Wall tablet in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent commemorating Commander Thomas Boteler, RN d. 1829 off West Africa
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS BOTELER ESQ. COMMANDER R.N. / FIFTH SON OF THE LATE W. BOTELER, OF EASTRY ESQ / WHO HAVING LOST THE GREATER PART OF HIS OFFICERS AND MEN / IN H.M.S. HECLA WHILE ON A SURVEY OF THE WESTERN COAST OF AFRICA / FELL HIMSELF A VICTIM TO THAT PESTILENTIAL CLIMATE. AMIDST DIFFICULTIES WHICH EVEN TO THE LAST, / HIS HIGH SENSE OF DUTY HELD HIM TO RESIST / WITH UNSHAKEN CONSTANCY, FORTITUDE, / AND PERSEVERANCE. / HE DIED OFF THE OLD CALABAR RIVER 28TH NOV. 1829 AGED 32'
Details
Description: On a black marble stele with shallow rectangular feet is a white marble trapezoid with rounded brackets ridged round the edges. An incised frame borders the inscription. A plain cornice supports a shallow pediment with foliated wings at each side and a central coat of arms. The lettering is black filled roman caps. The name of the sculptor is under the base of the tablet. Blazon: (Argent) three escutcheons Sable each charged with a covered cup (Or). Type: Wall tablet Position: North aisle Materials: Black and white marble Artists: Thomas Longley Vessel: HMS ‘Hecla'
People
Boteler, Thomas Age: 32 Date of Death: 28/11/1829 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating Lieutenant James Moodie RN d. 1813
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
'S.M. / Iacobi Moodie / ex Orcadibus Scotiae insulis legati in classe Regia Britannica / Iuvenis eximiae spei / qui selectus / ut exponeret in terram copias Britannicas / ad Liburnam dominatione Gallica liberandum / inter fidos sodales / auxilium ferre eheu frustra conantes / irato mari submerses / XXVIII aet anno / idibus Decembris MDCCCXIII / immature morte correptus est / Hoc monumentum / officii causa / praefetus [sic] nec non legati aliique / navis Britanicae America / non sine lachrymis / posuere' [S.M. Jacob Moody from the Orkney Isles in Scotland, Lieutenant in the British Royal Navy, a promising young man chosen from amongst loyal comrades to disembark the British troops to free Livorno from French rule. Alas! Help was impossible, all efforts were defeated by the stormy sea, he was snatched prematurely by death on 15 December 1813 aged 28. On account of his exemplary conduct the Commander and lieutenants of the British ship 'America', not without tears, erected this monument.]
Details
Vessel: America
Event
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Moodie, James Age: 28 Date of Death: 15/12/1813 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Translation Silvia Bozzato. Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.73.
Headstone at Maritime Museum, Vittoria, Malta commemorating James Hunter d. 1841
Location
Maritime Museum, Vittoria, Malta, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory / of / James Hunter of Stockton / who died on a passage from / the Levant bound for England / on board the brig John Grey / of Stockton in August 1841 / aged 15 years.'
Details
Description: Headstone Type: Gravestone Vessel: John Grey
People
Hunter, John Age: 15 Date of Death: 8/1841 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth, Liverpool commemorating John Thornhill d. 1796
Location
St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Thornhill, mariner, son of John and Esther Thornhill mortally hurt in the fire of Middleton's manufactory in Cheepside 16th September 1796 age 17'
Details
People
Thornhill, John Age: 17 Date of Death: 16/9/1796 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 250. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Nether Stowey, Somerset commemorating John Murray Silke d. 1859
Location
St Mary's Church, Nether Stowey, Somerset, England
Transcript
'In / Memory of / IOHN MURRAY SILKE / the Beloved Son of / William Murray and Anne Silke / who died on his voyage to China. / December 16th 1859: / Aged 15 Years.'
Details
Description: A white, arch-top panel with brackets on a black background (probably limestone). Flowers and foliage inlaid in black above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: East wall of north aisle Materials: White marble Artists: Pollard
People
Silke, John Murray Age: 15 Date of Death: 16/12/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall monument in St Mary’s Church, Acton, London commemorating Commander Charles Parry RN d. 1868
Location
St Mary's Church, Acton, London, England
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY OF / CHARLES PARRY / COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / SECOND SON OF REAR ADMIRAL / SIR W.E. PARRY / BORN OCT 21ST 1833 / DIED OCT. 10TH 1868 / AFTER ONLY FOUR DAYS ILLNESS / OFF NAPLES / ON BOARD H.M.S. ARETHUSA / CAPTAIN R. COOTE / IN THE ARMS OF HIS BROTHER / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH /"WHERE I AM / THERE SHALL ALSO MY SERVANT BE" / "WHICH WE HOPE WE HAVE AS AN ANCHOR OF THE SOUL / BOTH SURE AND STEADFAST"'
Details
Description: Gothic architectural surround, some of lettering picked out in red, a cross in pink marble set in the centre of the inscription which is flanked by Purbeck marble columns. Type: Wall monument Position: South Side of Nave Materials: Stone, marble Vessel: HMS Arethusa
People
Parry, Charles Age: 34 Date of Death: 10/10/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, commemorating Peter Parks, HEIC, d. 1855
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the memory of / PETER PARKS / Able Seaman of HEIC / S AUCKLAND who died at / SINGAPORE from injuries / received in a fall from / the fore topsail yard on / the 5th of December 18655/ Aged 20 years / This stone is erected / to his memory and as / a tribute to his worth / by His Shipmates. // The Lord Giveth and the Lord / taketh away. Blessed be the / name of the Lord.'
Details
Position: North wall Vessel: HMS Auckland
People
Parks, Peter Age: 20 Date of Death: 5/12/1855 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: HEIC
Extra
Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 182.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters