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All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent commemorating Robert Salmon, Midshipman RN, d.1782 off Sri Lanka

Location

All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT SALMON / A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED NEAR THE ISLAND OF CEYLON / FEBRIARY 1782 / AGED 18 YEARS. / ALSO OF / THOMAS / HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER / CAPTAIN IN THE 7TH REGT OF ROYAL FUSILIERS / WHO DIED AT BELEM NEAR LISBON / 1ST FEBRUARY 1811 / AGED 41 YEARS'

Details

Type: Tablet

People

Salmon, Robert
Age: 18
Date of Death: 2/1782
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: J. Miller 1997

JSON

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  "id": "M2641",
  "location": "All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'TO THE MEMORY OF / ROBERT SALMON / A MIDSHIPMAN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED NEAR THE ISLAND OF CEYLON / FEBRIARY 1782 / AGED 18 YEARS. / ALSO OF / THOMAS / HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER / CAPTAIN IN THE 7TH REGT OF ROYAL FUSILIERS / WHO DIED AT BELEM NEAR LISBON / 1ST FEBRUARY 1811 / AGED 41 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Kent commemorating  Robert Salmon, Midshipman RN, d.1782 off  Sri Lanka</p>",
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    "position": "",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "J. Miller 1997",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Edwards, d.1837

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of JOHN / EDWARDS Late Seaman / of the BARQUE ARAB / who departed this life / on the 29th September / 1837 / Aged 41 years'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: South east wall A109
Vessel: Arab

People

Edwards, John
Age: 41
Date of Death: 29/9/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 221.

JSON

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  "id": "M479",
  "location": "Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the memory of JOHN / EDWARDS Late Seaman / of the BARQUE ARAB / who departed this life / on the 29th September / 1837 / Aged 41 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Edwards, d.1837</p>",
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  "details": {
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Arab"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 221.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas's Church, Great Wakering, Essex, England

Gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Wakering, Essex, commemorating William Victor Peagram d. 1948

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Great Wakering, Essex, England

Transcript

'William Victor PEAGRAM M.N. Died 9 November 1948 aged 27. From the captain, staff and crew of the MS LEMBULUS in loving memory of a worthy shipmate'

Details

Description: Horizontal cross.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Graveyard opposite porch
Materials: Granite
Vessel: MS Lembulus

People

Peagram, William Victor
Age: 27
Date of Death: 9/11/1948
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1989

JSON

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  "id": "M2327",
  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Great Wakering, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'William Victor PEAGRAM M.N. Died 9 November 1948 aged 27. From the captain, staff and crew of the MS LEMBULUS in loving memory of a worthy shipmate'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Nicholas’s Church, Great Wakering, Essex, commemorating William Victor Peagram d. 1948</p>",
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    "description": "Horizontal cross.",
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    "position": "Graveyard opposite porch",
    "materials": "Granite",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "MS Lembulus"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1989",
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}

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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Headstone at Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating Henry John Mumford, Chief Officer, d. 1868

Location

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance / of / HENRY JOHN MUMFORD son of / HENRY BEER and ANN MUMFORD / Chief Officer of the ship Hindustan / who died at sea December 7th 1868 / aged 32 years / He was beloved by all who knew him / He that believeth on the Son hath / everlasting life / HJM 1868'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: No.280 square location AA10
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: ‘Hindostan'

People

Mumford, Henry John
Age: 32
Date of Death: 7/12/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: E.R. Stage, W.F. Morris 1982

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'In affectionate remembrance / of / HENRY JOHN MUMFORD son of / HENRY BEER and ANN MUMFORD / Chief Officer of the ship Hindustan / who died at sea December 7th 1868 / aged 32 years / He was beloved by all who knew him / He that believeth on the Son hath / everlasting life / HJM 1868'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone at Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating Henry John Mumford, Chief Officer, d. 1868</p>",
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    "position": "No.280 square location AA10",
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    "vessel": "‘Hindostan'"  },
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
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    "recorder": "E.R. Stage, W.F. Morris 1982",
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}

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St Mary's Church, Hennock, Devon, England

Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Hennock, Devon commemorating Post-Captain William Hill, RN d. 1840, a veteran of Trafalgar

Location

St Mary's Church, Hennock, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN A VAULT / WITHOUT THE CHURCH ARE DEPOSITED THE / REMAINS OF WM HILL ESQ POST CAPTAIN / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND SON OF THE REVD / JOHN HILL MANY YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH / WHO HAVING SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH / DISTINCTION IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE / AT THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR / AND OTHER MEMORABLE ACTIONS OF THE LAST / WAR DIED AFTER A FEW HOURS ILLNESS / THE 4TH JANUARY 1840 AGED 56 BELOVED / RESPECTED AND LAMENTED / ALSO THOSE OF ROSE PITT HILL WIDOW OF / THE ABOVE BORN 23RD MARCH 1784 / DIED 26 FEBRY 1868 / AND OF MARGARET THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER BORN 14TH MARCH / 1815 DIED 7TH DECBR 1867'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: South wall
Materials: Limestone tablet, slate surround

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hill, William
Age: 56
Date of Death: 4/1/1840
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: F.M.M. Lewes

JSON

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  "id": "M2618",
  "location": "St Mary's Church, Hennock, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'IN A VAULT / WITHOUT THE CHURCH ARE DEPOSITED THE / REMAINS OF WM HILL ESQ POST CAPTAIN / OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND SON OF THE REVD / JOHN HILL MANY YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH / WHO HAVING SERVED HIS COUNTRY WITH / DISTINCTION IN ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE / AT THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR / AND OTHER MEMORABLE ACTIONS OF THE LAST / WAR DIED AFTER A FEW HOURS ILLNESS / THE 4TH JANUARY 1840 AGED 56 BELOVED / RESPECTED AND LAMENTED / ALSO THOSE OF ROSE PITT HILL WIDOW OF / THE ABOVE BORN 23RD MARCH 1784 / DIED 26 FEBRY 1868 / AND OF MARGARET THEIR SECOND DAUGHTER BORN 14TH MARCH / 1815 DIED 7TH DECBR 1867'",
  "content": "<p>Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Hennock, Devon commemorating Post-Captain William Hill, RN d. 1840, a veteran of Trafalgar</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "type": "Wall plaque",
    "position": "South wall",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Hill, William","age":"56","dateofdeath":"4/1/1840","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Post Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "F.M.M. Lewes",
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}

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Henry Quick RN d. 1937

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'William Henry Quick R.N. / Born 22 June 1867 / Died 27 Sept 1937 / Honourable and brave / A good father / In Christ's care.'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone

People

Quick, William Henry
Age: 70
Date of Death: 27/9/1937
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'William Henry Quick R.N. / Born 22 June 1867 / Died 27 Sept 1937 / Honourable and brave / A good father / In Christ's care.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Henry Quick RN d. 1937</p>",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai, India commemorating Captain William Brooke, d. 1701

Location

St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lies interred the body of Captain WILLIAM BROOKE departed this life March ye 20th 1700/1'

Details

Description: Below the date is a coffin inscribed 'Cap W.B.Ob MCC’.

Position: Compound, St Mary's Church

People

Brooke, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 20/3/1701
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Julian James Cotton 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Madras, 1905) p.8.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Here lies interred the body of Captain WILLIAM BROOKE departed this life March ye 20th 1700/1'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai, India commemorating Captain William Brooke, d. 1701</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Below the date is a coffin inscribed 'Cap W.B.Ob MCC’.<br />",
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    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Julian James Cotton 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Madras, 1905) p.8.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Statue at Govan, Glasgow of Sir William Pearce d. 1898 shipbuilder

Location

Govan, Glasgow, Scotland

Transcript

'SIR WILLIAM PEARCE / BART. M.P. / DIED / 16TH DECEMBER 1888 / AGED 55 YEARS.' [North face] 'AS A SHIPBUILDER AND ENGINEER / HIS ORIGINALITY OF THOUGHT / AND HIS MARVELLOUS SKILL IN EXECUTION / CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE / DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVY / AND MERCANTILE MARINE. / IN TOKEN OF HIS EMINENCE / IN HIS PROFESSION HE WAS / CREATED A BARONET IN 1887. HIS EXTENSIVE AND / ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE LED TO / HIS APPOINTMENT TO SERVE ON / THE ROYAL COMMISSIONS ON / TONNAGE, LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA / AND DEPRESSION OF TRADE. / HIS CAREER FURNISHED A / STRIKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT / GENIUS COMBINED WITH ENERGY, / INDUSTRY AND INDOMITABLE / COURAGE MAY ACCOMPLISH, EVEN / IN A SHORT BUSINESS LIFETIME.' [South face] 'FOR A TIME HE SERVED AS / A COMMISSIONER OF POLICE / OF THE BURGH OF GOVAN. / HE WAS ALSO HONORARY / COLONEL OF THE SECOND / VOLUNTEER BATTALION / HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY; / PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER / OF GLASGOW. / COMMISIONER OF SUPPLY, / JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, / AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / OF THE COUNTY OF LANARK. / WHEN GOVAN WAS MADE / A PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION / IN 1885 HE WAS RETURNED AS / ITS FIRST REPRESENTATIVE, AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1886.' [West face] 'ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF HIS NUMEROUS NOBLE / QUALITIES, AS A MAN AND / EMPLOYER OF LABOUR / 1894'.

Details

Description: Statue of Sir William Pearce (1833-1898). A bearded figure, wearing a frock coat and holding a ship's plan.
Type: Statue
Materials: Bronze, Peterhead granite
Date Erected: 1/10/1894
Artists: Edward Onslow Ford; Broad & Sons

People

Pearce, Willliam
Age:
Date of Death: 1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Ray McKenzie 'Sculpture in Glasgow' (Scotland, 1999)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SIR WILLIAM PEARCE / BART. M.P. / DIED / 16TH DECEMBER 1888 / AGED 55 YEARS.' [North face] 'AS A SHIPBUILDER AND ENGINEER / HIS ORIGINALITY OF THOUGHT / AND HIS MARVELLOUS SKILL IN EXECUTION / CONTRIBUTED LARGELY TO THE / DEVELOPMENT OF THE NAVY / AND MERCANTILE MARINE. / IN TOKEN OF HIS EMINENCE / IN HIS PROFESSION HE WAS / CREATED A BARONET IN 1887. HIS EXTENSIVE AND / ACCURATE KNOWLEDGE LED TO / HIS APPOINTMENT TO SERVE ON / THE ROYAL COMMISSIONS ON / TONNAGE, LOSS OF LIFE AT SEA / AND DEPRESSION OF TRADE. / HIS CAREER FURNISHED A / STRIKING EXAMPLE OF WHAT / GENIUS COMBINED WITH ENERGY, / INDUSTRY AND INDOMITABLE / COURAGE MAY ACCOMPLISH, EVEN / IN A SHORT BUSINESS LIFETIME.' [South face] 'FOR A TIME HE SERVED AS / A COMMISSIONER OF POLICE / OF THE BURGH OF GOVAN. / HE WAS ALSO HONORARY / COLONEL OF THE SECOND / VOLUNTEER BATTALION / HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY; / PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER / OF GLASGOW. / COMMISIONER OF SUPPLY, / JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, / AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT / OF THE COUNTY OF LANARK. / WHEN GOVAN WAS MADE / A PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION / IN 1885 HE WAS RETURNED AS / ITS FIRST REPRESENTATIVE, AND WAS RE-ELECTED IN 1886.' [West face] 'ERECTED / BY / PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION / IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION / OF HIS NUMEROUS NOBLE / QUALITIES, AS A MAN AND / EMPLOYER OF LABOUR / 1894'.",
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Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Monument at Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Admiral James Saumarez d. 1836

Location

Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'JAMES FIRST BARON DE SAUMAREZ / OF GUERNSEY / G.C.B., K.B., S.C.L., / ADMIRAL OF THE RED / GENERAL OF MARINES / B. 1757- D. 1836 / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN / AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION / TO HIS HEROISM AND CHRISTIAN CHARACTER / . 1878 ,', 'The list of Lord de Saumarez's victories Sullivan Island 1778, L'Orient 1795 Dogger Bank 1781, Cape St Vincent 1797 West Indies 1782, Nile 1798 Crescent capturing Fr ship Reunion 1793 Algeciras 1801'

Details

Description: Two inscribed plaques, another with bust of de Saumarez, the last with a relief of a naval action.
Type: Four wall plaques
Materials: Metal
Date Erected: 1876
Vessel: HMS Crescent

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Saumarez, James
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/10/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: The remains of a 99ft blue granite obelisk erected on Delancy Hill in 1876. Demolished by German Forces in 1943. The naval action shown was between HMS 'Crescent' and a French force off Guernsey.
Recorder: David Tull, 1987
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "id": "M4213",
  "location": "Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'JAMES FIRST BARON DE SAUMAREZ / OF GUERNSEY / G.C.B., K.B., S.C.L., / ADMIRAL OF THE RED / GENERAL OF MARINES / B. 1757- D. 1836 / THIS MEMORIAL / IS ERECTED BY HIS FELLOW COUNTRYMEN / AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION / TO HIS HEROISM AND CHRISTIAN CHARACTER / . 1878 ,', 'The list of Lord de Saumarez's victories Sullivan Island 1778, L'Orient 1795 Dogger Bank 1781, Cape St Vincent 1797 West Indies 1782, Nile 1798 Crescent capturing Fr ship Reunion 1793 Algeciras 1801'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4213Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6839\" width=\"278\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4213Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4213Large-300x259.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 278px) 100vw, 278px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Monument at Castle Cornet, St Peter Port, Guernsey commemorating Admiral James Saumarez d. 1836</p>",
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    "materials": "Metal",
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    "vessel": "HMS Crescent"  },
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Tull, 1987",
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All Saints Church, Curry Mallet, Somerset, England

Plaque at All Saints Church, Curry Mallet, Somerset commemorating Captain George Pulteney RN d. 1781

Location

All Saints Church, Curry Mallet, Somerset, England

Transcript

'This cenotaph is inscribed to the memory of Geo. A. Pulteney, esq; who after twelve years distinguished services, was promoted by Sir George Rodney to the command of his Majesty's ship the Prince Edward of 64 guns, and died on board her off the coast of Ireland. May 20th, 1781, aetat 27, Virtutem disce ex me verumque labores, fortunam ex aliis.'

Details

Description: Plain oval tablet in white marble.
Type: Wall Tablet
Vessel: HMS Prince Edward

People

Pulteney, George Ann
Age: 27
Date of Death: 20/5/1781
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: John Collinson ' The history and Antiquities of the County of Somerset' (London, 1791) p. 34.
Recorder: R. Davies: L. Baker

JSON

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  "transcript": "'This cenotaph is inscribed to the memory of Geo. A. Pulteney, esq; who after twelve years distinguished services, was promoted by Sir George Rodney to the command of his Majesty's ship the Prince Edward of 64 guns, and died on board her off the coast of Ireland. May 20th, 1781, aetat 27, Virtutem disce ex me verumque labores, fortunam ex aliis.'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters