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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George James Barber RN d. 1869 and other naval personnel

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of George James BARBER, Engineer R.N. who died December 28th 1869 aged 29 years. This monument is erected by his brother officers and friends as a mark of respect for departed worth' [The following names appear on two sides of the same monument] 'James R. KEAY Died 5th May 1870 aged 35, Edward HOLMES Died 10th May 1870 aged 28, James YOUNG Died 10th May 1870 aged 36, Danl. WISHART Died 10th May 1870 aged 32, John SMITH Died 10th May 1870 aged 25, Edwd. WATSON Died 23rd May 1870 aged 28 Wm. LAWRENCE Died 13th December 1871 aged 22, Thos. MURRAY Died 6th February 1874 aged 40, Fred. C. ROGERS 10th April 1875 aged 26, Jas. HARWOOD Died 15th June 1877 aged 29, Wm. AMBLER Died 11th December 1878 age 40, Wm. T. GALDIE Died 28th July 1880 aged 39'

Details

Description: Obelisk on plinth.
Type: Obelisk

People

Ambler, William
Age: 40
Date of Death: 11/12/1878
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Barber, George James
Age: 29
Date of Death: 28/12/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation: Royal Navy
Galdie, William T
Age: 39
Date of Death: 28/7/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Harwood, James
Age: 29
Date of Death: 15/6/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Holmes, Edward
Age: 28
Date of Death: 10/5/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Keay, James R.
Age: 35
Date of Death: 5/5/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lawrence, William
Age: 22
Date of Death: 13/12/1871
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Murray, Thomas
Age: 40
Date of Death: 6/2/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rogers, Frederick C.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 10/4/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, John
Age: 25
Date of Death: 10/5/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watson, Edward
Age: 28
Date of Death: 23/5/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wishart, Daniel
Age: 36
Date of Death: 10/5/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Young, James
Age: 36
Date of Death: 10/5/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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Banff Castle, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Memorial stone at Banff Castle commemorating Captain George Duff RN d. 1805 at the Battle of Trafalgar and his son Norwich Duff d. 1862

Location

Banff Castle, Banff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

Transcript

'TO COMMEMORATE CAPTAIN GEORGE DUFF RN. / SON OF THE SHERIFF CLARK JAMES DUFF OF BANFF, / WHO WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR ON / 21ST OCTOBER 1805 / WHILST COMMANDING THE 71 GUN SHIP, MARS / AND HIS SON MIDSHIPMAN NORWICH DUFF / LATER VICE ADMIRAL, WHO SAILED WITH HIS FATHER / AND AT THE AGE OF THIRTEEN WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE. / Erected on the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, 21st October 2005 / by the Rotary Club of Banff to mark the 100 Anniversary of Rotary International / And by the Banff Preservation and Heritage Society and the Friends of Duff House.'

Details

Description: Roughly cut sandstone menhir with an inset brass plaque. Coat of arms and badge.
Type: Standing stone
Materials: Sandstone, bronze

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Duff, George
Age: 42
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Duff, Norwich
Age: 71
Date of Death: 21/4/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Kedge Anchor' (1805 Club) November 2006

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Parry d. 1871

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William Parry, Master Pilot of this Port died 14 November 1871 age 60'

Details

People

Parry, William
Age: 60
Date of Death: 14/11/1871
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 795.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Pancras Old Church, London, England

Memorial at St Pancras Old Church, London commemorating James Holmes d. 1832, Surgeon RN

Location

St Pancras Old Church, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / JAMES HOLMES, Esqre / Surgeon in His Majesty's Navy; / who departed this Life 5th Feby, 1832 / in the 48th year of his age'

Details

People

Holmes, James
Age: 48
Date of Death: 5/2/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol i, p. 136

JSON

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Queen's Road Cemetery, Croydon, London, England

Place of burial in Queen’s Road Cemetery, Croydon of Admiral Stephen Lushington d. 1877

Location

Queen's Road Cemetery, Croydon, London, England

Details

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1853-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Lushington, Stephen
Age:
Date of Death: 1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral. Governor of Greenwich Hospital
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Adm Sir Stephen Lushington b. 1803. Place of burial.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 244.

JSON

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating J.J. Brown d. 1895

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory / of J.J. Brown / Master Mariner / Who was lost at sea / from the S.S. Bernard Hall / May 18th 1895 / When thou passeth through / the waters I will be with thee / Isaiah XLIII.2 / In ever loving memory of / Sydney Stewart Brown / beloved son of /(the late J J Brown) and L Atkinson / Who died Feb 8th 1902 / Aged 22 years / Also of Peter Lundy Atkinson / beloved husband of L Atkinson / Who died June 8th 1902 / Aged 60 years / Memory is the only friend / that grief can call it's own / Also Louisa wife of / Thomas Griffiths / Llanbethery / died March 5th 1938 / In Loving memory / of / Howard /beloved husband of / Margaret Brown /Who died Sept 12th 1916 / Aged 40 years / Also of / Newton Robert Brown /brother of the above / who died Jan 30th 1918 / Aged 35 years / Until the day break.'

Details

Description: Pedestal with a draped urn on the top.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: SS Bernard Hall

People

Brown, J.J.
Age:
Date of Death: 18/5/1895
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: West India & Pacific SS Co

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

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  "transcript": "'In / loving memory / of J.J. Brown / Master Mariner / Who was lost at sea / from the S.S. Bernard Hall / May 18th 1895 / When thou passeth through / the waters I will be with thee / Isaiah XLIII.2 / In ever loving memory of / Sydney Stewart Brown / beloved son of /(the late J J Brown) and L Atkinson / Who died Feb 8th 1902 / Aged 22 years / Also of Peter Lundy Atkinson / beloved husband of L Atkinson / Who died June 8th 1902 / Aged 60 years / Memory is the only friend / that grief can call it's own / Also Louisa wife of / Thomas Griffiths / Llanbethery / died March 5th 1938 / In Loving memory / of / Howard /beloved husband of / Margaret Brown /Who died Sept 12th 1916 / Aged 40 years / Also of / Newton Robert Brown /brother of the above / who died Jan 30th 1918 / Aged 35 years / Until the day break.'",
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Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial in Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Benjamin Horn d. 1892

Location

Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'Benjamin K Horn died at sea in the Barque 'Craiglands' 28 Feb 1892. Aged 27'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Craiglands

People

Horn, Benjamin K.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 28/2/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

JSON

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Harlingdon, London, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Harlingdon commemorating Captain Olaf Hjalmar Ohlsson d. 1920

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Harlingdon, London, England

Transcript

'In unfading memory / of / MY LOVING AND BELOVED HUSBAND / CAPTAIN / OLAF HJALMAR OHLSSON. BORN AT ELLISHULT, SWEDEN / 14TH SEPTEMBER 1856 / DIED IN HARLINGTON, 5TH JUNE 1920 / "REST IN THE LORD" / Also of / EMELIE ALBERTINE, / LOVING AND BELOVED WIFE OF ABOVE / BORN AT VADSTENA, SWEDEN, / 26TH MAY 1859 / DIED IN HARLINGTON, 5TH DECR 1932 / "SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS" / REUNITED'

Details

Description: Carved with a ship in full sail.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Ohlsson, Olaf Hjalmar
Age:
Date of Death: 5/6/1920
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1990

JSON

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England

Memorial in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, commemorating William Keeling d. 1619

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, England

Transcript

'HEERE LIETH THE BODDY OF THE RIGHT WORTHY / WILLIAM KEELING ESQUIRE GROOME OF THE CHAMBER / TO OUR SOVERAIGNE KINGE JAMES GENERALL FOR THE [HON] EA / ST INDIAE ADVENTURORS WHETHER HE WAS TH[R]ICE BY / THEM IMPLOYD AND DYINGE IN THIS ISLE AT THE AGE / OF 42 ANNO 1619 SEPT 19 HATH THIS REMEMBRANCE / HEER FIXED BY HIS LOVEING & SORROWFULL / WIFE ANNE KEELING / Fortie and two yeares, in this Vessell fraile / On the Rough seas of life did Keling saile, / A Merchant Fortunate, A Captaine bould, / A Courtier gratious, yet (Alas) not Old. / Such Wealth, experiene, honour & high praise / Few Winne in Twice soe manie yeares or daies. / But what the World Admird, he deemd but drosse / For Christ; Without Christ all his gaines but losse. / For him, and his deare loue, With merrie Cheere /
To the holy Land, his last course he did Steere. / Faith servd for Sailes, the Sacred Word for card / Hope was his Anchor, Glorie his Reward, / And thus with gales of grace, by happie venter, / Through straights of Deaths, heavens harbor he did Enter.'

Details

Description: Painted and gilded wooden board with four shields of arms above the inscription. Between them, a roundel depicting a ship with death at the prow, carrying a banner inscribed 'POST MORTEM', Fame seated in the stern holds out a laurel wreath over the head of a military commander seated in the waist.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave
Materials: Wood?

People

Keeling, William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 1619
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'NADFAS Church Recorders news and Views'2004 p.26.

JSON

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Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England

Memorial in the Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire dedicated to Captain Williams RN d. 1839

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Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England

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Position: Interior

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Williams, William
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Date of Death: 1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Captain, Royal Navy of Bucklers Hard.
Bibliography: P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 213 (Greenwich, 1972).

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