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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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Church of St Decumanus, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Gravestone at the Church of St Decumanus, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire commemorating Edward Skinner RN d. 1792

Location

Church of St Decumanus, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'This stone is erected in memory of Edward Skinner Esqr who whilst serving as midshipman on board H.M.S. Iphigenia met with an untimely end near this spot in the year 1792'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Iphigenia

People

Skinner, Edward
Age: 17
Date of Death: 22/5/1792
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Died after a fall from the cross-trees. 'Iphigenia' was moored in Milford Haven renewing her rigging prior to Skinner's death. ADM 51/476.
Recorder: David Saunders 1991

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Gravestone at the Church of St Decumanus, Rhoscrowther, Pembrokeshire commemorating Edward Skinner RN d. 1792</p>",
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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating Evan Thomas d. 1852

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Evan Thomas of this town, Mariner died 23 May 1852 aged 25'

Details

People

Thomas, Evan
Age:
Date of Death: 23/5/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974

JSON

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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Captain Sir Henry Duncan RN d. 1835

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'TO CAPTAIN HON. SIR HENRY DUNCAN. R.N. CB. K.C.B. / YOUNGEST SON OF ADM: VISC: DUNCAN K.B. / B. 27 APL 1786 D. 1. NOV. 1835 / SOMETIME PRIN. STOREKEEPER OF THE ORDNANCE / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT AND PROFESSIONAL ZEAL / A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF DOMESTICK VIRTUE / AN AFFECTIONATE FRIEND AND COMRADE / A PIOUS AND SINCERE CHRISTIAN.'[BASE]'ERECTED BY HIS NUMEROUS FRIENDS / AND BY HIS LATE ASSOCIATES IN THE ORDNANCE 1836.'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus on a stepped base with a cavetto cornice.. Cannon, shot, a union flag and sword on the top.
Type: Tomb
Position: 533/90/RS
Materials: Granite

People

Duncan, Henry
Age: 49
Date of Death: 01/11/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Grade II listed.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

JSON

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  "location": "Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England",
  "transcript": "'TO CAPTAIN HON. SIR HENRY DUNCAN. R.N. CB. K.C.B. / YOUNGEST SON OF ADM: VISC: DUNCAN K.B. / B. 27 APL 1786 D. 1. NOV. 1835 / SOMETIME PRIN. STOREKEEPER OF THE ORDNANCE / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT AND PROFESSIONAL ZEAL / A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF DOMESTICK VIRTUE / AN AFFECTIONATE FRIEND AND COMRADE / A PIOUS AND SINCERE CHRISTIAN.'[BASE]'ERECTED BY HIS NUMEROUS FRIENDS / AND BY HIS LATE ASSOCIATES IN THE ORDNANCE 1836.'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5721Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7469\" width=\"330\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5721Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5721Large-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Captain Sir Henry Duncan RN d. 1835</p>",
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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Captain John Sykes RN d. 1865

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of / John Sykes, Captain in the Royal Navy / Husband of Charlotte Sophia Sykes. / Died 23rd October, 1865, aged 90 years'

Details

People

Sykes, John
Age: 90
Date of Death: 23/10/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 166.

JSON

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Description: Mottled border and cornice. A swag of drapery in white marble drawn aside to reveal the inscription.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Black marble (inscription tablet)

People

Waterson, William
Age: 73
Date of Death: 6/1/1711
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surveyor of the ports of England and Wales
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'Survey of London' vol 19, pt. ii, LCC

JSON

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  "location": "St Pancras Old Church, London, England",
  "transcript": "'In steadfast hopes of a joyful Resurrection. / Near this place ly's interred the body of / WILLIAM WATERSON Esqr. Surveyor of / the ports of ENGLAND and WALES (except / LONDON) & Depty. Collr. inwards of ye Port of / LONDON: who departed this life Ianuary / Ye 6th 1710 in the 74 year of his Age / He executed these, as well as several / other important Trusts with great fide / lity; from the Year 1660 when he first en / ter'd upon publick Buissness he did ever / reconcile ye faithfull discharge of his duty / to ye CROWN: with just regard to ye SUBJECTS / ease and conveniency: and has left an ever / lasting Character for his Integrity Industry / probity / In his private Relations he was a most dutyfull Son loveing / and tender Husband & Parent most affectionate Brother: / generous Friend: & greatly charitable to all. / Here also lies inter'd his only Son EDMUND WATERSON / Esq who departed this life the 16th of Ianuary Anno Domi. / 1713 Aeta. 42. Whose...y Learning and other Great Ac / quirements have left a lasting memorial of Him / He was a Good Christian a true Patriot a Faithfull / Friend & an accomplish'd gentleman, His Kindness to his / Relations & his Love to mankind were above Comparison / Quis Desiderio [fit pudor et] modus Tam chari capitis?'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters