Memorial at Arbroath Abbey commemorating James Scott d. 1881
Location
Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JANE GAULDIE / WIFE OF / JAMES SCOTT / LATE SHIPMASTER DUNDEE / WHO DIED 19TH APRIL 1887 AGED 74 YEARS / AND IS INTERRED HERE / THE ABOVE / JAMES SCOTT / DIED 6TH JANUARY 1881 AGED 78 YEARS'
Details
Description: Plain neoclassical style with pediment, set on plinth. Type: Memorial Position: Kirkyard Materials: Sandstone
People
Scott, James Age: 79 Date of Death: 6/1/1881 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Wall memorial in St Mary’s Church, Merton, London, England commemorating Rear-Admiral Isaac Smith d. 1827
Location
St Mary's Church, Merton, London, England
Transcript
[Within wreaths above] 'REAR ADM / ISAAC SMITH / OBIT 2 JULY 1831 / AET 78', 'ISAAC / CRAGG SMITH / OBIT 7 DEC 1831 / AET 38', 'CAROLINE / CRAGG SMITH / OBIT 4 DEC 1823 / AET 30', 'CHAS. SMITH / OBIT 6 SEPT 1827 / AET 72', 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / THOSE WHOSE REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN THE FAMILY VAULT / ADJOINING THE CHANCEL OF THE CHURCH / THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED BY / MRS ELIZABETH COOK / WIDOW OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK THE CIRCUMNAVIGATOR /I N AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE / OF THE MANY ESTIMABLE QUALITIES OF HER DEPARTED RELATIVES'[Behind figure and partially obscured] 'THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH'
Details
Description: A kneeling classically draped figure, indicates the anchor behind. Type: Wall memorial Materials: Marble Artists: R. J. Wyatt
People
Smith, Isaac Age: 72 Date of Death: 6/9/1827 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Isaac Smith was a midshipman in 'Endeavour'. Cousin of Captain James Cook's wife Elizabeth. Bibliography: www.stmarysmerton.org.uk Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall tablet at St George’s Church, Beckenham commemorating Admiral Sir Peircy Brett Knight d. 1781
Location
St George's Church, Beckenham, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF SIR PEIRCY BRETT KNIGHT, / ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE XIV DAY OF OCTOBER, / MDCCLXXXI. / IN THE LXXII YEAR OF HIS AGE' [below] 'NEAR this place in the same Vault / with her Husband are deposited the / remains of HENRIETTA his Widow / who died in the Month of August 1788 / in the 81st Year of her Age'
Details
Description: White marble inscription tablet, on a black-painted, oval, stone ground. The tablet has pilasters on either side and an urn above the cornice. The urn has a relief of a dismasted warship on its side, and two crossed branches and a trident on its base. On the apron below the inscription tablet, the Brett arms and a shell design. DOSSIER. Type: Wall tablet Position: South aisle Materials: Marble, stone
People
Brett, Peircy Age: 72 Date of Death: 14/10/1781 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton, Leicestershire commemorating Admiral Alexander Arbuthnott d. 1871
Location
Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton, Leicestershire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF / SIR ALEXANDER DUNDAS YOUNG ARBUTHNOTT / ADMIRAL ROYAL NAVY, / ONE OF THE GENTLEMEN OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRIVY CHAMBER, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF CHARLES III, / AND OF THE NATIONAL AND MILITARY ORDER / OF SAN FERNANDO OF SPAIN; / KNIGHT OF THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF ST GEORGE OF RUSSIA, / AND THE IMPERIAL ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE OF TURKEY. / AFTER SERVING HIS GOD AND HIS COUNTRY / WITH TRUE DEVOTION, / DIED THE 8TH MAY 1871, / AT SHENTON HALL, / AGED 82 YEARS. / HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THIS CHURCHYARD. / HE ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY APRIL 9TH, 1803, / WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, / AND SERVED ON THE EXPEDITION BEFORE ALGIERS, / ACCOMPANIED THE BRITISH AUXILIARY LEGION TO SPAIN, / WAS PRESENT AT THE RELIEF OF ST SEBASTIAN, / AND LED THE FORLORN HOPE AT THE STORMING OF IRUN, / NOT SLOTHFUL IN BUISINESS, / FERVENT IN SPIRIT, / SERVING THE LORD.'
Details
Description: Inscription on a white marble scroll on a black mount, a carved anchor and chain behind. Coloured shield of arms above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Artists: E. J. Physick, London
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Arbuthnott, Alexander Age: 82 Date of Death: 8/5/1871 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Admiral, as a midshipman served in HMS 'Mars' at Trafalgar 21/10/1805. Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 109.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Edward Albert Fisher d. 1905, pilot
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving memory / of / Mary Ann / the wife of / Albert Edward Fisher / who died March 5th 1905 / Aged 43 years / Also of Ivor William, their son / Who died Nov 25th 1896 / Aged 6 months / Also of the above / Albert Edward Fisher / Cardiff Pilot / who died Oct 17th 1924 /Aged 61 years / Until the day breaks'
Details
Description: Headstone Type: Gravestone
People
Fisher, Albert Edward Age: 61 Date of Death: 17/10/1924 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Pilot Organisation: