Gravestone at St Stephen’s Old Church, Fylingthorpe commemorating James Grainger d. 1902
Location
St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'In loving memory / of GEORGE WILLIAM / Son of JAMES and CAROLINE GRAINGER / born January 13th 1872 / died December 7th 1896 / 'In the midst of life we are in death' / Also the above / JAMES GRAINGER / Master Mariner / who died April 18th 1902 / aged 62 years / Also CAROLINE his wife / who died January 26th 1912 / aged 74 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: North Yorkshire
People
Grainger, James Age: 74 Date of Death: 26/1/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Peter Buchan d. 1868
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Peter Buchan, Master Mariner died 21 September 1868 age 46'
Details
People
Buchan, Peter Age: 46 Date of Death: 21/9/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
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Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 721. Recorder: Captain J P Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum
Memorial at Winchester Cathedral to Captain Henry Pearson RN d. 1936
Location
Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF HENRY PEARSON / CAPTAIN R.N. OF THIS CITY WHO / DIED 17 AUGUST 1936 AGED 84. / He was Navigating Officer when / H.M.S. CALLIOPE (Capt. H.C. Kane) / was brought out of Apia Harbour / in Samoa in the hurricane of / 16th March 1889.'
Details
Description: Coloured representations of Union Flag and White ensign flank the inscription.. Type: Wall tablet Position: North transept Materials: Limestone Vessel: HMS Calliope
People
Pearson, Henry Age: 84 Date of Death: 17/8/1936 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall monument in St Peter’s Church, Bristol, commemorating Robert Aldworth d. 1634 .
Location
St Peter's Church, Bristol, England
Transcript
[Translation of latin inscription on central panel] 'Although this statue of the venerable man is silent / Learn, O Reader and Beholder who he was, / A famous merchant, a successful voyager through / Many seas, seeking rather the glory of his country / And the relief of the poor than thirsting for / The accumulation of hoards of wealth. / And therefore, by the will of God / He became richer, an exemplary chief Magistrate of the city / Full of honour and fidelity, serving Christ and God / according to the teaching of the church of England / (which was dear to his heart), he closed his life in peace / and now enjoys eternal peace beyond the stars'
Details
Description: Free standing figures on top of the monument and the arms of the merchant venturers, kneeling effigies of Aldworth and his wife in arched niches below. On the base of the memorial are three ships, three tuns representing a trader in rum, a merchants mark and five sugar loaves for a sugar boiler.
Type: Wall monument
People
Aldworth, Robert Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1634 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Merchant Organisation: Unknown
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Notes: Destroyed in World War II. Church now ruined and is being conserved in 2019.
Bibliography: Gomer Williams 'History of the Liverpool privateers and letters of marque with an account of the Liverpool slave trade' (Liverpool, London 1897) p. 49.
Statue in Mowbray Park, Sunderland commemorating Jack Crawford d. 1831
Location
Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England
Transcript
'THE SAILOR WHO SO HEROICALLY NAILED ADMIRAL DUNCAN'S / FLAG TO THE MAIN-TOP-GALLANT MAST OF H.M.S. VENERABLE IN THE / GLORIOUS ACTION OFF CAMPERDOWN ON OCTOBER 11TH 1797 / JACK CRAWFORD WAS BORN AT THE POTTERY BANK SUNDERLAND 1775 / AND DIED IN HIS NATIVE TOWN 1831 AGED 56 YEARS / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION'
Details
Description: Depicts Crawford nailing the colours of his ship to the mast. Type: Statue Materials: Bronze Date Erected: 7/4/1890 Artists: Percy Wood
Event
Battle of Camperdown
Event Date
1797
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Crawford, Jack Age: 38 Date of Death: 1813 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Cast at Colebrookdale. Bibliography: Paul Usherwood 'Public Sculpture in North-East England' (Liverpool UP)
Brass plaque in the Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham, Kent, commemorating Robert Balcomb, RN, Chief Engineer, d. 1847 at Banjul, Gambia, West Africa
Location
Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham, Kent, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / Robert Balcomb / Chief Engineer of H.M.S. Rifleman / Born 6th. August 1847 / Died of Fever at Bathurst, West Coast of Africa / September 28th. 1887. / This Tablet was erected by his Shipmates / as a mark of their Respect and Regard for him.'
Details
Description: Brass, borders leaves and flowers, gothic letters infilled in black and red Type: Plaque Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Rifleman
People
Balcomb, Robert Age: 40 Date of Death: 28/9/1887 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Chief engineer RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St George’s, Bermuda commemorating the six crew members of the pilot gig ‘Ocean Queen’ II who died when the boat capsized in 1927
Location
St George's, Bermuda, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of Goulrich Richardson, George Brangman, Irving Pascoe, Edgar Smith, Ernest Tucker, Ernest Gibbons crew of the pilot gig Ocean Queen II. Drowned of Kitchen Shoals. Jan 27 1927 RIP'
Details
Type: Gravestone Materials: Marble Vessel: Ocean Queen II
People
Brangman, George Age: Date of Death: 27/1/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Gibbons, Ernest Age: Date of Death: 27/1/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Pascoe, Irving Age: Date of Death: 27/1/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Richardson, Goulrich Age: Date of Death: 27/1/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Smith, Edgar Age: Date of Death: 27/1/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Tucker, Ernest Age: Date of Death: 27/1/1927 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: The boat capsized with he loss of her crew. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969