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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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St Saviours now St Andrews, Torquay, Devon, England

Chest tomb at St Andrews, Torquay, Devon commemorating Samuel Crockwell d. 1845

Location

St Saviours now St Andrews, Torquay, Devon, England

Transcript

'Samuel Crockwell died August 22nd 1831 age 63 years. He was a respectable Tradesman of Torquay for 38 years and a most affectionate parent. Also of Samuel Crockwell, grandson of the above who was lost on a voyage from the West Indies to Newfoundland November 1845 age 23 years. Also of Henry Crockwell son of Samuel and Mary Crockwell who died on his voyage from the West Indies August 22nd aged 22 years ...'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Crockwell, Samuel
Age: 23
Date of Death: 11/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Crockwell, Henry
Age: 22
Date of Death: 22/8/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Commemorates eight other members of the family. DOSSIER.
Recorder: Mrs J.A. Benson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Samuel Crockwell died August 22nd 1831 age 63 years. He was a respectable Tradesman of Torquay for 38 years and a most affectionate parent. Also of Samuel Crockwell, grandson of the above who was lost on a voyage from the West Indies to Newfoundland November 1845 age 23 years. Also of Henry Crockwell son of Samuel and Mary Crockwell who died on his voyage from the West Indies August 22nd aged 22 years ...'",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Commemorates eight other members of the family. DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Mrs J.A. Benson",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Leonard’s Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, commemorating Philemon Ewer d. 1750

Location

St Leonard's Church, Bursledon, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / MR PHILEMON EWER, / who died the 13th day of December / A.D. 1750 aged 49 Years. / During the late war with France & Spain / He build Seven large Ships of war / for His Majesty's Service. / In the Execution of that important Trust / He gained, and deserved, the Reputation / of an ingenious Artist / and excellent workman / and an honest Man. / All his Undertakings were crowned with Success, / And all his Industry justly rewarded / With a fair Character & a plentiful Fortune; / The first of which he left for ye Imitation / The second for the Support & Enjoyment / Of his numerous Family; / who in Gratitude erected / This Monument / A:D: 1754'

Details

Description: Architecturally framed inscription tablet with arms above, a wood, half-model of a ship on the base.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South transept
Materials: Marble, slate; plaster; wood
Artists: J. Nutcher

People

Ewer, Philemon
Age: 49
Date of Death: 13/12/1750
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 209 (Greenwich, 1972); Nikolaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight' (Harmondsworth, 1967).
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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Our Lady of Asumption, Mullikulam, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at Our Lady of Asumption, Mullikulam, Sri Lanka commemorating John Gerrit Freywer d. 1836

Location

Our Lady of Asumption, Mullikulam, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of JOHN GERRIT son of MATTHEW FREYWER commander of the government barque WELLINGTON born 3rd April 1812 died 5th May 1836 aged 24 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Wellington

People

Freywer, John Gerrit
Age: 24
Date of Death: 5/5/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Our Lady of Asumption, Mullikulam, Sri Lanka commemorating John Gerrit Freywer d. 1836</p>",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER. Formerly Ceylon.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

Wall memorial in Bristol Cathedral commemorating William Burton, RM d. 1828

Location

Bristol Cathedral, Bristol, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM BURTON Esq. / the last of the respectable family of that name / in the county of RUTLAND / who died September 29th 1817 / Aged 80 Years. / He was without Guile / Candour and Truth marked him / for their own / Also Mary Wife of the above / who departed this life Decr. 25th 1828 Aged 78 Years' [panel below] 'Also of WILLIAM HENRY STRANGWAYS R.M. / Nephew of the above; who died at Bath, 3rd January 1841 / Aged 53 Years / Also of MARIANNE his Widow, who died at Brighton / 10th March 1872, and was buried at Norwood; Surrey / Aged 63 Years'

Details

Description: Wall tablet carved with a draped urn above. A shield of arms above and below.

Type: Wall memorial
Position: South Transept
Materials: Marble

People

Strangways, William Henry
Age: 53
Date of Death: 2/1/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Sighted B. Tomlinson 2008
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of WILLIAM BURTON Esq. / the last of the respectable family of that name / in the county of RUTLAND / who died September 29th 1817 / Aged 80 Years. / He was without Guile / Candour and Truth marked him / for their own / Also Mary Wife of the above / who departed this life Decr. 25th 1828 Aged 78 Years' [panel below] 'Also of WILLIAM HENRY STRANGWAYS R.M. / Nephew of the above; who died at Bath, 3rd January 1841 / Aged 53 Years / Also of MARIANNE his Widow, who died at Brighton / 10th March 1872, and was buried at Norwood; Surrey / Aged 63 Years'",
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St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating the officers and seaman of HMS ‘Rainbow’ who died of fever in 1835

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the officers and seamen of H.M.S. 'Rainbow' who died of fever at Port Royal between 31 July and 28 Octr. 1835. Edwd. GREY, Lieut., Wm. Hen. RUDLAND, Surgeon, Fras. W. MEREWHETHER, Mate, Hen. F. DAVIES, Midshipmen, Edwd. W. BENNETT, Robt. ELLIS Clerk, Wm. CLEMENTS, Jno. O'DONNELL, Wm. CROWTHER, Thos. COX, Seamen/ Hen. THOMPSON & Wm. PORCH, Marines. Jas. GOUBIN, Jas. HALSTEAD, Geo. SWELLING & Geo. PATIENCE, Boys. Erected by the Capt. & surviving officers'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Vessel: HMS Rainbow

People

Bennett, Edward W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Clements, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cox, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Crowther, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Davies, Henry F.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Ellis, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Clerk
Organisation: Royal Navy
Goubin, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grey, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Halstead, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Merewhether, Francis W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
O'Donnell, J.
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Patience, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Porch, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines
Rudland, William Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Swelling, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thompson, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

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

JSON

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

Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain John Bourchier RN d. 1808

Location

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

Transcript

'Near this place / are deposited the remains of / JOHN BOURCHIER Esqr / Captain in the RN and Lieut. Governor / of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich / who departed this life / the 30th Day of Decr 1808 / aged 61 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Mausoleum

People

Bourchier, John
Age: 61
Date of Death: 30/12/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN. Governor of Greenwich Hospital
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson 10/6/1981

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain John Bourchier RN d. 1808</p>",
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    "event":"",
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}

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Edward Norton, Trinity Pilot, d. 1852

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD NORTON, / LATE TRINITY PILOT, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / MARCH 13TH 1852 / AGED 76 YEARS / ALSO OF MARY HIS WIFE / WHO DIED OCT 31ST 1853 / AGED 80 YEARS ... '

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Norton, Edward
Age: 76
Date of Death: 15/3/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Notes: Sighted 2008.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "post_id": "1588",
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  "location": "Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / EDWARD NORTON, / LATE TRINITY PILOT, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / MARCH 13TH 1852 / AGED 76 YEARS / ALSO OF MARY HIS WIFE / WHO DIED OCT 31ST 1853 / AGED 80 YEARS ... '",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Edward Norton, Trinity Pilot, d. 1852</p>",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Sighted 2008.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Public cemetery, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales

Gravestone in the cemetery Llandrindod Wells commemorating James Donnan d. 1915

Location

Public cemetery, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales

Details

Type: Horizontal cross
Vessel: Manchester, Pearl

People

Donnan, James
Age:
Date of Death: 9/6/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Master Mariner, commanded Ceylon Port Steamers 'Manchester' and 'Pearl' 1859-63. Harbour master at Columbo.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1970

JSON

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  "location": "Public cemetery, Llandrindod Wells, Powys, Wales",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in the cemetery Llandrindod Wells commemorating James Donnan d. 1915</p>",
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Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Protestant Cemetery, Florence commemorating Admiral Sir Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew d. 1861

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Protestant Cemetery, Florence, Italy, Rest of the World

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'HONOURABLE FLEETWOOD BROUGHTON REYNOLDS PELLEW SECOND SON OF EDWARD VISCOUNT EXMOUTH ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE KCE CB BORN...DIED AT MARSEILLES THOU...'

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Pellew, Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds
Age: 71
Date of Death: 28/7/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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