Plaque in Kington, Herefordshire commemorating Thomas Henry d. 1875
Location
Kington Museum, Kington, Herefordshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF THOMAS HENRY / SON OF THOMAS AND JANE STILL / OF KINGTON BORN JULY 13:1858: / LOST AT SEA OCTOBER 13:1875 / "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHO DIE IN THE LORD" Rev. XIV:13'
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Type: Plaque Materials: Brass Vessel: Sisters
People
Still, Thomas Henry Age: 19 Date of Death: 13/10/1875 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Apprentice Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: The memorial plaque was found under the floor of a derelict railway station. Thomas Henry Still was an apprentice seaman, who was washed overboard from the vessel 'Sisters' during a storm.
Memorial in the New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Captain William Donoldson d. 1816
Location
New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'...Captain Wm. DONOLDSON, of the Brig 'Hibernia' of Belfast, who died of a malignant fever in Kingston on 25 October, 1816 aet 33 years...Best of Husbands & fondest of fathers, ...lamented by widow and children'
Details
Vessel: Hibernia
People
Donoldson, William Age: 33 Date of Death: 25/10/1816 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Wall tablet in Dordrecht Cathedral, Netherlands commemorating Lieutenant John Western RN 1793
Location
Cathedral, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the Lamented memory / of / JOHN WESTERN Esq / Lieutenant of his Britannic Majesty's frigate SYREN / and / as a testimony of the Gallant... / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / By order of / HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK. / LIEUTENANT WESTERN / after distinguishing himself by his conduct and intrepidity / with which he assisted / the GARRISON OF WILLIAMSTADT / at that time besieged by the French / FELL EARLY IN THE CAREER OF GLORY / having unfortunately been killed by the enemy / off the Moordych / On the twenty first day of March AD 1793 / In the TWENTY SECOND year of his age / IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / AND THE DEFENCE OF HOLLAND / HIS REMAINS / were deposited near this Place / ATTENDED BY THE OFFICERS AND SEAMEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY / THE COMPANIONS OF HIS / MERITORIOUS EXERTIONS / AND BY / THE BRIGADE OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S FOOT GUARD / IN GARRISON AT DORDRECHT’
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Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Syren
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Westerne, John Age: 22 Date of Death: 21/3/1793 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Heworth, Tyne and Wear commemorating Captain Nathaniel Brown
Location
St Mary's Church, Heworth, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'Burial Place of Captn Nathaniel Brown, Eleanor his Wife and Family. Here lyeth three of their children who died in infancy (viz) Jeremiah, Mary and Ann. Life is uncertain, Death is sure, Sin is the wound, Christ is the cure'
Details
Description: Coat of arms at the top of an anchor with a sailing vessel as the crest. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Brown, Nathaniel Age: Date of Death: Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral Sir Richard Edward Tracey d. 1907
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'IN/LOVING MEMORY OF / ADMIRAL SIR RICHARD / EDWARD TRACEY / KCB. / BORN 24 JAN 1837, / DIED 7 MARCH 1907 / AGED 70. / ...I THANK MY GOD / UPON ALL MY REMEMBRANCE / OF THEE. PHIL 1 ...ACRT', 'A...DEPARTED EVEN TO US / OLD COMMUNION STILL WITH US / STILL WITH US BEYOND THE VEIL / PRAISING PLEADING WITHOUT FAIL /', 'WITH THEM STILL OUR HEARTS WE RAISE / SHARE THEIR WORK AND JOIN THEIR PRAISE / RENDERING WORSHIP, THANKS AND LOVE / TO THE TRINITY ABOVE.'
Details
Description: Pedestal with cross broken off but leaning on it. The Friends of Kensal Green describe it as a marble gabled ledger and four step plinth surmounted by a cross and angel, rocks and an anchor on each side. Type: Memorial Position: 19220/115/PS Materials: Stone Artists: E.M. Lander
People
Tracey, Richard Edward Age: 70 Date of Death: 07/03/1907 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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
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'
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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
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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
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'
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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
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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.
Memorial at All Saint’s Church, Jakarta, Indonesia commemorating Lieutenant William Barrett HEIC d. 1814
Location
All Saint's Church, Jakarta, Indonesia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'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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People
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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
