Peaceful mariner, freed from storms / Rests secure in Jesus' arms'

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People

Whitlow, David
Age: 35
Date of Death: 16/5/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. v, p. 361.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Wall tablet in Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Admiral Sir Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper d. 1945

Location

Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ADMIRAL SIR / REGINALD GODFREY OTWAY TUPPER O.B.E.; C.V.O. / COMMANDER OF THE LEGION OF HONOUR, ETC 2ND SON OF / CAPTAIN CHARLES WILLIAM TUPPER, 7TH ROYAL FUSILIERS. / DURING THE GREAT WAR WAS ADMIRAL OF PATROL / AREA WEST COAST OF SCOTLAND AND HEBRIDES, VICE / ADMIRAL COMMANDING 10TH CRUISER SQUADRON OF 28 / CRUISERS BLOCKADING ATLANTIC BETWEEN ICELAND AND / ORKNEYS, ADMIRAL OF NORTHERN PATROL AND MINEFIELDS / BETWEEN NORWAY AND ORKNEYS. AFTER THE WAR WAS / ADMIRAL OF WESTERN APPROACHES 1919-21 THEN RETIRED / HE BECAME J.P. FOR HANTS AND WAS OCCUPIED ON SEVERAL COMMITTEES / OF A CHARITABLE NATURE FOR BENEFIT OF / SEAFARERS OF ALL KINDS. / BORN OCTOBER 16TH 1859. DIED MARCH 5TH 1945'

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Type: Wall tablet
Position: East wall of south transept
Materials: Alabaster

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Tupper, Reginald Godfrey Otway
Age: 84
Date of Death: 5/3/1945
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: A Vice-Admiral's flag formerly hung above this tablet but was transferred to the Brock Chapel in about 1980.
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

Tablet in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, dedicated to Robert Salmon d. 1641

Location

St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Memoriae et Honori Sacrum / Magno Reipublicae instrumento et ornamento / ROBERT SALMON armigero, Rei Nauticae An. 1614 pene extinctae Restauratori domus / Trinitas 1617. Magistro & gloriae, Vice-Comiti London / 1640, electo; viro religione in Deum, probitate in omnes / aeternum imitando. Obiit Ano Christi 1641. Aetatis 74, et hic cum / majoribus 300, instar annorum, Jesum suum expectat. / To the memory of the Right Worthy and Worshipful / ROBERT SALMON Esquire / That great Instrument of God's glory, and the / commonwealth's good, the Restorer of Navigation / almost lost in 1614. Master of the Trinity House 1617 / and the glory of it 24 yeares, chosen sheriff / of London 1640. Whose solid Judgement, acute / wit, Uprightness to all, true Piety to God require / Admiration and Imitation, He dyed to the Losse / of all, but his own great Comfort June 18 1641 / in his 74th Year, and was Interred with / his Auncestors of about 300 years continuance / in the Grave of his Father in this Chancell / where he expecteth a joyful Resurrection / Do (Marble Stone) preserve his Name / And be the Treasurer of his Fame, / But if thou fail, his Name will be / A lasting monument to thee' [Gravestone] 'Here lies ROBRT SALMON Esqr / to whose deserved the Monument on the North / Wall is erected. He was born in this Towne / 1566 and is buried June 18 1641'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: Side chapel on north side
Materials: Marble

People

Salmon, Robert
Age: 74
Date of Death: 18/6/1641
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master of Trinity House
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Bibliography: John Le Neve 'Monumenta Anglicana', vol.i, p.195, (London, 1718).
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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Tower Hamlets cemetery park, London, England

Memorial at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park commemorating William James Matthews d. 1860  and Frank Charles Matthews  d. 1876

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Tower Hamlets cemetery park, London, England

Transcript

'William James Matthews eldest son of William Matthews accidentally drowned in the St Katherine's Docks on 22 June 1860 aged 16 years, also Frank Charles Matthews accidentally drowned in the St Katherine's Docks on 22 June 1876 aged 18 years'

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People

Matthews, William James
Age: 16
Date of Death: 22/6/1860
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Docker
Organisation:
Matthews, Frank Charles
Age: 18
Date of Death: 22/6/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Docker
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Rosemary Taylor 'Every stone tells a story'.
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Lichfield Street Gardens, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England

Bust in Lichfield Street Gardens, Wolverhampton commemorating Douglas Morris Harris d. 1917

Location

Lichfield Street Gardens, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England

Transcript

'DOUGLAS MORRIS / HARRIS A.B. R.N.V.R / THE HEROIC WIRELESS / OPERATOR WHO CONTINUED / TO RECORD MESSAGES / IN THE LOG ON THE SHELL / TORN DRIFTER FLOANDI UNTIL / KILLED BY ENEMY GUNFIRE / ADRIATIC SEA MAY 15. 1917'

Details

Description: Bust of Harris, with a relief plaque on the plinth showing him slumped over his desk.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Bronze
Artists: R. A. J. Emerson
Vessel: Floandi

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Harris, Douglas Morris
Age:
Date of Death: 15/5/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Wireless operator
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Bibliography: John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 146.
Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1980
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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands commemorating Captain John Gardiner McBride McKillop RN d. 1829

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain John Gardiner McBride McKillop R.N. who died at Dinan, France on 6th Dec. 1829. Also of Hannah Hutchings widow of the above who died on this island on 2nd Nov. 1839'

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Type: Gravestone
Position: F5

People

McKillop, John Gardiner McBride
Age:
Date of Death: 6/12/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Record at Jersey archives.
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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth, Liverpool to Captain Thomas Cook d. 1806

Location

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

Transcript

'Captain Thomas Cook, lost off Long Hope 25th December 1806 age 45'

Details

People

Cook, Thomas
Age: 45
Date of Death: 25/12/1806
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich listing the naval officers whose memorials were destroyed in the Second World War

Location

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

Details

Position: Mausoleum

People

Dornford, Josiah
Age:
Date of Death: 2/3/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Parry, William Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 8/7/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Penrose, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 11/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stopford, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 25/6/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: On a tablet listing the monuments destroyed in the 1939-45 war.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
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St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Deptford, London commemorating Peter Butt d. 1800

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Details

Description: 'Ornate in so far as the contemporary taste for chaste flutings and paterae permitted'.
Type: Tablet
Position: South aisle east wall

People

Butt, Peter
Age:
Date of Death: 1800
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Clerk of the Survey
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Deptford

Extra

Notes: His daughter Hariot (same monument) married Adm Sir George Parker (1767-1847).
Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, p. 288 (Cambridge, 1941)
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