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.
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).
Wall memorial in St James’s Church, Christow, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Pownoll Fleetwood Pellew, RN d. 1851
Location
St James's Church, Christow, Devon, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the Memory of / the Hon.ble Pownoll Fleetwood Pellew, Royal Navy / son of Pownoll 2nd Viscount Exmouth / and of Georgina his wife. / He died at Portsmouth on Christmas Day, 1851 / 1st Lieut. Of the Royal Yacht 'Victoria and Albert' / after a short and severe illness / aged 28 years. / Beloved and regretted by all who knew him. / This Tablet / is erected by his bereaved and widowed mother / in testimony of the affliction of his family / and of her deep and desolating loss. / "I shall go to him, but he will not return to me." 2 Sam. Ch.12 v. 23'
Details
Description: Carved naval trophies above inscripton. Type: Wall memorial Position: South wall of chancel Materials: Marble Vessel: 'Victoria and Albert'
People
Pellew, Pownoll Fleetwood Age: 28 Date of Death: 21/12/1851 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Dwelly's Parish Records Vol VI, Devon MI p. 180
Gravestone in Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, commemorating Thomas Touzel d. 1835 and F. Touzel d. 1837
Location
Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands
Transcript
'Ici repose le corps de Winter Daniel Tousel fils de Capt. Philip Touzel et de marie Elizabeth Collason femme décédé de le 8 Nov. 1832 après une courte maladie de 4 mois; age 21 ans. Comme aussi en mémoire de Thomas Touzel frère de susdit qui fut noyé sur le passage de St Jean ... dans le mois Mars 1835 allait a Liverpool, age de 16 ans. Aussi en mémoire de Fr. Touzel autre frère du susdit qui fut noyé aux d'un navire de Jersey retournant de Crete a Jersey le 5 Avril 1837 age de 19 ans.'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: plot 846
People
Touzel, Thomas Age: 16 Date of Death: 3/1835 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation: Touzel, F. Age: 19 Date of Death: 5/4/1837 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation:
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Joseph Henry Higgins d. 1931, Channel pilot
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory of / Joseph Henry Higgins / (Channel Pilot) / The beloved husband of / Edith Lily Higgins / who died Feb 5th 1931 / aged 71 years / Those who knew his best / Loved him most / Also / Edith Lily Higgins / Died 17th Sept 1945 / aged 69 years / United in death.'
Details
Description: An anchor on a broken pillar. Type: Gravestone
People
Higgins, Joseph Henry Age: 71 Date of Death: 5/2/1931 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Pilot Organisation:
Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Commander Charles Hill RN d. 1868
Location
Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Commander Charles HILL RN died 11 May 1868 age 76'
Details
People
Hill, Charles Age: 76 Date of Death: 11/5/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: From MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 239. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial in Penzance, Cornwall dedicated to George Bellringer d. 1859
Location
St Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of George Hext Bellringer, Jun., late acting assistant surgeon of HMS 'Gladiator' who departed this life near the Island of Bermuda, on the 4th November 1859; aged 22 Years.'
Details
Vessel: HMS Gladiator
People
Bellringer, George Hext Age: 22 Date of Death: 4/11/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Obelisk in Springfield Park, Liverpool commemorating Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805
Location
Springfield Park, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England
Transcript
[On metal plate, now missing] 'Sacred to the memory of the illustrious NELSON, who gloriously fell in defence of his country, and to whose skill and valour BRITONS are indebted for domestic security and tranquil enjoyment of the produce of their industry'
Details
Type: Obelisk
Event
Battle of Trafalgar 1805
People
Nelson, Horatio Age: 47 Date of Death: 21/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 140.
Wall tablet in St Andrew’s Church, Gatton commemorating Lieutenant Frank Rogers RN d. 1881
Location
St Andrew's Church, Gatton, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN / Affectionate Memory / of / LIEUT. FRANK ROGERS, R.N. / OF H.M.S. 'SUPERB'. / STANHOPE GOLD MEDALLIST FOR 1876. / AGED 30 YEARS, / WHO DIED OF ENTERIC FEVER / AT MALTA. / ON THE 21ST MAY 1881, / AND IS LAID TO REST / IN THE ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY THERE / RESURGAM / ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / WHICH / HOPE / WE / HAVE / AS AN / ANCHOR / OF THE / SOUL, / BOTH SURE / AND / STEADFAST / HEB. VI. 19'
Details
Description: In the shape of a trefoil-headed arch. A carved foul anchor in the middle of the biblical quotation. Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel North Wall Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Superb
People
Rogers, Frank Age: 30 Date of Death: 21/5/1881 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)