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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Robert Broadfoot d. 1843 and Captain David Broadfoot 1853

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Robert Broadfoot of the ship Davenport of Liverpool, youngest son of the late John Broadfoot, Gatehouse of Fleet who died at Maco in China 5 August 1843 age 30. Also Captain David Broadfoot eldest son of the above John who died in S. Australia 11 October 1853 age 46'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: Davenport

People

Broadfoot, Robert
Age: 30
Date of Death: 5/8/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Broadfoot, David
Age: 46
Date of Death: 11/10/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 721. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain Robert Broadfoot of the ship Davenport of Liverpool, youngest son of the late John Broadfoot, Gatehouse of Fleet who died at Maco in China 5 August 1843 age 30. Also Captain David Broadfoot eldest son of the above John who died in S. Australia 11 October 1853 age 46'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England

Wall tablet in Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon commemorating William Wills, RN d. 1813

Location

Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN / memory of / William Martin Wills / of this Parish: / Purser in the Royal Navy / died Universally Lamented / the 20th July 1813. / Aged 38 Years'

Details

Description: A lozenge-shaped white marble tablet standing on a bracket surmounted by an urn
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle west wall
Materials: Marble

People

Wills, William Martin
Age: 38
Date of Death: 20/7/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Purser RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'IN / memory of / William Martin Wills / of this Parish: / Purser in the Royal Navy / died Universally Lamented / the 20th July 1813. / Aged 38 Years'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon commemorating William Wills, RN d. 1813</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
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The Palisades, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Palisades, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating John Jennings RN d. 1797

Location

The Palisades, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Memento Mori. Here lieth the body of John JENNINGS, Esqr., late Purser of His Majesty's Ship 'Maidstone'. Obt 3 December 1797, aetat 29 years. Brother now you are gone, never shall I again meet, So affectionate a friend. Benj. JENNINGS'

Details

Vessel: HMS Maidstone

People

Jennings, John
Age:
Date of Death: 3/12/1797
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Memento Mori. Here lieth the body of John JENNINGS, Esqr., late Purser of His Majesty's Ship 'Maidstone'. Obt 3 December 1797, aetat 29 years. Brother now you are gone, never shall I again meet, So affectionate a friend. Benj. JENNINGS'",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).",
    "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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  "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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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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  "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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    "event":"Battle of Cape St Vincent; Battle of the Nile; Battle of Copenhagen",
    "date": "",
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  "people": [{"name":"Dani, George","age":"80","dateofdeath":"28/11/1856","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Master mariner","organisation":""}],
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    "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>",
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    "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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  "extra": {
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas 1985; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

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

Location

Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

Transcript

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

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: South transept
Materials: Marble

People

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

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "1606",
  "id": "M525",
  "location": "Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England",
  "transcript": "'JOSEPH PARKER, / SURGEON R.N. / DIED 4tH JULY 1844. / AGED 84'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial Ledger in Bristol Cathedral, Bristol commemorating Joseph Parker, RN d. 1884</p>",
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    "event":"",
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St Margaret's Westminster, London, England

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)

JSON

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  "post_id": "1607",
  "id": "M4764",
  "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'",
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    "position": "West end of nave",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER (NADFAS)",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating John Fillis RN d. 1836

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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

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'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN FILLIS ESQ. / PURSER ROYAL NAVY / BORN 10 NOV 1779 / DIED 8 DEC 1836 / AETAT 56 YEARS'

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Type: Slab
Materials: Stone

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Fillis, John
Age: 56
Date of Death: 8/10/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh

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