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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'

Details

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

Extra

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

JSON

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  "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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    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
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    "bibliography": "",
    "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

JSON

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  "post_id": "1639",
  "id": "M2946",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Tablet in St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, dedicated to Robert Salmon d. 1641</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "John Le Neve 'Monumenta Anglicana', vol.i, p.195, (London, 1718).",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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

Location

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'

Details

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'.

JSON

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  "id": "M1021",
  "location": "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park commemorating William James Matthews d. 1860  and Frank Charles Matthews  d. 1876</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Rosemary Taylor 'Every stone tells a story'.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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

JSON

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  "post_id": "1641",
  "id": "M4873",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Bust in Lichfield Street Gardens, Wolverhampton commemorating Douglas Morris Harris d. 1917</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Bust of Harris, with a relief plaque on the plinth showing him slumped over his desk.",
    "type": "Memorial",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Bronze",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "R. A. J. Emerson",
    "vessel": "Floandi"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Harris, Douglas Morris","age":"","dateofdeath":"15/5/1917","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Wireless operator","organisation":"Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "John Winton 'The Victoria Cross at Sea' (London, 1978) p. 146.",
    "recorder": "Alex Chatwin 1980",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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'

Details

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

Extra

Notes: Record at Jersey archives.

JSON

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  "post_id": "1642",
  "id": "M6016",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands commemorating Captain John Gardiner McBride McKillop RN d. 1829</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "position": "F5",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Record at Jersey archives.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating men of HMS ‘Bonaventure’ who died 1898-1901

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Erected in memory of our / shipmates who died during/the Commission 1898-1901 / by the Officers and men of / H.M.S. BONAVENTURE / William BULL / Ships Corporal 1st. Class / died at sea near Colombo / 17th. April 1898 / William BARRETT S.B.S. / died at Colombo 1st. April 1898 / James RETALLICK O.S. / died at Hong Kong 5th. June 1898 / Charles EDWORTHY / P.O. 1st. Class. Drowned / off Formosa 28th. June 1898 / Hugh HERALD Stoker / Drowned at Manila 11th. December 1898 / Richard HALLETT Loc. Stoker / died at Hong Kong 6th. September 1899 / Thomas GODWIN A.B. / died at Hong Kong 3rd. April 1900 / John William EAGLAND / died at Hong Kong 26th. May 1900 / aged 38 years / William WYLES S.B.S. / died at Hong Kong 30th. June 1901'

Details

Description: Cross on an inscribed plinth.
Type: Cross
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Bonaventure

People

Barrett, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1/4/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sick berth steward
Organisation: Royal Navy
Betallick, James
Age:
Date of Death: 5/6/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bull, William
Age:
Date of Death: 17/4/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship's Corporal 1st. Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Eagland, John William
Age: 38
Date of Death: 26/5/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Edworthy, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 28/6/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Godwin, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 3/4/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hallett, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 6/9/1899
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Herald, Hugh
Age:
Date of Death: 11/12/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wyles, William
Age:
Date of Death: 30/1/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sick berth steward
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "id": "M81",
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  "transcript": "'Erected in memory of our / shipmates who died during/the Commission 1898-1901 / by the Officers and men of / H.M.S. BONAVENTURE / William BULL / Ships Corporal 1st. Class / died at sea near Colombo / 17th. April 1898 / William BARRETT S.B.S. / died at Colombo 1st. April 1898 / James RETALLICK O.S. / died at Hong Kong 5th. June 1898 / Charles EDWORTHY / P.O. 1st. Class. Drowned / off Formosa 28th. June 1898 / Hugh HERALD Stoker / Drowned at Manila 11th. December 1898 / Richard HALLETT Loc. Stoker / died at Hong Kong 6th. September 1899 / Thomas GODWIN A.B. / died at Hong Kong 3rd. April 1900 / John William EAGLAND / died at Hong Kong 26th. May 1900 / aged 38 years / William WYLES S.B.S. / died at Hong Kong 30th. June 1901'",
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com",
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}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George Dani d. 1856, veteran of the Battle of the Nile

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Details

Type: Gravestone

Event

Battle of Cape St Vincent; Battle of the Nile; Battle of Copenhagen

Event Category

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

People

Dani, George
Age: 80
Date of Death: 28/11/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master mariner, at Battles of the Nile, St Vincent and Copenhagen.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 61-3.

JSON

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  "post_id": "1599",
  "id": "M822",
  "location": "St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating George Dani d. 1856, veteran of the Battle of the Nile</p>",
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    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Master mariner, at Battles of the Nile, St Vincent and Copenhagen.",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 61-3.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, Broughton, Lincolnshire, England

Obelisk at St Mary’s Church, Broughton, Lincolnshire commemorating Jonathan Cockin Holt d. 1896

Location

St Mary's Church, Broughton, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Jonathan Cockin Holt. Master Mariner and African Merchant of Liverpool, third son of Thomas and Elizabeth Holt, born at Garthorpe 27 July 1844. Died at Amcotts 14 Sept 1896'

Details

Type: Obelisk
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Granite

People

Holt, Jonathan Cockin
Age: 52
Date of Death: 14/9/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner; merchant
Organisation: John Holt & Co

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

JSON

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  "post_id": "1604",
  "id": "M1683",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Broughton, Lincolnshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Jonathan Cockin Holt. Master Mariner and African Merchant of Liverpool, third son of Thomas and Elizabeth Holt, born at Garthorpe 27 July 1844. Died at Amcotts 14 Sept 1896'",
  "content": "<p>Obelisk at St Mary’s Church, Broughton, Lincolnshire commemorating Jonathan Cockin Holt d. 1896</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Obelisk",
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    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Henry Collins Meeson RN d. 1863

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'.‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / HENRY COLLINS MEESON / MASTER'S ASSISTANT R.N. / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG BY ACCIDENTAL / DROWNING 29TH APRIL 1863 / AGED 17 YEARS / THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE / MOTHER’'

Details

Type: Headstone

People

Meeson, Henry Alfred Collins
Age: 17
Date of Death: 29/4/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Masters assistant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "post_id": "1605",
  "id": "M61",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'.‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / HENRY COLLINS MEESON / MASTER'S ASSISTANT R.N. / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG BY ACCIDENTAL / DROWNING 29TH APRIL 1863 / AGED 17 YEARS / THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE / MOTHER’'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Henry Collins Meeson RN  d. 1863</p>",
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    "event":"",
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Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

Memorial Ledger in Bristol Cathedral, Bristol commemorating Joseph Parker, RN d. 1884

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Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

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'JOSEPH PARKER, / SURGEON R.N. / DIED 4tH JULY 1844. / AGED 84'

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Type: Ledger
Position: South transept
Materials: Marble

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Parker, Joseph
Age: 84
Date of Death: 4/7/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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