Memorial at Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating Alfred Meadows, d. 1936
Location
Lowestoft Municipal Cemetery, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'ALFRED WILLIAM MEADOWS Killed at sea Dec. 13th 1936 aged 59. Also of DORIS ETHEL PALMER died December 25th 1946 aged 35 Also of CLARA MARTHA died. Oct 12th 1957 aged 75'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Plot 5
People
Meadows, Alfred William Age: 59 Date of Death: 13/12/1936 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Fisherman Organisation: Unknown
Headstone in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir George Home d. 1803
Location
Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'Sir GEORGE HOME Bart. / of Blackadder / Vice Admiral of the Blue / who died / the 2d of May 1803 / aged 63 years / and of / HELEN his WIDOW / who died at / NEW-HAILES / the 13th of Janry 1824 / Aged 63 years. / When Christ who is our life shall / appear then shall ye also appear / with Him in glory / Coloss 3 Chap 4 verse'
Details
Description: Headstone on plinth with canopy. Type: Headstone Position: 250' North west of north west corner of church, 45'east of west boundary wall. Materials: Grey sandstone.
People
Home, George Age: 63 Date of Death: 2/5/1803 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Blue Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Sir George was 7th Baronet. DOSSIER. Heraldry on adjacent stone (his son Sir James Home) is relevant. Bibliography: 'Burke's Peerage' (London, 1970) p.1364. Recorder: John Steele 1988
Memorial at St Martin’s Church, Cheriton, Kent commemorating Stanley Coxon RNVR d. 1936
Location
St Martin's Church, Cheriton, Kent, England
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the memory / of / HELEN MAY / COXON / died 10 Oct / 1924 / aged / 50 years / "The lady of the lift” / "There fell upon the house a sudden gloom / a / shadow on those features pale and thin / and softly from that hushed and darkened room / two angels issued where but one went in” / Longfellow / Also of STANLEY WILLIAM COXON R.N.V.R. / died 13th April 1936 / aged 74 years / R.I.P.'
Details
Description: Celtic cross on two tiered base Type: Celtic cross Position: N665
People
Coxon, Stanley William Age: 74 Date of Death: 13/4/1936 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
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Bibliography: Pauline Davey 'St Martins Church, Cheriton Monumental inscriptions' part II, p. 58, no. N665 (Folkestone and District Family History Society 1985).
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George Springall RN d. 1897
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Mr George SPRINGALL, Boatswain, Royal Navy, H.M.S. 'Undaunted', died October 15th 1897, aged 47 years. Erected by the Officers of H.M.S. 'Undaunted''
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Undaunted
People
Springall, George Age: 47 Date of Death: 15/10/1897 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Christine Thomas 1988; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
Memorial in St Buryan, Cornwall dedicated to Neville Martyn d. 1892
Location
St Berian, St Buryan, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / NEVILLE W. MARTYN / MIDSHIPMAN / OF H.M.S. INFLEXIBLE / WHO DIED AT MALTA JAN 2 1892 / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY / HIS FELLOW MIDSHIPMEN / AS A MARK OF THEIR DEEP REGRET'
Details
Vessel: HMS Inflexible
People
Martyn, Neville W. Age: Date of Death: 2/1/1892 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
'Sacred / to the memory / of / Commissary Gen. John Saumarez Dobree / who died January 25th 1884, aged 93 / and of Louisa Durand, his wife / who died October 29th 1872, Aged 76. / Also of their beloved children / Saumarez; who died February 16th 1838, aged 3 years / Francis Charlotte, February 19th 1838, aged 4 years / Charles James, Midshipman of H.M.S. Albion / Died at Constantinople January 7th 1855, aged 18 / Louisa Mary, died February 24th 1883 aged 43 / Amelia, widow of Major R.M. Nicholls / died April 5th 1915 aged 75 / Until the day break and / the shadows die away'
Details
Type: Vault Materials: Limestone Vessel: HMS Albion
Event
Crimea War
People
Dobree, Charles James Age: 18 Date of Death: 7/1/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial in St Edward’s Church, Shaugh Prior, Devon, commemorating Nicholas Toms Carrington d. 1830
Location
St Edward's Church, Shaugh Prior, Devon, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / N. T. CARRINGTON / Author of "Dartmoor"; "Banks of Tamar"; "My / Native Village", and other poems. / He was born at Plymouth 17th July 1777 / and died at Bath 2nd September 1830 / He lies buried in the churchyard of / Combehay near that City. / Distinguished by his literary works / He won the regard of his countrymen. / Mild and meek by nature his heart overflowed / with the "milk of human kindness". / He loved and practised virtue / for its own pure sake and without shew of formality. / He was in spirit and in practice a humble and earnest Christian. / "Around his grave let sweetest flowers upspring / in memory of that fragrence which was once / from his mild manners quietly exhaled"'
Details
Description: Memorial dedicated to Noel Carrington* in Shaugh Prior, Devon. d. 1830
Event
Battle of Cape St Vincent
Event Date
1797
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Carrington, Nicholas Toms Age: 53 Date of Death: 2/9/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: RN
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Notes: Apprentice in Plymouth Dockyard. Fought at Battle of Cape St Vincent 14/2/1797 as seaman. *Also known as Noel Thomas.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 44-6.
Memorial in Manor Park Cemetery, London to John Travers Cornwell V.C. d. 1916
Location
Manor Park cemetery, London, England
Transcript
'In Memoriam / FIRST CLASS BOY JOHN TRAVERS / CORNWELL V.C. / BORN 8th JANUARY 1900 / DIED OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT / THE BATTLE OF JUTLAND / 2nd JUNE 1916 / THIS STONE WAS ERECTED / BY SCHOLARS AND EX-SCHOLARS / OF SCHOOLS IN EAST HAM / "It is not wealth or ancestry / but honourable conduct and a noble / disposition that make men great" Ovid', 'ELI CORNWELL / FATHER OF / JOHN TRAVERS CORNWELL V.C. / DIED ON 26th OCTOBER 1916 / AGED 63 YEARS / ALICE CORNWELL / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / DIED 31st OCTOBER 1919 / AGED 54 YEARS /', 'ARTHUR FREDERICK / CORNWELL / BORN ON 30th DECEMBER 1887 / KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE / ON 23rd AUGUST 1918'
Details
Description: Above a square plinth, a cross stands on a rock with an anchor at its foot. Type: Memorial Materials: Limestone?
Event
Battle of Jutland
Event Date
1916
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Cornwell, John Travers Age: 16 Date of Death: 2/6/1916 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation:
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Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Another monument in Chester Cathedral.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
