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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Francis Stewart, Bengal Pilot Service, d. 1816

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / the late Mr Francis Stewart / Branch Pilot in the H.C.'s Marine / who departed this life 29th October A.D. 1816 / aged 43 years, 2 months and 25 days. / Oh take these tears - mortalities relief / And til we share your joys, forgive our grief; / These little rites, a stone, a verse receive, / 'Tis all a consort, all a friend can give.'

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People

Stewart, Francis
Age: 43
Date of Death: 29/10/1816
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Branch pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.134.

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory of / the late Mr Francis Stewart / Branch Pilot in the H.C.'s Marine / who departed this life 29th October A.D. 1816 / aged 43 years, 2 months and 25 days. / Oh take these tears - mortalities relief / And til we share your joys, forgive our grief; / These little rites, a stone, a verse receive, / 'Tis all a consort, all a friend can give.'",
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St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Cross at St Illtud’s Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire commemorating Joseph Emery d. 1918

Location

St Illtud's Church, Pembrey, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of Joseph Emery who died at sea from the effects of enemy submarine shell fire Jan 2 1918 Aged 50 years'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble
Vessel: SS Kingsley

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Emery, Joseph
Age: 50
Date of Death: 2/1/1918
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation: Mercantile Marine

Extra

Notes: One of five men killed in an action between the SS 'Kingsley' and 'U-95'. The British vessel succeeded in getting into port.
Recorder: David Saunders

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Joseph Emery who died at sea from the effects of enemy submarine shell fire Jan 2 1918 Aged 50 years'",
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All Saints Church, East Pennard, Somerset, England

Gravestone at All Saints Church, East Pennard commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Edward Goldney RN d. 1869

Location

All Saints Church, East Pennard, Somerset, England

Transcript

'... Edward Goldney, Sub Lieutenant RN departed this life Dec 27 1869 aged 21 buried at 16 N Long 45 25 W'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Goldney, Edward
Age: 21
Date of Death: 27/12/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1994

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Davies d. 1853, John H. Davies d. 1858, David Davies d. 1861

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain John Davies died 23 July 1853 aged 69. John H Davies, Pilot unfortunately drowned off Point Lynas 9 March 1858 age 33. Also David Davies, Pilot who was unfortunately drowned off the Rock, 20 February 1861 age 40, sons of the above'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: B.1.3.

People

Davies, John
Age: 69
Date of Death: 23/7/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Davies, John H.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 9/3/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:
Davies, David
Age: 40
Date of Death: 20/2/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 43.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland

Tower at Calton Hill, Edinburgh commemorating Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE-ADMIRAL / HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON / AND THE GREAT VICTORY OF TRAFALGAR, / TOO DEARLY PURCHASED WITH HIS BLOOD, / THE GRATEFUL CITIZENS OF EDINBURGH / HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT / NOT TO EXPRESS THEIR UNAVAILING SORROW FOR HIS DEATH; / NOR YET TO CELEBRATE THE MATCHLESS GLORIES OF HIS LIFE; / BUT, BY HIS NOBLE EXAMPLE, TO TEACH THEIR SONS / TO EMULATE WHAT THEY ADMIRE, AND, LIKE HIM, WHEN DUTY REQUIRES IT / TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY', 'A.D. MDCCCV' [On east side lower parapet below carved stern of a ship]

Details

Description: Five storeys with a timeball.
Type: Tower

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

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. 147.

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St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, commemorating Captain Andrew Leake RN d. 1704 and Lieutenant James Wells RN d. 1704

Location

St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Deborah wife of William Wells of this Parish, Gent and eldest daughter of James Wilde of ye same, merchant who died February ye 7th 1704. She was mother both to Sir Andrew LEAKE, Kt, slain in ye Mediterranean August ye 13th 1704 and to James Wells Lieutenant in her Majesties Ship DORSETSHIRE, drowned of this place September ye 25 1704 along with whom was Wm SCHOLDOM Gent'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Dorsetshire

Event

Battle of Malaga

Event Date

1704

Event Category

1701-1714 War of the Spanish Succession

People

Leake, Andrew
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 13/8/1704
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Wells, James
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 25/9/1704
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

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  "transcript": "'Deborah wife of William Wells of this Parish, Gent and eldest daughter of James Wilde of ye same, merchant who died February ye 7th 1704. She was mother both to Sir Andrew LEAKE, Kt, slain in ye Mediterranean August ye 13th 1704 and to James Wells Lieutenant in her Majesties Ship DORSETSHIRE, drowned of this place September ye 25 1704 along with whom was Wm SCHOLDOM Gent'",
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St Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, West Sussex, England

Wall tablet at St Margaret’s Church, West Hoathly, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant Ronald Black RN d. 1917

Location

St Margaret's Church, West Hoathly, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'Remember / praying before God's altar / RONALD GEORGE BLACK / LIEUT. R.N. OF H.M. DISTROYER [sic] TYRANT / YOUNGER SON OF CHARLES & EMILY BLACK / WHO ON NOV. 4. 1917 GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS / COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR AGED 22. / "For still for him high service waits tho earth's / last fight is fought"'

Details

Description: Naval cap badge and star badge in upper corners inscribed 'Ne crux sed lux'.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall
Materials: Metal tablet, green marble
Vessel: HMS Tyrant

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Black, Ronald George
Age: 22
Date of Death: 4/11/1917
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "transcript": "'Remember / praying before God's altar / RONALD GEORGE BLACK / LIEUT. R.N. OF H.M. DISTROYER [sic] TYRANT / YOUNGER SON OF CHARLES & EMILY BLACK / WHO ON NOV. 4. 1917 GAVE HIS LIFE FOR HIS / COUNTRY DURING THE GREAT WAR AGED 22. / \"For still for him high service waits tho earth's / last fight is fought\"'",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Samuel Conner d. 1905

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'SAMUEL CONNER / Boy 1st class H.M.S. 'Boscawen III' / died / 21st Jan'y 1905 aged 17'

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Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 341
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Conner, Samuel
Age: 17
Date of Death: 21/1/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

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St Wilfrid's Church, Wilford, Nottinghamshire, England

Headstone at St Wilfrid’s Church, Wilford commemorating Lieutenant John Cooke RN d. 1813

Location

St Wilfrid's Church, Wilford, Nottinghamshire, England

Transcript

'Erected / to the memory of / Lieut John Cooke / late of his M.S. Ville de Paris / he died 27 Oct 1813 / AGED XXXIX YEARS / How sudden and how awful was the stroke / by which the slender thread of life was broke / Oh may this admonition teach us all/How frail is man how unforseen his fall'

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Type: Headstone

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary Wars

People

Cooke, John
Age: 39
Date of Death: 27/10/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Accidentally killed on shooting expedition. At Battle of Trafalgar 21/10/1805.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 52-3.

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Trinity Church, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, Rest of the World

Memorial in Trinity Church, Manhattan, New York, United States of America commemorating Captain James Lawrence, USN, d. 1813

Location

Trinity Church, Manhattan, New York, United States of America, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of / Captain JAMES LAWRENCE / of the United States Navy, / who fell on the 1st day of June 1813, in the 32nd year of his age, / in the action between the / frigates Chesapeake & Shannon. / He was distinguished on various occasions but especially when commanding / the sloop of war Hornet he captured and sunk his Britannick Majesty's sloop of war Peacock / after a desperate action of fourteen minutes. / His bravery in action was equalled only by his modesty in triumph, / and his magnanimity to the vanquished. / In private life He was a gentleman of the most generous and endearing qualities, the whole nation / mourned his loss, and the Enemy contended with his Countrymen who should most honor his remains.’ //
'The HEROICK COMMANDER / of the frigate Chesapeake, / whose remains are here deposited / expressed with his expiring breath, / his devotion to his Country. / Neither the fury of battle, / the anguish of a mortal wound, / nor the horrors of approaching death / could subdue his gallant Spirit. / His dying words were / 'DON'T GIVE UP THE SHIP'.'

Details

Description: A sarcophagus on a plinth. The end carved with a foul anchor within a wreath.

Type: Sarcophagus
Materials: Brown stone
Vessel: USS Chesapeake

Event

Capture of USS Chesapeake

Event Date

1813

Event Category

1812 - 1815 War of 1812

People

Lawrence, James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 4/6/1813
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: United States Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Monument replaced with new one in 1964.
Bibliography: H.F. Pullen 'Shannon and the Chesapeake' (Toronto, 1970) (photo); Sir P.V.B Broke, J.G. Brighton comp. 'Admiral Sir P.B.V. Broke, Bart., K.C.B. etc: a memoir' (London, 1866).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters