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St Thomas Church, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Memorial in Kingston Parish Church, Jamaica commemorating Edward Manning d. 1756

Location

St Thomas Church, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Near this monument lies interred the Body of EDWARD MANNING Esqr one of the Honourable Privy Council, Speaker of the Assembly and custos Rotulorum of this Parish in which stations he distinguished himself a true Patriot to his country. In private life he was remarkable for filial duty steady friendship and kind benevolence to the distressed which with his affable disposition gained him the esteem of all who had the pleasure of knowing him, he died greatly lamented Dec 6th 1756 aged 46 years'

Details

Description: With carved and painted arms and a three-quarter face portrait.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel, inner north aisle, east.wall
Artists: Robert Taylor [attributed]

People

Manning, Edward
Age: 46
Date of Death: 6/12/1756
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ship owner. Merchant
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Lesley Lewis 'English Commemorative Monuments in Jamaica', 'The Jamaican Historical Review' vol. ix, (1972).

JSON

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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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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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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

Extra

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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'

Details

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SAMUEL CONNER / Boy 1st class H.M.S. 'Boscawen III' / died / 21st Jan'y 1905 aged 17'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Samuel Conner d. 1905</p>",
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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'

Details

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.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Headstone at St Wilfrid’s Church, Wilford commemorating Lieutenant John Cooke RN d. 1813</p>",
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    "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.",
    "recorder": "",
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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).

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Thomas Fisher d. 1866 and Hector Fisher d. 1871

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Thomas Fisher shipwright of this town, late of HM Dockyard, Woolwich, died 5th June 1866, age 77. Hector Fisher, grandson of above, lost at sea in 1871 age 24'

Details

People

Fisher, Thomas
Age: 77
Date of Death: 5/6/1866
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:
Fisher, Hector
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1871
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 743.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Lieutenant-Commander Ambrose S.V. Whitehead, RN d. 1937

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Lieut-Commander Ambrose S.V. Whitehead, RN died 10 July 1937. Also his wife Elizabeth, died 7 January 1964'

Details

Description: Book shaped memorial.
Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble

People

Whitehead, Ambrose S. V.
Age:
Date of Death: 10/7/1937
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Near base of tower on the north side.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon, England

Chest tomb in Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Francis Ross RN d. 1794

Location

Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon, England

Transcript

[Back wall] 'THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER / LIEUT FRANCIS ROSS RN / WHO WAS KILLED ON BOARD H.M.S. TREMENDOUS IN THE VICTORY OF THE / 1ST OF JUNE 1794, IN THE 36TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / ONE VENGEFUL BALL BY BATTLE SPED / A GALLANT SPIRIT FLIES: / BLUE SURGES CLOSE ABOVE HIS HEAD / IN OCEANS DEPTHS HE LIES / A SEVERED TRUNK-NO WARNING GIVEN, / ONE MOMENT WARM WITH LIFE: / BUOYANT WITH HOPE, AND TRUST IN HEAVEN, / THE NEXT-PAST MORTAL STRIFE, / YIELD UP-YIELD UP-THOU MIGHTY SEA, / RESTORE THY PREY TO LIGHT; / DEATH HAS BEEN VANQUISHED, SOULS ARE FREE / STAND FORTH, REDEEM'D IN MIGHT' [Left wall, outer side] 'FRANCIS WILLIAM ROSS ESQR / HE WHO DESIGNED AND RAISED THIS TOMB / SLEEPS THE LONG SLEEP OF DEATH BENEATH IT / HE WAS BORN ON 30TH OF JULY 1793 AND / DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1860 / ALSO ANNA MARIA ROSS WHO DIED OCTR 11TH 1865 / AGED 68 YEARS' [Right wall, outer side] 'IN THE VAULT BENEATH ARE DEPOSITED THE REMAINS OF / SARAH (SOMETIME MRS MARDER) WIDOW OF LIEUT / AND BELOVED MOTHER OF F.W.L. ROSS / SHE DIED AGED 74 ON 12TH NOVR 1835 / CATHERINE ELIZABETH DAUGHTER OF / LIEUT AND SARAH ROSS / WAS BORN THE 11TH DECR 1791 AND DIED / DECR 10TH 1794 AT THE AGE OF 3 YEARS'

Details

Description: Recumbent veiled figure on a tomb chest under a canopy on square pillars with acanthus capitals
Type: Chest tomb
Position: Against east fence
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Tremendous

Event

Battle of the Glorious First of June

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Ross, Francis
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1/6/1794
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: F.M. M. Lewes 1994

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St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, Hamble, Hampshire commemorating Captain James Bradby RN d. 1801

Location

St Andrew's Church, Hamble, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In memory of James Bradby Esq Captain of his Majesty's Ship Andromeda / who departed this life the / 4th June 1801 / aged 35 years / Also Bonamy Bradby Esq Captain in his Majesty's Navy / who departed this life the 22nd of July 1795 aged 27 years'

Details

Vessel: HMS Andromeda

People

Bradby, James
Age: 35
Date of Death: 4/6/1801
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bradby, Bonamy
Age: 27
Date of Death: 22/7/1795
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: They both fell victim to the fatal yellow fever at Martinique. Sons of Rear Admiral Bradby.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters