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
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'
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'.
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
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating George Clench RMLI d. 1885
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE CLENCH / PRIVATE R.M.L.I., / H.M.S. “AGAMEMNON” / DIED AT HONGKONG, / DECEMBER 7TH 1885 / AGED 40 YEARS. / IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW’
Details
Description: Headstone, columns flanking the inscription. Flowers in a Chinese style carved above the inscription. Vessel: HMS Agamemnon
People
Clench, George Age: 40 Date of Death: 7/12/1885 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
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.
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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