Gravestone at St Boniface’s Church, Old Bonchurch, Hampshire commemorating Ewan Law d. 1838
Location
St Boniface's Church, Old Bonchurch, Hampshire, England
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Seringapatam
People
Law, Ewan Age: 19 Date of Death: 1838 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Died from the 'effects of the climate' following service in the West Indies. Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 90.
Memorial at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Catherine White d. 1829
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Catherine White relict of / Captain William White RN and for 16 years matron / of the Royal Hospital / who died 17 June 1829 aged 76 years / in life universally beloved and respected / her death was deeply lamented / by all who knew her / and more especially by her children / who erected this tablet as a token / of their affection and regard / her remains are interred 20 feet / to the NW of this tablet'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum
People
White, Catherine Age: 76 Date of Death: 17/6/1829 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Matron Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
Wall tablet commemorating Captain Edward Grey RN d. 1825
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY / OF / EDWARD GREY ESQRE. / OF HOLY ISLAND, / A POST CAPTAIN / IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / NOVEMBER 1ST 1825 / AGED 70 YEARS.'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: South side of nave Materials: Marble Artists: T. Piper & Son
People
Grey, Edward Age: 70 Date of Death: 1/11/1825 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Post Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk commemorating Rear-Admiral William Hanwell, RN d. 1830
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘In memory of / WILLIAM HANWELL ESQ. / Rear Admiral of the Blue / in His Majesty's Royal Navy / who departed this life on the / 14th Day of June 1830 / Aged 64 years / And is here interred. // Maria Hanwell / Widow of Rear Admiral William Hanwell / Died 8 September 1858 / And is here interred.'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Churchyard, south side
People
Hanwell, William Age: 64 Date of Death: 14/6/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque at St Jude’s Church, Portsmouth commemorating major John le Coco Robillard RMLI d. 1887
Location
St Jude's Church, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / MAJOR JOHN LE COCO ROBILLIARD / OF THE ROYAL MARINE ARTILLERY / SERVING IN HER MAJESTY'S SHIP NELSON / WHO WAS DROWNED BY THE CAPSIZING / OF A BOAT IN JERVIS BAY / NEW SOUTH WALES / ON THE 11 SEPTEMBER 1887 / AGED 39 YEARS / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS OF HMS NELSON'
Details
Description: Decorative border, cross above the inscription. Type: Plaque Position: North East Nave Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Nelson
People
Robilliard, John Le Coco Age: 39 Date of Death: 11/9/1887 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Major Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Wall tablet in St Peter’s Church, Broadstairs, Kent commemorating John Huggett d. 1783
Location
St Peter's Church, Broadstairs, Kent, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / The Revd. ROGER HUGGETT M.A. / Late Vicar of the King's free Chapel of St George / within the Castle of Windsor, and Rector/of Hartley Waspaill in the County of Southampton, / Eldest son of ROBERT HUGGETT / of Stone in this parish, who was / sole heir of the PAWLYNS, / an ancient and respectable family of the place. / He was born there on the 8th day of October, 1710, / and died at Hartley Waspaill on the 27th Day of July 1769 / where he was also buried. / This Monument is erected by JOHN HUGGETT / his only surviving brother, / out of regard to his memory / and as a Token of Affection. // And in Memory of / MARY, wife of the said JOHN HUGGETT, / who departed this life the 13th day of July / 1780. Aged 43 years, / and whose remains are deposited / in a vault / near this place / And also of the said JOHN HUGGETT / who, being bred in the sea service, / was employed as commander of large ships / in many voyages to New England; / having spent the evening of his life in this parish / with the character of an honest man, / died on the 8th of March, 1783, aged 63 years'
Details
Description: Arms G. a chevron between three stags’ heads Or, impaling, parted per pale Sa. and G. a griffin passant, counterchanged as the field. Crest, on the force, a stag’s head Or. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Huggett, John Age: 63 Date of Death: 8/3/1783 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Memorial in Montserrat commemorating Archibald Bathgate d. 1827
Location
Montserrat, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Archibald Bathgate, / Formerly of Falkirk in Scotland / And late Commander of the Brig / Robert of London & Montserrat / Who died June 18th 1827 aged 48 years'
Details
Vessel: Robert
People
Bathgate, Archibald Age: 48 Date of Death: 18/6/1827 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Bibliography: V.L. Oliver 'The Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' 1927.
Gravestone in the kirkyard, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland commemorating James Muir d. 1761
Location
Kirkyard, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland
Transcript
'Erected by John and Alex Muir / lawful sones of Robert Muir and / Elizabeth Morrison indwellers in the / Barony of Quarole in Memory of / James Muir their Brother who / lost his life (with another of the / hands) at Hispaniola in Monta / Christa river (going over the Barr / for fresh water) out of the long / boat belonging to the Prince Ferdinand / Andrew Anderson, Captain, were taken up & / interr'd by him on the 9 / May MDCCLXI, the deceast James / was born on 25th June MDCCXLII / in the old town of Stenhouse in / this Parish. / Reddidit mare mortuos / Hic Lapis erectus est in / signo amoris benevolentissimo / pro fratre charissimo'
Details
Description: Headstone carved with relief of a large ship-rigged vessel. Type: Gravestone Vessel: Prince Ferdinand
People
Muir, James Age: 29 Date of Death: 9/5/1761 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: mariner Organisation:
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Bibliography: Betty Willsher and Doreen Hunter 'Stones: a guide to some remarkable eighteenth century gravestones' (Edinburgh, 1978) p. 81-2 Photographer: Guy Bates. 2017
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters