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All Saints Church, Freethorpe, Norfolk, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Freethorpe, Norfolk commemorating Captain Robert Walpole, Master, HEIC d. 1798

Location

All Saints Church, Freethorpe, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'Near this place are deposited the remains of the Honourable Richard Walpole, the proprietor of the great tythes of this parish and Lord of the Manor of Freethorpe with the members. He was the third son of the late Horatio Lord Walpole of Wolterton in this county and departed this life on the 18th of August, 1798 Aged 69 years, sincerely and deservedly lamented by his family and friends to whose memory, his affectionate wife Margaret has erected this stone'

Details

Vessel: HEIC Houghton

People

Walpole, Richard
Age: 69
Date of Death: 18/8/1798
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'Biographical Memoir of the Late Honourable Captain Richard Walpole, Commander of the Houghton East Indiaman', 'Naval Chronicle' vol.14, pp. 89-101 (London, 1805).

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Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Memorial at Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating Vice-Admiral Nathan Wright Hewett VC d. 1888

Location

Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM NATHAN WRIGHT HEWETT / VICE ADMIRAL VC KCB KCSI / BORN AUGUST 12TH 1834 DIED MAY 13TH 1888 / "NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE / BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE"'

Details

Description: Cross with anchor and chain on rocks.
Type: Memorial
Position: Plot N, 2 plot, 2 row, grave 33

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1854-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Hewett, William Nathan
Age:
Date of Death: 13/5/1888
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Also commemorates his wife Emily Jane, Lady Hewett d. 21/9/1910 and two sons Captain William Hewett d. 27/11/1903 Lieutenant Edward Matson Hewett d. 31/5/1904.

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  "transcript": "'IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM NATHAN WRIGHT HEWETT / VICE ADMIRAL VC KCB KCSI / BORN AUGUST 12TH 1834 DIED MAY 13TH 1888 / \"NOT GONE FROM MEMORY, NOT GONE FROM LOVE / BUT GONE TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE\"'",
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    "notes": "Victoria Cross winner. Also commemorates his wife Emily Jane, Lady Hewett d. 21/9/1910 and two sons Captain William Hewett d. 27/11/1903 Lieutenant Edward Matson Hewett d. 31/5/1904.",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Martin Penton d. 1907

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'MARTIN PENTON / Domestic 1st Cl. H.M.S.'Talbot' / died 3rd Oct 1907 Aged 25'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 356
Vessel: HMS Talbot

People

Penton, Martin
Age: 25
Date of Death: 3/10/1907
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Domestic 1st class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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  "transcript": "'MARTIN PENTON / Domestic 1st Cl. H.M.S.'Talbot' / died 3rd Oct 1907 Aged 25'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Martin Penton d. 1907</p>",
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    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Melbourne, Australia, Rest of the World

Gravestone in Kew Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia commemorating Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart RN d. 1899

Location

Boroondara Cemetery, Kew, Melbourne, Australia, Rest of the World

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Doris

Event

Boer War 1899-1902

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Africa

People

Huddart, Cymbeline Alonso Edric
Age: 18
Date of Death: 25/11/1899
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: William Laird Clowes 'The Royal Navy, A History' vol. vii, p. 476 (London, 1996).

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Kew Cemetery, Melbourne, Australia commemorating Cymbeline Alonso Edric Huddart RN d. 1899</p>",
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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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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Aberystwyth commemorating Thomas Davies d. 1844</p>",
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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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  "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'",
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    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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St Wilfred's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at Church Norton, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Henry Edward Rowley d. 1948

Location

St Wilfred's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'In memory of Henry Edward Rowley / Lieut. Commander RN / Ascended Jan 27th 1948 / Also Hilda May Rowley / His beloved wife 5th May 1973'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Rowley, Henry Edward
Age: -
Date of Death: 27/1/1948
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Suzanne Gilbert

JSON

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  "location": "St Wilfred's Chapel, Church Norton, West Sussex, England",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Henry Edward Rowley / Lieut. Commander RN / Ascended Jan 27th 1948 / Also Hilda May Rowley / His beloved wife 5th May 1973'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Church Norton, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Henry Edward Rowley d. 1948</p>",
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    "recorder": "Suzanne Gilbert",
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St Andrew's Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk commemorating Vice-Admiral Charles Wollaston, RN d. 1845

Location

St Andrew's Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk, England

Transcript

[Not exact] 'Charles WOLLASTON, Esq Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy died 19 Feb 1845 aged 78 years'

Details

People

Wollaston, Charles
Age: 78
Date of Death: 19/2/1845
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "[Not exact] 'Charles WOLLASTON, Esq Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy died 19 Feb 1845 aged 78 years'",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating William Masterton, d. 1733

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Here Resteth ye Body of / WILLIAM MASTERTON / Master and Mariner who / departed this life the 18 / of April 1733 Aged 52'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Masterton, William
Age: 52
Date of Death: 18/4/1733
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

JSON

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St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Ledger in St Mary’s Church, Tenby commemorating Robert Salter d. 1764

Location

St Mary's Church, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'Under this stone / Lies the body of ROBT SALTER / Late Master of the / Kelmstoun Sloop of Emsworth / Who dyed May 30th 1764 / Aged 50 years / With youthful Strength the Seas I have Sail'd / In Boreas Storms I have toiled / But now pale Death hath brought me low / And lav'd me like a Child / This stone / Erected by Frances his Wife' '

Details

Type: Ledger
Position: Floor, north aisle
Materials: Black limestone
Vessel: Kelmstoun

People

Salter, Robert
Age: 50
Date of Death: 30/5/1764
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Sighted B. Tomlinson 5/9/2018.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Under this stone / Lies the body of ROBT SALTER / Late Master of the / Kelmstoun Sloop of Emsworth /  Who dyed May 30th 1764 / Aged 50 years / With youthful Strength the Seas I have Sail'd  / In Boreas Storms I have toiled / But now pale Death hath brought me low / And lav'd me like a Child / This stone / Erected by Frances his Wife' '",
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    "notes": "Sighted B. Tomlinson 5/9/2018.",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters