Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Joseph Scholding, d. 1828
Location
St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘In / memory / of / JOSEPH SCHOLDING / Master and Mariner / who died Novr 16th 1828 / Aged 81 years / Also MARY KEAN / sister of the above / who died Novr 16th 1830 / aged 75 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard
People
Scholding, Joseph Age: 81 Date of Death: 16/11/1828 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master and mariner Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating officers and crew of HMS ‘Sans Pareil’ who died 1857-1860
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Erected by Captain ... the officers, seamen and marines of H.M.S. SANS PAREIL in memory of their shipmates who departed this life on the East India and China Station. William BOWDEN Ord. Singapore Drowned July 2nd 1857 William BARNES Ord. Calcutta Died August 6th 1857 John GARLAND Pt. R.M. Calcutta Died October 6th 1857 John HUTCHINS Stoker Calcutta Died October 13th 1857 George BLACKMORE A.B. Calcutta Died October 13th 1857 John TWONEY Ord. Calcutta Died October 14th 1857 Thomas DEACON Pte. R.M. Calcutta Died October 15th 1857 Joseph HACKWELL Pte. R.M. Calcutta Died October 16th 1857 Isaac HAWKINS Pte. R.M. Calcutta Died October 23rd 1857 John ALDERMAN Bom. R.M.A. Calcutta Died October 25th 1857 Robert, LANE Pte. R.M. Calcutta Died October 26th 1857 James ANDREWS Pte. R.M. Calcutta Died October 27th 1857 Geo. STEPHENSON 2 Cap. M.T. Calcutta October 28th 1857 Edward EARL Cap. Cook Calcutta October 30th 1857 George M. LANE Boy 1st Class On Board November 3rd 1857 John WILLIAMS Gun. R.M.A. On Board November 9th 1857 James GREEN 2 Cap. F.T. On Board December 2nd 1857 Richard HARRIS Ord. 2nd Class H.K. January 13th 1858 John MARCH Ord. 2nd Class H.K. January 28th 1858 Robert READER Gun. R.M.A. H.K. January 29th 1858 John PALMER Carp. Mate On Board February 20th 1858 James CRAGIE A.B. H.K. March 4th 1858 Samuel HOBBS Leading Stoker H.K. March 5th 1858 James TOMLINSON A.B. H.K. March 8th 1858 James ARNALL Bandsman H.K. March 11th 1858 John MILTON Bandsman H.K. May 6th 1858 Frederick PAGE Ord. Canton River June 7th 1858 William HALFORD Ord. Canton River June 21st 1858 Henry R. CROFTON Lieut. Died November 16th 1857 aged 36 Edward H. JOLL Assist. Clerk Died December 7th 1857 aged 18 Henry THOMPSON, Midshipman who was killed under the walls of Canton, December 29th 1857 aged 17 years. His body is interred beneath this monument. His memory will long survive'
Details
Description: Obelisk on plinth. Type: Obelisk Vessel: HMS Sans Pareil
Event
Indian Mutiny; Second China War
Event Date
1857-1860
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Alderman, John Age: Date of Death: 25/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Bombadier RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Andrews, James Age: Date of Death: 27/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Arnall, James Age: Date of Death: 1/3/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Royal Navy Barnes, William Age: Date of Death: 6/8/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Blackmore, George Age: Date of Death: 13/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Bowden, William Age: Date of Death: 2/7/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Cragie, James Age: Date of Death: 4/3/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Crofton, Henry R. Age: 36 Date of Death: 16/11/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Deacon, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 15/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Earl, Edward Age: Date of Death: 30/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain's cook Organisation: Royal Navy Garland, John Age: Date of Death: 6/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Green, James Age: Date of Death: 2/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 2nd Captain Foretop Organisation: Royal Navy Hackwell, Joseph Age: Date of Death: 16/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Halford, William Age: Date of Death: 21/6/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Harris, Richard Age: Date of Death: 13/1/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman 2nd class Organisation: Royal Navy Hawkins, Isaac Age: Date of Death: 23/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Hobbs, Samuel Age: Date of Death: 5/3/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Leading Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Hutchins, John Age: Date of Death: 13/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Joll, Edward H. Age: 18 Date of Death: 7/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Assistant clerk Organisation: Royal Navy Lane, Robert Age: Date of Death: 26/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Lane, George M. Age: Date of Death: 3/11/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy March, John Age: Date of Death: 28/1/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman 2nd class Organisation: Royal Navy Milton, John Age: Date of Death: 6/5/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Royal Navy Page, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 7/6/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Palmer, John Age: Date of Death: 20/2/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Carpenter's mate Organisation: Royal Navy Reader, Robert Age: Date of Death: 29/1/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery Stephenson, George Age: Date of Death: 28/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Maintop Organisation: Royal Navy Thompson, Henry Age: 17 Date of Death: 29/12/1857 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Tomlinson, James Age: Date of Death: 8/3/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Twoney, John Age: Date of Death: 14/10/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Williams, John Age: Date of Death: 9/11/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Extra
Notes: Opium Wars. The missing name possibly Captain Astley Cooper Key. Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985
Memorial at Toxteth Park, Cemetery commemorating members of the Nagle family. Robert d. 1868, William d. 1872 and James d. 1880
Location
Toxteth Park Cemetery, Toxteth, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of Anne, daughter of Robert and Dora Nagle, died 22nd March 1861. Also ROBERT, eldest son, Master of the schooner DENBY, who was lost in the month of February 1868, while on his passage from Patagonia to Chupat, aged 35. WILLIAM, 3rd son, Chief Officer of the ship BERTRAM RIGBY of L'pool, who was washed overboard in a hurricane on the 24 June 1872, while on a voyage from London to Bombay, aged 32. JAMES, youngest son, who died on the 27th. May 1880, on board the S.S.SORATA, while on his passage from Sydney to London, aged 38, and JOHN, second son, who died at Tamworth, Australia, on the 16th. January 1881, aged 43'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: H817 Vessel: Bertram Rigby, Denby, SS Sorata
People
Nagle, Robert Age: 35 Date of Death: 2/1868 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Nagle, William Age: 32 Date of Death: 24/6/1872 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation: Nagle, James Age: 38 Date of Death: 27/5/1880 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Harwich, commemorating Anthony Deane d. 1716?
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Harwich, Essex, England
Transcript
'Anthony Deane, late an alderman of this borough and many years commander of one of HM Post Office Packets who departed this life March XII MDCCXVI[?] in the 74th year of his age'
Details
People
Deane, Anthony Age: 73 Date of Death: 12/3/1716? Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Laurence Church, Seale commemorating Lieutenant Charles Philip Woodrow Cross RN d. 1940
Location
St Laurence Church, Seale, Surrey, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES PHILIP WOODROW CROSS / LIEUT ROYAL NAVY / SON OF MR & MRS CHARLES F. CROSS / OF DAVID'S VERE, SEALE. / KILLED IN ACTION IN H.M.S. HARDY / AT NARVIK 10TH-APRIL 1940 / AGED 26 YEARS'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Aisle, south wall Materials: Marble Vessel: HMS Hardy
Event
Narvik
Event Date
1940
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Cross, Charles Philip Woodrow Age: 26 Date of Death: 10/4/1940 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque in the Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon commemorating John Cockburn Jessop Teague, RMLI d. 1915
Location
Church of St Martin of Tours, Exminster, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN JOHN COCKBURN JESSOP TEAGUE ROYAL MARINE LIGHT INFANTRY (RETIRED) OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW AND ELDEST SON OF THE REVEREND JOHN JESSUP TEAGUE MA VICAR OF THIS PARISH 1894-1905. CAPTAIN COCKBURN TEAGUE, CALLED UP FOR ACTIVE SERVICE AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE EUROPEAN WAR AUGUST 1914, TOOK PART IN THE DEFENCE OF ANTWERP, WHERE HE WAS WOUNDED, RECOVERED, AND AFTERWARDS FELL IN ACTION AT DARDANELLES ON MAY 14TH 1915 IN THE THIRTY THIRD YEAR OF HIS AGE. THE SOULS OF THE FAITHFUL ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD'
Details
Description: Cross above inscription tablet
Type: Plaque Position: Interior, south wall Materials: Black and white marble
Event
Dardanelles Campaign
Event Date
1915
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Teague, John Cockburn Jessup Age: 32 Date of Death: 14/5/1915 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Captain Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau commemorating Captain Sir Humphrey le Fleming Senhouse RN d. 1841
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Captain Sir Humphrey le Fleming SENHOUSE R.N. C.B. & K.C.B. of Seascale in the County of Cumberland, Senior Officer in Command in the British Fleet in the China Seas, who died on board H.M.S. 'Blenheim' at Hong Kong on the 13th June 1841, aged 60 years, from the effects of a fever contracted during the zealous performance of his arduous duties at the capture of the heights of Canton in May 1841. This monument was erected in testimony of esteem and respect for their distinguished and lamented chief, by the Officers of the Army and Navy composing the China Expedition in 1841'
Details
Vessel: HMS Blenheim
Event
First China War
Event Date
1840-2
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Senhouse, Humphrey Age: Date of Death: 14/6/1841 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Discrepency in the dates of death on Senhouse's two memorials. DNB gives his date of death as 14 June 1841. Opium Wars. Bibliography: J.H. Braga 'Tombstones in the English Cemeteries in Macau'; Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 370 (Greenwich, 1981).
Gravestone at St Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent commemorating John Farrington d. 1845, Henry Farrington d. 1850 and George Farrington d. 1869
Location
St Michael's Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / to the memory of / CAPTN JOHN FARRINGTON / who lost his life by falling / overboard / on the 18th day of September 1845 / aged 58 years / Also HENRY son of the above / died on February 23rd 1850 / aged 26 years / Also HENRY RAWLINGS / Grandson of the above / died March 16th 1856 / aged 16 days / Also George son of the above / died January 18th 1869 / aged 49 years'
Details
Description: Carved with a draped urn Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Farrington, John Age: 58 Date of Death: 18/9/1845 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Unknown Farrington, George Age: 49 Date of Death: 18/1/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Bargemaster Organisation: Unknown Farrington, Henry Age: 26 Date of Death: 23/2/1850 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Bargemaster Organisation: Unknown
Ledger in Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge commemorating Commander James Cook RN d. 1794
Location
Church of St Andrew the Great, Cambridge, England
Transcript
'MR HUGH COOK / DIED 21ST DECR 1793. AGED 17 YEARS. / JAMES COOK ESQ. / DIED 25th JANY 1794, / AGED 30 YEARS / ALSO .ELIZABETH COOK / THEIR MOTHER / OB 13 MAY 1835 / AETAT. 93'
Details
Type: Ledger Position: Floor of Nave Vessel: HMS Spitfire, HMS Thunderer
People
Cook, James Age: 30 Date of Death: 25/1/1794 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: A.J. Richardson 1989 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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