'IN MEMORY OF / ELIZABETH, CHARLOTTE AND MARY / + 2 FEB 1866, AET 88 + 8 MARCH 1867, AET 72, + 4 JUNE 1871, AET 85. / DAUGHTERS OF JOHN LE PAGE AND ANN DUMARESQ, HIS WIFE. / JOSEPH RENOUF, HUSBAND OF MARY LE PAGE FOR 53 YEARS MASTER OF THE HOSPITAL SCHOOL, / + 27 NOVEMBER 1870 AGED 88. / FREDERICK, LOST AT SEA AND LOUISA + 1ST JUNE 1880 AGED 56. / CHILDREN OF JOSEPH AND MARY RENOUF. / RIP'
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Type: Gravestone Materials: Bronze tablet attached to granite pier. Vessel: Rebecca Jane
People
Renouf, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 5/1844 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Accidentally fell overboard from the 'Rebecca Jane' of Guernsey. Bibliography: 'Guernsey Star' 16 May 1844. Recorder: David Kreckeler 1982 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Henry Newport, RN Dockyard Police d. 1912
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Henry James NEWPORT, of the Royal Naval Yard Police, a native of Ash, Kent, England, who died at Hong Kong 18th. November, 1912, aged 32 years. Erected as a token of regard by his comrades in the R.N. Yard Police'
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Description: Headstone, grave with kerbs. Type: Headstone
People
Newport, Henry James Age: 32 Date of Death: 18/11/1912 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: RN Dockyard Police
Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Captain Edward Cooke, HEIC, RN d.1799
Location
Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England
Transcript
'Erected by the Honourable EAST INDIA COMPANY as a grateful Testimony to the Valour and eminant services of CAPTAIN EDWARD COOKE Commander of His Majesty's ship SYBILLE; who, on the 1st March 1799, after a long and well-contested Engagement captured LA-FORTE, a French Frigate of very superior Force, in the Bay of BENGAL: An Event not more splendid in its Achievement, than important in its Results to British Trade in INDIA. He died in Consequence of the severe wounds he received in the memorable Action on the 23d of May 1799; aged 27'
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Description: Relief on base of the action in the Bay of Bengal between Sybille and La-Forte 1 March 1799, flanked by an Indian elephant and Bengal tiger. Above in high relief a seaman supports the wounded Cooke who clasps the ensign staff with his left hand and points with his right to Victory above who is offering him a wreath. To one side an anchor, gun and coil of rope, the ship's mast behind. Type: Monument Position: Chapel of St John The Evangelist Materials: Marble Date Erected: 1806 Artists: John Bacon, the younger Vessel: HMS 'Sybille'
People
Cooke, Edward Age: 27 Date of Death: 23/5/1799 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Royal Navy
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Notes: Buried in India. Monument erected by the East India Co. Died of wounds in action between HMS 'Sybille' and the French Frigate 'La-Forte' 1/3/1799. Design in the V&A collections 8417.7.
Bibliography: Joe Whitlock Blundel 'Westminster Abbey the Monuments'; 'Dictionary of National Biography'; John Physick 'Designs for English Sculpture 1680-1860' (London, 1969) pp. 176-7. Recorder: A.J. Richardson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial in the New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Evan Evans d. 1843
Location
New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'... Evan Evans late Commander of the Brig 'Courier' of Liverpool,...died 2d April, 1843, aged 48 years. This is erected as a token of respect & esteem by his brother shipmasters'
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Vessel: Courier
People
Evans, Evan Age: 48 Date of Death: 2/4/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875).
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
