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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata commemorating Lieutenant W. H. Whittle, RN, d. 1822

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In Memory of Lieut. W.H. Whittle, R.N. / who departed this life on the 5th June 1822 / aged 32 years.

Details

People

Whittle, W.H.
Age: 32
Date of Death: 5/6/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.163.

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  "transcript": "'In Memory of Lieut. W.H. Whittle, R.N. / who departed this life on the 5th June 1822 / aged 32 years.",
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St Mark's Churchyard, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Mark’s Churchyard, Gosport commemorating Rear-Admiral Maurice Horatio Nelson d. 1914

Location

St Mark's Churchyard, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Emily Nelson, fourth daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Burrard Bart., wife of Rear Admiral M.H. Nelson died September 24th 1906 aged 73 years. Also of Maurice Horatio Nelson. Rear Admiral, third son of Thomas, Second Earl Nelson, died September 6th 1914 aged 82.'

Details

People

Nelson, Maurice Horatio
Age: 82
Date of Death: 6/9/1914
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "St Mark's Churchyard, Gosport, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Emily Nelson, fourth daughter of Admiral Sir Charles Burrard Bart., wife of Rear Admiral M.H. Nelson died September 24th 1906 aged 73 years. Also of Maurice Horatio Nelson. Rear Admiral, third son of Thomas, Second Earl Nelson, died September 6th 1914 aged 82.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Mark’s Churchyard, Gosport commemorating Rear-Admiral Maurice Horatio Nelson d. 1914</p>",
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Jacob Orman d. 1884

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'JACOB ORMAN aged 56 lost from the SS 'Fuji Yama' off Sulina Black Sea Dec 3 1884 and buried at Sulina'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: SS Fuji Yama

People

Orman, Jacob
Age: 56
Date of Death: 3/12/1884
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

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  "transcript": "'JACOB ORMAN aged 56 lost from the SS 'Fuji Yama' off Sulina Black Sea Dec 3 1884 and buried at Sulina'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Jacob Orman d. 1884</p>",
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    "type": "Memorial tile",
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    "vessel": "SS Fuji Yama"  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales

Gravestone at St David’s Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion commemorating Captain John Jenkin Jones d. 1915

Location

St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Captain Jenkin Jones, S North Rd Aberayron, who lost his life on S.S. Wavelet, which was mined off Kentish Knock Feb 13th 1915, aged 40 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Wavelet

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Jones, Jenkin
Age: 40
Date of Death: 13/2/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Needham Brothers

Extra

Notes: SS 'Wavelet' mined on 13 February 1915 with the loss of 12 lives but the vessel was beached.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972

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  "location": "St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales",
  "transcript": "'Captain Jenkin Jones, S North Rd Aberayron, who lost his life on S.S. Wavelet, which was mined off Kentish Knock Feb 13th 1915, aged 40 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St David’s Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion commemorating Captain John Jenkin Jones d. 1915</p>",
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    "date": "",
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    "notes": "SS 'Wavelet' mined on 13 February 1915 with the loss of 12 lives but the vessel was beached.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Richard Sigerson d. 1911

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'RICHARD SIGERSON / Stoker 1st Cl. H.M.S. 'Pincher' / died / 12th Feb 1911 aged 29'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Roman Catholic (old) 486
Vessel: HMS Pincher

People

Sigerson, Richard
Age: 29
Date of Death: 12/2/1911
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

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  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'RICHARD SIGERSON / Stoker 1st Cl. H.M.S. 'Pincher' / died / 12th Feb 1911 aged 29'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Richard Sigerson d. 1911</p>",
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    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Roman Catholic (old) 486",
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    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Pincher"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Francis Seale, HEIC, d. 1851

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of / MR FRANCIS WILLIAM SEALE, / Mate H.C. Pilot Service / Aged 27 Years / who departed this life / in the full and certain hope / of life everlasting / January 17th 1851 / Fondly loved and deeply lamented / by his bereaved relatives'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: SW C75
Artists: Holmes & Co

People

Seale, Francis William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 17/1/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Pilot HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 112.

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  "location": "Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory / of / MR FRANCIS WILLIAM SEALE, / Mate H.C. Pilot Service / Aged 27 Years / who departed this life / in the full and certain hope / of life everlasting / January 17th 1851 / Fondly loved and deeply lamented / by his bereaved relatives'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Francis Seale, HEIC, d. 1851</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 112.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating George Voce RM d. 1836

Location

Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Voce, George
Age: 37
Date of Death: 23/2/1836?
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Royal Marines, Plymouth Division.
Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 437 (Greenwich, 1982).

JSON

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  "id": "M3373",
  "location": "Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating George Voce RM d. 1836</p>",
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    "notes": "Royal Marines, Plymouth Division.",
    "bibliography": "Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 437 (Greenwich, 1982).",
    "recorder": "",
    "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

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  "id": "M4748",
  "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'",
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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.",
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    "materials": "White alabaster",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Edward Poynton",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Buried in church he built.",
    "bibliography": "Nikolaus Pevsner 'Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire' (Harmondsworth, 1951).",
    "recorder": "A.J. Richardson  1983",
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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).

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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.'",
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    "dateErected": "1816",
    "artists": "Micali",
    "vessel": "HMS St George"  },
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    "category": ""  },
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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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    "dateErected": "1861",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters