Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Marcus Harnden d. 1879
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Transcript
‘Also MARCUS HARNDEN their son / Who died on the passage from / Madagascar to Natal of Yellow Fever / March 18th 1879 aged 29. / Was interred in the English Cemetery / Natal, South Africa. April 9th 1879'
Details
Position: Churchyard
People
Harnden, Marcus Age: 29 Date of Death: 18/3/1879 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Frederick Warman RM d. 1870
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Frederick WARMAN, Royal Marine, H.M.S. Ocean, who died at Hong Kong the 8th day of March 1870, aged 37 years. This stone was erected as a token of respect by his sorrowing comrades'
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Ocean
People
Warman, Frederick Age: 37 Date of Death: 8/3/1870 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marines
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau commemorating Mr Charles Hawkins HEIC and other members of the crew of ‘Atlas’ who died when the ship’s cutter capsized in 1830
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Mr Charles HAWKINS, late third officer of the H.C. ship 'Atlas'. Aged 24 years, who on the night of Monday the 18th January 1830 was upset in the ship's cutter near the island of Toon Koo, when Mr MIDDLEMASS, Surgeon of the H.C.S. 'Mangles' and the whole of the boats crew unhappily perished. As a token of regard for their amiable and lamented shipmate, his Commander and Brother Officers have erected this monument and out of respect for their character as deserving seamen have caused the names of his fellow sufferers to be inscribed on his tomb: John BRAZIER, John CRAWLEY, James SAMUELS, John HILTON [or HITTON], Thomas JERRY, John BELOTTI, Edward JOHNSTON'
Details
Vessel: HEIC Atlas, HEIC Mangles
People
Bellotti, John Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company Brazier, John Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company Crawley, John Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company Hawkins, Charles Age: 24 Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: 3rd Officer HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Hilton, John Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company Jerry, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company Johnston, Edward Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company Middlemass, Middlemass Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Surgeon HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company Samuels, James Age: Date of Death: 18/1/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Memorial at St Helen’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Richard Canning, RN d. 1726
Location
St Helen's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Richard Canning Esq an active and experienced commander in the Royal Navy, who having served his country with unexceptionable courage and conduct during the wars of K William and Q Anne retired to this town AD 1712 and through the resentment of party founded on misreported facts died a private captain Anno Dom 1726 aet 57'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: South wall
People
Canning, Richard Age: 57 Date of Death: 8/1726 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Kerry, Powys commemorating Richard Jones RN d. 1788
Location
St Michael's Church, Kerry, Powys, Wales
Details
Description: A sarcophagus flanked by two children, one reading and one writing. A pedestal above with arms and a portrait bust against a grey stone field. Type: Monument Position: West end of north aisle
People
Jones, Richard Age: 65 Date of Death: 3/11/1788 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Purser RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Founder of the Black Hall School. Recorder: David Saunders 1993
Gravestone at Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating John Harding RM d. 1850
Location
Upper Park Street Burial Ground, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Transcript
'Except the Lord direct our feet / And guide with gracious care / At every step we danger meet / In every path a snare / Then reader, pause, who'ere thou art / As thus my grave you view / Remember thou from life must part, / Perhaps as quickly too'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Harding, John Age: 32 Date of Death: 10/10/1850 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Died after falling into unfenced dry moat of the barracks. Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 437 (Greenwich, 1982).
Chest-tomb at Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Green, Hampshire commemorating Lieutenent George Sprent RN d. 1817
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Trinity Green, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Mr RICHARD SPRENT who departed / this life 10th Dec. 1811, aged 61 Years / Lieut. GEORGE SPRENT R.N. / died 1 March 1817 / in the 26th Year of his Age'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Churchyard
People
Sprent, George Age: Date of Death: 1/3/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Joined Royal Navy aged 12 in 1803. Invalided home from the West Indies and died at his mothers house. The panels of the tomb have now been disassembled and placed in iron brackets along the side of the church (2002). Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 51.
