Gravestone at St Ninian’s Church, Portpatrick commemorating John McCormack d. 1845 and other members of his family
Location
St Ninian's Church, Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Transcript
'Erected / by / Andrew McCormack /', 'to the / Memory/ of / His Father / JOHN McCORMACK / Master Mariner / who died 25th August 1845 aged 71 years. / And his brother / ROBERT McCORMACK / Who was drowned 15th September 1859 aged 56 years. / Brother Seaman, pass not by, my shattered Hull lies here, / My Anchor`s cast, when next its weigh`d new rigg`d I shall appear / But tho` I`m shipwrecked in the tomb, my Hull thus cast away, / I only wait to know my doom until the Judgment day. / ANDREW McCORMACK / Died in Liverpool 16th June 1850 aged 41 years. / SARAH GIBSON / wife of the above John McCormack / who ?died 1st March 1870 aged 95 years. / [NB Last line eroded and text uncertain.]
Details
Description: Bronze anchor below the inscription, sunbeams either side. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Sandstone
People
McCormack, John Age: 71 Date of Death: 25/8/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
Memorial in North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating crew members of HMS ‘Devastation’ who died 1899-1901
Location
North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World
Transcript
'PAUL, George Carpenter's crew d. 13.6.1899 age 21 / GILDEA, Edward Ordinary Seaman d. 18/8/1899 aged 20 / HAWKEN, Joseph A stoker d. 1.11.1899 age 19 / TILLER, Walter Chief Stoker d. 12.12.1899 age 34 / SMITH, Harry S Boy d. 11.12.1900 age 17 / WARD, Arthur Private RMLI d. 4.4.1901 age 23'
Details
Vessel: HMS Devastation
People
Gildea, Edward Age: 20 Date of Death: 18/8/1899 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hawken, Joseph A. Age: 19 Date of Death: 1/11/1899 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Paul, George Age: 21 Date of Death: 13/6/1899 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's crew Organisation: Royal Navy Smith, Harry S. Age: 17 Date of Death: 11/12/1900 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Tiller, Walter Age: 34 Date of Death: 12/12/1899 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Ward, Arthur Age: 23 Date of Death: 4/4/1901 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Memorial in Stranger’s Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, commemorating Stephen August d. 1867
Location
Stranger's Cemetery, Fortuneswell, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / STEPHEN AUGUST / late of H.M.S. Minotaur who met / his death by falling from aloft / August 6 1867 aged 18 years 7 months' [Three lines of illegible verse follow]
Details
Position: 115 Vessel: HMS Minotaur
People
August, Stephen Age: 18 Date of Death: 6/8/1867 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating Richard Jones d. 1840
Location
St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / William Son of Richard Jones Mariner / by SUSANNA his wife / he was interr'ed at Flushing / Novr 16th 1831 Aged 17 years / Underneath are the remains of / Richard Son of the above / he died Feby 21st 1834 Aged 25 Years / Weep not for me my Parents dear / I am not dead but sleeping here / As I am now so you must be / Prepare yourself to follow me / Also Mary Elizabeth Jones / died 4th Decr 1835 Aged 29 Years / Also/the abovenamed Richard Jones / who died 14th March 1840 / Aged 67 / Also SUSSANNA wife of the above Richard Jones / she died Septr 30th 1852 / Aged 77'
Memorial stone at Old St Helen’s Church, Ore, Kent commemorating Robert Tyhurst, d. 1845
Location
Old St Helen's Church, Ore, Kent, England
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the memory of / William Tyhurst / who died April 12th 1830 / aged 38 years / Also / Frances, wife / of the above / who died January 21 1849 / aged 59 years / Elizabeth their daughter / died April 24 1820 / aged 2 years / Ann their daughter / died March 11th 1822 / aged 1 year / Robert their son / died while in command of / the ship Lord Charles Spencer on / the River Sherboro / at Bendoo in Africa / January 15 1845 / aged 28 years / "Let me die the death of the righteous / and let my last end be like his” / Numbers Chap XXIII: V 10 / This stone was erected by / his surviving sons / William, Richard / Henry and Francis / 1860'
Details
Position: North east corner churchyard Vessel: 'Lord Charles Spencer'
People
Tyhurst, Robert Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/1/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: W. Crozier
Extra
Notes: Sherboro River, Sierra Leone. Recorder: John Clements 1987
Scotch Presbyterian Church, Oldham Street, Liverpool commemorating William Gillespie d. 1800
Location
Scotch Presbyterian Church, Oldham Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'William Gillespie merchant from Crosmichael, Galloway, North Britain, Unfortunately drowned in the Mersey 3rd August 1800 aged 24. If worth or beauty could disarm the grave N'er then ill-fated youth thou shouldst have died N'er hadst thou sunk in cruel Mersey's wave Ne'er floated lifeless in its azure tide'
Details
People
Gillespie, William Age: 15 Date of Death: 3/8/1800 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Merchant Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 5, p. 21. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain John Lee RN d. 1810
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'In this mausoleum are deposited the remains / of Captain John Lee Royal Navy / who was commanding H.M.S. Camel / departed this life on 23rd November 1800 / aged 43 years / Also of Margaretta May Lee his widow / who after a long and painful illness / departed this life on 21st June 1810 aged 52 years'
Details
Position: Mausoleum Vessel: HMS Camel
People
Lee, John Age: 43 Date of Death: 23/11/1800 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions.99618.
Wall tablet in Cookham, Berkshire dedicated to Admiral Sir George Young, RN d. 1810
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Cookham, Berkshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / SIR GEORGE YOUNG, KNIGHT, OF FORMOSA PLACE / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE, / DIED 29TH JUNE 1810, / AGED 78. / ALSO, / SIR SAMUEL YOUNG BARONET, ELDER SON OF THE ABOVE, / DIED 15TH DECEMBER 1826, / AGED 61. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / EMILY DAUGHTER OF CHARLES BARING ESQRE OF EXMOUTH DEVON, / AND WIFE OF THE ABOVE SIR SAMUEL YOUNG BART, WHO DIED 13TH DECEMBER 1847 / AGED 72 YEARS'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Cormorant
Event Category
British colonization of Australia
People
Young, George Age: 78 Date of Death: 29/6/1810 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Alan Frost, ‘Young, Sir George (1732–1810)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30261, accessed 25 May 2017]
