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St Peter's Church, Bristol, England

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

Extra

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.

JSON

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Mowbray Park, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England

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

Extra

Notes: Cast at Colebrookdale.
Bibliography: Paul Usherwood 'Public Sculpture in North-East England' (Liverpool UP)

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Royal Dockyard Church, Chatham, Kent, England

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

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating William Thomas Bowen Evans d. 1851

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of William Thomas Bowen EVANS Commander of the ship 'Futty Mohbarruck' who died at Macao 3rd. September, 1851. Aged 33 years'

Details

Vessel: Futty Mohbarruck

People

Evans, William Thomas Bowen
Age: 33
Date of Death: 3/9/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In memory of William Thomas Bowen EVANS Commander of the ship 'Futty Mohbarruck' who died at Macao 3rd. September, 1851. Aged 33 years'",
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St George's, Bermuda, Rest of the World

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:

Extra

Notes: The boat capsized with he loss of her crew.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Admiral Sir Robert Otway d. 1846

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / ADML. SIR ROBERT WALLER OTWAY, BART. G.C.B. / WHO DIED ON THE 12TH OF MAY 1846 / IN THE SEVENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF HIS AGE / HAVING SERVED SIXTY-TWO YEARS IN THE ENGLISH NAVY / WITH PERSEVERANCE AND IN FULFILMENT OF THE DUTIES / DUE TO HIS SOVEREIGN AND COUNTRY. / THE NAVAL ANNALS RECORD HIS GREAT PROFESSIONAL DEEDS. / HIS UNDEVIATING AFFECTION SHOWN BY / A CONSTANT FLOW OF CHRISTIAN KINDNESS / ENDEARS HIS MEMORY TO HIS WIDOW AND FAMILY.' [Lower pedestal] 'ALL THAT FATHER GIVETH ME SHALL COME TO ME; AND HIM / THAT COMETH TO ME / WILL NO WISE CAST OUT St John: Chap. VI. Ver 37'

Details

Description: Cuboid pedestal with a second stage cuboid topped with a gothic cross and with two gothic bollards at the east corners.
Type: Cross
Position: 6315/90/RS

People

Otway, Robert
Age: 74
Date of Death: 1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 1770-1846 During 6 years in the West Indies he is said to have destroyed 200 enemy ships. The monument was restored by the 1805 Club in 2010.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 192.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

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East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Memorial in East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, commemorating William Guise Tucker d. 1885

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'William Guise Tucker Vicar of Ramsey Essex and for thirty six years chaplain in the Royal Navy in Malta, Haslar and Greenwich Hospitals as elsewhere "he ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ". Born May 12th 1812. Fell asleep in Jesus Jan 17th 1885'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Tucker, William Guise
Age:
Date of Death: 17/1/1885
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988

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Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, East Sussex, England

Tomb in the Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, commemorating Admiral Gervase Alard d. 1340

Location

Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Winchelsea, East Sussex, England

Details

Description: Effigy in armour on tomb chest, believed to be that of Gervase Alard, who was Admiral of the Western Fleet appointed by Edward I. The effigy is of stone in complete armour. The hands are raised and enclose a heart. A lion crouches at the feet. The figure was originally painted and had decorations on the surcoat. There is no shield, but the mutilated remains of two large angels may be traced supporting the double cushion on which the head rests, slightly turned towards the church. The main gablet of the recessed canopy springs from the heads of King Edward and his second wife, Queen Margaret.
Type: Effigy
Position: Alard chantry,

People

Alard, Gervase
Age:
Date of Death: 1340
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Western Fleet

Extra

Notes: Admiral of Western fleet under Edward I. DOSSIER.
Bibliography: Malcolm Saville (revised) 'The Story of Winchelsea Church'.
Recorder: E. Nellist. Recorded in 1981

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    "recorder": "E. Nellist. Recorded in 1981",
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Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Statue in the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia depicting Admiral Arthur Phillip RN d. 1814

Location

Botanic Gardens, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP RN / FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES / 1788-1892 / THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED BY / THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT HAMDEN NINETEENTH GOVERNOR ON THE 27TH JUNE 1897 / THAT BEING THE DATE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE / SIXTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA'

Details

Description: A 5m bronze statue of Phillip stands on a marble pedestal and looks towards Sydney heads holding the British flag and a charter of government. The base has reclining bronze figures of Neptune, Cyclops, Commerce and Agriculture. The two mythical figures replaced a planned figure of a minor and a sailor, following a government suggestion that classical figures would be better received by the public. The whole is designed as a fountain. Between the reclining figures, water spouts in the form of ships' prows and paired dolphins pour into clam shell basins. These are separated by consoles with bronze plaques depicting Aboriginal people
Type: Statue
Materials: Marble, bronze
Date Erected: 1897
Artists: Achille Simonetti

Event

British colonization of Australia

People

Phillip, Arthur
Age: 75
Date of Death: 31/8/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Fountain erected in celebration of Queen Victoria's Jubilee.
Bibliography: Michael Hedger 'Public Sculpture in Australia' (Roseville East, NSW, c.1995) p. 14.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP RN / FIRST GOVERNOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES / 1788-1892 / THIS MONUMENT WAS UNVEILED BY / THE RT. HON. VISCOUNT HAMDEN NINETEENTH GOVERNOR ON THE 27TH JUNE 1897 / THAT BEING THE DATE OF THE CELEBRATION OF THE COMPLETION OF THE / SIXTIETH YEAR OF THE REIGN OF / HER MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA'",
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Church of St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England

Wall tablet in St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton commemorating George Edward Wright Naval Surgeon d. 1865

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Church of St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England

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'IN MEMORY OF GEORGE EDWARD WRIGHT MD. RN. THIRD SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM WRIGHT / OF SHERIFF HUTTON / WHO DIED AT SIERRA LEONE / DECEMBER 24TH 1865 / AGED 24 YEARS / EVEN SO THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS / WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM / 1 THESS. 4. 4'

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Description: Rectanglar tablet, with a triangular pediment above, over a projecting stepped cornice.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Ground grey Frosterley marble, tablet white marble
Artists: Skelton

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Wright, G. E.
Age: 24
Date of Death: 24/12/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Lettering, uniform Roman capitals, serif and sans serif.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1996

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters