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.
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'
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
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
Memorial in St Margaret’s Westminster, London commemorating Patrick Colquhoun, founder of the Thames River Police, d. 1821
Location
St Margaret's Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'INTEGER VITAE SCELERISQUE PURUS' [On cloth] 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / PATRICK COLQUHOUN ESQ L.L.D. / ELECTED DURING THREE SUCCESSIVE YEARS LORD PROVOST OF GLASGOW, / HE FOUNDED IN THAT CITY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, / THE ROYAL EXCHANGE TONTINE / AND ESSENTIALLY PROMOTED THE TRADE AND MANUFACTURES OF SCOTLAND. / A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT FOR MIDDLESEX AND FOR XXV YEARS A MAGISTRATE / OF THAT AND THE ADJOINING COUNTIES; / HE ORIGINATED AND GRATUITOUSLY CARRIED INTO EFFECT / THE MARINE POLICE / AN ESTABLISHMENT BY WHICH THE PROPERTY OF THE WEST INDIA PLANTER, / THE MERCHANT, AND SHIP OWNER OF THE PORT OF LONDON / WAS PROTECTED FROM PLUNDER TO A GREAT EXTENT, / THE REVENUE OF THE CROWN LARGELY INCREASED, / AND THE MORALS OF THE RIVER LABOURERS MATERIALLY IMPROVED. / WITH UNCEASING ENERGY HE SUGGESTED AND SUCCESSFULLY PROMOTED / VARIOUS PLANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRIMES, / FOR THE SUPPLY OF FOOD DURING SCARCITIES, / FOR THE MELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE POOR / AND FOR THE EDUCATION OF THEIR CHILDREN. / HE WAS AUTHOR OF THE TREATISES / ON THE POLICE OF THE METROPOLIS AND RIVER THAMES, / ON THE WEALTH, POWER AND RESOURCES OF THE EMPIRE, / AND OF NUMEROUS OTHER IMPORTANT WORKS / ON CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE, POLITICAL ECONOMY, / AND ON THE COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES OF GREAT BRITAIN / SO HIGHLY WAS HE RESPECTED AND ESTEEMED, / AS WELL ON THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE / AS IN THE POSSESSIONS OF HIS MAJESTY ABROAD, / THAT ON THE DECLARED GROUND OF HIS PUBLIC CHARACTER AND SERVICES, / THE FREE HANSEATIC REPUBLICS OF LUBECK, BREMEN AND HAMBURG / CONSTITUTED HIM THEIR RESIDENT AND CONSUL GENERAL, / AND THE COLONIES OF / ST VINCENT, NEVIS, DOMINICA AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS / THEIR AGENT IN THIS COUNTRY. / HIS MIND WAS FERTILE IN CONCEPTION, / KIND AND BENEVOLENT IN DISPOSITION, / BOLD AND PERSEVERING IN EXECUTION / HE WAS BORN IN DUMBARTON IN SCOTLAND XIV MARCH MDCCXIV OLD STYLE, / AND AFTER A LABORIOUS LIFE / ALIKE HONOURABLE TO HIMSELF AND USEFUL TO HIS COUNTRY / HE DIED / ON THE XXV DAY OF APRIL MDCCCXXI AGED LXXVI YEARS'
Details
Description: Above the inscription, is carved a cloth, on which is a beehive, scales, books, the stern of antique galley and a caduceus. Type: Wall tablet Position: West end of nave Materials: Marble
People
Colquhoun, Patrick Age: 76 Date of Death: 25/4/1821 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Merchant and Magistrate Organisation: Marine Police
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER (NADFAS) Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Gravestone at St George’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating Paul Mace, Midshipman, HEIC, d. 1788
Location
St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England
Transcript
'In memory of Paul Mace of Weymouth, late midshipman of the 'Dublin' East Indiaman who was drowned the 23 day of March, and buried here the 19th of May 1788, aged 18 years. Mother, weep not your son's untimely fate / The youth you fondly embraced so late / Who now reclined in earth's cold bosom lies / In hopes through Jesus Christ with you to rise / He has left a disconsolate mother to mourn for the loss of a dutiful son'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HEIC Dublin
People
Mace, Paul Age: 18 Date of Death: 23/3/1788 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: 'It is said that the body of this unfortunate young man was found beyond Sandown Castle where it had been buried in the sand for over three weeks'. Bibliography: John Laker 'History of Deal' (Deal, 1917).
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant Harry Conrad Kenyon Slaney RN d. 1876
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Harry C. Kenyon SLANEY, Ltn. H.M. Ship 'Ringdove', who died at sea 25th. June 1876, aged 26 years. This stone is erected by his shipmates'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Ringdove
People
Slaney, Harry Conrad Kenyon Age: 26 Date of Death: 25/6/1876 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: ADM 196/18/119 Born 3 July 1850. Recorder: Christine Thomas
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
