Wall tablet in St James’s Church, Sydney, Australia commemorating Commodore Sir James Brisbane RN d. 1826
Location
St James's Church, Sydney, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / COMMODORE SIR JAMES BRISBANE Kt C.B.E. K.W. / WHO CLOSED WITH HIS LIFE AN HONOURABLE CAREER OF ACTIVE AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICES. / WHILST COMMANDING H.M. SQUADRON IN INDIA, HE CONDUCTED IN PERSON, / THE NAVAL FORCE EMPLOYED IN THE DIFFICULT AND HARASSING WAR, / WHICH ENDED WITH THE SUBMISSION OF THE BURMESE EMPIRE, / SUBSEQUENT TO ITS TERMINATION, HE SAILED FOR SOUTH AMERICA, IN COMMAND OF H.M. SHIP WARSPITE, / BUT BEING GREATLY IMPAIRED IN HEALTH BY THAT ARDUOUS SERVICE, / LANDED AT SYDNEY, AND AFTER PROTRACTED SUFFERING, / DIED ON THE 19TH. OF DECEMBER 1826 AGED 52 YEARS'
Details
Description: Draped sarcophagus with relief portrait of the deceased; tongue and dart moulding above and acanthus-leaf moulding below relief. Sextant at base of sarcophagus on the left; pediment with relief wreath encircling the inscription 'BRISBANE'; a naval sword and hat on top of pediment. Type: Wall monument Materials: Marble Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey
Event
First Anglo-Burmese War
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Brisbane, James Age: 52 Date of Death: 19/12/1826 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Commodore RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Died of dysentery contracted in Burma. 'Recd an order from Lady Brisbane to execute a monument with a profile in memory of Sir James Brisbane March 1829 1829. Augt 6. To executing the monument as per order £210-0-0. Men's wages, packing loading &c £2-15-0. Cartage to St Katherine's Dock £1-0-0. Strong case and copper fastenings £6-10-0. Bagster & Buckle shipping 5-7-6 £225-12-6 paid Octr 16th 1830.' Bibliography: Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 229 (1991-1992); 'Historical Records of Australia' vol. xiv p. 225.
Memorial at St Mark’s Church, Liverpool commemorating John Edwards d. 1818
Location
St Mark's Church, Upper Duke Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Edwards, Pilot died 8th January 1818 aged 73. Life's voyage is now ended, his dangers are past / His ship is safe moored and has landed at last / His treasures are safe in the mansion on high / Which we hope thro' Gods Glory he's gone to enjoy'.
Details
People
Edwards, John Age: 73 Date of Death: 8/1/1818 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Pilot Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.3, p. 609. Church demolished in 1913. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the officers and crew of HMS ‘Calcutta’ who died in 1856
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'CALCUTTA', 'Deaths in 1856 / Frederick J. CAMPBELL Lt. R.N. / Thomas PARKER P.R.M / William MORRIS Sgt. R.M. / James MICKLEJOHN O.S. / John ERINSON P.R.M. / Henry WEST P.R.M. / James H. LULHAM R.M. / Lake MOORES P.R.M / William PROWSE O.Q.C. / James PROUT P.R.M. / William JOHNS B.I.C. / Deaths in 1856 / Robert MILES P.R.M. / William WEAVER P.R.M. / Hugh MASSEY Band / John RUFFY A.B. / James RICHARDS A.B. / James STRIMPSON A.B. / Fredk. CAUDLE O.Q.C. / Thomas TAYLOR P.R.M. / James COLE [or COLL] P.R.M. / John CURTIS P.R.M. / Deaths in 1857 / James LLOYD P.R.M. / Geo. HATCHARD Cox / John PAUL Ordinary / James OWEN S.M. / Michl. KEARNEY B. / Sinclair PEDDER S. / Chas. H. VINE A.B. / Robt. TALBOT Ordinary / Deaths in 1857 / Edward W. PEARN Masters Asst. / W.R. WATSON Clerk / Frank CLEMOW P.R.M. / Edwin ASHDOWN P.R.M. / William STINGNELL / Fredk. GATES Ordinary / Archd. DICKSON Ordinary / Nelson ORSON Ordinary / Deaths in 1858 / Vincent E. EYRE N. Cadet / George McDONNEL A.B. / George PHILIPS P.R.M. Thomas HALLORAN A.B. / William APPS Ordinary / George PHILIPS P.R.M. / John HOUGH A.B. / Deaths in 1859 / William JONES A.B. / Robert MOORE S.C.'
Details
Description: In the form of three sarcophagus-shaped wings with roofs and rusticated bases, a draped urn and cannon balls above the centre where they joint together. Panels are carved with a naval crown within a rope twist border, and a split cannon and broken swords.
Type: Memorial Vessel: HMS Calcutta
Event
Second China War
Event Date
1856-1860
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Apps, William Age: Date of Death: 1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ashdown, Edwin Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Campbell, Frederick J. Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Caudle, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster's clerk? Organisation: Royal Navy Clemow, Frank Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Cole [?], James Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Curtis, John Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Dickson, Archibald Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Erinson, John Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Eyre, Vincent Edward Age: Date of Death: 1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Naval cadet Organisation: Royal Navy Gates, Frederick Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Halloran, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hatchard, George Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Coxswain Organisation: Royal Navy Hough, John Age: Date of Death: 1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Johns, William Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Jones, William Age: Date of Death: 1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Kearney, Michael Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy? Organisation: Royal Navy Lloyd, James Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Lulham, James H. Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marines Massey, Hugh Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Bandsman Organisation: Royal Navy McDonnel, George Age: Date of Death: 1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Micklejohn, James Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Miles, Robert Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Moore, Robert Age: Date of Death: 1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship's cook Organisation: Royal Navy Moores, Lake Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Morris, William Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sergeant RM Organisation: Royal Marines Orson, Nelson Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Owen, James Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker's mate Organisation: Royal Navy Parker, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Paul, John Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Pearn, Edward W Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant Organisation: Royal Navy Pedder, Sinclair Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sailmaker Organisation: Royal Navy Philips, George Age: Date of Death: 1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Prout, James Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Prowse, William Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster's clerk? Organisation: Royal Navy Richards, James Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ruffy, John Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Stingnell, William Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Strimpson, James Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Talbot, Robert Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seamen Organisation: Royal Navy Taylor, Thomas Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Vine, Charles H. Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Watson, W. R. Age: Date of Death: 1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Clerk Organisation: Royal Navy Weaver, William Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines West, Henry Age: Date of Death: 1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Photo by Philip Bruce (copyright). Recorder: Christine Thomas
Gravestone at St Lawrence’s Church, Morden, London, commemorating William Robert Chaplin d. 1974
Location
St Lawrence's Church, Morden, London, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / EMILY CHAPLIN / BELOVED WIFE OF / WILLIAM ROBERT CHAPLIN / BORN GT. BARDFIELD, ESSEX / 7TH FEB, 1866 / DIED MORDEN, SURREY / 25TH NOV 1932 / "A DREAMLESS SLEEP IS NATURE'S / RICHEST GIFT" / AND OF HER SON / WILLIAM ROBERT CHAPLIN C.B.E. / MASTER MARINER AND / ELDER BROTHER OF TRINITY HOUSE / BORN 4TH FEB. 1888 / DIED 21ST FEB. 1974'
Details
Description: Carved with a rose spray. Art Deco lettering in lead. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard
People
Chaplin, William Robert Age: 86 Date of Death: 21/2/1974 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner; Elder Brother Trinity House Organisation: Trinity House
Memorial sarcophagus at the Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia commemorating John Baird, HEIC d.1800
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Northam Road, Penang, Malaysia, Rest of the World
Transcript
[Not exact] ‘SACRED / To The Memory / of / John Baird, RN / Son Of / John Baird, Master Attendant And / Midshipman on / The 'Wellesley' East Indiaman who arrived at this island on 27 August 1800 and died 6th September following, / Aged 17 Years and 6 Months'
Details
Vessel: HEIC Wellesley
People
Baird, John Age: 17 Date of Death: 6/9/1801 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Midshipman HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: John B. Hattendorf 'Some British and American Sailor's Tombstones in Penang, Malaysia', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p.325, (Greenwich, 1982).
Memorial in Western Cemetery, Perth Road, Dundee commemorating James Chapman d. 1876, a veteran of Trafalgar
Location
Western Cemetery, Perth Road, Dundee, Scotland
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / JAMES CHAPMAN / SHIPMASTER, DUNDEE / WHO DIED 12TH NOVEMBER 1876 / AGED 92 YEARS / ALSO HIS WIFE / MARGARET CRAIGIE / WHO DIED 13TH APRIL 1877 / AGED 80 YEARS / AND THEIR DAUGHTER / ANN CHAPMAN / WIFE OF JOHN EARL ROBERTSON / WHO DIED 15TH APRIL 1908 / AGED 77 YEARS / THE ABOVE /J OHN EARL ROBERTSON / DIED 11TH JANUARY 1919 / AGED 86 YEARS'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Section XI 16B Vessel: HMS Victory
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Chapman, James Age: 92 Date of Death: 12/11/1876 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: In HMS 'Victory' at Trafalgar 21/10/1805. Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp. 47-9.
Memorial at St James’s Church, Great Saling, Essex, commemorating Captain William Hugh Dobbie RN d. 1830
Location
St James's Church, Great Saling, Essex, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Capt. William Hugh Dobbie, RN, born Nov. 3rd 1771, died June 10th 1830, leaving seven sons and daughters by whom this tablet has been erected'
Details
People
Dobbie, William Hugh Age: Date of Death: 10/6/1830 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Balliggan Graveyard, Balliggan, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating Lieutenant William Hearle, RN d. 1841
Location
Balliggan Graveyard, Balliggan, County Down, Northern Ireland
Transcript
'To the memory of William Hearle Lieut RN and Chief Officer of Coastguard at Ballyhalbert. Died June 25 1841. Aged 41 years'
Details
People
Hearle, William Maitland Age: 41 Date of Death: 25/6/1841 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: HM Coastguard, Royal Navy
Wall tablet in St Paul’s Cathedral, London commemorating Admiral of the Fleet, Sir Frederick Richards d. 1912
Location
St Paul's Cathedral, London, England
Transcript
'ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / SIR / FREDERICK W. RICHARDS / G.C.B.-D.C.L. / FIRST SEA LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY 1893-99 / VIGILANT AND RESOLUTE WITH SINGLENESS / OF HEART AND PURPOSE DEVOTED HIS LIFE / TO THE NAVY AND THE EMPIRE. / 1833-1912'
Details
Description: Oval portrait in relief within architectural surround, coat of arms above. Type: Wall tablet Position: Crypt Materials: Marble Artists: Frederick William Pomeroy
People
Richards, Frederick William Age: 78 Date of Death: 1912 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1982
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