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St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating  John Bullard, Principal Clerk, HM Victualling Office, Chatham, d. 1833

Location

St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Details

People

Bullard, John
Age: 67
Date of Death: 10/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Principal Clerk
Organisation: HM Victualling Office, Chatham

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St Columba's Church, Kirk Arbory, Isle of Man

Wall tablet at St Columba’s Church, Kirk Arbory, Isle of Man commemorating Captain John Quilliam RN d. 1829, a veteran of Trafalgar

Location

St Columba's Church, Kirk Arbory, Isle of Man

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN QUILLIAM ESQR CAPTN IN THE ROYAL NAVY. / IN HIS EARLY YEARS HE WAS APPOINTED BY ADML LORD DUNCAN TO ACT AS LIEUTENANT AT THE / BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN, AFTER THE VICTORY WAS ACHIEVED, THIS APPOINTMENT WAS CONFIRMED, / HIS GALLANTRY AND PROFESSIONAL SKILL AT THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN ATTRACTED THE NOTICE OF / LORD NELSON, WHO SUBSEQUENTLY SOUGHT FOR HIS SERVICES ON BOARD HIS OWN SHIP, AND AS HIS / LORDSHIPS FIRST LIEUT. HE STEERED THE VICTORY INTO ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, / BY THE EXAMPLE OF DUNCAN AND NELSON HE LEARNED TO CONQUER; / BY HIS OWN MERIT HE ROSE TO COMMAND. / ABOVE ALL THIS / HE WAS AN HONEST MAN, / THE NOBLEST WORK OF GOD. / AFTER MANY YEARS OF HONOURABLE AND DISTINGUISHED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE HE RETIRED / TO THIS THE LAND OF HIS AFFECTIONATE SOLICITUDE AND BIRTH, WHERE IN HIS PUBLIC STATION AS A / MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF KEYS, AND IN PRIVATE LIFE HE WAS IN ARDUOUS TIMES THE UNCOMPROMISING / DEFENDER OF THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF HIS COUNTRYMEN, AND THE ZEALOUS AND ABLE SUPPORTER / OF EVERY MEASURE TENDING TO PROMOTE THE WELFARE AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY. / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 10th OCTOBER 1829 / IN THE 59th YEAR OF HIS AGE. THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY MARGT C. QUILLIAM TO THE MEMORY OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND.'

Details

Description: A draped urn is carved in relief above the inscription. A ship's stern and an anchor is shown on the side of the urn.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel
Materials: White Marble

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Quilliam, John
Age: 58
Date of Death: 10/10/1829
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 122-3.
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Broadway Cemetery, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

Gravestone in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire dedicated to Robert Base d. 1878

Location

Broadway Cemetery, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England

Transcript

'Robert Base / Died February 28th 1878 / Aged 91 / He served on board / HMS Bellerophon / At the Battle of Trafalgar.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Block 3 Row 2E No 37
Vessel: HMS Bellerophon

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Base, Robert
Age: 91
Date of Death: 28/2/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Served on HMS 'Bellerophon' at the Battle of Trafalgar 21/10/1805. Extra detalis supplied by Audrey Griffiths 2005. A new plaque to be placed on the gravestone as part of the Trafalgar bicentenary commemoration.
Recorder: Audrey Griffiths
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating John McDonald d. 1865

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John McDonald, Boatswains Mate of the late Confederate SS Florida died Liverpool 20 March 1865 age 28'

Details

Vessel: CSS Florida

People

McDonald, John
Age: 28
Date of Death: 20/3/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain's Mate
Organisation: Confederate States Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 845. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Relates to the American Civil War. CSS 'Florida' sank on 28 November 1864.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Brompton cemetery, London, England

Place of burial at Brompton Cemetery of Admiral Tancred Stewart d. 1901

Location

Brompton cemetery, London, England

Details

People

Stewart, Tancred
Age:
Date of Death: 13/11/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Place of burial.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Charles Edwin Taylor d. 1937, Cardiff Pilot

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of / Mary / the beloved wife of / Edwin Charles Taylor / (Cardiff Pilot) / who died July 22nd 1925 / aged 53 years / Also Mabel Irene / who died in infancy / Thy will be done. / Also Edwin Charles Taylor / who died January 15th 1937 / Aged 67 years.'

Details

Description: Headstone
Type: Gravestone

People

Taylor, Edwin Charles
Age: 67
Date of Death: 15/1/1937
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

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Recorder: David J. Wickham
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St Alphege Church, Greenwich, London, England

Wall tablet at St Alphege Church, Greenwich commemorating Admiral Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope d. 1814

Location

St Alphege Church, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Sir Henry Edwyn Stanhope Bart. Admiral of the Blue Squadron of His Majesty's fleet who departed this life on the 20th day of December 1814 in the 60th year of his age. He was a fond and affectionate husband and a sincere friend, his loss is deeply lamented by all who knew him'

Details

Type: Wall tablet

People

Stanhope, Henry Edwyn
Age: 59
Date of Death: 20/12/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also mentions his wife Lady Peggy Stanhope d. 8 Aug. 1809 daughters Peggy Stanhope d. 5 Sept. 1812 and Anna Eliza Stanhope d. 9 June 1819.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1984
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St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Statue in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm d. 1838

Location

St Paul's Cathedral, London, England

Transcript

'ADMIRAL / SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM G.C.B. / BORN AT BURNFOOT / OF ESK DUMFRIESSHIRE / DIED ON THE 20TH JULY 1838 / IN HIS 70 YEAR'

Details

Description: Pulteney depicted full-length in uniform, holding a telescope.
Type: Statue
Position: Crypt
Date Erected: 1842
Artists: Edward Hodges Baily

People

Malcolm, Pulteney
Age: 70
Date of Death: 20/7/1838
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm.1768-1838.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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St Michael's Church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Aberystwyth commemorating Thomas Davies d. 1844

Location

St Michael's Church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'HERE / Lieth the body of / JOHN / Son of the late THOMAS DAVIES / of this Town Master Mariner / by Jane his Wife / who departed this life 4th of June 1844 / aged 1 YEAR & 9 months / Also of the above / THOMAS DAVIES / who departed this life / at sea off Sligo / 8th March 1844 AGED 55 YEARS'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Davies, Thomas
Age: 55
Date of Death: 8/3/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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St Andrew's Church, Bolam, Northumberland, England

Wall tablet at St Andrew’s Church, Bolam, commemorating Commander William Dent Dent RN d. 1872

Location

St Andrew's Church, Bolam, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM DENT DENT ESQ. / OF SHORTFLATT TOWER / LATE COMMANDER ROYAL NAVY / AND A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF NORTHUMBERLAND / WHO DIED 31 JULY 1872 AGED 76 YEARS / My time is in thy hand. / HIS WIFE ELLEN MARY HEDLEY DENT. / BORN 4. DECEMBER 1815, DIED 9 OCTOBER 1892, / AGED 76 YEARS. / Devoted in life united in death'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Shortflatt Chapel south wall
Materials: Marble, slate mount
Artists: R. Craggs

People

Dent, William Dent
Age: 76
Date of Death: 31/7/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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