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St David's Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at St David’s Cathedral, Pembrokeshire commemorating Thomas Roberts d. 1876

Location

St David's Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'...Also of Thomas Roberts Mariner son of the above named John and Mary Roberts who was drowned August 1876 at New Ross Ireland and was buried in the above churchyard age 35 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: 30 yards from south door

People

Roberts, Thomas
Age: 35
Date of Death: 8/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1983

JSON

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  "location": "St David's Cathedral, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, Wales",
  "transcript": "'...Also of Thomas Roberts Mariner son of the above named John and Mary Roberts who was drowned August 1876 at New Ross Ireland and was buried in the above churchyard age 35 years'",
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St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Newport Pembrokeshire commemorating James Ernest Richards d. 1958

Location

St Mary's Church, Newport Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'James Ernest Richards, master mariner, Steeple View, Newport, died Palm Sunday 30 March 1958'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Richards, James Ernest
Age:
Date of Death: 30/3/1958
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: See electoral register 1955.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973

JSON

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  "transcript": "'James Ernest Richards, master mariner, Steeple View, Newport, died Palm Sunday 30 March 1958'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Newport Pembrokeshire commemorating James Ernest Richards d. 1958</p>",
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    "bibliography": "See electoral register 1955.",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1973",
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Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire, England

Memorial at Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders RN d. 1834

Location

Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Samuel Ward Flinders, Lieutenant Royal Navy. Born November 3 1782, died Dec 30th 1834 aged 52'

Details

Materials: Marble

People

Flinders, Samuel
Age: 52
Date of Death: 30/12/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1993

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire, England",
  "transcript": "'Samuel Ward Flinders, Lieutenant Royal Navy. Born November 3 1782, died Dec 30th 1834 aged 52'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Mary and the Holy Rood, Donington, Lincolnshire commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Ward Flinders RN d. 1834</p>",
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    "recorder": "David Saunders 1993",
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Ledger in the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground commemorating Thomas Freeman Jessep d. 1850

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / Caroline Frances / the beloved daughter of / Thomas Freeman Jessup Esq / of Greenwich Hospital / who died on the 20th May 1837 / Aged 18 years 7 months / Also of her mother / Mary the lamented wife of / the above named Thomas Freeman Jessep / who died on the 10th May 1839 / Aged 53 years / Also of Honoria / youngest daughter of / the above named Thomas Freeman Jessep who died on the 22nd April 1840 / Aged 15 years and 5 months / also of the above named Thomas Freeman Jessep who died 6th December 1850 aged 72 years'

Details

Type: Ledger over vault

People

Jessep, Thomas Freeman
Age:
Date of Death: 6/12/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich

Extra

Notes: Greenwich Hospital Inscriptions Public Record Office 99618.

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  "location": "Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred  / to the memory of / Caroline Frances / the beloved daughter of / Thomas Freeman Jessup Esq / of Greenwich Hospital / who died on the 20th May 1837 / Aged 18 years 7 months / Also of her mother / Mary the lamented wife of / the above named Thomas Freeman Jessep / who died on the 10th May 1839 / Aged 53 years / Also of Honoria / youngest daughter of / the above named Thomas Freeman Jessep who died on the 22nd April 1840 / Aged 15 years and 5 months / also of the above named Thomas Freeman Jessep who died 6th December 1850 aged 72 years'",
  "content": "<p>Ledger in the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground commemorating Thomas Freeman Jessep d. 1850</p>",
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    "notes": "Greenwich Hospital Inscriptions Public Record Office 99618.",
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St Cynbryd's Church, Llanddulas, Conwy, Wales

Gravestone at St Cynbryd’s Church, Llanddulas commemorating Captain Hugh Evans d. 1878

Location

St Cynbryd's Church, Llanddulas, Conwy, Wales

Transcript

'In / memory of / CAPT. HUGH EVANS, / OF RHYD-Y-FOEL, / LLANDDULAS, / WHO WAS DROWNED ON / THE 22ND MARCH 1878, / AGED 40 YEARS. / HERE I DO AT ANCHOR LIE / WITH MANY OF MY FLEET / BUT ONCE MORE I MUST SAIL / MY SAVIOUR FOR TO MEET.', 'ALSO ELEANOR EVANS, BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED AUG. 28TH 1915 AGED 86 YEARS / AT ALPINE VILLA, COLWYN BAY / 'THE RIGHTEOUS HATH HOPE IN HIS DEATH' [Flat stone added below headstone] 'ALSO ELLEN BLANCHE DAVIES / NIECE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JUNE 8TH 1949 / AGED 84 YEARS / 'PEACE PERFECT PEACE'

Details

Description: Headstone shaped as piled rocks or boulders. Anchor with chain carved in relief.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone conglomerate

People

Evans, Hugh
Age: 40
Date of Death: 22/3/1878
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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  "location": "St Cynbryd's Church, Llanddulas, Conwy, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In / memory of / CAPT. HUGH EVANS, / OF RHYD-Y-FOEL, / LLANDDULAS, / WHO WAS DROWNED ON / THE 22ND MARCH 1878, / AGED 40 YEARS. / HERE I DO AT ANCHOR LIE / WITH MANY OF MY FLEET / BUT ONCE MORE I MUST SAIL / MY SAVIOUR FOR TO MEET.', 'ALSO ELEANOR EVANS, BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED AUG. 28TH 1915 AGED 86 YEARS / AT ALPINE VILLA, COLWYN BAY / 'THE RIGHTEOUS HATH HOPE IN HIS DEATH' [Flat stone added below headstone] 'ALSO ELLEN BLANCHE DAVIES / NIECE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED JUNE 8TH 1949 / AGED 84 YEARS / 'PEACE PERFECT PEACE'",
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St Mary, Sturmer, Essex, England

Wall tablet in St Mary, Sturmer, Essex, commemorating Lieutenant William Hicks RN d. 1874, a Trafalgar veteran

Location

St Mary, Sturmer, Essex, England

Transcript

'To the Glory of God / In Memory of / William HICKS M.A. Mag. Coll. Camb. / Ret. Lieut. Royal Navy / 44 years Rector of this Parish / Born 16 Dec. 1788 died 11 Jan 1874. / As a midshipman he fought / on H.M.S. Conqueror / at the Battle of Trafalgar / 21 October 1805 / The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord Ps. 37.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hicks, William
Age: 86
Date of Death: 16/1/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval officer; clergy man
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "St Mary, Sturmer, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'To the Glory of God / In Memory of / William HICKS M.A. Mag. Coll. Camb. / Ret. Lieut. Royal Navy / 44 years Rector of this Parish / Born 16 Dec. 1788 died 11 Jan 1874. / As a midshipman he fought / on H.M.S. Conqueror / at the Battle of Trafalgar / 21 October 1805 / The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord Ps. 37.'",
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    "recorder": "",
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St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating William Cole d. 1828

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'William Cole, shipwright, died 10th May 1828 age 63'

Details

People

Cole, William
Age: 63
Date of Death: 10/5/1828
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: MS held in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 199.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'William Cole, shipwright, died 10th May 1828 age 63'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating William Cole d. 1828</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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St Nicholas's Church, Studland, Dorset, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Studland, Dorset, commemorating Admiral Charles Edward Nugent d. 1844

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Studland, Dorset, England

Details

Position: South east boundary wall of churchyard

People

Nugent, Charles Edward
Age: 86
Date of Death: 7/1/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Overgrown and hard to find.
Bibliography: J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 191 (Greenwich,1987).

JSON

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    "bibliography": "J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 191 (Greenwich,1987).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating W. Trevelyan d. 1835

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / W. Trevelyan master of the / Brig Tom Bowlin of Penzance / who departed this life on Saturday / the 5th of September 1835 aged 59'

Details

Vessel: Tom Bowlin

People

Trevelyan, W.
Age: 59
Date of Death: 5/9/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.3.

JSON

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  "post_id": "6248",
  "id": "M5101",
  "location": "Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory of / W. Trevelyan master of the / Brig Tom Bowlin of Penzance / who departed this life on Saturday / the 5th of September 1835 aged 59'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the  Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating W. Trevelyan d. 1835</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore commemorating Commander William Maitland, RN, d. 1846

Location

St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / COMMANDER WILLIAM MAITLAND, RN / who died on board / HM Steamer Spiteful / in Singapore Roadstead / on 10th of August 1846 / Aged 40 years / His earthly remains were / deposited in this churchyard / His spirit is with God.'

Details

Type: Plaque
Vessel: HMS Spiteful

People

Maitland, William
Age: 40
Date of Death: 10/8/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 340.

JSON

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  "location": "St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of / COMMANDER WILLIAM MAITLAND, RN / who died on board / HM Steamer Spiteful / in Singapore Roadstead / on 10th of August 1846 / Aged 40 years / His earthly remains were / deposited in this churchyard / His spirit is with God.'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters