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St Stephen's Old Church, Fylingthorpe, East Yorkshire, England

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:

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

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
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Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England

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

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Recorder: Timothy Wilson 1979
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating W.T. McKean d. 1908

Location

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

Transcript

'In memory of W. T. MacKean, 3rd Engineer, S.S. 'Hop Sang' of Greenock Scotland, died March 11th 1908, aged 28 years. Erected by a few friends'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: SS Hop Sang

People

MacKean, W. T.
Age: 28
Date of Death: 11/3/1908
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: 3rd Engineer
Organisation:

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Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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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.
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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

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Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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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:

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Recorder: Christine Thomas
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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
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Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery, London commemorating John Ellerman d. 1933

Location

Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England

Details

People

Ellerman, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1933
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship owner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: 1862-1933.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 238.
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