Memorial at St Leonard’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating Henry Wise Harvey, Lieutenant RN d. 1861
Location
Parish church, Deal, Kent, England
Transcript
'In memory of Henry Wise Harvey Esq Lieutenant in RN Grandson of Capt John Harvey RN who commanded HMS Brunswick in the Battle of the 1st June 1794. Died Walmer Sept 10 1861 aged 63 years'
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People
Harvey, Henry Wise Age: 63 Date of Death: 10/9/1861 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Monument with effigy at St Mary’s Priory Church, Abergavenny commemorating Dr David Lewis d. 1584, Judge at the High Court of Admiralty
Location
St Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
Details
Description: Effigy on tomb chest in doctor's robes, the head resting on a book. A figure holding an oar mace is carved on the side. Type: Effigy Materials: Limestone Artists: John Gildon, Hereford
People
Lewis, David Age: Date of Death: 1584 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Judge Organisation: High Court of Admiralty
Extra
Notes: Judge of High Court of Admiralty. Recorder: Claude Blair
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating S.S. Briggs d. 1865
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY / OF / S.S. BRIGGS, / LATE COMMANDER OF THE BARQUE / 'CAROLINE CHISHOLM', / WHO DIED 28TH AUGUST, 1865. / AGED 29 YEARS / THIS STONE HAS BEEN ERECTED BY A FEW / OF HIS BROTHE SHIPMASTERS / AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT’
Memorial in the Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire commemorating Michael Silver d. 1778
Location
Abbey Church, Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'In / Memory of / MICHAEL SILVER / Late Carpenter / of His Majesty's Ship / Agamemnon / who died June 16 1778 Aged 46 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard, west side of church. Vessel: HMS Agamemnon
People
Silver, Michael Age: 46 Date of Death: 16/6/1778 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Carpenter Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Michael Silver was born in 1732. 'Agamemnon' was built at Buckler's Hard on the Beaulieu River. Bibliography: Kenneth Jarvis 'Illustrated Guide to Beaulieu Abbey Church'; Capt. H.E.R. Widnell 'The Beaulieu Record' (Pioneer Publications Ltd.1973); Peter Clissold 'Ships and Monuments in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 58, p. 213, (Greenwich, 1972). Recorder: Patricia Barber 1981
Memorial formerly at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Thomas Huskisson RN d. 1844
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / Thomas Huskisson Esquire, Captain / of the Royal Navy, 6th son of William / Huskisson Esquire of Oxley in the county / of Stafford who died at Greenwich Hospital / on 21st December 1844 in the 61st year of his age / Also to the memory of / William Milbanke Huskisson Esquire / of the Foreign Office, second son of the / above who died on 13th January 1849 in / the 33rd year of his age / Also of Elizabeth widow of Captain Thomas / Huskisson who died 23rd February 1873 age / 85 years and was buried in the new cemetery'
Details
Position: Mausoleum
People
Huskisson, Thomas Age: 60 Date of Death: 21/12/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Greenwich Hospital Inscriptions Public Record Office 99618. Destroyed in 1939-45 War.
Memorial in St Maurice’s Church, Plymaton St Maurice, Devon commemorating Vice-Admiral Rowland Cotton, RN d. 1794
Location
St Maurice's Church, Plymaton St Maurice, Devon, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Rowland Cotton Esqr Vice Admiral of the Blue and Commander in Chief of his majesty's ships and vessels in Plymouth port son of the late Sir Lynch Cotton RN of Combermere Abbey in the county of Chester who died the 30th day of November 1794 in the 53rd year of his age'
Details
Description: Carved with an urn. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Cotton, Rowland Age: 52? Date of Death: 30/11/1794 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Beccles, Suffolk commemorating Dr Joseph Arnold, HEIC, RN d. 1818
Location
St Michael's Church, Beccles, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH ARNOLD M.D. SURGEON IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / AND FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, AND THE ROYAL MEDICAL SOCIETY OF EDINBURGH / WHO, HAVING IN THE PURSUIT OF SCIENCE AND HIS PROFESSION, CIRCUMNAVIGATED THE GLOBE, / AND SUFFERED NUMEROUS PRIVATIONS AND BEEN EXPOSED TO MANY DANGERS BY SEA AND LAND, FELL A VICTIM TO THE / PESTILENTIAL CLIMATE OF SUMATRA, AT THE MOMENT OF ENTERING UPON THE CAREER MOST CONGENIAL TO HIS WISHES, / HAVING BEEN APPOINTED NATURALIST IN THAT ISLAND TO THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY / HE WAS BORN AT BECCLES A.D. 1784 AND DIED IN SUMATRA JULY 19TH 1818 / READER! IF ENTIRE DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE, / UNBIASED BY INTEREST, UNCHECKED BY PERILS, UNAPPALLED BY DISEASE, / IF GENUINE SIMPLICITY OF CHARACTER, AND IF THE KINDEST DISPOSITION JOINED TO THE MOST STEADY ATTACHMENT / CAN EXCITE THY RESPECT, THY ADMIRATION, AND THY REGRET, THOSE FEELINGS ARE DUE TO HIM WHOSE NAME / THIS MARBLE SURVIVES TO ENSURE A SHORT EXISTANCE: / HIS VIRTUES ARE HAPPILY RECORDED ON THE EVERLASTING TABLETS OF GOD'
Details
Description: Draped sarcophagus with coat of-arms over a caduceus in centre of relief ground; plain mouldings, standard pediment with scrolls on ends and sheaves in centre. Black ground. Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble Artists: Francis Leggatt Chantrey
People
Arnold, Joseph Age: c. 34 Date of Death: 19/7/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN, Naturalist Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Ordered by Dawson Turner for £129-3-0 on 13 Feb 1819. He also wrote a memoir of Dr Arnold. Bibliography: Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A.'. 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 117 (1991-1992). Recorder: William Donnan. 1967 Photographer: B. Tomlinson