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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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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Captain John Palmer, HEIC, d. 1803

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Captain John Palmer / of the ship 'Experiment' / Nat 1777, ob 1803'

Details

Vessel: Experiment

People

Palmer, John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 1803
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.87

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Butleigh, Somerset, England

Monument in Butleigh, Somerset, commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, d. 1814

Location

Butleigh, Somerset, England

Transcript

[North Face] 'IN MEMORY OF / SIR SAMUEL HOOD / BARONET / KNIGHT OF THE MOST HONORABLE ORDER OF THE BATH / AND NOMINATED GRAND CROSS THEREOF / KNIGHT OF ST FERDINAND AND OF MERIT / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE SWORD / VICE ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET / IN THE EAST INDIES' [West Face]'AN OFFICER OF THE HIGHEST DISTINCTION / AMONGST THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEN / WHO RENDERED THEIR OWN AGE / THE BRIGHTEST PERIOD / IN THE NAVAL HISTORY / OF THEIR COUNTRY.' [South Face]'THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED / TO THEIR LATE COMMANDER /BY THE ATTACHMENT AND REVERENCE / OF BRITISH OFFICERS / OF WHOM MANY WERE / HIS ADMIRING FOLLOWERS / IN THESE AWFUL SCENES OF WAR / IN WHICH WHILE THEY CALL FORTH / THE GRANDEST QUALITIES OF HUMAN NATURE / IN HIM LIKEWISE GAVE OCCASION / FOR THE EXERCISE OF ITS MOST AMIABLE VIRTUES / HE DIED AT MADRAS DECEMBER 24TH 1814.'

Details

Description: Column surmounted by a naval crown.

Type: Monument
Date Erected: 1831

People

Hood, Samuel
Age: 52
Date of Death: 24/12/1814
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The site was once part of Butleigh Wootton estate - land that Alexander Hood (Sir Samuel's brother) acquired when he married Miss Periam of Butleigh Wootton in 1792.
Bibliography: Ludovic Kennedy 'Nelson and his Captains' (London 1975) p. 341.
Photographer: Anne Michell

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    "bibliography": "Ludovic Kennedy 'Nelson and his Captains' (London 1975) p. 341.",
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Ishinomaki, Japan, Rest of the World

Statue at Ishinomaki, Japan commemorating Hasekura Rokuemon Tsunenaga d. 1622

Location

Ishinomaki, Japan, Rest of the World

Details

Type: Statue

People

Tsunenaga, Hasekura Rokuemon
Age: c. 51
Date of Death: 7/8/1622
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Diplomat
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Made voyage to Mexico, Spain and Rome in 1613.

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Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating James Heath d. 1879

Location

Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England

Transcript

'In memory of / JAMES HEATH / Boy...killed / at gun drill November 21st 1879 / erected by his shipmates / For what do mean our beauteous / monuments and carved stones / which seem their watch to to keep / over the dead but that in those / still tents the inmate is not perished / but asleep / The above was of H.M.S. 'Boscawen' '

Details

Position: 92
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Heath, James
Age:
Date of Death: 21/11/1879
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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  "transcript": "'In memory of / JAMES HEATH / Boy...killed / at gun drill November 21st 1879 / erected by his shipmates / For what do mean our beauteous / monuments and carved stones / which seem their watch to to keep / over the dead but that in those / still tents the inmate is not perished / but asleep / The above was of H.M.S. 'Boscawen' '",
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Henry Tilbury, RN d. 1919

Location

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

Transcript

'IN Loving Memory of / ELIZABETH / THE BELOVED WIFE OF / HENRY TILBURY R.N. / WHO PASSED IN HER SLEEP TO JESUS / SEPTEMBER 15TH 1912 / AGED 77 YEARS / NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE, / BUT GONE TO HER FATHER'S HOME ABOVE / HER HEART WAS GOOD, IN FRIENDSHIP SOUND / PATIENT IN PAIN, BELOVED BY ALL AROUND, / HER PAIN IS O'ER, HER GRIEFS ARE DONE / HER LIFE OF JOY IS NOW BEGUN/ ALSO OF / HENRY TILBURY R.N. / WHO DIED MARCH 3RD 1919 / AGED 94 YEARS'

Details

Description: Carved with roses

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Tilbury, Henry
Age: 94
Date of Death: 1919/3/3/
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St John's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St John’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Captain David Fisher, d. 1905

Location

St John's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Captain David John FISHER who lost his life doing his duty on board the 'PARTHENIA' on the 5th August 1905. For many years a worshipper in this church'

Details

Vessel: Parthenia

People

Fisher, David John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 5/8/1905
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1967

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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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  "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'",
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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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters