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Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

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:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Headstone at the Church of St Michael and All ,Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating Captain William Henry Higgs RN d. 1863

Location

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Transcript

'In / ... memory of / WILLIAM HENRY HIGGS / Captain Royal Navy died 20 March 1863 / Aged...'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: South side of churchyard

People

Higgs, William Henry
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1863
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: D.P. Gander 1985
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St Mary's Church, Merton, London, England

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
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Msida Bastion cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial  in Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta commemorating Commander Henry Jellicoe RN d. 1836

Location

Msida Bastion cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY JELLICOE / COMMANDER OF H.M. SHIP 'CANOPUS' / ...DEPARTED THIS LIFE / ...6TH OF DECEMBER [1836] / AGED [45 YEARS]'

Details

Description: Tomb on plinth, carved with drapes, severe surface losses.
Vessel: HMS Canopus

People

Jellicoe, Henry
Age: 45
Date of Death: 6/12/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Commander of HMS 'Canopus'. Served in Mediterranean 1803-9,1835-7? Place of burial.
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St George's Church, Beckenham, London, England

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

Extra

Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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St Stephen's Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Windows in St Stephen’s Church, Guernsey commemorating Lieutenant George Bulkeley Le Mesurier RN d. 1840

Location

St Stephen's Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Details

Description: The windows depict Elijah and King Josiah.
Type: Windows
Vessel: HMS Talbot

Event

St Jean D'Acre 1840

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Le Mesurier, George Bulkeley
Age: 24
Date of Death: 24/11/1840
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried at St John D'Acre where monument erected by Capt Codrington. Tablet at dockyard chapel in Malta.
Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
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Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Memorial at Msida Bastion Cemetery commemorating Charles O’Neill RN d. 1836

Location

Msida Bastion Cemetery, Malta, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Vernon

People

O'Neill, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 29/9/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected as a token of respect by his shipmates.
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Church of St John the Evangelist, Shenton, Leicestershire, England

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.
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

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:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham
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Old Church, Kirk Braddon, Isle of Man

Gravestone at Kirk Braddon, Isle of Man commemorating Joseph Hayston d. 1836

Location

Old Church, Kirk Braddon, Isle of Man

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / Joseph HAYSTON ship carpenter / formerly of S... Cumberland / who departed this life April 6th / 1836 aged 42 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Hayston, Joseph
Age: 42
Date of Death: 6/4/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship Carpenter
Organisation:

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