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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'

Details

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

JSON

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  "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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    "recorder": "Mrs F. Keymer 1988; Pippa Lacey",
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St Breock's church, St Breock, Cornwall, England

Wall tablet in St Breock, Cornwall dedicated to Lieutenant Montague Molesworth RN d. 1844

Location

St Breock's church, St Breock, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MONTAGUE TREBY MOLESWORTH / A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY / AND SECOND SON OF THE / REVEREND WILLIAM MOLESWORTH / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / AND ALSO OF / JAMES JACOBS / JAMES HARDIMAN / MURDOCH MCDONALD / THOMAS BROWN / HYDE M. BROWN / RICHARD HILL / AND MICHAEL WHITE / SEAMEN OF HMS CLEOPATRA / WHO WHILE IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTY / WERE BARBAROUSLY KILLED IN AN AFFRAY WITH THE / NATIVES OF THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR / MARCH 23 1844 / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES / AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM FOR THEIR CHARACTERS / AND REGRET FOR THEIR MELANCHOLY FATE.'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet in gothic architectural surround.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior, North wall
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Cleopatra

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Brown, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Brown, Hyde M.
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hardiman, James
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hill, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jacobs, James
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
MacDonald, Murdoch
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation: Royal Navy
Molesworth, Montague Treby
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
White, Michael
Age:
Date of Death: 23/3/1844
Cause of Death: Killed by indigenous people
Rank / Occupation: Rating
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Devon and Cornwall Branch, Western Front Association

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MONTAGUE TREBY MOLESWORTH / A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY / AND SECOND SON OF THE / REVEREND WILLIAM MOLESWORTH / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / AND ALSO OF / JAMES JACOBS / JAMES HARDIMAN / MURDOCH MCDONALD / THOMAS BROWN / HYDE M. BROWN / RICHARD HILL / AND MICHAEL WHITE / SEAMEN OF HMS CLEOPATRA / WHO WHILE IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTY / WERE BARBAROUSLY KILLED IN AN AFFRAY WITH THE / NATIVES OF THE WESTERN COAST OF MADAGASCAR / MARCH 23 1844 / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES / AS A TOKEN OF ESTEEM FOR THEIR CHARACTERS / AND REGRET FOR THEIR MELANCHOLY FATE.'",
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St Andrew's Church, Ashburton, Devon, England

Memorial wall tablet in St Andrew’s Church, Ashburton, Devon commemorating John Knowles RN d. 1841

Location

St Andrew's Church, Ashburton, Devon, England

Transcript

'To the Memory of / John Knowles Esqre F.R.S. / Corresponding Member / of the Philosphical Society of Rotterdam / and for some Years Secretary / to the Surveyors of the / Royal Navy, / who was born in the Parish of St Pauls / Deptford, Kent, / the xxivth March mdcclxxxi and died in this Parish / the xxlst July mdcccxxxxi. / Also Samuel Posgate Knowles, Brother of the above, / who died the xxxth January mdccclxvii, / Aged lxxiv Years.'

Details

Description: Wall tablet in Gothic Revival frame. The inscription surrounded by a moulding which rises up to form an ogival canopy with crockets and finial, within which is tracery of a cinqfoil between two trefoils. There is an egg and tongue frieze below the inscription, below which are four square paterae with the Knowles arms in the centre.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Aisle
Materials: Stone

People

Knowles, John
Age: 61
Date of Death: 21/7/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Secretary to the Surveyors of the Royal Navy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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St Mary's Church, Shotley, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Shotley, Suffolk commemorating Henry Boland, RN d. 1912

Location

St Mary's Church, Shotley, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Henry G. Boland, third writer HMS 'Blenheim' 18 Jan 1912 age 20'

Details

Position: Naval cemetery
Vessel: HMS Blenheim

People

Boland, Henry G.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 18/1/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Third writer RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: William Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Henry G. Boland, third writer HMS 'Blenheim' 18 Jan 1912 age 20'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Shotley, Suffolk commemorating Henry Boland, RN d. 1912</p>",
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    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "William Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Church of St Marguerite de la Foret, Forest, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Headstone at the Church of St Marguerite de la Foret, Forest, Guernsey commemorating George Ramsden RN d. 1835

Location

Church of St Marguerite de la Foret, Forest, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of George Ramsden RN, late master mariner. Died February 5th 1835 aged 69 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Ramsden, George
Age: 69
Date of Death: 5/2/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Advertised instruction in navigation for a number of years in the 'Guernsey Star'.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of George Ramsden RN, late master mariner. Died February 5th 1835 aged 69 years'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone at the Church of St Marguerite de la Foret, Forest, Guernsey commemorating George Ramsden RN d. 1835</p>",
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    "notes": "Advertised instruction in navigation for a number of years in the 'Guernsey Star'.",
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    "photographer": ""  }
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Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Memorial in Bath Abbey, Bath dedicated to Admiral Phillips Cosby d. 1808

Location

Bath Abbey, Bath, England

Transcript

'NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / PHILLIPS COSBY ESQUIRE / ADMIRAL OF THE RED / AS A NAVAL COMMANDER/HE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY NATIVE VALOUR / PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE / AS A MAN / HE UNITED TO THE MORE ENOBLING VIRTUES / OF THE MIND / THE MILD AND ENDEARING QUALITIES / OF THE HEART / AND CONTINUED TO DISPLAY THEM ALL / TO THE CLOSE OF HIS VENERABLE LIFE / THUS PREPARED BY A LONG COURSE OF HABITUAL GOODNESS / FOR HIS ETERNAL ALLOTMENT / HE DIED SUDDENLY THE 10th JANUARY 1808 / IN THE 78TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / TO PERPETUATE/HIS REVERED NAME AND HONOURED CHARACTER / HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW ERECTS/THIS MARBLE'

Details

Vessel: HMS Robust

People

Cosby, Phillips
Age: 77
Date of Death: 10/1/1808
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris

JSON

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  "transcript": "'NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / PHILLIPS COSBY ESQUIRE / ADMIRAL OF THE RED / AS A NAVAL COMMANDER/HE WAS DISTINGUISHED BY NATIVE VALOUR / PROFESSIONAL SKILL AND ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE / AS A MAN / HE UNITED TO THE MORE ENOBLING VIRTUES / OF THE MIND / THE MILD AND ENDEARING QUALITIES / OF THE HEART / AND CONTINUED TO DISPLAY THEM ALL / TO THE CLOSE OF HIS VENERABLE LIFE / THUS PREPARED BY A LONG COURSE OF HABITUAL GOODNESS / FOR HIS ETERNAL ALLOTMENT / HE DIED SUDDENLY THE 10th JANUARY 1808 / IN THE 78TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / TO PERPETUATE/HIS REVERED NAME AND HONOURED CHARACTER / HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW ERECTS/THIS MARBLE'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Bath Abbey, Bath dedicated to Admiral Phillips Cosby  d. 1808</p>",
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "Colin Harris",
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Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Wall tablet in Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Captain Henry Matson RN, d. 1827

Location

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'S.M. of Mary, wife of Captain Henry Matson, R.N.; who dep. 18th March, 1815, in her 22nd year. Also of the above Captain Henry Matson, ob at Walmer 31st May, 1827, aged 52 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: West wall

People

Matson, Henry
Age: 52
Date of Death: 31/5/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating three men of HMS ‘Rainbow’ who died in 1895

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'‘THIS STONE IS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF / H.M.S. RAINBOW / IN MEMORY OF THEIR SHIPMATES / WHO DIED DURING THE COMMISSION 1895- / THOMAS SMITH / PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / DIED JULY 16TH 1895 / AND IS BURIED HERE / WILLIAM CLIFFORD / PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / DIED AUGUST 5TH 1895 / BURIED AT AMOY / WILLIAM J. HYDE / STOKER DROWNED AT CHEMULPO / 5TH DEC 1895 AGED 20 YEARS / BURIED THERE’

Details

Description: Headstone.
Vessel: HMS Rainbow

People

Clifford, William
Age:
Date of Death: 5/8/1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Hyde, William J.
Age: 20
Date of Death: 5/12/1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 16/7/1895
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Notes: Chemulpo Bay off Incheon, Korea.
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "transcript": "'‘THIS STONE IS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW OF / H.M.S. RAINBOW / IN MEMORY OF THEIR SHIPMATES / WHO DIED DURING THE COMMISSION 1895- / THOMAS SMITH / PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / DIED JULY 16TH 1895 / AND IS BURIED HERE / WILLIAM CLIFFORD / PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / DIED AUGUST 5TH 1895 / BURIED AT AMOY / WILLIAM J. HYDE / STOKER DROWNED AT CHEMULPO / 5TH DEC 1895 AGED 20 YEARS / BURIED THERE’",
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Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet in Portsmouth, England commemorating Francis Percy d. 1735

Location

Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'Near this place lieth the Body of / Mr FRANCIS PERCY who departed this / life on the 12th of June 1735 Aetatis / Suae 21 Then belonging to his / Majesty's Ship Edinburgh / Son of Capt FRANCIS PERCY / Royal Navy and a Descendant / from that most Noble and Ancient / Family of Alnwick Castle in / NORTHUMBERLAND'

Details

Description: Separate coat of arms above.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Edinburgh

People

Percy, Francis
Age: 21
Date of Death: 12/6/1735
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "post_id": "1379",
  "id": "M5854",
  "location": "Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England",
  "transcript": "'Near this place lieth the Body of / Mr FRANCIS PERCY who departed this / life on the 12th of June 1735 Aetatis / Suae 21 Then belonging to his / Majesty's Ship Edinburgh / Son of Capt FRANCIS PERCY / Royal Navy and a Descendant / from that most Noble and Ancient / Family of Alnwick Castle in / NORTHUMBERLAND'",
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    "event":"",
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Henry Romaine Lloyd RN d. 1870

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Henry Romaine LLOYD, Assistant Paymaster, Royal Navy, H.M.S. 'PRINCESS CHARLOTTE' who died on the 2nd February 1870. Aged 21 years and 10 months'

Details

Description: Horizontal cross on hipped grave slab.
Type: Slab
Vessel: HMS Princess Charlotte

People

Lloyd, Henry Romaine
Age: 21
Date of Death: 2/2/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters