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Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

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'

Details

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

Extra

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

JSON

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  "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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Blyth Beach Cemetery, Blyth, Northumberland, England

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'

Details

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

Extra

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.

JSON

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Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Memorial at Church, Frinton-on-Sea, commemorating Sidney Mann d. 1952

Location

Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Mann, Sidney W
Age: 71
Date of Death: 19/1/1952
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

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St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating Commander William Moffat HEIC, d. 1850

Location

St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MOFFAT ESQRE./ OF HARPERTON, ROXBURGHSHIRE / A NATIVE OF THIS PLACE, AND FORMERLY A / COMMANDER IN THE H.E.I.C. MARINE SERVICE / WHO DIED AT KENSINGTON ON THE 14 SEPTEMBER 1850 / AGED 76 YEARS / BEHOLD, GOD IS MY SALVATION; I WILL TRUST AND NOT BE AFRAID; / FOR THE LORD JEHOVAH IS MY STRENGTH AND MY SONG HE / ALSO IS BECOME MY SALVATION; ISAIAH CH.XII. VER. 2. / GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN / SON THAT WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN HIM SHOULD NOT PERISH / BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE; ST JOHN CH. III VER 16 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION / TO THE MEMORY OF A BELOVED PARENT / BY HIS SON AND DAUGHTER'

Details

Description: Carved with an urn
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Marble

People

Moffat, William
Age: 76
Date of Death: 14/9/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Ford d. 1840

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain John Ford died 31 March 1840 age 39'.

Details

People

Ford, John
Age: 39
Date of Death: 31/3/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 41.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain John Ford died 31 March 1840 age 39'.",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Thomas White d. 1865

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thomas White, Pilot of this port, died 15 September 1865 age 55'

Details

People

White, Thomas
Age: 55
Date of Death: 15/9/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 81.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas White, Pilot of this port, died 15 September 1865 age 55'",
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    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Lieutenant Joseph Andrew Bainbridge RN d. 1846

Location

St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Lieut. Joseph Andrew BAINBRIDGE, Late Comg. H.M. Schooner 'Pickle'. Served his country 50 yrs and died of yellow fever 9th Feb 1846 aged 49 years. Erected by his shipmates, Brother offrs. & friends, as a tribute to his honest worth'

Details

Vessel: HMS Pickle

People

Bainbridge, Joseph Andrew
Age: 49
Date of Death: 9/2/1846
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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

JSON

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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
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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'",
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    "event":"",
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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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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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters