Wall tablet in memory of Howard William Browlow d. 1858 located in, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.
Location
Holy Trinity, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / HOWARD WILLIAM BROWLOW, / INDIAN NAVY, / (YOUNGEST SON OF / COLONEL GEORGE BROWLOW, / BENGAL CAVALRY, / AND NEPHEW OF HERVEY SANDBY, / OF THIS PARISH,) / WHO DIED AT SEA, / ON THE 24TH SEPTEMBER 1858, / IN HIS 20TH YEAR / AND THE SEA SHALL GIVE UP THE DEAD / THAT WERE IN IT. REV.XV.13'
Details
Description: A carved marble scroll secured with a carved nail, a cross at the top above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave south wall Materials: Marble
People
Brownlow, Howard William Age: 20 Date of Death: 24/9/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Indian Navy
Memorial in S’a Ali Bay Cemetery, Western Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman commemorating Henry Hazelwood Hayton RN d. 1872
Location
S'a Ali Bay Cemetery, Western Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HENRY HAZLEWOOD HAYTON / SHIP'S STEWARD / H.M.S. 'MERLIN' / BORN 27TH APRIL 1872 / DIED 18TH SEPTEMBER 1904 / NOW THE LABOURER'S TASK IS O'ER / NOW THE BATTLE DAY IS PAST / NOW UPON THE FATHER SHORE / LANDS THE VOYAGER AT LAST. / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / H.M.S. 'MERLIN' AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEEM'
Details
Description: Cross in relief. Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Merlin
People
Hayton, Henry Hazelwood Age: 32 Date of Death: 18/9/1904 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Royal Navy
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
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
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Notes: Buried at Montevideo, Uruguay, South America
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Hubern Cecil Pearn RN d. 1906
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Hubert Cecil PEARN, Stoker, H.M.S. 'Cadmus', died 6th August 1906, aged 22 years. This stone was erected by his sorrowing shipmates'
Details
Description: Cross on steps. Type: Cross Vessel: HMS Cadmus
People
Pearn, Hubert Cecil Age: 22 Date of Death: 6/8/1906 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy
Plaque in St Andrew’s Church, Charmouth, dedicated to Captain Charles Bullen RN d. 1884
Location
St Andrew's Church, Charmouth, Dorset, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES BULLEN, CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR DORSET / AND MARY ANNE (BAKER) HIS WIFE / THEY RESIDED FOR MANY YEARS AT THE MANOR HOUSE IN THIS / PARISH AND DIED AT A RIPE OLD AGE / HONOURED AND BELOVED BY ALL THEIR / NEIGHBOURS THIER REMAINS ARE INTERRED IN THE CHURCHYARD ADJOINING / CHRISTMAS 1885.'
Wall tablet at Holy Trinity Church, Embleton commemorating Arthur Wilson d. 1718
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Embleton, Northumberland, England
Transcript
'Mr Arthur Wilson, who died November the XIth in the year of our Lord 1718. He was born at Helsington near Kendal in the county of Westmoreland. He was customs officer at Craster under his Majesty King George. He was born in ye year 1676. "Watch and pray for ye know not when the time is" Mark 13-33 MDCCXIX'
Details
Type: Tablet Materials: Stone
People
Wilson, Arthur Age: Date of Death: 11/11/1718 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Customs Officer Organisation:
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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters