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
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
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
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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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters