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St Nicholas's Church, Penally, Pembrokeshire, Wales

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'

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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
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St Mary's Church, Stoke Abbott, Dorset, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Stoke Abbott, Dorset, dedicated to Henry Hopkins d. 1802

Location

St Mary's Church, Stoke Abbott, Dorset, England

Transcript

'...Henry Bean Hopkins / Midshipman RN died at sea / 26th Dec 1802. Aged 16 years'

Details

Description: The inscription on a sarcophagus in relief with an urn in front of a pyramid above it.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Hopkins, Henry Bean
Age: 16
Date of Death: 26/12/1802
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sketch.
Recorder: M.T. Morton 1981
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St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England

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'

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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
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St David's Church, Henfynyw, Ceredigion, Wales

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'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Durbridge

People

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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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

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

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Photographer: P Lacey
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All Saint's Church, North Runcton, Norfolk, England

Memorial wall tablet in All Saint’s Church, North Runcton, Norfolk commemorating Captain Samuel Cresswell RN, d.1867

Location

All Saint's Church, North Runcton, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN SAMUEL GURNEY CRESSWELL R.N. / 3RD SON OF FRANCIS & RACHEL E. CRESSWELL. / WHO DIED ON THE 14TH OF AUG. 1867, / IN HIS 40TH YEAR. / AFTER A LINGERING ILLNESS BROUGHT ON BY / SEVERE PRIVATIONS IN HIS COUNTRY’S / SERVICE IN DIFFERENT CLIMATES. / HE WAS 5 YEARS IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS / WAS THE 1ST TO BRING HOME THE NEWS OF THE DISCOVERY OF THE N.W.PASSAGE; / HAVING CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE CONTINENT OF AMERICA'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall chancel
Materials: White marble on black marble

People

Cresswell, Samuel Gurney
Age: 39
Date of Death: 14/8/1867
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating David Evan d. 1831

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'David Evan late master of the Duchess of Clarence of Liverpool, died 7th December 1831 age 37'

Details

Vessel: Duchess of Clarence

People

Evan, David
Age: 37
Date of Death: 7/12/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 627. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Gravestone at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating G. J. Jensen d. 1941

Location

All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

Transcript

' G J Jensen, S.S. 'Skagerak', 24 August 1941 aged 58'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Skagerak

People

Jensen, G. J.
Age: 58
Date of Death: 24/8/1941
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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St Margaret's Church, Lee, London, England

Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Lee, London commemorating Captain Thomas Limeburner RN d. 1750

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lee, London, England

Transcript

'Thomas Limeburner Esq. A captain in the Royal Navy Ob. 4. Dec 1750 aet 58 and Elizabeth Limeburner relict of Captain Thomas Limeburner obt. Sept 4 1769 aged 75'

Details

People

Limeburner, Thomas
Age: 58
Date of Death: 4/12/1750
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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St Helen's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

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

Extra

Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1969
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