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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.

JSON

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  "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'",
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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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  "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.'",
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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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  "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'",
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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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  "post_id": "1424",
  "id": "M4782",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Monument in Westminster Abbey, London, commemorating Admiral at Sea George Monck, RN  d. 1670</p>",
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    "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.<br />",
    "bibliography": "Ingrid Roscoe 'Peter Scheemakers' 'The Sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' pp. 214-5 (1999).",
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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Anthony Henry Cooke RN d. 1823

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Beneath this are laid the mortal remains of ANTHONY HENRY COOKE Late midshipman of HMS Liffey younger son of the late Bryan Cooke Esq of Owston in the County of York. At the early age of 22 it pleased God to afflict him with a liver complaint in which he departed this life in happy hope of a better through faith in the merits of his Saviour on the 10th February 1823 sincerely esteemed and lamented by his shipmates'

Details

Vessel: HMS Liffey

People

Cooke, Anthony Henry
Age: 22
Date of Death: 10/2/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "post_id": "1404",
  "id": "M4508",
  "location": "Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Beneath this are laid the mortal remains of ANTHONY HENRY COOKE Late midshipman of HMS Liffey younger son of the late Bryan Cooke Esq of Owston in the County of York. At the early age of 22 it pleased God to afflict him with a liver complaint in which he departed this life in happy hope of a better through faith in the merits of his Saviour on the 10th February 1823 sincerely esteemed and lamented by his shipmates'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Anthony Henry Cooke RN d. 1823</p>",
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    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

Floor slabs in the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich commemorating US citizens who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War

Location

Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'15th JUNE 1941 / On this day came three citizens of / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / The first if their countrymen to become Sea-Officers of / THE ROYAL NAVY / IN MEMORY OF THOSE AMERICANS / WHO, BETWEEN 1939-1941 / WHEN THE FATE OF GREAT BRITAIN / AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM / HUNG IN THE BALANCE / VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE IN / THE ROYAL NAVY', 'GURDAN BUCK / ALEX HENRY CHERRY / OSWALD BIRRELL DEITER / EDWARD MORTIMOR FERRIS / DAVID GIBSON / JACK EDWARD HAMPSON / GEORGE HOAGUE / WILLIAM PERKINS HOMANS / DRAPER LAURENCE KAUFFMAN / EDMUND WEBSTER KITTREDGE / CARL KONOW', 'DEREK ARMITAGE LEE / JOHN MATTHEW LEGGAT / PETER GREENE MORISON / JOHN STANLEY PARKER / CHARLES BURNHAM PORTER / HENRY FREMONT RIPLEY / EDWIN FAIRMAN RUSSELL / JOHN ALBERT STILWELL / WILLIAM ERWIN GIBSON TAYLOR / DAVID ARNOLD VAN EPPS'

Details

Description: Four inscribed marble slabs.
Type: Floor tablet
Position: Floor
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 2001
Artists: Roger Francis

Event

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Parker, John Stanley
Age:
Date of Death: 18/10/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Ripley, Henry Fremont
Age:
Date of Death: 2/12/1960
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Notes: Many of those commemorated survived the war and their dates of death are not presently recorded. DOSSIER.
Recorder: R.E. White; Mrs Charlotte Hammond

JSON

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  "location": "Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England",
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  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"357\" height=\"267\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5059Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7070\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5059Large.jpg 357w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5059Large-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Floor slabs in the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich commemorating US citizens who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War</p>",
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    "category": ""  },
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Blyth Beach Cemetery, Blyth, Northumberland, England

Memorial in Blyth, Northumberland dedicated to those lost while serving aboard HMS ‘E30’ and HMS ‘Trident’

Location

Blyth Beach Cemetery, Blyth, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF', 'THEY THAT GO DOWN / TO THE SEA IN SHIPS / AND OCCUPY THEIR / BUSINESS IN GREAT / WATERS, THESE MEN SEE / THE WORKS OF THE LORD / AND HIS WONDERS IN / THE DEEP', 'ROBERT LARCOMBE P.O.TEL., AGED 32 YEARS / EDWARD A. HOWARD A.B. R.F.R. AGED 28 YEARS / JOHN SMITH STO. AGED 23 YEARS / WHO WERE KILLED AT SEA IN H.M.S. E30 APRIL 7TH 1916 / ALSO OF GEORGE J LYONS P.O. STO H.M.S. TRIDENT / WHO DIED APRIL 29TH 1916 AGED 40 YEARS / ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES'

Details

Description: Memorial in the shape of a broken mast standing on a rocky plinth carved with and anchor, rope and lifebelt. A relief of the submarine E30 below.

Type: Memorial
Materials: Stone
Vessel: E30, HMS Tribune

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Howard, Edward A.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 7/4/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Larcombe, Robert
Age: 32
Date of Death: 7/4/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lyons, George Jack
Age: 40
Date of Death: 28/4/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, John
Age: 23
Date of Death: 7/4/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The log of E30 has the following entry Tuesday 7th April 1916. No's 1.2 &3 batteries exploded. P.O. Larcombe, L/S Bonnamy. AB Howard & Sto Smith killed. Hands trying artificial respiration on deceased men with no effect. ADM 53 / 63209 reads ; Tuesday 11th April 1916. at Blyth. 0800 Funeral Party landed to convey Leading Seaman Bonnamy's body to Railway Station. P.M. Landed Funeral Party Lieut. Laidlaw in charge, to bury 3 Submarine Ratings. Funeral Party returned on board.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF', 'THEY THAT GO DOWN / TO THE SEA IN SHIPS / AND OCCUPY THEIR / BUSINESS IN GREAT / WATERS, THESE MEN SEE / THE WORKS OF THE LORD / AND HIS WONDERS IN / THE DEEP', 'ROBERT LARCOMBE P.O.TEL., AGED 32 YEARS / EDWARD A. HOWARD A.B. R.F.R. AGED 28 YEARS / JOHN SMITH STO. AGED 23 YEARS / WHO WERE KILLED AT SEA IN H.M.S. E30 APRIL 7TH 1916 / ALSO OF GEORGE J LYONS P.O. STO H.M.S. TRIDENT / WHO DIED APRIL 29TH 1916 AGED 40 YEARS / ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES'",
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    "vessel": "E30, HMS Tribune"  },
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    "bibliography": "",
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Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Memorial at Church, Frinton-on-Sea, commemorating Sidney Mann d. 1952

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Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

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Position: Churchyard

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Mann, Sidney W
Age: 71
Date of Death: 19/1/1952
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
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All Saint's Church, Jakarta, Indonesia, Rest of the World

Memorial at All Saint’s Church, Jakarta, Indonesia commemorating Lieutenant William Barrett HEIC d. 1814

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All Saint's Church, Jakarta, Indonesia, Rest of the World

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'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM BARRETT, ESQRE. / FORMERLY A LIEUTENANT IN / THE HONBELE (SIC) COMPANYS MARINE / AND LATELY IMPT & EXPT WARE HOUSE KEEPER AT BATAVIA / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIVE [SIC] ON THE 8TH SEPT / 1814 / AGED 34 YEARS. / O! HOW UNCERTAIN ARE THE DAYS OF MEN / CERTAIN TO DIE BUT YET UNCERTAIN WHEN / AN INSTANCE HERE YOU HAVE BEFORE YOUR EYES / HOW SOON THE HELTHIEST (SIC) MAN'S CUT DOWN DIES / AT MORN I ROSE IN HELTH (SIC) AND IN MY BLOOM / AND ERE THE SUN WAS SET MY GLASS HAD RUN / READER REFLECT PREPARE TO FOLLOW ME / FOR NEXT GRAVE THAT'S MADE MAY BE / FOR THEE'

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Barrett, William
Age: 35
Date of Death: 8/9/1814
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

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Photographer: Ruth Mary Hall 2007

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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Captain Thomas Ward, RN d. 1773

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'In memory of / THOMAS WARD Esq / late a Captain / in his Majesty’s / Royal Navy / Died 19h. Jany. 1773 / Aged 59 years. / And of / Rebecca his wife / who died 10h. May 1797 / aged 85 years'

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Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel South Aisle
Materials: Marble

People

Ward, Thomas
Age: 59
Date of Death: 19/1/1773
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: British Library: Add.119093 ff.202 Davy's Church Notes.
Recorder: Mrs F. Keymer 1988; Pippa Lacey

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters