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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial formerly at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating men of HMS ‘Niger’ who died 1857-1860

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

[West side tablet] 'Erected by / Captain The Hon'ble Arthur A Cochrane CB / and some of the Officers / and ship's company of / HMS Niger'
[North side tablet] 'Died from Disease / Freshwater, A Capt. Cox Died at Canton 1 Dec 1856 aged 27 / McPherson, P J AB Died at Singapore 22 Dec 1856 aged 27 / Pearce, James Stoker Died at Canton River 17 Jul 1857 aged 31 / Waller, Robert Mate Died at Hong Kong 25 Jan 1858 aged 29 / Hill, William Capt. Miz. top Died at Hong Kong 26 Jan 1858 aged 33 / Finn, Jeremiah AB Died at Canton 25 Feb 1858 aged 33 / Ashman, Chas Boy Died at Singapore 12 Apr 1858 aged 17'
[East side tablet] 'Bourne, Mark Ordy Died at Singapore 11 April 1858 aged 20 / Handcock, Robt Gunner RMA Died at Singapore 15 Apr 1858 aged 23 / Middleton, V Private RM Died at Singapore 16 Apr 1858 aged 30 / Gibbs, James, AB Died at Singapore 16 Apr 1858 aged 20 / Durrant, Alfred Ord Died at Singapore 22 Apr 1858 aged 19 / Stevens, W. Boy Died at Singapore 9 Jul 1858 aged 17 / Manners, George AB Died at Singapore 29 Jul 1858 aged 21'
[South side tablet] 'Died in Action / Seig, Christian RMA Died at Fatshan 1 Jun 1857 aged 29 / Griffin, Edward AB Died at Fatshan 1 Jun 1857 aged 27 / Bullemore Stoker Died at Canton 5 Jan 1858 aged 27 / Smith, H.A. Boy Died at Canton 5 Jan 1858 aged 17 / Drowned / Roughton, Mr GE Master Asst Died at Sea 23 Oct 1856 aged 18 / Day, Charles Boy Died at Sea 8 Sep 1856 aged 16 / Meckril, H.J. Ordy Died at Pahang 19 May 1858 aged 18 / Woods, William Capt. F.C. Died at Sea 19 May 1858'

Details

Position: Inside south gate
Vessel: HMS Niger

Event

Second China War 1857-1860

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Ashman, Charles
Age: 17
Date of Death: 12/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bourne, Mark
Age: 20
Date of Death: 11/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Bullemore, Bullemore
Age: 27
Date of Death: 5/1/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Day, Charles
Age: 16
Date of Death: 8/9/1856
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Durrant, Alfred
Age: 19
Date of Death: 22/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Finn, Jeremiah
Age: 33
Date of Death: 25/2/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Freshwater, A.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1/12/1856
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain's Coxswain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gibbs, James
Age: 20
Date of Death: 16/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Griffin, Edward
Age: 27
Date of Death: 1/6/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Handcock, Robert
Age: 23
Date of Death: 15/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Hill, William
Age: 33
Date of Death: 26/1/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Mizen Top
Organisation: Royal Navy
Manners, George
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/7/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
McPherson, P. J.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 22/12/1856
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Meckril, H. J.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 19/5/1858
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Middleton, V.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 16/4/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Private RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Pearce, James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 17/7/1857
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Roughton, G. E.
Age: 18
Date of Death: 23/10/1856
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master's assistant
Organisation: Royal Navy
Seig, Christian
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1/6/1857
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Smith, H. A.
Age: 17
Date of Death: 5/1/1858
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Stevens, W.
Age: 17
Date of Death: 19/7/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy
Waller, Robert
Age: 29
Date of Death: 25/1/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Mate
Organisation: Royal Navy
Woods, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 19/5/1858
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Captain of the Forecastle
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Large monument destroyed in 1976.
Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) pp. 245-6.

JSON

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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Charles Anthony RN d. 1846

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Charles Anthony RN died 18 August 1846 age 69'

Details

People

Anthony, Charles
Age: 69
Date of Death: 18/8/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 245. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 15.
Recorder: J.P. Brand

JSON

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    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 15.",
    "recorder": "J.P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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

JSON

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

JSON

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  "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.'",
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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

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In Memory / OF / WILLIAM TURNER / (Mariner) / died June 1807 / Aged 44 Year...",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6010Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7676\" width=\"300\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6010Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6010Large-176x300.jpg 176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Gravestone at St Margaret’s Church, Kings Lynn, Norfolk commemorating William Turner, Mariner, d. 1807</p>",
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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

JSON

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St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Nicholas’s Church, Liverpool commemorating Robert Stewart d. 1781

Location

St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Robert Stewart, Pilot, died 26th September 1781 age 72'

Details

People

Stewart, Robert
Age: 72
Date of Death: 26/9/1781
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in the Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.1, p.185. Church destroyed by enemy action in 1940. Rebuilt in 1952 but only two non-maritime memorials retained.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "location": "St Nicholas's Church, Liverpool, England",
  "transcript": "'Robert Stewart, Pilot, died 26th September 1781 age 72'",
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Marylebone Old Church, London, England

Place of burial at Marylebone Old Church, London of Dominic Serres d. 1793, marine painter

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Marylebone Old Church, London, England

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Serres, Dominic
Age:
Date of Death: 1793
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Marine painter
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Notes: Place of burial.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

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All Saints Church, Kingston, Surrey, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, Kingston-upon-Thames commemorating Captain Thomas Price HEIC d. 1789.

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All Saints Church, Kingston, Surrey, England

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'Here lieth the body of Capt Thomas Price Commander of the Ceres East Indiaman who died on the 20th of June 1789 aged 43 years. He was a good just and tender father and a sincere friend. Also Mrs Ann Sherrer wife of Mr John Sherrer of Mark Lane and second daughter of the above Capt Thomas Price. Died 4th January 1802 aged 26 years. Also Mrs Ann Price relict of the above Capt Thomas Price. Died 26 January 1805 aged 60 years'

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Vessel: HEIC Ceres

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Price, Thomas
Age: 43
Date of Death: 20/6/1789
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

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Bibliography: A. Anderson 'History and Antiquities of Kingston-upon-Thames' (Kingston, 1818) pp. 93-94.
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1994

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Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Memorial in Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London commemorating Captain Henry Priestman RN d. 1712

Location

Westminster Abbey, Westminster, London, England

Transcript

‘MS / TO THE MEMORY OF HENRY PRIESTMAN ESQR COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF A SQUADRON OF SHIPS OF WAR IN THE REIGNE OF KING CHARLES THE / IID. A COMMISSIONER OF THE NAVY AND ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS / FOR EXECUTING THE OFFICE OF LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF / ENGLAND IN THE REIGNE OF KING WILLIAM IIID / OB XX AUG. MDCCXII AET LXV HEU PRISCA FIDES’

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Description: Carving with a round profile portrait surrounded by cannon, anchors and navigational instruments.
Type: Wall monument
Position: North aisle
Materials: White marble
Artists: Francis Bird
Vessel: Commissioner of the Navy

People

Priestman, Henry
Age: c.65
Date of Death: 20/8/1712
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: First Naval Lord
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: C7101/6

Bibliography: K.A. Esdaile 'English Church Monuments' (London, 1946), 98; 'An Inventory of the historical Monuments in London' vol. i 'Westminster Abbey' (London, 1925-9) 54b.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters