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
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Notes: DOSSIER Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 2006 Photographer: B. Tomlinson
'Sacred to the Memory of / Alexander Fordyce / Seaman on board His Majesty's / Sloop. Sheldrake, who died of / his wounds received whilst / boarding an enemy's vessel upon / the French coast on the / 13th day of June 1808'
Details
Vessel: HMS Sheldrake
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Fordyce, Alexander Age: Date of Death: 13/6/1808 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Recorded in 1933. Cemetery no longer exists. ADM 27/16/338
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Barnes, London commemorating Captain William Dawson RN d. 1859
Location
St Mary's Church, Barnes, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF CAPT WILLIAM DAWSON ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / NOVEMBER 14TH 1859 / AGED 65 YEARS'
Details
Description: Anchor and Union Flag above the inscription tablet which has a mourning female figure and a midshipman to one side. A book and a wreath below. Type: Wall memorial Position: Exterior wall of Langton Chapel
People
Dawson, William Age: 65 Date of Death: 14/11/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: The churchyard also contains an altar tomb with fouled anchors at the base of each angle covering the Dawson family vault. A tablet inside the church to Letitia Dawson d. 1843 showing the loss of the ship 'Isis' in relief by J. Bedford was largely destroyed in a fire in 1978. See 'The Monumental Inscriptions of the Church and Churchyard of St. Mary's Barnes, Surrey'. Warren Dawson 1932 (unpublished). Bibliography: Richard Ames-Lewis 'St Mary's Church Barnes: A guide for visitors and friends' (Barnes, 1996). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating William Temperton, d. 1829
Location
Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the memory / of / William TEMPERTON / Ship Wright / who departed this life / on the 25th May / in the year of our Lord / 1829 / Aged 50 years / He was an affectionate husband / and a sincere friend / to all who knew him'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: South east wall SE 19 A47 Artists: Higgs & Hunter
People
Temperton, William Age: 50 Date of Death: 25/5/1829 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Shipwright Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 229.