Wall plaque in All Saints’ Church, East Pennard, Somerset commemorating Vice-Admiral Gerard John Napier, RN d. 1901
Location
All Saints' Church, East Pennard, Somerset, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Gerard John Napier. Admiral in the Royal Navy / & 3rd Son of Gerard Martin / Berkeley Napier Esquire / of Pennard House. Born Nov. 2 1818. Died Aug. 22 / 1901. Buried at Devonport'
Memorial in Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta commemorating officers and crew members of HMS ‘Orlando’ drowned in a boat capsize in 1864
Location
Upper Barrakka Gardens, Valletta, Malta, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF / A. P. STILL LIEUT. R.N. / E.F. PRITCHARD CAPTAIN R.M. / C.B. WOOD SURGEON R.N. / B. STRATFORD ASSIST. PAYMASTER / V. DA GAMA MED. [PORTUGUESE NAVY] / B.W. FIELDING MIDSHIPMAN / W.C. HADRILL MASTER'S ASSISTANT / C. ARTHURS QUARTER MASTER / W. EASTERBROOK PRIVATE R.M. / W. FITZSIMMONS A.B. / J.G. WEBBER ORD. / OF H.M.S. "ORLANDO" / DROWNED BY A BOAT UPSETTING / IN TUNIS BAY NOVEMBER 3RD 1864 / "BE YE ALSO READY"
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Description: Inscription in lead letters within a gothic arch, flanked by pillars which support a lintel. Carved above, a union shield with a crown above, flanked by trophies. Type: Memorial Vessel: HMS Orlando
People
Arthurs, C. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Quarter Master Organisation: Royal Navy da Gama, V. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Portuguese Navy Easterbrook, W. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Fielding, B.W. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Fitzsimmons, W. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hadrill, W.C. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master's Assistant Organisation: Royal Navy Kemble, S.B. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Pritchard, E.F. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Captain RM Organisation: Royal Marines Still, A.P. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Stratford, B. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Assistant Paymaster Organisation: Royal Navy Webber, J.G. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Wood, C.B. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1864 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy
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
Place of burial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London of Admiral James Noble d. 1851
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, London, England
Details
Position: Catacomb B
Event
Battle of Cape St Vincent 1797
People
Noble, James Age: Date of Death: 1851 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: 1774-1851. Admiral. Served as Nelson's Flag Lieutenant at the Battle of Cape St Vincent. Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 192.
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating officers and men of HMS ‘Leopard’ who died in 1858
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Officers and men of H.M.S. 'Leopard' / E. FRANCIS A.B. Drowned at Blewfields 6th Jany 1858 aet 28 / Mr R. SMIRKE Nav. Cadet Who fell from aloft, at Belize 13th Apl. 1858 aet 15 / Died of fever at Belize / Mr. H. BAYFIELD Mid 15 Apl. Aged 17 / Mr E.W.R. EVERARD Mid 16th. Apl. Aet 18 / Mr. H. COLE Clerk 17th Apl. Aet 20 / W. WILLIS O.S. 17th Apl. Aet 17 / H. WHITFORD Musician 18th Apl. Aet 29 / H. BOARD Boy 24th Apl. Aet 17 / Died at Port Royal / P. HUNT Gunner R.M.A. 19 March Aet 27 / S. CHOLWICH Seaman's schoolmaster 20 May Aet 23 / F. CUNDAY Caulker 25th May Aet 48'
Details
Vessel: HMS Leopard
People
Bayfield, Henry Age: 17 Date of Death: 15/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Board, H. Age: 17 Date of Death: 24/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Cholwich, S. Age: 23 Date of Death: 20/5/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Seaman's schoolmaster Organisation: Royal Navy Cole, H. Age: 20 Date of Death: 17/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Clerk Organisation: Royal Navy Cunday, F. Age: 48 Date of Death: 25/5/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Caulker Organisation: Royal Navy Everard, E. W. R. Age: 18 Date of Death: 16/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Francis, E. Age: 28 Date of Death: 6/1/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hunt, P. Age: 27 Date of Death: 19/3/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Smirke, R. Age: 15 Date of Death: 13/4/1858 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Naval cadet Organisation: Royal Navy Whitford, H. Age: 29 Date of Death: 18/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Musician Organisation: Royal Navy Willis, W. Age: 17 Date of Death: 17/4/1858 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
Memorial in St Nicholas’s Church, Penally, Pembrokeshire commemorating Captain Hugh Cook RN d. 1834
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Penally, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'To the Memory of Lawrence Cook Esq who died October 11th 1792. During a long life of usefulness and activity he manifested the excellencies of the Christian character as a husband, father, brother, friend and magistrate. Also to the memory of Margaret his wife eldest daughter of Thomas and Martha Shorting who was the only daughter of Thomas Hammond Esq and Martha eldest sister of Henry Lloyd Esq of Llanstephan Place, Carmarthen the last male representative of that ancient family. She died on the 8th March 1809 a pious, prudent and exemplary woman. They had five children. Hammond and Susannah died in infancy, Hugh a Captain in the Royal Navy died in London on 18th September 1834. His mortal remains are deposited in Catacomb Letter 1 belonging to the Church of St Martins in the Field, Middlesex. During the course of his Profession he was frequently engaged with the enemy and employed on various services of delicacy and hazard: Particularly when he commanded the Liberty Brig in 1800, 1801 on the Jersey station:-and in all these he acquitted himself with distinguished bravery, great discretion and the happiest success. He had a share in 4 General actions and thrice received the thanks of Parliament. He was promoted to the rank of Commander for his services in the great Battle of Trafalgar on the 21st October 1805. And to be a Captain for his conduct in the Battle off St Domingo on 6th February 1806. Thomas Shorting, Clerk, M.A. Martha:- by whom this monument is erected died 26th May 1854. Also to the memory of Susannah only sister of the above, Margaret who married Evan Rice, Rector of Howe in Kent, Llanidloes, Montgomeryshire, Reynalton, Pembrokeshire and died Headmaster of the King's School Rochester in 1800:- in her flowed emminently "the milk of human kindness". She died in 1797 and was buried in St. Stephen's Church Rochester. They had only one brother Thomas who being on a party of pleasure was accidentally drowned at the age of 15. He was buried in St. Mary's Church, Tenby'
Details
Event
Battle of Trafalgar; San Domingo
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Cook, Hugh Age: Date of Death: 18/9/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: John Marshall 'Royal Naval Biography' vol. iv, p. 160 (London, 1823-30); Robert Holden Mackenzie 'The Trafalgar Roll' (London, 1913) p. 251. Recorder: P.J. Cook
Memorial at St Peter’s Parish Church, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Woolf d. 1757
Location
St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Thomas Woolf of Bosham, Sussex, died 9th. April 1757 Age 22. Tho' Boreas' storms and Neptune's waves/Have tost me to and fro / Yet I at last by God's decree/Am harboured here below / When at anchor here I lie / With many of our fleet / But once again I shall set sail / My Saviour Christ to meet'
Details
People
Woolf, Thomas Age: 22 Date of Death: 9/4/1757 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. I, p. 235. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Gravestone at St David’s church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion commemorating Thomas Arthur Davies d. 1903
Location
St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales
Transcript
'Thomas Arthur, son of Thomas and Mary Davies, the Post Office Aberayron, Chief Officer of the ship 'DURBRIDGE' of London who was drowned on the voyage home from IQIQUE, South America, on the night of October 14th 1903, aged 27 years'
Davies, Thomas Arthur Age: 27 Date of Death: 14/10/1903 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Potter Brothers
Extra
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972
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