Plaque in Church of St John the Evangelist, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire dedicated to James Watts d. 1808
Location
Church of St John the Evangelist, Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England
Transcript
'James Watts Surgeon of His Majesty's Ship Tweed son of Mr George Watts late of Purton who died of a malignant fever while on the Jamaica station the 17th day of March 1808 in the 25th years of his age'
Details
Type: Plaque Vessel: HMS Tweed
People
Watts, James Age: 24 Date of Death: 17/3/1808 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Ledger in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral David Beatty d. 1936
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'BEATTY MDCCCLXXI + MCMXXXVI'
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Crypt Materials: Red granite
Event
Battle of Jutland
Event Date
1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Beatty, David Age: 65 Date of Death: 11/3/1936 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Born 1871. Also bronze bust by William Macmillan in Trafalgar Square. Grave space at Dingley near Market Harborough when Lady Beatty is buried.
Admiral Beatty commanded the British battlecruiser fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916.
Bibliography: Arthur Byron 'London Statues: a guide to London's outdoor statues and sculpture' (London, 1981) p. 69; 'Dictionary of National Biography’.
Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Welwyn, Hertfordshire commemorating Commander William Gardiner RN d. 1881
Location
St Mary's Church, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'IN . MEMORIAM / CHARLES . GARDINER . ESQ. / OF / LOCKLEYS / WHO . DIED . 2ND . NOVBR . 1780 / ELIZABETH . HIS . WIFE / DIED . 25TH . NOVBR. . 1760 / MARY . HIS . SECOND . WIFE / WHO . DIED . SEPTEMBER . 1801 / CHARLES . GARDENER . ESQ . / CAPTAIN . IN . THE . ARMY / ONLY . SON . OF . CHARLES . AND . MARY / WHO DIED . 16TH . SEPT . 1823 / HESTER . HIS . WIFE / WHO . DIED . JULY . 1847 / WHO . ALL . REST . IN . THE . LOCKLEY . VAULT / IN . THE . NORTH . SIDE . OF . THIS . CHURCH / . ALSO . IN . MEMORY . OF . / . WILLIAM . GARDINER . ESQ. / COMMANDER . ROYAL . NAVY / ONLY . SON . OF . THE . ABOVE . / BORN . 30TH . MARCH . 1795 . DIED . 29TH . SEPT . 1881 / AND . WAS . LAID .TO . REST . AT / KENSAL . GREEN . / ERECTED . IN . LOVING . REVERENCE . BY . HIS . SON / SPENCER . GARDINER / MAJOR . ROYAL . ARTILLERY / ALSO . OF . / SPENCER . GARDINER / LATE . COLONEL . R.A. / WHO . / DEPARTED . THIS . LIFE / JUNE 26TH 1898.'
Details
Description: The inscription within a border of Tudor roses. Type: Wall tablet Position: North aisle south wall Materials: Brass
People
Gardiner, William Age: Date of Death: 29/9/1881 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Monument in Church of St Mary Magdalene, Barkway, Hertfordshire commemorating Admiral John Jennings d. 1743
Location
Church of St Mary Magdalene, Barkway, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'To the memory / Of the Honourable Sir John Jennings Knt / Descended from an ancient Family in SHROPSHIRE / Rear Admiral of Great Britain / Governor of the Royal Hospital / And Ranger of the Park at Greenwich / many Years Admiral of the White / One of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty / And a Member of the House of Commons / A man possessed of every Virtue that adorns / The Christian and the Hero / Who / By an early attachment and indefatigable application / To the important concerns of the Royal Navy / So happily improved the great endowments / He owed to Nature / That he bore the Highest Commands / With credit to Himself and Honour to his Country. / The share he had in taking and burning / The French Men-of War and Spanish galleons / at Vigo / His behaviour at the Battle of Malaga / when he fought with the ardour and intrepidity / Becoming / A British Commander / His Bravery and Conduct at the Siege of Alicant / Are undoubted proofs of his capacity in Maritime Affairs / Which / United with the most Ardent Zeal for the Publick Service / Deservedly gained him / The favour of His Sovereign and the Love of his Country / He died at the Palace of Greenwich on the 23rd December 1743 Aged 79 / Honoured and Lamented by his Family and Friends / GEORGE JENNINGS ESQ His only son by ALICE daughter of / FRANCIS BRETON ESQ of WALLINGTON in the County of HERTFORD / Hath caused this Monument to be erected as a Memorial of / His father's Virtues and His own filial Gratitude'
Details
Description: Bust, flanked by two cherubs, naval trophies behind. Navigational instruments. Family arms below. Type: Monument Position: Tower, west wall Materials: White and grey marble Artists: John Michael Rysbrack
People
Jennings, John Age: 79 Date of Death: 23/12/1743 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of Great Britain. Governor, Greenwich Hospital Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Monument erected by Jennings' son George Jennings Esq. Photo see picture dept portrait index. Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964) p. 338. Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1981
Window in Winchester Cathedral dedicated to Edward Bligh d. 1915
Location
Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'EDWARD HENRY SWINBURNE BLIGH OBIT X SEPT MCMXV PRO PATRIA MORTUU EST'
Details
Description: The window shows St George and burning Flanders in the left hand light, St Michael in the centre and St Hubert to the right. Type: Window Position: North transept Materials: Glass Artists: Christopher Whall
Event
Gallipoli
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Bligh, Edward Henry Swinburne Age: Date of Death: 10/9/1915 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Extra
Notes: Died in land battle of Gallipolli. Bibliography: Mary Callé 'Winchester Cathedral Stained Glass (Winchester, 2008)pp. 19-20 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall monument in Bath Abbey commemorating Admiral Sir Richard Hussey Bickerton d. 1832
Location
Bath Abbey, Bath, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR RICHARD HUSSEY BICKERTON BARONET / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, KNIGHT OF THE IMPERIAL OTTOMAN / FIRST ORDER OF THE CRESCENT, ADMIRAL OF THE RED SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET GENERAL / OF HIS MAJESTY'S MARINE FORCES; FOR MANY YEARS ONE OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE / ADMIRALTY, A DIRECTOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL; A VICE PATRON OF THE ROYAL NAVY SCHOOL; / A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL CHARITABLE SOCIETY; AND A FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE NINTH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1832 IN HIS 73RD YEAR. / FEW MEN HAVE DESCENDED TO THE TOMB MORE SINCERELY BELOVED AND RESPECTED, OR MORE / DEEPLY LAMENTED, HIS ACTIVE SERVICE IN PUBLIC LIFE WERE MARKED BY THE MOST ZEALOUS / ATTENTION TO THE DUTIES OF HIS STATION. DURING THE LENGTHENED PERIOD OF SIXTY YEARS / SPENT IN HIS COUNTRY'S CAUSE AS OPPORTUNITY OFFERED HE EVER EVINCED A NOBLE COURAGE. / IN THE EXERCISE OF HIS GREAT PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE [sic]; THUS SECURING / THE APPROBATION OF ALL THOSE UNDER WHOSE ORDERS HE ACTED AND THE CONFIDENCE AND ATTACHMENT / OF THOSE WHOM HE COMMANDED, THE ESTIMATION IN WHICH HE WAS HELD BY THE SERVICE AT LARGE / IS THE DISTINGUISHING EULOGY OF HIS PROFESSIONAL MERIT. OTHERS MAY HAVE HAD MORE / FREQUENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACQUIRING RENOWN BUT IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO FIND A MAN / POSSESSED OF MORE REAL COURAGE, HONOR [sic], JUDGEMENT, AND EVERY VALUABLE QUALITY THAT / CONSTITUTES A BRAVE AND ABLE OFFICER, OR BY WHOM EVERY DUTY WAS MORE UNIFORMLY AND / CORRECTLY FULFILLED. / IN THE PRACTICE OF EVERY CHRISTIAN AND MORAL DUTY, HE WAS A BRIGHT EXAMPLE. HIS / ENLIGHTENED AND HIGHLY CULTIVATED MIND; HIS NOBLE AND HONOURABLE FEELINGS COULD ONLY / BE EQUALLED BY HIS URBANITY AMIABLE DISPOSITION AND UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE AS A SON. / BROTHER OR FRIEND. HE WAS EQUALLY ESTEEMED; AND HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW WHO FOR UPWARDS / OF FORTY YEARS WAS THE FRIEND OF HIS BOSOM CAN BEST TESTIFY TO HIS WORTH IN THE NEAREST / AND DEAREST OF HUMAN TIES. AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF ATTACHMENT TO THE MEMORY OF ONE SHE / DEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE BEST OF HUSBANDS AND WHOM SHE BELIEVES TO BE NOW IN EVERLASTING / PEACE AND REST, THROUGH THE ALL SUFFICIENT MERITS OF OUR LORD AND JESUS CHRIST, SHE HAS / CAUSED THIS MONUMENT TO MARK THE SPOT OF HIS EARTHLY REMAINS'
Details
Description: Above the inscription, a relief of a weeping female figure, either fame or sorrow, kneeling beside an urn draped with a flag. There is a profile portrait of Bickerton on the plinth of the urn, and navigational instruments beside it. Type: Wall monument Position: South side of the nave Materials: Marble Date Erected: 1834 Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey Vessel: HMS Swiftsure
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Bickerton, Richard Hussey Age: 72 Date of Death: 9/2/1832 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Commissioned in 1833 by Lady Bickerton, dated 1843, paid for July 1835, cost £500 with £26.16.0d expenses for cartage and cost of erection (Chantrey ledger p. 284).
Second in command to Nelson during the blockade of Toulon. Bibliography: Nicholas Penny 'Church Monuments in Romantic England' p. 69 (Newhaven, London 1977); Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...' , 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 284 (1991-1992). Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
Cross in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire commemorating Thomas Cox d. 1872
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / THOMAS COX / WHO FOUGHT AT / TRAFALGAR / DIED DEC XI / MDCCCLXXII AGED LXXXIII'
Details
Description: Wooden latin cross, the front carved with a foliated cursive scroll. Inscription on a recessed panel on the plinth. Beneath the inscription, a roundel carved with a sailing vessel and a bird in flight. Type: Cross Position: South aisle Materials: Oak
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Cox, Thomas Age: 83 Date of Death: 11/12/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS); Vanda B. Moss
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
