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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Eastry, Kent, England

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

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Notes: DOSSIER.
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Charlton-in-Dover, Kent, England

Gravestone at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Charlton-in-Dover, Kent commemorating Rear Admiral John Broughton, Rear Admiral of the White, d. 1837

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Charlton-in-Dover, Kent, England

Transcript

'JOHN BROUGHTON / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE / AGED LXX'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Broughton, John
Age: 70
Date of Death: 2/10/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: DOSSIER. Obituary, Dover Telegraph, 14/10/1837
Recorder: R Edwards, 35 Napier Road, Dover, Kent, April 1986
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Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist, Margate commemorating Lieutenant Robert Hunter RN d. 1824

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Transcript

'...Also of Robert Hunter, a Lieutenant of the Royal Navy, eldest son of Robert Edward and Maria who died on the 30th day of June 1824 aged 30 years.'

Details

Position: Interior

People

Hunter, Robert Edward
Age: 30
Date of Death: 30/6/1824
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

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.
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Maritime Museum, Vittoria, Malta, Rest of the World

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:

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Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Gravestone in the Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Essex, commemorating Vivian George Plant d. 1916

Location

Memorial Garden, Next to Walton-Le-Soken Parish church, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, England

Transcript

'IHS / Vivian George Plant / Leading signalman / Died / March 28th 1916 / Aged 27 years'

Details

Description: Headstones arranged in two parallel lines.
Type: War Graves Commission headstone
Vessel: HMS Conquest

People

Plant, Vivian George
Age: 27
Date of Death: 28/3/1916
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Crew members drowned in capsize of whaler.
Recorder: Captain M.T. Morton 1981
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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

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
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St Mary's Church, Nether Stowey, Somerset, England

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:

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Recorder: Ian Clarke
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St Mary's Church, Acton, London, England

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

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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

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

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Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 182.
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