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Queen's Road Cemetery, Walthamstow, London, England

Gravestone at Queen’s Road Cemetery, Walthamstow, London commemorating Henry F. Mills RN d. 1926

Location

Queen's Road Cemetery, Walthamstow, London, England

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / Henry F. Mills / Killed on board H.M.S. Hermes / 22 April 1926 / Aged 22 years / Buried Royal Naval Cemetery / Calcarra Malta / Also his mother / Emma Mills...'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Hermes

People

Mills, Henry F.
Age:
Date of Death: 22/4/1926
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Patricia Barber

JSON

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St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating officers and men of HMS ‘Rattler’ who died during the commission of 1851-1856

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN REMEMBRANCE / OF THIRTY-SIX OF THEIR GALLANT SHIPMATES / WHO BETWEEN THE YEARS 1851 AND 1856 / DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY CAPTAIN MELLERSH OF H.M.S. RATTLER / HIS OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF THESE / TWENTY-FIVE FELL UNDER THE BANEFUL / EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE OF BURMAH AND CHINA / FIVE WERE DROWNED / SIX WERE KILLED IN ACTION WITH PIRATES / ON THE COAST OF CHINA'

Details

Description: Anthemion acroteria.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Rattler

Event

19th century conflicts in Asia

Extra

Notes: See memorial at Hong Kong for details of crew killed in anti-pirate action.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN REMEMBRANCE / OF THIRTY-SIX OF THEIR GALLANT SHIPMATES / WHO BETWEEN THE YEARS 1851 AND 1856 / DIED IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY CAPTAIN MELLERSH OF H.M.S. RATTLER / HIS OFFICERS AND SHIP'S COMPANY / OF THESE / TWENTY-FIVE FELL UNDER THE BANEFUL / EFFECTS OF THE CLIMATE OF BURMAH AND CHINA / FIVE WERE DROWNED / SIX WERE KILLED IN ACTION WITH PIRATES / ON THE COAST OF CHINA'",
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St Mary's Church, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England

Memorial to Lieutenant William Bowyer RN, d. 1745 at Denham, Buckinghamshire.

Location

St Mary's Church, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'Mr Wm. Bowyer Lieutenant to ADMIRAL MEDLEY / On board His MAJESTY'S Ship the Russell / Dyed at sea, near Gibraltar / August 9th 1745, at the age of 24 / Of whom / The following Character was transmitted / By the ADMIRAL and OFFICERS of the Navy / A Sailor / Beyond his years experienced / An Officer / Without severity maintaining Discipline / His behaviour to his Superiors justly respectful / To his Inferiors properly affable / His Courage and Resolution / Indispensable Qualifications of a person / Thus engaged in the service of his Country / Were in the West Indies / In several Engagements / Eminently Distinguished / Quod quisque vehimenter Amat / Ejus non potest Oblivisci'

Details

Description: The inscription tablet is surrounded by a Greek key pattern border. Carved with a ship in full sail, navigational instruments etc on the apron below. A broken pediment surmounts the memorial, with a cartouche in the centre.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Russell

Event Category

1739 - 1748 War of Austrian Succession

People

Bowyer, William
Age: 24
Date of Death: 9/8/1745
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Hazel Harris 'One thousand years in a village church' (Pentland Press, 1998)p. 19.

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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Lieutenant William Richards RN d. 1831

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'...Also to the memory of Lieut. William Richards of the R.N. who departed this life of the 9th day of April in the year 1831 aged 43 years. [In his] public capacity through various seas and climes he proved himself a zealous gallant officer, in private life an affectionate husband, a tender parent and an amiable friend. His disconsolate widow caused this stone to be erected to him whose memory she will ever cherish, whose loss she will ever deplore.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Plot H6

People

Richards, William
Age: 43
Date of Death: 9/4/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Record in Jersey archives.

JSON

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Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in Lymington, Hampshire commemorating Sir John Burrard d. 1698

Location

Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Lymington, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'H.S.E. / JOHANNES BURRARD Armiger, / In Agro Hantoniensi subpraeses regius, / Pacis custos peditum pro-tribunus, / Et marium vice-praefectus, / Qui postquam per Viginti succedentes annos / Municipii hujusce parsonam in comitijus sustinuisset, / (Magnis illis muneribus fideliter functus / Pluribus et majoribus idoneus,) / obijt, die mensis Maij 14: / Anno Dni:1698. et aetat: suae 52: / In cujus piam memoriam / Domina ALICIA uxor charissima, EDVARDI HERBERT Baronis de Cherburg / Et Castelli insula apud Hibernos filia / monumentrum hoc / Tanquam pignus fidissimi amoris / Posuit' [Translation] 'H.S.E. John Burrard Esqre, royal 'Subpraeces' of Hampshire, Guardian of the Peace, Officer of Infantry, Vice-Prefect of the Seas, who for twenty years represented this town in Parliament (having performed faithfully those great offices, worthy of more and greater things) died 14th May 1698 aged 52. In pious memory of whom, Lady Alice, his most affectionate wife, daughter of Edward Herbert, Baron of Chirbury and of Castle Island in Ireland placed this monument as a pledge of her most loyal love'

Details

Description: Arms and crest between flaming urns.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall sanctuary
Materials: Marble

People

Burrard, John
Age: 52
Date of Death: 14/5/1698
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice-Prefect of the seas
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. MP for Lymington, Governor of Hurst Castle.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'H.S.E. / JOHANNES BURRARD Armiger, / In Agro Hantoniensi subpraeses regius, / Pacis custos peditum pro-tribunus, / Et marium vice-praefectus, / Qui postquam per Viginti succedentes annos / Municipii hujusce parsonam in comitijus sustinuisset, / (Magnis illis muneribus fideliter functus / Pluribus et majoribus idoneus,) / obijt, die mensis Maij 14: / Anno Dni:1698. et aetat: suae 52: / In cujus piam memoriam / Domina ALICIA uxor charissima, EDVARDI HERBERT Baronis de Cherburg / Et Castelli insula apud Hibernos filia / monumentrum hoc / Tanquam pignus fidissimi amoris / Posuit' [Translation] 'H.S.E. John Burrard Esqre, royal 'Subpraeces' of Hampshire, Guardian of the Peace, Officer of Infantry, Vice-Prefect of the Seas, who for twenty years represented this town in Parliament (having performed faithfully those great offices, worthy of more and greater things) died 14th May 1698 aged 52. In pious memory of whom, Lady Alice, his most affectionate wife, daughter of Edward Herbert, Baron of Chirbury and of Castle Island in Ireland placed this monument as a pledge of her most loyal love'",
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Monument in Westminster Abbey, London, commemorating Admiral at Sea George Monck, RN d. 1670

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

‘GRACE, Countess GRANVILLE, Viscountess CARTERET / Relict of GEORGE Ld. CARTERET / Baron of HAWNES & youngest Daughter / of JOHN GRANVILLE Earl of BATH. / JOHN Earl GOWER Viscount TRENTHAM Baron of SITTENHAM, Grandson / of Lady JANE LEVISON GOWER / Eldest Daughter / of ye. sd. Earl of BATH; / BERNARD GRANVILLE, Esq. grandson of BERNARD GRANVILLE, Brother / to the said Earl of BATH, / Have erected this Monument in Pursuance of ye / Will of CHRISTOPHER Duke of ALBEMARLE'

Details

Description: Life-sized effigy of George Monck in armour, rostral column with four anchors, a grieving woman and medallion portrait of Christopher 2nd Duke of Albemarle.

Type: Monument
Position: Henry VII chapel
Materials: White marble
Artists: Peter Scheemakers, William Kent

People

Monck, George
Age: 61
Date of Death: 3/1/1670
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral at Sea
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 1st Earl of Albermarle. Designs in Sir John Soanes Museum AL31.E16; V & A D1050-1887. Soane design shows Monck in civilian dress, the V & A one, in Roman armour with naval trophies on the base and a battle relief.

Bibliography: Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers' 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' pp. 214-5 (1999).

JSON

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St Cuthbert's Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Gravestone in St Cuthbert’s Burial Ground, Edinburgh commemorating John Hutton Lawrence d. 1887

Location

St Cuthbert's Burial Ground, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'JOHN HUTTON LAWRENCE. Born 31 August 1855. Lost at Sea 15th September 1887'

Details

People

Lawrence, John Hutton
Age: 22
Date of Death: 15/9/1887
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1980

JSON

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  "transcript": "'JOHN HUTTON LAWRENCE. Born 31 August 1855. Lost at Sea 15th September 1887'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William J. Leat RN d. 1897

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / OUR LATE SHIPMATE, / WILLIAM J. LEAT A.B. / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG / 12TH JULY 1897, AGED 22 YEARS / GOD OF THE LIVING IN WHOSE EYES / UNVEILED THY WHOLE CREATION LIES / ALL SOULS ARE THINE, WE MUST NOT SAY / THAT THOSE ARE DEAR WHO PASS AWAY'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross

People

Leat, William J.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 12/7/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / OUR LATE SHIPMATE, / WILLIAM J. LEAT A.B. / WHO DIED AT HONG KONG  / 12TH JULY 1897, AGED 22 YEARS / GOD OF THE LIVING IN WHOSE EYES / UNVEILED THY WHOLE CREATION LIES / ALL SOULS ARE THINE, WE MUST NOT SAY / THAT THOSE ARE DEAR WHO PASS AWAY'",
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England

Monument in Ledbury, Herefordshire commemorating Samuel Skynner d. 1725

Location

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Ledbury, Herefordshire, England

Transcript

'Here lyes the body of / CAPTAIN SAMUEL SKYNNER, / who was no mean proficient / in Maritime affairs, having been conversant therein / near forty years. / He left to this Parish Six pounds / a year for ever / to be divided as follows. / One pound to the Vicar for ye time being / for a sermon upon Candlemas day / And the other Five in the same day / to twenty poor Housekeepers / not receiving alms. / He departed this life ye 23rd of July 1725 / Aged 73 years. / Also / The Body of ANNE the Wife of / CAPTAIN SAMUEL SKYNNER / who died the 10th of February 1724 / Aged 71 Years.''

Details

Description: Bust flanked by naval trophies above inscription tablet, an obelisk with a achievement of arms behind. Inscription flanked by scrolling foliage.

Type: Monument
Materials: Marble
Artists: Thomas White of Worcester

People

Skynner, Samuel
Age: 73
Date of Death: 23/7/1725
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Signed SB on a compass.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Here lyes the body of / CAPTAIN SAMUEL SKYNNER, / who was no mean proficient / in Maritime affairs, having been conversant therein / near forty years. / He left to this Parish Six pounds / a year for ever / to be divided as follows. / One pound to the Vicar for ye time being / for a sermon upon Candlemas day / And the other Five in the same day / to twenty poor Housekeepers / not receiving alms. / He departed this life ye 23rd of July 1725 / Aged 73 years. / Also / The Body of ANNE the Wife of  / CAPTAIN SAMUEL SKYNNER / who died the 10th of February 1724 / Aged 71 Years.''",
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Joseph Burridge, HEIC, d. 1832

Location

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

Transcript

'Also sacred to the Memory of / Joseph Burridge, Master in the H.B.C. Marine / who departed this life on the 27th June 1832 / on board the H. C. Vessel 'Experimental' / on his return from Ghazeepore, aged 38 years.'

Details

Vessel: Experimental

People

Burridge, Joseph
Age: 38
Date of Death: 27/6/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.165.

JSON

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  "id": "M6164",
  "location": "South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Also sacred to the Memory of / Joseph Burridge, Master in the H.B.C. Marine / who departed this life on the 27th June 1832 / on board the H. C. Vessel 'Experimental' / on his return from Ghazeepore, aged 38 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Joseph Burridge, HEIC, d. 1832</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Experimental"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Burridge, Joseph","age":"38","dateofdeath":"27/6/1832","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Master","organisation":"Honourable East India Company"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.165.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters