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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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  "transcript": "'Benjamin K Horn died at sea in the Barque 'Craiglands' 28 Feb 1892. Aged 27'",
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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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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Harlingdon commemorating Captain Olaf Hjalmar Ohlsson d. 1920</p>",
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1990",
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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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  "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 / <br />\r\nTo 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.'<br />",
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Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England

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

Location

Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England

Details

Position: Interior

People

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

Extra

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).

JSON

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    "bibliography": "P. Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 213 (Greenwich, 1972).",
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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Rear Admiral Thomas Totty, RN d. 1802

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of THOMAS TOTTY, of Cornist, in the County of Flint, Esquire, / a Rear-Admiral in His / MAJESTY's Navy: / Who, having on the 17th November, 1801 been appointed / Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward-Island Station, / was soon after his Arrival at Martinique, / severely attacked by the Malignant-Fever particular to that Climate; / and expired at Sea, on the 2nd June, 1802, in the 57th Year of his Age. / His Remains were interred in the Garrison Chapel at Portsmouth, with military Honors, / on the 4th June following. / Although it was not his proud lot to fall gloriously in / the Cause of his Country; his Merit, as a zealous, diligent / and able Officer, was well-known and acknowledged; / The Esteem in which he was held, and the Sorrow / and Concern of his relatives and Friends, at / the Event of his Death, are the best Testimonies / of his private Worth. As a tribute of / Affection, in grateful Remembrance / of his fraternal and kind Regard, / his brother, WILLIAM TOTTY, / has erected this / Monument'

Details

Description: With a relief of a warship above the inscription.
Type: Monument
Position: North transept, east aisle
Artists: John Bacon, the younger

People

Totty, Thomas
Age: 56
Date of Death: 2/6/1802
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried in the garrison chapel at Portsmouth. Illustration in Ackermann shows the monument at ground level. Moved circa 1876.

Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).

JSON

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  "location": "Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of THOMAS TOTTY, of Cornist, in the County of Flint, Esquire, / a Rear-Admiral in His / MAJESTY's Navy: / Who, having on the 17th November, 1801 been appointed / Commander-in-Chief on the Leeward-Island Station, / was soon after his Arrival at Martinique, / severely attacked by the Malignant-Fever particular to that Climate; / and expired at Sea, on the 2nd June, 1802, in the 57th Year of his Age. / His Remains were interred in the Garrison Chapel at Portsmouth, with military Honors, / on the 4th June following. / Although it was not his proud lot to fall gloriously in / the Cause of his Country; his Merit, as a zealous, diligent / and able Officer, was well-known and acknowledged; / The Esteem in which he was held, and the Sorrow / and Concern of his relatives and Friends, at / the Event of his Death, are the best Testimonies / of his private Worth. As a tribute of / Affection, in grateful Remembrance / of his fraternal and kind Regard, / his brother, WILLIAM TOTTY, / has erected this / Monument'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Rear Admiral Thomas Totty, RN d. 1802</p>",
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    "type": "Monument",
    "position": "North transept, east aisle",
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    "artists": "John Bacon, the younger",
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    "notes": "Buried in the garrison chapel at Portsmouth. Illustration in Ackermann shows the monument at ground level. Moved circa 1876.<br />",
    "bibliography": "Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Robert Rogers, RM, d. 1921

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘CH/15300 PRIVATE / R. J. ROGERS / ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INF. / 28TH AUGUST 1921 Aged 38'

Details

People

Rogers, Robert John
Age: 38
Date of Death: 28/8/1921
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Private
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Commonwealth War Grave.

JSON

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  "location": "St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England",
  "transcript": "‘CH/15300 PRIVATE / R. J. ROGERS / ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INF.  / 28TH AUGUST 1921  Aged 38'",
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Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Obelisk in St Ives, Cornwall commemorating James Chellew d. 1923

Location

Barnoon Cemetery, St Ives, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'JAMES CHELLEW / LATE P. & O. COY SERVICE / DIED 6TH JUNE 1923 / AT PORTMINSTER TERRACE / SAINT IVES / AGED 66 YEARS, / R.I.P.'

Details

Description: Obelisk with bronze inscription plate, a bronze scroll with an anchor and chain in relief above.

Type: Obelisk
Materials: Stone, bronze

People

Chellew, James
Age: 66
Date of Death: 6/6/1923
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "'JAMES CHELLEW / LATE P. & O. COY SERVICE / DIED 6TH JUNE 1923 / AT PORTMINSTER TERRACE / SAINT IVES / AGED 66 YEARS, / R.I.P.'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William McBeth RMA d. 1890

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of William McBETH, Gr. R.M. Artillery, who was found drowned at Kowloon [30 November 1890] Aged 40 years'

Details

Description: Headstone, carved with glove and laurel and horn badge.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Victor Emmanuel

People

McBeth, William
Age: 40
Date of Death: 30/11/1890
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Notes: ADM 159/21/989. Born 2 Jul 1852.
Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of William McBETH, Gr. R.M. Artillery, who was found drowned at Kowloon [30 November 1890] Aged 40 years'",
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St Michael's Church, Pitt Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Captain George William Spuring d. 1787

Location

St Michael's Church, Pitt Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain George William Spuring died at sea 6th May 1878 age 57'

Details

People

Spuring, George William
Age: 57
Date of Death: 6/5/1878
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. 3, p. 529. The church was demolished in 1946, a new one stands on the same site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain George William Spuring died at sea 6th May 1878 age 57'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Captain George William Spuring d. 1787</p>",
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St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Gravestone at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Samuel Plimsoll d. 1898.

Location

St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England

Transcript

[East side] 'SAMUEL PLIMSOLL / "The Sailor's Friend" / Born at Bristol Feb 10 1824 / Died at Folkestone June 3rd 1898 "He giveth his beloved sleep" / "Oh Lord my strength and my redeemer" / HAMBROOK' [North side] 'HARRIET FRANKISH, his wife / March 12 1851-May 22 1911 / "I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills / from whence cometh my help"' [South side] 'ENID MARY / dear wife of S R C PLIMSOLL / July 2nd 1893-Aug 21st 1937 / LMNBM'

Details

Description: Cross on a three tiered base. Carved with a plimsoll line.

Type: Gravestone
Position: U361

People

Plimsoll, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 3/6/1898
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Samuel Plimsoll is best known for the development of the Plimsoll line. The Plimsoll line accurately measures the limit to which a ship may be loaded in all waters and temperatures to maintain a safe buoyancy.
Bibliography: Maureen Criddle 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part I, p. 18, no. U361 (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1983).

Anita McConnell, ‘Plimsoll, Samuel (1824–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22384, accessed 14 June 2017]

JSON

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    "notes": "Samuel Plimsoll is best known for the development of the Plimsoll line. The Plimsoll line accurately measures the limit to which a ship may be loaded in all waters and temperatures to maintain a safe buoyancy.",
    "bibliography": "Maureen Criddle 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part I, p. 18, no. U361 (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1983).<br />\r\n<br />\r\nAnita McConnell, ‘Plimsoll, Samuel (1824–1898)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2013 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/22384, accessed 14 June 2017]",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters