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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

Location

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

Transcript

'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'

Details

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

People

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

Extra

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

JSON

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  "id": "M3881",
  "location": "Church of St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England",
  "transcript": "'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'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Helen and the Holy Cross, Sheriff Hutton commemorating George Edward Wright Naval Surgeon d. 1865</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Rectanglar tablet, with a triangular pediment above, over a projecting stepped cornice.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Ground grey Frosterley marble, tablet white marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Skelton",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Wright, G. E.","age":"24","dateofdeath":"24/12/1865","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Surgeon RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Lettering, uniform Roman capitals, serif and sans serif.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1996",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "J. Miller 1997",
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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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  "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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    "event":"",
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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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  "details": {
    "description": "Horizontal cross.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Graveyard opposite porch",
    "materials": "Granite",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "MS Lembulus"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1989",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Mary's Church, West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, England

Monument at St Mary’s Church, West Stockwith depicting William Huntingto d. 1714

Location

St Mary's Church, West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, England

Transcript

'Here lies the Body of / WILLIAM HUNTINGTON Late of this Place Ship-Carpenter, second Son of JOHN and / MARY HUNTINGTON who by his Last Will & Testament after ye / Death of his Mother & the Marriage or Death of his Widow gave / Seven Hundred and Forty Pounds for ye Building of Ys CHAPPEL / and HOSPITAL round about it, and for ye Support of a MINISTER / SCHOOL MASTER, & ten Poor Ship-Carpenters widows and other / CHARITYS, bequeath'd all his Lands in West Stockwith / Gunhouse and Misterton for ever, / He dyed Decembr. the 24. 1714 Aged Forty one years. / The Executing of his Will was committed by ye Founders to ye care of / WILLIAM SAMPSON Junr Gent / MATTHEW SAMPSON Gent / Thomas LOWKER Mercht / HENRY SHAW Gent / of GAINSBOROUGH'

Details

Description: Reclining effigy depicting Huntington holding a plan of a ship, on a tomb chest with the inscription on the side.
Type: Monument
Materials: White alabaster
Artists: Edward Poynton

People

Huntington, William
Age: 41
Date of Death: 24/12/1714
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship carpenter
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Buried in church he built.
Bibliography: Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire' (Harmondsworth, 1951).
Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1983

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Here lies the Body of / WILLIAM HUNTINGTON  Late of this Place Ship-Carpenter, second Son of JOHN and / MARY HUNTINGTON who by his Last Will & Testament after ye / Death of his Mother & the Marriage or Death of his Widow gave / Seven Hundred and Forty Pounds for ye Building of Ys CHAPPEL / and HOSPITAL round about it, and for ye Support of a MINISTER / SCHOOL MASTER, & ten Poor Ship-Carpenters widows and other / CHARITYS, bequeath'd all his Lands in West Stockwith / Gunhouse and Misterton for ever, / He dyed Decembr. the 24. 1714 Aged Forty one years. / The Executing of his Will was committed by ye Founders to ye care of / WILLIAM SAMPSON Junr Gent / MATTHEW SAMPSON Gent / Thomas LOWKER Mercht / HENRY SHAW Gent / of GAINSBOROUGH'",
  "content": "<p>Monument at St Mary’s Church, West Stockwith depicting William Huntingto d. 1714</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "description": "Reclining effigy depicting Huntington holding a plan of a ship, on a tomb chest with the inscription on the side.",
    "type": "Monument",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "White alabaster",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Edward Poynton",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Huntington, William","age":"41","dateofdeath":"24/12/1714","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Ship carpenter","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Buried in church he built.",
    "bibliography": "Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire' (Harmondsworth, 1951).",
    "recorder": "A.J. Richardson  1983",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Clements Church, St Clement, Cornwall, England

Monument in St Clement, Cornwall commemorating Rear-Admiral Robert Reynolds d. 1811 in the loss of HMS ‘St George’

Location

St Clements Church, St Clement, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'THIS . HUMBLE . TRIBUTE . OF . FRIENDSHIP . IS . INSCRIBED . TO . THE . MEMORY . OF / REAR . ADMIRAL . ROBERT . CARTHEW . REYNOLDS . ESQRE . / WHO . AFTER . A . LONG . LIFE . OF . ARDUOUS . AND . HONOURABLE . SERVICE . WAS / SHIPWRECKED . AND . PERSIHED . WITH . HIS . OFFICERS . AND . CREW . ON BOARD . / H.M.S: S. GEORGE OF 98 GUNS . ON . THE . COAST . OF . JUTLAND . ON . THE . 24TH DEC. 1811 / THIS . MELANCHOLY . EVENT . WAS DEEPLY . FELT THROUGHOUT . ENGLAND / AND . OVERWHELMED . IN . AFFLICTION . HIS . FAMILY . AND . FRIENDS.'

Details

Description: Medallion portrait. Relief of a soldier pointing to a monument on which is depicted the wreck of the 'St George'.
Type: Monument
Date Erected: 1816
Artists: Micali
Vessel: HMS St George

People

Reynolds, Robert Carthew
Age:
Date of Death: 24/12/1811
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Signed by the artist 'Micali direxit Liburni 1816'.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).

JSON

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  "id": "M4149",
  "location": "St Clements Church, St Clement, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'THIS . HUMBLE . TRIBUTE . OF . FRIENDSHIP . IS . INSCRIBED . TO . THE . MEMORY . OF / REAR . ADMIRAL . ROBERT . CARTHEW . REYNOLDS . ESQRE . / WHO . AFTER . A . LONG . LIFE . OF . ARDUOUS . AND . HONOURABLE . SERVICE . WAS / SHIPWRECKED . AND . PERSIHED . WITH . HIS . OFFICERS . AND . CREW . ON BOARD .  / H.M.S:  S. GEORGE OF 98 GUNS .  ON . THE . COAST . OF . JUTLAND . ON . THE . 24TH DEC. 1811 / THIS . MELANCHOLY . EVENT . WAS DEEPLY . FELT THROUGHOUT . ENGLAND / AND . OVERWHELMED . IN . AFFLICTION . HIS . FAMILY  . AND . FRIENDS.'",
  "content": "<p>Monument in St Clement, Cornwall commemorating Rear-Admiral Robert Reynolds d. 1811 in the loss of HMS ‘St George’</p>",
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    "type": "Monument",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "1816",
    "artists": "Micali",
    "vessel": "HMS St George"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Signed by the artist 'Micali direxit Liburni 1816'.",
    "bibliography": "Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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St Swithun's Church, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England

Memorial at Sandy, Bedfordshire to Captain Sir William Peel RN d. 1858.

Location

St Swithun's Church, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM PEEL, R.N., K.B., V.C., / THIRD SON OF THE HONBLE. SIR ROBERT PEEL BART. / THE ILLUSTRIOUS STATESMAN / HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 2ND 1824 / ENTERED THE NAVY AT THE AGE OF 13 / AND GAVE EARLY PROMISE OF FUTURE EMINENCE / WHICH, THOUGH HE DIED AT THE EARLY AGE OF 33, / LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE. / AFTER SERVICNG WITH DISTINCTION IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, / HE COMMANDED A BATTERY AT THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL, / RENDERING HIMSELF CONSPICUOUS AMONGST BRAVE MEN, / BY ACTS OF DARING AND CHIVALROUS COURAGE. / IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. SHANNON, / ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT INDIAN REBELLION, / HE ORGANISED AND LED THE FAMOUS NAVAL BRIGADE / WHICH DRAGGED THE 68 POUNDERS OF THE SHIPS / AND CO-OPERATING WITH THE ARMY, / CONTRIBUTED IN A MOST SIGNAL MANNER / TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR ARMS. / THE SERVICES WHICH HE RENDERED DURING THAT GREAT CRISIS / WERE REGARDED WITH ADMIRATION BY HIS COUNTRY; / AND HIS DEATH IN THE MIDST OF SUCCESS AND HONOURS, / WAS LAMENTED AS A NATIONAL LOSS. / HE DIED AT CAWNPORE, APRIL 27TH 1858.'

Details

Description: Full-length in uniform, in the act of drawing his sword. A mortar and anchor behind the figure, which has a coil of rope at the feet.
Type: Statue
Position: Nave, South Bay
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1861
Artists: William Theed

Event

Crimea War; Indian Mutiny

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Peel, William
Age: 33
Date of Death: 27/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "St Swithun's Church, Sandy, Bedfordshire, England",
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  "content": "<p>Memorial at Sandy, Bedfordshire to Captain Sir William Peel RN d. 1858.</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "materials": "Marble",
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    "vessel": ""  },
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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Ernest Edward Pearce d. 1933

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of Ernest Edward Pearce, Tidewaiter, Chinese Maritime Customs. Born 27th. September 1905. Killed on duty 16th. April, 1933. Erected by the Chinese Maritime Customs'

Details

People

Pearce, Ernest Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 16/4/1933
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Tidewaiter
Organisation: Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "id": "M394",
  "location": "Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Ernest Edward Pearce, Tidewaiter, Chinese Maritime Customs. Born 27th. September 1905. Killed on duty 16th. April, 1933. Erected by the Chinese Maritime Customs'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Ernest Edward Pearce d. 1933</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Fleet Paymaster Charles John Bolt, RN, d. 1895

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of / C.J. Bolt / Fleet Paymaster / H.M.S. Phoebe / died 11 April 1895'

Details

Description: Marble tablet set into white concrete cross.
Type: Cross
Materials: Concrete, marble
Vessel: HMS Phoebe

People

Bolt, Charles John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 11/4/1895
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Fleet Paymaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "post_id": "1278",
  "id": "M5304",
  "location": "Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of / C.J. Bolt / Fleet Paymaster / H.M.S. Phoebe / died 11 April 1895'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Fleet Paymaster Charles John Bolt, RN, d. 1895</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Thomas Davis RM d. 1893

Location

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

Transcript

'Per Mare', 'Per Terram' 'Sacred to the memory of Thomas DAVIS, Private Royal Marines, H.M.S. 'Victor Emanuel', who died at Hong Kong on the 17th day of August 1893. Aged 22 years. Erected by the Royal Marines detachment of H.M.S. 'Victor Emanuel' as a token of respect. For ever with the Lord''

Details

Description: Gothic-style headstone with carved floral border. The globe and laurel symbol and bugle, carved above the inscription in relief.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Victor Emanuel

People

Davis, Thomas
Age: 22
Date of Death: 17/8/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "post_id": "1279",
  "id": "M583",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Per Mare', 'Per Terram' 'Sacred to the memory of Thomas DAVIS, Private Royal Marines, H.M.S. 'Victor Emanuel', who died at Hong Kong on the 17th day of August 1893. Aged 22 years. Erected by the Royal Marines detachment of H.M.S. 'Victor Emanuel' as a token of respect. For ever with the Lord''",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Thomas Davis RM d. 1893</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Victor Emanuel"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters