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

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the officers seamen and marines of HMS ‘Immortalite’ who died in 1876

Location

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

Transcript

'In MEMORY of / The / OFFICERS / SEAMEN & MARINES / of / H.M.S. IMMORTALITE / who departed this life / on the China Station between the dates / March 3rd. and October 10th. 1876. / This Monument was erected by / their Ship-mates / Seamen / J. LOCK Capt. Mz-top / Killed by a fall from aloft / on 3rd. April 1876 / Buried at Sea / Aged 27 / H. BROWN Capt. Mn-top / Killed by a fall from aloft / on 6th. April 1876 / Buried at Sea / Aged 30 / G. SMITH Ordy. / who fell overboard and was drowned / at Woosung 23rd. May 1876 / Aged 19 / J. HOWARD Ordy./who fell overboard from aloft/and was drowned at sea 18th. June 1876 / Aged 19 / D. CHEESEMAN A.B. / who died of dysentery 6th. Sept. 1876 / and was buried at Chefoo / Aged 33 / MARINES / C. WILLIAMS Gr. R.M.A. / who died of small pox / 4th. March 1876 / Buried at sea / Aged 40 / JESSE REW Pte. R.M.L.I. / who died of fever 2nd. August 1876 / Buried at Sea / Aged 33 / GEO. ROBERTS Pte. R.M.L.I. / who died of dysentery / 29th. September 1876 / Buried at Chefoo / Aged 31 / OFFICERS / JOHN SNELL Esq. / Chief Engineer / who died at Sea off the entrance / of the river Yang-Tse-Kiang 10th. Oct.1876 / Age 53 years / his remains were interred at Shanghai / Mr. JOHN SANDERS / Gunner R.N. / who died at Ta-Lien-Whan Bay / North China / on the 25th. August 1876 / Aged 38 Years / his remains were interred at Chefoo'

Details

Description: Cross on plinth with sloping sides.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Immortalite

People

Brown, H.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 6/4/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Maintop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cheeseman, D.
Age: 33
Date of Death: 18/9/1876
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Howard, J.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 18/6/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Lock, J.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 3/4/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Mizentop
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rew, Jesse
Age: 33
Date of Death: 2/8/1876
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Roberts, George
Age: 31
Date of Death: 29/9/1876
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Sanders, John
Age: 38
Date of Death: 25/8/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Gunner
Organisation: Royal Navy
Smith, G.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 23/5/1876
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Snell, John
Age: 53
Date of Death: 10/10/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Private RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Williams, C.
Age: 40
Date of Death: 4/3/1876
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England

Monument in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shadoxhurst, Kent commemorating Captain Sir Charles Molloy RN d. 1760

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shadoxhurst, Kent, England

Transcript

'Sir Charles Molloy Esqr. Lord of this Manor / Late Captain of his Majesty's ship Royal Caroline. / Sometime a Director of Greenwich Hospital / An Elder Brother of the Trinity House; and one of / His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Kent &c. / After a long and faithful service of some sixty years in / the Royal Navy; where he served very young with King William's Letter, in the latter part, of his War with France, and served in that and all Queen Anne's war, he gradually rose / and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant after the hard fought battle of Malaga in the / Mediterranean with the French fleet in the year 1704 (being then in the Royal Oak) who had / a large share in that days action / in which post he continued all the year 1710 when he was/ by the Earl of Berkeley (who then commanded the Fleet) appointed captain of his Majesty's yacht the William & Mary in which and afterwards in the Mary yacht he served until the fourth / day of April 1742 when his Majesty George II / by his express council was pleased to appoint / him post Captain in the Royal Caroline and afterwards on a voyage royal of his to Holland / on the twenty seventh day of April 1743 / his Majesty being on board at Gravesend / and the / Royal Standard hoisted, he was pleased as a further mark of his royal favour to order him the honour / of Knighthood, in all of which employs, he ever discharged his Duty, as became an officer and a Seaman. / He was twice married, his first wife was ANNE relict of ISAAC ELTON Esq, son of Sir ABRHAM ELTON Bart / of the City of Bristol; he afterwards married ELLEN eldest daughter of JOHN COOKE Esq of Swifts / near CRANBROOK in the County of Kent, he left no issue and departed this life August the 24th 1760 / aetatis suae 76', 'Ens entium miserere mihi', 'Ellen Molloy who departed this life the 17 of October 1763 aged 54 / years'

Details

Description: Pyramidal, above the inscription a cherub holds a full face portrait flanked by a globe, compass and naval trophies. The upper part consists of cherubs heads in clouds incribed: 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord.

Type: Monument
Materials: Marble
Artists: Henry Cheere

Event Category

1672-1674 Third Anglo-Dutch War

People

Molloy, Charles
Age: 76
Date of Death: 24/8/1760
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946); Matthew Craske 'The Silent Rhetoric of the Body: A history of monumantal sculpture and commemorative art in England 1720-1770' (Yale, 2008). Philip Parsons 'Monuments and painted glass of upwards of one hundred churches.' (Canterbury, 1794) pp.423-4.

JSON

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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Memorial cross at Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent commemorating Maurice Harries-Beadnell, Master mariner d. 1972

Location

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Transcript

‘In / treasured memory of / a much loved husband / MAURICE HENRY DAVID / HARRIES-BEADNELL / Master Mariner / 1903-1972'

Details

Description: Granite Celtic cross on plinth
Type: Celtic cross
Position: Churchyard No. 478 Square location 0.9
Materials: Granite

People

Harries-Beadnell, Maurice Henry David
Age: 69
Date of Death: 1972
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: E.R. Stage 1982

JSON

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  "transcript": "‘In / treasured memory of / a much loved husband / MAURICE HENRY DAVID / HARRIES-BEADNELL / Master Mariner / 1903-1972'",
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St Peter's Church, South Weald, Essex, England

Wall memorial at South Weald, Essex dedicated to Rear-Admiral John Tower d. 1837

Location

St Peter's Church, South Weald, Essex, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of John Tower Rear Admiral of the Blue and Captain of the most Noble Order of the Bath. He died on the 13th December 1837 Aged 60 years. His remains are deposited in the family vault'

Details

Description: Anchor diagonally crossed by flagstaff and flag above the inscription tablet.

Type: Wall memorial
Position: Memorial chapel
Materials: White marble on grey marble
Artists: Thomas Denman

People

Tower, John
Age: 60
Date of Death: 13/12/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964) p. 127.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1979

JSON

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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964) p. 127.",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1979",
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St Stephen's Church, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Stephen’s Church, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Captain Thomas Griffin RN d. 1748

Location

St Stephen's Church, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Here lies Captain Thomas Griffin Commander of H.M.S. the Princess Mary who died 11 Sept 1748 ANNO AETATIS SUAE 48'

Details

Vessel: HMS Princess Mary

People

Griffin, Thomas
Age: 48
Date of Death: 11/9/1748
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Here lies Captain Thomas Griffin Commander of H.M.S. the Princess Mary who died 11 Sept 1748 ANNO AETATIS SUAE 48'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Stephen’s Church, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating Captain Thomas Griffin RN d. 1748</p>",
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St Mary's Church, Kentisbeare, Devon, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Kentisbeare, Devon, commemorating Arthur Gore Alleyne, Midshipman RN, d. 1861

Location

St Mary's Church, Kentisbeare, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / ARTHUR GORE ALLEYNE / ELDEST SON OF THE REV FORSTER ALLEYNE / RECTOR OF KENTISBEARE. / HE WAS MIDSHIPMAN OF HMS CURACOA / AND DIED OF FEVER ON BOARD THAT SHIP JANUARY 26TH 1861 / AGED 19 YEARS / DEEPLY REGRETTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM / HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED IN THE ENGLISH CEMETERY / AT MONTE VIDEO SE COAST OF AMERICA / WHERE A SIMPLE MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED / OVER HIS GRAVE BY ALL HIS SHIPMATES'

Details

Description: Rectangular white marble base on small plinths, supporting a coffin shaped marble design within a stepped cornice, surmounted by a pediment on which is a cross and anchor entwined in relief. All mounted on a black marble surround. Inscription is incised in black lettering in Roman capitals.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Sanctuary, north wall
Materials: Black and white marble
Artists: Stephens
Vessel: HMS 'Curacoa'

People

Alleyne, Arthur Gore
Age: 19
Date of Death: 26/1/1861
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Buried at Montevideo, Uruguay, South America

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1985

JSON

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    "position": "Sanctuary, north wall",
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    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "Stephens",
    "vessel": "HMS 'Curacoa'"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "Buried at Montevideo, Uruguay, South America<br />",
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North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial in the North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating John Duncan RN d. 1885

Location

North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Superb

People

Duncan, John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 22/4/1885
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Able seaman HMS 'Superb'. Killed by fall from aloft. Erected by ship and topmates.
Recorder: B.D. & G.L. Metherell 1986

JSON

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    "recorder": "B.D. & G.L. Metherell 1986",
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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating James Donaldson, d. 1898

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'ERECTED / BY JOHN AND GEORGE DONALDSON / IN MEMORY OF THEIR BROTHER / JAMES DONALDSON / OF PORTKNOCKIE, BANFFSHIRE / WHO WAS DROWNED NEAR LOWESTOFT / NOVEMBER 9TH 1898 / AGED 42 YEARS'

Details

Description: Headstone with rope twist border and relief carving of foul anchor in waves
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Marble, lead letters

People

Donaldson, James
Age: 42
Date of Death: 9/11/1898
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating John Roberts d. 1833

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

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'John Roberts, Mariner, died 1 May 1833 age 58'

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Roberts, John
Age: 58
Date of Death: 1/5/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 579.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating James Bowell, d. 1726

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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

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'Interr'd here doth Lye / the Body of Capt James Bowell / who departed this life July 24th / 1726. aged 64 years. / Thro Billows Burrows Neptunes Waves / Has toss'd too & fro, yet / Once again by God's decree, I / Harbour here below, where I at / Anchor safe do ride, with our / Old Fleet, yet once again: wee / Must arise Our Admiral Christ to meet'

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Type: Tomb
Position: Churchyard

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Bowell, James
Age: 64
Date of Death: 24/7/1726
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

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Notes: British Library: Add.19093, f.206b 'Davy's Church Notes'.
Recorder: Mrs F Keymer, 1 Westbrook Road, London, SE3 0NS, 23/7/1988

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters