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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Alfred Phelps d. 1903

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ALFRED PHELPS / A.B. H.M.S. 'Agincourt' / died / 5th Oct'r 1903 aged 23'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 342
Vessel: HMS Agincourt

People

Phelps, Alfred
Age: 23
Date of Death: 5/10/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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Old Protestant cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old Protestant Cemetery, Macau commemorating Henry Jones USN d. 1851

Location

Old Protestant cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'A Native of Denmark. Seaman US Ship Marion. Died 13th March 1851 aged 37 years. Erected by his countryman and messmate Herman Rawlings'

Details

Vessel: USS Marion

People

Jones, Henry
Age: 37
Date of Death: 13/3/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: United States Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'British and American Naval Tombs on the China Coast', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 67, p. 371 (Greenwich, 1981).
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John Shephard RN d. 1893

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred / to the Memory of / JOHN SHEPHARD O.S. / H.M.S. CAROLINE / WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED / AT HONG KONG ON 2ND JANUARY 1893 / AGED 19 YEARS / IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF / H.M.S. CAROLINE'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Caroline

People

Shephard, John
Age: 19
Date of Death: 2/1/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com
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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile in All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, commemorating Leonard Wellum d. 1891

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'LEONARD WELLUM / aged 17 / Drowned from his Father's Barge / 'James Garfield’ / off Ramsgate / Dec 12 1891'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Materials: Ceramic
Vessel: James Garfield

People

Wellum, Leonard
Age: 17
Date of Death: 12/12/1891
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001).

Photographer: P Lacey
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Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon, England

Memorial wall monument in Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Roger Hubert Fitzherbert-Brockholes RN d. 1919 in Russia

Location

Ugbrooke House, Chudleigh, Devon, England

Transcript

'Of Your Charity / Pray for the Souls of / Major General The Hon Sir HENRY HUGH CLIFFORD. / V.C., K.C.M.G., C.B., Rifle Brigade, / 3rd, son of / the 7th, Baron Clifford of Chudleigh / And of his second son / Brig. Gen. HENRY FREDERICK HUGH CLIFFORD, D.S.O., / Suffolk Regt., / killed in action on the Somme Sept. 11th 1916, aged 49 / And of his six grandsons / HUGH CLIFFORD. / Lieut. Lincolnshire Regt., / killed in action on the Somme July 1st, 1916, aged 19 / THEODORE HUGH GALTON, / Lieut Worcestershire Regt., / killed in action at Blies Oct. 21st. 1914, aged 26 / FRANCIS WILLIAM JOSEPH GALTON, / Lieut. Devonshire Regt., / killed in action at Vimy Ridge April 23rd, 1917, aged 21. / THOMAS JOSEPH FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES, / Captain & Adjutant Rifle Brigade / mortally wounded at Neuve Chapelle March 12th / died March 14th, 1915, aged 27 / ROGER HUBERT FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES, / Lieutenant Royal Navy, killed in North Russia July 2nd. 1919, aged 28. / JOHN RAPHAEL HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, / Lieut. King's Own Scottish Borderers, / killed in action in Flanders April 23rd. 1915, aged 25 / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Wall monument

People

Fitzherbert-Brockholes, Roger Hubert
Age: 28
Date of Death: 2/7/1919
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Patricia Barber
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St Margaret's Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England

Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk commemorating William Turner, Mariner, d. 1807

Location

St Margaret's Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England

Transcript

'In Memory / OF / WILLIAM TURNER / (Mariner) / died June 1807 / Aged 44 Year...

Details

Description: Headstone with inscription on two panels (the second commemorating Turner's wife Susanna) carved above the inscriptions with cherubs heads and a reclining female figure with an anchor representing Hope.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Limestone

People

Turner, William
Age: 44
Date of Death: 6/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

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Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating John Ladlow d. 1910

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'John Ladlow, Corporal R.M.L.I. of H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD, died 30th December 1910, aged 32'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 249
Vessel: HMS Collingwood

People

Ladlow, John
Age: 32
Date of Death: 30/12/1910
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Corporal RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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St Dochwys Church, Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Gravestone at St Dochwys Church, Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan commemorating John Mason d. 1900

Location

St Dochwys Church, Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Transcript

'In loving memory of John Mason, master mariner. Died Apr 13 1900 aged 44. Also of Mary Ann wife of above who died Feb 18 1944 aged 85.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Mason, John
Age: 44
Date of Death: 13/4/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Information taken from a transcript made by the Glamorgan Family History Society in 1983.
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Eadie d. 1912

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM EADIE / Able Seaman H.M.S.'Formidable' / died / 18th Decr 1912 Aged 26'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Nonconformist 463
Vessel: HMS Formidable

People

Eadie, William
Age: 26
Date of Death: 18/12/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry, 1987
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial wall tablet in Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating Commander Thomas Wall, HEIC, d. 1814

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'In respectful and / Affectionate remembrance of / THOMAS WALL Esq. / many years Commander of the / DUKE of BUCCLEUGH, and other Ships in / the Service of the Hon. E.I. COMPANY. / He died 15th Novr 1814. Aged 69 Years. / Also his Sister / ANN WALL / who died 15th Septr 1825. Aged 85 Years / Their remains are deposited in a Vault / in this North Aisle. / Near them are interred / the remains of their PARENTS; / THOMAS WALL, ESQ. who died 28th Feby 1761, / Aged 66 Years; and of / ANN his Wife, who died 18th June 1768, / Aged 57 Years. / In Memory also of / Mr EDWARD WALL, who died 11th Augt 1719, / Aged 72 Years: of / ANN, his first wife, who died 26th May 1680, / and of MARY his second Wife, who died / 14th July 1722, Aged 67 Years / Ancestors of the above. Their remains / are buried in this Churchyard. / All were natives of ALDEBURGH.' [Brass strip] 'This tablet was removed in 1995 from behind the organ, / and after restoration was affixed here with the help of the friends of Aldeburgh Church'

Details

Description: White rectangular tablet with cornice and inverted cornice at base. On a black stone mount
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South Aisle, west wall
Materials: Marble
Vessel: Duke of Buccleugh

People

Wall, Thomas
Age: 69
Date of Death: 15/11/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Commander HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2006
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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