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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'

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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

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  "transcript": "'Captain George William Spuring died at sea 6th May 1878 age 57'",
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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'

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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:

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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).

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]

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Samuel Plimsoll d. 1898.</p>",
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    "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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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial tablet in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Captain Richard Le Neve RN d. 1673

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

'Here lyeth the Body of / RICHARD LE NEVE Esquire / who after severall engagements / for his Majesties service wherein / hee behav'd himself with honor / & applause, being appointed / Commander of his Majesties / ship the Edgar, was vnfort / nately Kill'd in the flower of / his age, being but 27 yeares / old, after hee had signalised / his valour to admiration in / that sharp engagement with / the Hollanders which happen’d / on 11th of August 1673'

Details

Position: North choir aisle
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS ‘Edgar'

Event

Battle of the Texel 1673

People

Le Neve, Richard
Age: 27
Date of Death: 11/8/1673
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946).

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  "transcript": "'Here lyeth the Body of / RICHARD LE NEVE Esquire / who after severall engagements / for his Majesties service wherein / hee behav'd himself with honor / & applause, being appointed / Commander of his Majesties / ship the Edgar, was vnfort / nately Kill'd in the flower of / his age, being but 27 yeares / old, after hee had signalised / his valour to admiration in / that sharp engagement with / the Hollanders which happen’d / on 11th of August 1673'",
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St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Beccles, Suffolk commemorating John Jones, RN d. 1826

Location

St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘To / the memory of / John Jones / the son of / Willm & Elzth Jones / Gunner's Mate / on board the Hastings cruiser / he died at / Amhersy Island Bengal / on the 27th of January / 1826 / aged 33 years.'

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Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Hastings

People

Jones, John
Age: 33
Date of Death: 27/1/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Gunner's mate
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain Robert McCarthy d. 1843

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain Robert McCARTHY, Commander of the ship 'Eliza' who departed this life at Macao, 17th August 1843, aged 39 years'

Details

Vessel: Eliza

People

McCarthy, Robert
Age: 39
Date of Death: 17/8/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'.

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Captain Robert McCARTHY, Commander of the ship 'Eliza' who departed this life at Macao, 17th August 1843, aged 39 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain Robert McCarthy d. 1843</p>",
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Stevenson d. 1903

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of / my beloved husband / William Stevenson / who died Sept 19th 1903 / Aged 50 years / Severed only til He comes / Also William Edward (Will) the dearly loved only son of / Alice and the above William Stevenson / who died on board the S S Herefordshire / off Ushant March 21st 1928 aged 26 years / What I do thou knowest nor, but thou / shalt know hereafter / Also the above Alice Stevenson / Died Nov 7th 1941 aged 74 / Absent from the body, present with the Lord.'

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Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS Herefordshire

People

Stevenson, William Edward
Age: 26
Date of Death: 21/3/1928
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Recorder: David J. Wickham

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  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In loving memory of / my beloved husband / William Stevenson / who died Sept 19th 1903 / Aged 50 years / Severed only til He comes / Also William Edward (Will) the dearly loved only son of / Alice and the above William Stevenson / who died on board the S S Herefordshire / off Ushant March 21st 1928 aged 26 years / What I do thou knowest nor, but thou / shalt know hereafter / Also the above Alice Stevenson / Died Nov 7th 1941 aged 74 / Absent from the body, present with the Lord.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating William Stevenson d. 1903</p>",
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    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, dedicated to William Clayton d. 1847

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'William CLAYTON, mariner died at Bristol aged 28 years 1847, also James Clayton, Mariner, son of John and Eleanor Clayton, who died Oct 27 1847 aged 21 years'

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Clayton, William
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:
Clayton, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 27/10/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1974

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  "transcript": "'William CLAYTON, mariner died at Bristol aged 28 years 1847, also James Clayton, Mariner, son of John and Eleanor Clayton, who died Oct 27 1847 aged 21 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, dedicated to William Clayton d. 1847</p>",
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    "recorder": "Rev. William Henry Donnan 1974",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Captain Thomas Munro d. 1893

Location

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

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / MY HUSBAND / CAPTAIN THOMAS MUNRO, / BARQUE ALTAIR, / VILLAGE LINE, GLASGOW. / BORN AT INVERGORDON SCOTLAND / MARCH 22ND 1845 / DIED IN HONG KONG / 14TH FEBRUARY 1893...’

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Type: Headstone
Vessel: Altair

People

Munro, Thomas
Age: 48
Date of Death: 14/2/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

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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

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  "location": "Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'Benjamin K Horn died at sea in the Barque 'Craiglands' 28 Feb 1892. Aged 27'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Shadycombe Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Benjamin Horn d. 1892</p>",
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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

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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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters