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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:

Extra

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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  "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'",
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    "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:

Extra

Recorder: Ian Clarke

JSON

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  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Nether Stowey, Somerset commemorating John Murray Silke d. 1859</p>",
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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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  "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\"'",
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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

Extra

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

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    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 182.",
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Kington Museum, Kington, Herefordshire, England

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'

Details

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:

Extra

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.

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  "id": "M6207",
  "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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New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

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:

Extra

Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).

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  "id": "M2862",
  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Captain William Donoldson d. 1816</p>",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Cathedral, Dordrecht, Netherlands, Rest of the World

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’

Details

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

Extra

Bibliography: Adrian Reed 'An impressive naval memorial', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 82, pp.463-66 (Greenwich, 1996).

JSON

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  "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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St Mary's Church, Heworth, Tyne and Wear, England

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:

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan, 1970

JSON

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Heworth, Tyne and Wear commemorating Captain Nathaniel Brown</p>",
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    "recorder": "William Donnan, 1970",
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

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

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  "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.'",
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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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  "location": "Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters