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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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  "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'",
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    "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.",
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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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  "transcript": "'ADMIRAL / SIR PULTENEY MALCOLM G.C.B. / BORN AT BURNFOOT / OF ESK DUMFRIESSHIRE / DIED ON THE 20TH JULY 1838 / IN HIS 70 YEAR'",
  "content": "<p>Statue in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm d. 1838</p>",
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    "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'

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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'

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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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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet at St Andrew’s Church, Bolam, commemorating Commander William Dent Dent RN d. 1872</p>",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
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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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  "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'

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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

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  "transcript": "[Not exact] 'Charles WOLLASTON, Esq Vice Admiral in the Royal Navy died 19 Feb 1845 aged 78 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Great Finborough, Suffolk commemorating Vice-Admiral Charles Wollaston, RN d. 1845</p>",
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
    "photographer": ""  }
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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

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating William Masterton, d. 1733</p>",
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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

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  "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' '",
  "content": "<p>Ledger in St Mary’s Church, Tenby commemorating Robert Salter d. 1764</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Sighted B. Tomlinson 5/9/2018.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1978",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Dimitrii Makartsin d. 1903

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

[in Russian] 'Engineer 1st Class / DIMITRII MAKARTSIN / battleship 'Pobieda' / passed away 7th January 1903 (old style) 20th January (new style)'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 258
Vessel: Pobieda

People

Makartsin, Dimitrii
Age:
Date of Death: 20/1/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: 1st Class Engineer
Organisation: Imperial Russian Navy

Extra

Notes: Discrepancy in the dates results from the adoption by Russia of the Gregorian calendar after the October Revolution.
Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Dimitrii Makartsin d. 1903</p>",
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    "vessel": "Pobieda"  },
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "Discrepancy in the dates results from the adoption by Russia of the Gregorian calendar after the October Revolution.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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}

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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Andrew Casey d. 1910

Location

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

Transcript

'In loving memory of my husband Andrew CASEY, Master Mariner, who died 14th May, 1910, aged 49 years. Safe in the arms of Jesus.'

Details

Description: Headstone with a large foul anchor in relief above the inscription. The grave with kerbs.
Type: Headstone

People

Casey, Andrew
Age: 49
Date of Death: 14/5/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas, 1981; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of my husband Andrew CASEY, Master Mariner, who died 14th May, 1910, aged 49 years. Safe in the arms of Jesus.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Andrew Casey d.  1910</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters