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St Cyriac's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, England

Wall tablet in St Cyriac’s Church, Lacock commemorating Captain Frederick William Rooke RN d. 1833

Location

St Cyriac's Church, Lacock, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN FREDERICK WILLIAM ROOKE, / ROYAL NAVY, / OF LACKHAM HOUSE IN THIS PARISH, / WHO DIED 28TH DECR. 1833 / AGED 73 YEARS.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South chapel east wall
Artists: Lewis, C & Co

People

Rooke, Frederick William
Age: 73
Date of Death: 28/12/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN FREDERICK WILLIAM ROOKE, / ROYAL NAVY, / OF LACKHAM HOUSE IN THIS PARISH, / WHO DIED 28TH DECR. 1833 / AGED 73 YEARS.'",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

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

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "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'",
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St Andrew's Church, Charmouth, Dorset, England

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.'

Details

Description: Dedication plate on gothic pulpit.
Type: Plaque
Position: Pulpit
Materials: brass

People

Bullen, Charles
Age: 73
Date of Death: 1884
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "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.'",
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Holy Trinity Church, Embleton, Northumberland, England

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:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

JSON

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Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Wall memorial at St Peter Port, Guernsey to Admiral James Saumarez, d. 1836

Location

Town Church, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JAMES SAUMAREZ, LORD DE SAUMAREZ / ADMIRAL OF THE ADMIRAL OF THE RED, KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH, KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ROYAL ORDER OF THE SWORD / OF SWEDEN, GENERAL OF MARINES, AND ELDER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HOUSE, A BARONET AND D.C.L. OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD / BORN MARCH 11TH 1757 HE ENTERED THE NAVAL SERVICE 1770, WAS MADE A LIEUTENANT 1778 BY SIR PETER PARKER AFTER THE / MEMORABLE ATTACK ON FORT SULLIVAN, SERVED IN THAT RANK IN THE FORTITUDE BEARING THE FLAG OF SIR HYDE PARKER, IN THE / ACTION OFF THE DOGGER BANK 5TH AUGUST 1781, AND ON THAT OCCASION WAS MADE A COMMANDER. THE 7TH FEBRUARY FOLLOWING / HE OBTAINED THE COMMAND OF THE RUSSELL 74 GUNS WITH THE RANK OF POST CAPTAIN AND IN THAT SHIP BORE A DISTINGUISHED / SHARE IN SIR GEORGE RODNEY'S VICTORY 12TH APRIL 1782. AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR WITH FRANCE IN 1793 / HE CAPTURED IN THE CRESCENT OFF CHERBOURG, THE FRENCH FRIGATE LA REUNION / IN JUNE 1794 HE BEAT OFF BY SKILL AND CONSUMMATE BRAVERY, A FRENCH SQUADRON OF VERY SUPERIOR FORCE / ON THE SHORES OF THIS ISLAND, AND IN SIGHT OF HIS ADMIRING COUNTRYMEN / IN 1795 HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE ORION OF 74 GUNS IN LORD BRIDPORT'S VICTORY OFF CAPE LA HOGUE / AND TOOK A PROMINENT PART IN THAT OF SIR JOHN JERVIS OFF CAPE ST VINCENT 14 FEBRUARY 1797. / HE WAS SECOND IN COMMAND TO SIR HORATIO NELSON IN THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF THE NILE 1ST AUGUST 1798 / HE WAS MADE A REAR ADMIRAL 1ST JANUARY 1801, AND BEING ENTRUSTED WITH THE COMMAND OF A SEPARATE SQUADRON / HE HAD ON THE 6TH JULY A SEVERE ENGAGEMENT WITH A DETACHMENT OF FRENCH SHIPS, AND BATTERIES, IN THE BAY OF ALGECIRAS / AND, REFITTING WITH UNPARALLELED EXPEDITION HE AGAIN ON THE 12TH ENGAGED THE ENEMY, / NOW INCREASED BY ALMOST DOUBLE HIS FORCE, WHEN HE CAPTURED A 74 GUN SHIP AND DESTROYED TWO FIRST RATES / FOR THIS ACHIEVEMENT HE RECEIVED THE THANKS OF PARLIAMENT, BEING THE 5TH TIME THAT HONOR HAD BEEN CONFERRED UPON HIM / IN 1802 HE WAS APPOINTED TO COMMAND THE NAVAL FORCE STATIONED FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CHANNEL ISLANDS / AND IN DECEMBER 1806 HE WAS SPECIALLY RAISED TO THE RANK OF VICE ADMIRAL TO ENABLE HIM TO COMMAND THE CHANNEL FLEET / IN THE ABSENCE OF EARL ST VINCENT. IN 1808 HE HOISTED HIS FLAG AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE BALTIC FLEET / WHICH APPOINTMENT HE HELD FOR FIVE YEARS, HIS FIRM BUT CONCILIATORY MEASURES AT THIS CRISIS WERE MAINLY INSTRUMENTAL IN / DETACHING THE NORTHERN POWERS FROM THE DOMINATION OF FRANCE, AND THUS MATERIALLY CONDUCED TO THE RESTORATION OF PEACE. / HE HELD THE COMMAND AT PLYMOUTH FROM 1824 TO 1827 AND IN 1831 WAS CREATED A PEER OF THE UNITED KINGDOM / TO A LOFTINESS OF CHARACTER WHICH INDICATED HIM AS BORN TO COMMAND WAS UNITED A BENIGNITY OF SPIRIT AND AN URBANITY OF DEMEANOUR / WHICH ENSURED HIM UNIVERSAL LOVE, ESTEEM AND VENERATION BOTH IN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE RELATIONS OF LIFE / HIS ZEAL FOR THE WELFARE OF HIS COUNTRY WAS SURPASSED ONLY BY DEVOTION TO HIS GOD. HE EXHIBITED IN HIS WHOLE LIFE / THE EXAMPLE OF AN EARNEST CHRISTIAN STRIVING TO FURTHER THE WILL OF HIS DIVINE MASTER, / GREAT AS HIS DEEDS WERE IN LIFE, HIS GREATEST TRIUMPH WAS RESERVED FOR THE LAST CONFLICT WHICH HIS REDEEMER TAUGHT / AND ENABLED HIM TO CONQUER, FULL OF YEARS AND FULL OF HONOUR AND IN THE BLESSED HOPE OF IMMORTAL GLORY / HE RESIGNED HIS SPIRIT INTO THE HANDS OF GOD AND HIS SAVIOUR OCT 9TH 1836 IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / HE MARRIED OCTOBER 27TH 1788 MARTHA, ONLY CHILD OF THOMAS LE MARCHANT ESQRE AND MARY DOBREE HIS WIFE, BY WHOM HE HAD EIGHT CHILDREN. / FOUR ONLY SURVIVE WHO WITH THEIR BELOVED MOTHER HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT TO HIS REVERED MEMORY'

Details

Description: Tablet flanked by female figures holding respectively a cross and anchor (Faith and Hope), coat of arms above. An action between two warships is shown on the apron.

Type: Wall memorial
Position: South aisle
Materials: Marble

Event

Battle of Algeciras

Event Date

1801

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Saumarez, James
Age: 80
Date of Death: 9/10/1836
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sighted B. Tomlinson 2010.

JSON

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Holy Trinity Church, Bradfield, Essex, England

Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Bradfield, Essex, commemorating Rear-Admiral John T. S. Hall d. 1964 and Lieutenant John H. S. Hall d. 1958

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Bradfield, Essex, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL / JOHN T.S.HALL C.I.E. / MASTER MARINER / 21 JANUARY 1964 AGED 67 / BURIED AT SEA OFF PORTSMOUTH / ALSO HIS ONLY SON / JOHN H. S. HALL / LIEUTENANT, R.N. / H.M.S. FULMAR / 30TH JUNE 1958 AGED 23'

Details

Description: Incised foul anchor within a black-painted roundel at the centre top.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Nave South Wall
Materials: Portland stone
Vessel: HMS Fulmar

People

Hall, John T.S.
Age: 67
Date of Death: 21/1/1964
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hall, John H.S.
Age: 23
Date of Death: 30/6/1958
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England

Gravestone in Ulverston, Cumbria dedicated to John MacCartney. d. 1781

Location

St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'...Isabella Macartney, daughter of James Steuart, late of Edinburgh Esqr and widow of the late gallant Capt. MacCartney of the 'Princess Amelia' 80 guns who was killed in the action off the Dogger Bank Aug 5 1781 and whose death she survived but 15 months. She died Nov 20th 1782 and was buried by her own desire on this spot. To perpetuate her memory this monument was erected at the desire of her children 5 by their guardians.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Princess Amelia

Event

Battle of Dogger Bank 1781

Event Category

1775-1783 American Revolutionary War

People

MacCartney, John
Age:
Date of Death: 5/8/1781
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: A.L. Evans

JSON

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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 Captain Michael Everett RN d. 1779

Location

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

Transcript

'In Memory / of / Capt: MICHAEL JOHN EVERETT / who commanding his Majesty's Ship / RUBY / was killed by a cannon-ball / near the Island / of / HISPANIOLA / on the 2nd June 1779. AEt 26. / Smit, in the hour of Youth's just op'ning bloom, / Th' aspiring Hero found an early tomb. / Blush not to weep, but o'er the honor'd bier. / With virtue and his Country drop a tear.'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet framed with borders of carved husks - the Everett arms above.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Ruby

People

Everett, Michael John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 2/6/1779
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Damage to husks on right hand side.
Bibliography: Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 367 (Greenwich, 1981).
Photographer: R.G. Hart 2006

JSON

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  "id": "M2160",
  "location": "Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'In Memory / of / Capt: MICHAEL JOHN EVERETT / who commanding his Majesty's Ship / RUBY / was killed by a cannon-ball / near the Island / of / HISPANIOLA / on the 2nd June 1779. AEt 26. / Smit, in the hour of Youth's just op'ning bloom, / Th' aspiring Hero found an early tomb. / Blush not to weep, but o'er the honor'd bier. / With virtue and his Country drop a tear.'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"475\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M2160Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6617\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M2160Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M2160Large-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Wall tablet in the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Fareham, Hampshire commemorating Captain Michael Everett RN d. 1779</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "Inscription tablet framed with borders of carved husks - the Everett arms above.",
    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Marble",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Ruby"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Everett, Michael John","age":"26","dateofdeath":"2/6/1779","causeofdeath":"War casualty","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Damage to husks on right hand side.",
    "bibliography": "Peter Clissold 'More Memorials in the Solent Area', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 367 (Greenwich, 1981).",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "R.G. Hart 2006"  }
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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating William Slade RN d. 1826

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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

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'Sacred / to the memory / of William Slade, / Purser in the Royal Navy / who died at Florence, / Jan 13, 1826 / aged 37 years / Upright in his conduct through life / and possessing a warm / and benevolent mind / he was honoured and respected / by all who knew him'

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Slade, William
Age: 37
Date of Death: 13/1/1826
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.62.

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  "post_id": "631",
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  "transcript": "'Sacred / to the memory / of William Slade, / Purser in the Royal Navy / who died at Florence, / Jan 13, 1826 / aged 37 years / Upright in his conduct through life / and possessing a warm / and benevolent mind / he was honoured and respected / by all who knew him'",
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St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Wall tablet in Paul, Cornwall dedicated to Edward Leah d. 1853

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St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In memory of / EDWD. LEAH M.R.C.S. / of this parish Esqre. / Having served / in foreign climes / for many years / as a surgeon R.N. / He settled at Penzance / where it pleased / God / to afflict / him with / a lingering mortal disease / of intense suffering / which he was / mercyfully enabled / to bear with / christian fortitude / and resignation / he died / Decr 27th MDCCCLIII / in the 50th [?] year / of his age.'

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Description: Fitted into an old, blocked window.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North side of nave
Materials: Stone

People

Leah, Edward
Age: 50
Date of Death: 27/12/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation:

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  "location": "St Paulinus Church, Paul, Cornwall, England",
  "transcript": "'In memory of / EDWD. LEAH M.R.C.S. / of this parish Esqre. / Having served / in foreign climes / for many years / as a surgeon R.N. / He settled at Penzance / where it pleased / God / to afflict / him with / a lingering mortal disease / of intense suffering / which he was / mercyfully enabled / to bear with / christian fortitude / and resignation / he died / Decr 27th MDCCCLIII / in the 50th [?] year / of his age.'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters