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St Boniface's Church, Old Bonchurch, Hampshire, England

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

Extra

Notes: Died from the 'effects of the climate' following service in the West Indies.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 90.
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

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

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Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England

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

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Holy Trinity Church, Long Melford, Suffolk, England

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

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Photographer: P Lacey
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Frederick Jordan d. 1880

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Fred. Jordan age 38 accidentally killed on board the 'Erin's Gem' in the Queen's dock 17 July 1880'

Details

Vessel: Erin's Gem

People

Jordan, Frederick
Age: 38
Date of Death: 17/7/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 267.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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St Jude's Church, Portsmouth, England

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

Extra

Bibliography: http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk
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St Peter's Church, Broadstairs, Kent, England

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

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Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Montserrat, Leeward Islands, West Indies, Rest of the World

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:

Extra

Bibliography: V.L. Oliver 'The Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' 1927.
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All Saints Church, West Acre, Norfolk, England

Memorial brass at All Saints Church, West Acre, Norfolk commemorating Commander Robert Nicholas Hamond, RN d.1894

Location

All Saints Church, West Acre, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / ROBERT NICHOLAS HAMOND / COMMANDER, ROYAL NAVY / BORN MAY 15. 1844 / DIED MAY 11. 1894'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall chancel
Materials: Brass

People

Hamond, Robert
Age: 49
Date of Death: 11/5/1894
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Kirkyard, Larbert, Stirling, Scotland

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:

Extra

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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