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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire commemorating Commander Hector Loring RN d. 1848

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / HECTOR LORING / COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED AT LISBON ON THE 7TH MARCH 1848 / AGED 40 YEARS / AND THUS IN A LITTLE MORE THAN ONE YEAR / WAS REUNITED TO HIS BELOVED WIFE / WHERE TOGETHER THEY DWELL IN JOYFUL HOPE [OF] / THE RESURRECTION TO ETERNAL LIFE / THROUGH JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD. /Surely, I come quickly. Amen. / Even so come Lord Jesus. Rev. 22. 20.'

Details

Description: Plain wall tablet.
Type: Wall tablet

People

Loring, Hector
Age: 40
Date of Death: 7/3/1848
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Died in Lisbon.
Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 369 (Greenwich, 1981).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 2018
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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St Boniface's Church, Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Monument in Bunbury, Cheshire commemorating George Beeston d. 1601

Location

St Boniface's Church, Bunbury, Cheshire, England

Transcript

‘H.S.E. GEORGIUS BEESTON EQUES AURATUS VIRTUTIS ET VERITATIS CULTOR JUVENTUTE BELLICUS ARTIBUS INUTUTUS AB INVICTISSIMUS REGE HENRIES VIII CUM OBSIDERET BOLONIAM IN COHORTUM PENSIONARUORUM COOPTUS MERUIT SUB EODEM REGE EDWARDO VI IN PRAELIO CONTRA SCOTOS APUD MUSCKLEBOROW POSTEA SUB EODEM REGE MARIA & ELIZABTHA BELLIS NAVALIBUS VELUT CLASSE PREFECTUS VEL SUBPREFECTUS AQUA POST PROFLIGATAM POTENTISSIMAM ILLAM CLASSAM HISPAMIXCA 1588 EQUESTRI DIGNITATE ORNATUS EST JAMQUE INGRAVESCENTE AETATE CUM FIDEM PRINCIPIBUS FORTITUDINEM HOSTIBUS EGREGIE PROBASSET DEO GRATUS BONISQUE CHARUS CHRISTUM IN CHRICT A 1602 AETATIS SUAE 99 OBDORMUIT UT IN IPSO MELIUS RESURGAT UNAQUE CUM ILLE REQUIEVAT CHARISSIMA CONJUX ALICIA FILIA THOMAS DAVENPORT DE HENBURY ARMIGERE MATER SANCTISSIMA PUDICISSIMA ET ERGA PAUPERES = QUIAE CUM FACTO MATRIMONIO 66 ANNOS VIXISSET VIROQUE TRES FILIOS JOHANNEM HUGONEM & HUGONEM TOTIDEMQUE FILIAS ANNAM JANAM ET DOROTHEA PEPERISSET ANNO 1591 AET SUAE 80 IN CELESTAM PATRIAM MIGRAVIT CUM CHRISTI AETERNAM VICTURA PARENTIBUS OPTIMIS & CHARES FILII HUGONIS BEESTON JUNIORES ARMIGERI RE...TORIS GRATIS OMNIS REVENTIONEM CORONOE TAM IN COMI: PALATINO QUAM ION COMITATIBUS NORTH WALLIAE H.M.P.’ [Translation] Here lies buried George Beeston, knight, a promoter of valour and truth; having been bro ght up from his youth in the arts of war [he was) chosen one of his company of pensioners by the invincible King Henry the Eighth, when he besieged Boulogne [1544]; he merited [the same] under Edward the Sixth in the battle against the Scots at Musselburgh [1547]. Afterwards under the same King, under Mary, and under Elizabeth, in the naval engagements as captain or vice-captain of the fleet, by whom, after that most mighty Spanish fleet of 1588, had been vanquished, he was honoured with the order of knighthood; and now, his years pressing heavily on him, when he had admirably approved his integrity to princes, and his bravery to his adversaries, acceptable to God, and dear to good men, and long expecting Christ, in the year 1601 and in the 99th of his age, he fell asleep in Him, so that he may rise again in Him with joy. And together with him rests a most beloved wife, Alice, daughter of Thomas Davenport of Henbury, esquire, a matron most holy, chaste, and liberal to the poor, who, when she had lived in matrimony 66 years, and had borne to her husband three sons, John, Hugh, and Hugh, and as many daughters, Ann, Jane, and Dorothy, passed into the heavenly country in the year 1591 and in the 80th year of her age, with Christ for ever to live. The dutifulness of their son Hugh Beeston, esquire, the younger, Receiver General of all the revenues of the Crown as well as in the county palatine of Chester as in the counties of North Wales, set up this monument to parents most excellent and beloved. [Under arch] ‘HUGH BEESTON EQUES AURATUS GEORGII BEESTON EQUITIS AURATI FILIUS MORTALITATIS MEMOR ET SPE CERTA IN CHRISTO RESURGENDI HOER PARENTIBUS SIBI ET GEORGIO BEESTON FILIO UNICO ORDINIS ITIDEM EQUESTRIS JUVENI IMMATURA MORTE PROH DOLAR PREREPIT. MONUMENTUM POSUIT OBIIT HUGO PATER AN. SAL. MDC[...] GEORGIUS AUTEM FILIUS MDCX1’ [Translation] Hugh Beeston, knight, son of George Beeston, knight, mindful of mortality, and in certain hope of rising again in Christ, placed this monument to his parents, himself, and George Beeston an only son, of the same knightly order, a youth, alas! Snatched away by a too early death. Hugh, the father, died in the year of our salvation, 1627, but George, the son, 1611.

Details

Description: Recumbent effigy in armour, on a table tomb carved with three shields of arms. The figure is within an arch flanked by pillars on plinths. An inscription on the back wall with arms above. At the top, pyramids supporting shields of arms, a second inscription between them with armorials above. This inscription tablet set within a border carved with military trophies, a cannon and a ship.
Type: Monument
Vessel: Dreadnought

Event

Spanish Armada

Event Date

1588

Event Category

1584-1604 Conflict between England and Spain

People

Beeston, George
Age: 99
Date of Death: 1601
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval Commander
Organisation: British fleet

Extra

Notes: Commanded 'Dreadnought' during Armada campaign 1588.
Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 30.

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England

Wall tablet in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire commemorating Lieutenant Richard Marks RN d. 1847

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Great Missenden, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / THE REVEREND RICHARD MARKS / TWENTY FOUR YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH, / WHOSE / SINGULAR AND EVENTFUL HISTORY / RECORDED BY HIS OWN PEN IN THE / "RETROSPECT" / AND VARIOUS OTHER WRITINGS / HAS BEEN MADE A BLESSING TO THOUSANDS / AND WHOSE / HOLY LIFE AND FAITHFUL MINISTRY / WILL LONG BE HAD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / BY THE FLOCK / TOWHOM HE DECLARED THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS SURVIVING FRIENDS AND PARISHIONERS. / HE WAS BORN AT NORTH CRAWLEY IN THIS COUNTY DEC. 31ST 1778 / AND CLOSED A LIFE OF PIETY, USEFULNESS AND HONOR / IN THIS VILLAGE 22ND MAY 1847'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: Grey marble

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803 - 1815 Napoleonic Wars

People

Marks, Richard
Age:
Date of Death: 22/5/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Before being ordained, Richard Marks served in the Royal Navy and was present at the Battle of Trafalgar. He was commissioned lieutenant on 2nd November 1805 and resigned on 2nd April 1814.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / THE REVEREND RICHARD MARKS / TWENTY FOUR YEARS VICAR OF THIS PARISH, / WHOSE / SINGULAR AND EVENTFUL HISTORY / RECORDED BY HIS OWN PEN IN THE / \"RETROSPECT\" / AND VARIOUS OTHER WRITINGS / HAS BEEN MADE A BLESSING TO THOUSANDS / AND WHOSE / HOLY LIFE AND FAITHFUL MINISTRY / WILL LONG BE HAD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE / BY THE FLOCK / TOWHOM HE DECLARED THE WHOLE COUNCIL OF GOD / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS SURVIVING FRIENDS AND PARISHIONERS. / HE WAS BORN AT NORTH CRAWLEY IN THIS COUNTY DEC. 31ST 1778 / AND CLOSED A LIFE OF PIETY, USEFULNESS AND HONOR / IN THIS VILLAGE 22ND MAY 1847'",
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St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Plaque at St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent commemorating Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen RN d. 1849

Location

St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Details

People

Owen, Edward William Campbell Rich
Age: c. 77 - 78 years
Date of Death: 1849
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: 1771-1849 Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen was Commander-in-Chief West Indies in 1823, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1829 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1841. He became Admiral in 1846. MP for Sandwich, buried at Windlesham, Surrey.

St Peter’s Church is now redundant in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991

JSON

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    "notes": "1771-1849 Admiral Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen was Commander-in-Chief West Indies in 1823, Commander-in-Chief, East Indies, 1829 and Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1841.  He became Admiral in 1846. MP for Sandwich, buried at Windlesham, Surrey.<br />\n<br />\nSt Peter’s Church is now redundant in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders 1991",
    "photographer": ""  }
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All Saints Church, Springfield, Essex, England

Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Springfield, Essex, dedicated to Lieutenant Charles Theodore Paynter d. 1918

Location

All Saints Church, Springfield, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CHARLES THEODORE PAYNTER R.N / LIEUT . H.M.S. "NORTH STAR" / SON OF THE RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND ON ST GEORGE'S DAY / APRIL 23RD 1918 IN THE GLORIOUS NAVAL ATTACK / ON ZEEBRUGGE / AGED 22', 'FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH'

Details

Description: A white marble inscription tablet, surrounded by a 8 cm green marble border within a white marble moulded frame with gilt fillet. In the top left corner, the arms of the Paynter family, top right, foul anchor with naval crown above.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel South wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS North Star

Event

Zeebrugge

Event Date

1918

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Paynter, Charles Theodore
Age: 22
Date of Death: 23/4/1918
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. A white ensign originally hung over the plaque.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CHARLES THEODORE PAYNTER R.N / LIEUT . H.M.S. \"NORTH STAR\" / SON OF THE RECTOR OF THIS PARISH / WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ENGLAND ON ST GEORGE'S DAY / APRIL 23RD 1918 IN THE GLORIOUS NAVAL ATTACK / ON ZEEBRUGGE / AGED 22', 'FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH'",
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North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial at North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating Henry William Hamilton d. 1897

Location

North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Resolution

People

Hamilton, Henry William
Age: 24
Date of Death: 22/4/1897
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: RN

Extra

Notes: Lost life through execution of duties on board HMS 'Resolution'. Buried at sea 28/2/1897. (See Charles Cook).
Recorder: B.D. & G.L. Metherell

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating Henry William Hamilton d. 1897</p>",
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    "recorder": "B.D. & G.L. Metherell",
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial in South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata commemorating Mr Thomas Lister d. 1810

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / Mr Thomas Lister, / many years Senior Branch Pilot in the / Honourable Company's Marine of Calcutta / who departed this life on the 11th March 1810 / aged 55 years. / He was a man of great perseverence in his professional line / and always successful in it upwards of 27 years'

Details

People

Lister, Thomas
Age: 55
Date of Death: 11/3/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Branch pilot
Organisation: Bengal Pilot Service

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.95.

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St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Wall tablet in Deptford, London, commemorating John Addey d. 1606, Master shipwright

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Deptford, London, England

Transcript

'NEAR / this place rests the Body / of JOHN ADDEY / of this parish / one of the King's master shipwrights / who departed this World / in Assured hope / of his Resurrection/the 16th of April Anno Dm / 1606 Aetatis Suae 56. / His tomb being demolished / this stone was Erected / at the expence of the Parish / January 1788'

Details

Description: Rectangular vertically set stone memorial, this us surmounted by a moulded triangular pediment supported on two pilasters, in the centre of each of these is a circle containing a Tudor rose. Below is a moulded shelf. The inscription tablet between the pilasters is shaped as shown. The inscription is in Roman caps and lower case, the long "s" is used. The third line is in sloped lettering. This memorial forms a unit with the Benefaction Monument immediately below, to which it is seen to be connected by plain brackets.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Outside north wall, east of north door
Materials: Stone
Date Erected: 1788

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Addey, John
Age: 56
Date of Death: 16/4/1606
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master shipwright
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Deptford

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Notes: Master shipwright, Royal dockyard.
Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror', vol. 27, p. 289 (Cambridge, 1941).
Recorder: Timothy Wilson October 1979

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Frederick Hinton RN d. 1906

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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'In memory of Frederick HINTON, P.O.1., H.M.S. 'Bramble', died November 17 1906 at the Naval Hospital, Hong Kong, Peace Perfect Peace with Loved ones far away'

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Description: Gothic headstone with border of carved flowers, pillars at the sides.
Vessel: HMS Bramble

People

Hinton, Frederick
Age:
Date of Death: 17/11/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

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British Cemetery, Funchal, Madeira, Rest of the World

Memorial in the British Cemetery, Funchal, Madeira commemorating Cecil William Buckley VC, RN d. 1872

Location

British Cemetery, Funchal, Madeira, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / CECIL WILLIAM BUCKLEY V.C. R.N. / DIED DECR 7TH 1872 / AGED 42'

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Description: Cross on stepped plinth, the grave with kerbs.
Type: Cross
Materials: Granite

People

Buckley, Cecil William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 7/12/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Also commemorated his children - Percy Falcon Buckley 1867-1899 and Frank Buckley 1871-1873.
Recorder: N W Gordon

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    "recorder": "N W Gordon",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters