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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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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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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
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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.
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St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating Captain Charles Mansfield RN d. 1813

Location

St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / Captn CHARLES JOHN MOORE MANSFIELD / ROYAL NAVY / Who during a Period of 40 Years arduous / Service established the character of an / Honorable and Gallant Officer. / In the Year 1793 he was made Commander / and was afterwards raised to the Rank of / POST CAPTAIN. / While commanding the Andromache he was / attacked by an Algerine Frigate under / Spanish Colors, which he captured after / a long and desperate engagement. / For many years he commanded the Minotaur, / and had the Honor of capturing the / El Neptuno a Spanish 80 Gun Ship / in the ever memorable engagement of / TRAFALGAR / / Soon after this Period, worn down by fatigue / he retired into the bosom of his Family, / and, after a long and afflicting illness, / calmly resigned his Soul / into the hands of his Maker / On the 23d day of April 1813, Aged 52 Years'

Details

Description: Urn in relief above the inscription tablet, arms below.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of Gallery
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS ‘Andromache', HMS ‘Minotaur'

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Mansfield, Charles John Moore
Age: 52
Date of Death: 23/4/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Canon S.W. Wheatley 'Historical Notes: Rochester St Margaret' (Rochester, 1996) p. 24. Colin White and the 1805 Club 'The Trafalgar Captain, Their lives and Memorials'(London, 2005)p. 93.
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Sainte Marie du Castel Parish Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at  Sainte Marie du Castel Parish Church, Guernsey commemorating John James Le Pelley  d. 1904

Location

Sainte Marie du Castel Parish Church, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'John James Le Pelley / decede le 8 Dec 1904 / etc. / Tes Habitants ne craignent plus l'Orage / Ils sont au port, il y sont pour jamais / Partout il regne au Celeste Rivage / Un Calme Entier / Une eternelle Paix'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Cemetery

People

Le Pelley, John James
Age:
Date of Death: 8/12/1904
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: J. Le Pelley 1981
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating John Brown d. 1856

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

People

Brown, John
Age: 17
Date of Death: 22/10/1856
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Died at Demerera of yellow fever. Son of William Brown, Master Mariner.
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