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

Memorial formerly at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Lynne RN d. 1826

Location

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

Transcript

'Within are deposited the remains / of Lieutenant Thomas Lynne, Royal Navy / who departed this life the 19th April 1826 / Also of Mary his beloved wife / who died 23 July 1816 / Their two surviving children place / this tablet to their sincerest gratitude / and most devoted affection to two of the best parents'

Details

Position: Mausoleum

People

Lynne, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 19/4/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial Inscription 99618.

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  "location": "Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'Within are deposited the remains / of Lieutenant Thomas Lynne, Royal Navy / who departed this life the 19th April 1826 / Also of Mary his beloved wife / who died 23 July 1816 / Their two surviving children place / this tablet to their sincerest gratitude / and most devoted affection to two of the best parents'",
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    "notes": "Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial Inscription 99618.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
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Fountain Gardens, Bridgetown, Barbados, Rest of the World

Statue in Fountain Gardens, Bridgetown, Barbados depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805

Location

Fountain Gardens, Bridgetown, Barbados, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the Memory of / HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B., / Vice-Admiral of the White, / The Preserver of the British West Indies / in a moment of unexampled peril; / The Hero, whose various and transcendent merits, / Alike conspicuous in address, decision, action and achievement, / Throughout his whole unparalleled career of glory, / No powers of language can sufficiently delineate, / THIS STATUE / was erected by / The grateful Inhabitants of Barbados, / on a spot of ground appropriated to it / By the public grant of / The Colonial Legislature. / In accordance with the solicitations of a select Committee, / That so Sincere, though humble a tribute / Of Esteem, Admiration, and Gratitude to their / ILLUSTRIOUS DELIVERER / Might be rendered more congenial / To his generous and exalted spirit, / From the hand of one, / Himself a Hero and a BENEFACTOR to his Country, / The first stone of the pedestal was deposited by / HIS EXCELLENCY LT. GN. SIR GEORGE BECKWITH, K.B. / the Beloved and Patriotic Governor of Barbados, / And Commander of the Forces in the Leeward Islands, / February 24th, A.D. 1813. / Esto Perpetua!'

Details

Description: Figure of Nelson, full-length, in uniform.
Type: Statue
Date Erected: 1813
Artists: Richard Westmacott

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: David Shannon 'The memory of Nelson in Barbados', 'The Nelson Dispatch' vol. 3, p. 45 (Slinfold, 1988); Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth, 1995) p. 138.

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  "location": "Fountain Gardens, Bridgetown, Barbados, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'To the Memory of / HORATIO LORD VISCOUNT NELSON, K.B., / Vice-Admiral of the White, / The Preserver of the British West Indies / in a moment of unexampled peril; / The Hero, whose various and transcendent merits, / Alike conspicuous in address, decision, action and achievement, / Throughout his whole unparalleled career of glory, / No powers of language can sufficiently delineate, / THIS STATUE / was erected by / The grateful Inhabitants of Barbados, / on a spot of ground appropriated to it / By the public grant of / The Colonial Legislature. / In accordance with the solicitations of a select Committee, / That so Sincere, though humble a tribute / Of Esteem, Admiration, and Gratitude to their / ILLUSTRIOUS DELIVERER / Might be rendered more congenial / To his generous and exalted spirit, / From the hand of one, / Himself a Hero and a BENEFACTOR to his Country, / The first stone of the pedestal was deposited by / HIS EXCELLENCY LT. GN. SIR GEORGE BECKWITH, K.B. / the Beloved and Patriotic Governor of Barbados, / And Commander of the Forces in the Leeward Islands, / February 24th, A.D. 1813. / Esto Perpetua!'",
  "content": "<p>Statue in Fountain Gardens, Bridgetown, Barbados depicting Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805</p>",
  "images": [],
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  "details": {
    "description": "Figure of Nelson, full-length, in uniform.",
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    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "1813",
    "artists": "Richard Westmacott",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Smith d. 1909

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'John SMITH / Chief Stoker H.M.S. 'Talbot' / died / 1st Jan 1909 age 38'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Church of England (old) 275
Vessel: HMS Talbot

People

Smith, John
Age: 38
Date of Death: 1/1/1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chief Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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  "transcript": "'John SMITH / Chief Stoker H.M.S. 'Talbot' / died / 1st Jan 1909 age 38'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Smith d. 1909</p>",
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    "position": "Church of England (old) 275",
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    "vessel": "HMS Talbot"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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}

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Cemetery, Rangariri, North Island, New Zealand, Rest of the World

Memorial at Rangiriri Cemetery, New Zealand commemorating men of HMS ‘Curacoa’ and HMS ‘Harrier’ killed in the Battle of Rangiriri, 1863

Location

Cemetery, Rangariri, North Island, New Zealand, Rest of the World

Transcript

'H.M.S. CURACOA / MR T.A. WATKINS / MIDSHIPMAN / JAMES WOODS / QUARTERMASTER / WILLIAM TIDY / ABLE SEAMAN / RICHARD STEPHENSON / BOY 1ST CLASS / H.M.S. HARRIER / FREDERICK OSBORNE / 2ND CAPTAIN OF THE FORETOP / DAVID DOWNER / PRIVATE R.M.L.I.'

Details

Description: Inscription within a rope twist border, profile of a warship above.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Curacoa, HMS Harrier

Event

Invasion of the Waikato

Event Category

19th century conflicts in the Pacific

People

Downer, David
Age:
Date of Death: 20/11/1863
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Osborne, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 20/11/1863
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: 2nd Captain of the Foretop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stephenson, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 20/11/1863
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st class
Organisation: Royal Navy
Tidy, William
Age:
Date of Death: 20/11/1863
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Watkins, Thomas A.
Age:
Date of Death: 20/11/1863
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Woods, James
Age:
Date of Death: 20/11/1863
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Members of a naval brigade killed in an attack on a fortified Maori position near the town on 20 November 1863.
Bibliography: 'The Review: Journal of the Naval Historical Collectors & Research Association' Summer 2006 vol. 19.1. p.1.

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  "location": "Cemetery, Rangariri, North Island, New Zealand, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'H.M.S. CURACOA / MR T.A. WATKINS / MIDSHIPMAN / JAMES WOODS / QUARTERMASTER / WILLIAM TIDY / ABLE SEAMAN / RICHARD STEPHENSON / BOY 1ST CLASS / H.M.S. HARRIER / FREDERICK OSBORNE / 2ND CAPTAIN OF THE FORETOP / DAVID DOWNER / PRIVATE R.M.L.I.'",
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    "event":"Invasion of the Waikato",
    "date": "",
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    "notes": "Members of a naval brigade killed in an attack on a fortified Maori position near the town on 20 November 1863.",
    "bibliography": "'The Review: Journal of the Naval Historical Collectors & Research Association' Summer 2006 vol. 19.1. p.1.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald RN d. 1841

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SACRED / to the / MEMORY / of / LIEUTENANT / FITZGERALD / late / belonging to / H.M.S. MODESTE / who died at / MACAO / on the 22nd June 1841 / from the effects / of a wound received / while gallantly storming / the enemies battery at / CANTON' 'This monument was erected by his numerous friends and shipmates in the Squadron in which he served as a tribute of respect to his memory'

Details

Vessel: HMS Modeste

Event

First China War

Event Date

1840-42

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Fitzgerald, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 22/6/1841
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Opium Wars.
Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 370 (Greenwich, 1981).
Recorder: Christine Thomas

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  "location": "Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'SACRED / to the / MEMORY / of / LIEUTENANT / FITZGERALD / late / belonging to / H.M.S. MODESTE / who died at / MACAO / on the 22nd June 1841 / from the effects / of a wound received / while gallantly storming / the enemies battery at / CANTON' 'This monument was erected by his numerous friends and shipmates in the Squadron in which he served as a tribute of respect to his memory'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald RN d. 1841</p>",
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    "event":"First China War",
    "date": "1840-42",
    "category": "19th century conflicts in Asia"  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Opium Wars.",
    "bibliography": "Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 370 (Greenwich, 1981).",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Headstone in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh commemorating Thomas Anderson RN d. 1886

Location

Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / CAROLINE LAMB / WHO DIED 18TH JAN 1918 / ALSO HER HUSBAND / THOMAS ANDERSON RN / WHO DIED 16TH SEPT 1886'

Details

Description: Headstone on a plinth.
Type: Headstone
Position: North east corner
Materials: White marble

People

Anderson, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 16/9/1886
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: John Stelle. 21/6/1988

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / CAROLINE LAMB / WHO DIED 18TH JAN 1918 / ALSO HER HUSBAND / THOMAS ANDERSON RN / WHO DIED 16TH SEPT 1886'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone in Morningside Cemetery, Edinburgh commemorating Thomas Anderson RN d. 1886</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "John Stelle. 21/6/1988",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain William Wildes d. 1835

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain William Wildes, born at Arneytown, New Jersey, USA 3rd July 1793, died Liverpool 4th March 1835'

Details

People

Wildes, William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 4/3/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office,compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 6, p. 233.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "transcript": "'Captain William Wildes, born at Arneytown, New Jersey, USA 3rd July 1793, died Liverpool 4th March 1835'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain William Wildes d. 1835</p>",
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    "notes": "From a MS in Liverpool Record Office,compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 6, p. 233.",
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    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England

Wall plaque dedicated to Ernest Simpson d. 1885, in Bristol, England.

Location

St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England

Transcript

'In memory of Ernest Simpson / who was drowned in the harbour at Demerara / September 23rd 1882, aged 16 years / and of his brother Walter Simpson / who died at Demerera Oct. 23rd 1885, aged 17 years / Both were apprentices on board the 'Orchid' / Erected by Thomas Daniel and Sons'

Details

Type: Wall plaque
Position: Staircase
Materials: Brass
Vessel: Orchid

People

Simpson, Ernest
Age: 16
Date of Death: 23/9/1882
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: Thomas Daniel & Sons
Simpson, Walter
Age: 17
Date of Death: 23/10/1885
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Apprentice
Organisation: Thomas Daniel & Sons

Extra

Notes: Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. 'Orchid' built by Hills of Bristol for Daniel & Sons, West India merchants of Bristol. Wooden barque 234 tons, broken up in 1906.
Bibliography: Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.

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  "id": "M536",
  "location": "St Nicholas Church, Bristol, England",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Ernest Simpson / who was drowned in the harbour at Demerara / September 23rd 1882, aged 16 years / and of his brother Walter Simpson / who died at Demerera Oct. 23rd 1885, aged 17 years / Both were apprentices on board the 'Orchid' / Erected by Thomas Daniel and Sons'",
  "content": "<p>Wall plaque dedicated to Ernest Simpson d. 1885, in Bristol, England. </p>",
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    "type": "Wall plaque",
    "position": "Staircase",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "Orchid"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Removed to St Nicholas from The Missions to Seamen Institute in 1981. 'Orchid' built by Hills of Bristol for Daniel & Sons, West India merchants of Bristol. Wooden barque 234 tons, broken up in 1906.",
    "bibliography": "Josephine Teague 'The Missions to Seamen Church and Institute Bristol'.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Sidney Miller d. 1905

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Thos. SIDNEY MILLER / O.S. H.M.S. 'Duncan' / died 3rd Oct 1905 aged 20'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England 271
Vessel: HMS Duncan

People

Miller, Thomas Sidney
Age:
Date of Death: 3/10/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "id": "M3600",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'Thos. SIDNEY MILLER / O.S. H.M.S. 'Duncan' / died 3rd Oct 1905 aged 20'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Sidney Miller d. 1905</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England 271",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": "HMS Duncan"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Nicholas's Church, Peper Harow, Surrey, England

Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Peper Harow commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Brodrick d. 1769

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Peper Harow, Surrey, England

Transcript

'To the memory of / THOMAS BRODRICK Esqr VICE ADMIRAL of the RED / who, after an active & faithful service of Fifty Years / died Jany 1 1769 aged LXIV and lies interred Here / Also MARY his Wife, who died July 16 1759, aged 50 / Likewise their four Daughters / Viz / ALETHIA; who died Feby 16 1763 aged 27 / MARY ELIZABETH, who died Decr 27 1761 aged 22 / ANN & CHARLOTTE, Twins who died in their infancy / April 5 1745'

Details

Description: Urn on plinth with Brodrick arms below, grey pyramid behind. Oil lamps at the corners.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel wall
Materials: White marble on grey surround

People

Brodrick, Thomas
Age: 64
Date of Death: 1/1/1769
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Peper Harow, Surrey, England",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of / THOMAS BRODRICK Esqr VICE ADMIRAL of the RED / who, after an active & faithful service of Fifty Years / died Jany 1 1769 aged LXIV and lies interred Here / Also MARY his Wife, who died July 16 1759, aged 50 / Likewise their four Daughters / Viz / ALETHIA; who died Feby 16 1763 aged 27 / MARY ELIZABETH, who died Decr 27 1761 aged 22 / ANN & CHARLOTTE, Twins who died in their infancy / April 5 1745'",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters