Wall tablet in St Laurence’s Church, Upminster, dedicated to James Edward McLean d. 1919
Location
St Laurence's Church, Upminster, Essex, England
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JAMES EDWARD McLEAN MASTER MARINER / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF DAISY M.E. McLEAN / WHO DIED AT SEA AUG 28TH 1919 AGED 46 / ON BOARD THE 'CLAN KENNETH' / AND WAS BURIED AT BATAVIA, JAVA. Sunset an evening star / and one clear call to me / may there be no moaning of the bar / When I put out to sea / I hope to see my Pilot face to face / when I have crossed the bar'
Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Admiral John Ferrier d. 1836
Location
St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN THE FAMILY VAULT BENEATH / ARE DEPOSITED THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / JOHN FERRIER ESQUIRE / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE SQUADRON / OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET. / A NATIVE OF THIS TOWN, / HE PASSED A LONG AND ACTIVE LIFE / IN THE ARDUOUS DUTIES OF HIS PROFESSION / WITH UNBLEMISHED HONOR / SERVING IN ALL QUARTER OF THE GLOBE; / AS A BRITISH OFFICER. / HE WAS ASSIDUOUSLY ATTENTIVE / AND LABORED TO PROMOTE / WITH ZEAL, PUNCTUALITY AND DILIGENCE / THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY, / HIS PROFESSIONAL CHARACTER AND QUALIFICATIONS / AS DRAWN BY THE ILLUSTRIOUS NELSON ARE PUBLICLY RECORDED. / IN THE RETIREMENT OF PRIVATE LIFE / IN WHICH HIS LATTER YEARS WERE PASSED / HE LIVED TO HIS FAMILY, TO HIS FRIENDS, / AND TO HIS GOD. / HE WAS BORN ON THE 14TH DAY OF JANUARY 1759 AND DIED ON THE 27TH DAY OF JANUARY 1836 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / OF HIS KINDNESS AND AFFECTION BY HIS WIDOW'
Details
Description: Naval trophies above inscription, a wreath of olive and oak branches below. Type: Wall tablet Materials: White marble
People
Ferrier, John Age: 77 Date of Death: 27/1/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta commemorating fifteen crew members of HMS ‘Orwell’ killed in a collision with HMS ‘Pioneer’ in 1903
Location
Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN / MEMORY OF / MR EDWARD SMITH GUNNER RN / FREDERICK WHITE PO 1 CL / WILLIAM JONES PO 1 CL / JOSEPH NORTH PO 2 CL / ARTHUR EDWARDS AB / RICHARD FIDDICK AB / WILLIAM MCCLURE AB / WILLIAM RYAN AB / JOHN FROOD AB / WILLIAM BROOKS AB / WILLIAM BOYCE AB / WILLIAM MAJOR AB / WILLIAM MCCORMACK LDG SIG / WALTER ORRIN QUAL SIG / WILLIAM PERRY LDG STO 1 CL / OF HMTB DESTROYER 'ORWELL / WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE / COLLISION BETWEEN THAT SHIP AND / H.M. SHIP 'PIONEER' OFF CAPE VARLAM / ON THE 30TH JANUARY 1903 / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS & MEN OF / THE FLEET'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: Arcade wall Vessel: HMS Orwell
People
Boyce, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Brooks, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Edwards, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Fiddick, Richard Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Frood, John Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Jones, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 1st class Organisation: Royal Navy Major, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy McClure, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy McCormack, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Leading Signalman Organisation: Royal Navy North, Joseph Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 2nd class Organisation: Royal Navy Orrin, Walter Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Signalman Organisation: Royal Navy Perry, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Ryan, William Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Smith, Edward Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Gunner RN Organisation: Royal Navy White, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 30/1/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 1st class Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at the church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire dedicated to Alexander Moorhead d. 1858
Location
Church of St Thomas A Becket, Warblington, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / ALEXANDER BROWN / Youngest surviving son of / ALEXANDER JAMES & ELIZA / MOORHEAD / who was unfortunately drowned by / the upsetting of a boat in Emsworth / Harbour on Saturday the 21st of August / 1858 Aged 17 years'
Gravestone at Fjardskar, Aland Islands, Finland commemorating two naval seamen, Thomas Barber and George Privett who died in 1854
Location
Fjardskar, Aland Islands, Finland, Rest of the World
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Penelope
People
Barber, Thomas Age: 24 Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Privett, George Age: 28 Date of Death: 1854 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Main Top Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Isaac Pitt, d. 1804
Location
St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘In / memory of / ISAAC PITT Pilot / who died 30th Sept 1804 / Aged 87 / soon shall the trumpet sound and we / shall rise to immortality / Also ELIZABETH his wife / who died 26th October 1811'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Pitt, Isaac Age: 87 Date of Death: 30/9/1804 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Pilot Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.
