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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.
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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

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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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St James's Church, Christow, Devon, England

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

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

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:

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Notes: Record at Jersey archives.
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

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:

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Recorder: David J. Wickham
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

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
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St Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall, England

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

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Springfield Park, Knotty Ash, Liverpool, England

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.
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St Andrew's Church, Gatton, Surrey, England

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

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Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland

Headstone in Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery commemorating David Dreghorn Niven d. 1916 as a result of wounds sustained in the Battle of Jutland

Location

Dalmeny and Queensferry Cemetery, Dalmeny, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / of / MY DEAR SON / JAMES D. NIVEN A.B. / H.M.S. WARSPITE / DIED OF WOUNDS / AT NAVAL HOSPITAL / QUEENSFERRY / 2ND JUNE 1916'

Details

Type: Headstone
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Warspite

Event

Battle of Jutland 1916

Event Date

1916

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Niven, David Dreghorn
Age: 31
Date of Death: 2/6/1916
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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