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Stratton, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Cornwall dedicated to James Couch d. 1852

Location

Stratton, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In memory of Mary Eliza Couch who resigned this life the 7th day of Sept 1856 age 35 years... Also her lamented brother James Couch Captain of the ship 'OWEN GLENDOWER' who died of yellow fever at Santiago de Cuba Oct 2nd 1852 age 35 years'

Details

Vessel: Owen Glendower

People

Couch, James
Age: 35
Date of Death: 2/10/1852
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: E.R. Stage

JSON

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St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Wall tablet at St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour d. 1834

Location

St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR MICHAEL SEYMOUR, KNIGHT COMMANDER / OF THE MOST HONOURABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, AND A / REAR ADMIRAL, OF THE BLUE SQUADRON OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET / WHO IN THE 66TH YEAR OF HIS AGE, CLOSED HIS BRILLIANT AND EXEMPLARY / CAREER AT RIO DE JANEIRO ON THE 9TH DAY OF JULY 1834 WHEN IN COMMAND / OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCES ON THE SOUTH AMERICAN STATION. / THIS MOST DISTINGUISHED OFFICER AND AMIABLE MAN, WHOSE HEROIC / EXPLOITS ARE RECORDED IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY, LOST AN ARM, / WHEN SERVING AS LIEUTENANT ON BOARD THE 'MARLBOROUGH' IN THE / MEMORABLE ACTION OF THE 1ST JUNE 1794 AND WHILST IN COMMAND / OF THE 'AMETHYST' FRIGATE OF 36 GUNS, CAPTURED AFTER TWO WELL / CONTESTED AND SANGUINARY ACTIONS THE FRENCH FRIGATES / 'THETIS' AND 'NIEMEN' OF 46 GUNS EACH, FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED / A MEDAL AND WAS CREATED A BARONET; HE SUCCESSFULLY COMMANDED / THE 'HANNIBAL' (IN WHICH SHIP HE CAPTURED THE FRENCH FRIGATE / 'SULTANE',) THE 'NORTHUMBERLAND' AND TWO OF THE ROYAL YACHTS / AND WAS COMMISSIONER OF THE NAVAL DOCKYARD AT PORTSMOUTH, / UNTIL APPOINTED TO THE SOUTH AMERICAN COMMAND./ AS AN HUMBLE BUT SINCERE TESTIMONY OF THE UNFEIGNED / RESPECT FOR HIM AS A MAN AND THEIR PROFOUND ADMIRATION OF HIM / AS AN OFFICER, THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE / CAPTAIN, OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND ROYAL MARINES / OF HIS FLAG SHIP THE / 'SPARTIATE'.

Details

Description: At the top of the memorial, a trophy consisting of a crown on the staff of a trident, flanked by flags, with navigational instruments, a rudder and gun barrels. The inscription tablet below, has a scroll on either side enclosing carved oak leaves. On the apron, the Seymour arms and crossed palm branches. The brackets are carved with acanthus leaves.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Chancel
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Spartiate, HMS Amethyst.

Event

Glorious 1st of June.

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Seymour, Michael
Age: 66
Date of Death: 9/7/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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    "position": "Chancel",
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St Mary's Church, Ide Hill, Kent, England

Memorial cross at St Mary’s Church, Ide Hill, Kent commemorating William Leigh, RN Stoker Petty Officer, d. 1919

Location

St Mary's Church, Ide Hill, Kent, England

Transcript

‘R.I.P. / In memoriam / Wm. R. LEIGH / Stoker Petty Officer K7600 R.N. / Born July 16th 1892 / fatally injured on active service / Aug 14th 1919 / during miner's strike at CRIGGLESTONE COLLIERY Yorks'

Details

Description: Cross with an anchor and chain on a triple plinth
Type: Cross
Position: North west corner of the graveyard

People

Leigh, W. R.
Age: 27
Date of Death: 14/8/1919
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Stoker Petty Officer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Crushed by empty coal waggons while drafted to aid pumping operations during a coal strike.
Bibliography: 'Kent & Sussex Courier' (29 August 1919)
Recorder: Mrs J. Quarmby

JSON

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    "bibliography": "'Kent & Sussex Courier' (29 August 1919)",
    "recorder": "Mrs J. Quarmby",
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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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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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Marylebone Old Church, London, England

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

Location

Marylebone Old Church, London, England

Details

People

Serres, Dominic
Age:
Date of Death: 1793
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Marine painter
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Place of burial.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

JSON

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  "location": "Marylebone Old Church, London, England",
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  "content": "<p>Place of burial at  Marylebone Old Church, London of Dominic Serres d. 1793, marine painter</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Place of burial.",
    "bibliography": "'Dictionary of National Biography'.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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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.

Location

All Saints Church, Kingston, Surrey, England

Transcript

'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'

Details

Vessel: HEIC Ceres

People

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

Extra

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'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'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in All Saints Church, Kingston-upon-Thames commemorating Captain Thomas Price HEIC d. 1789.</p>",
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    "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’

.'

Details

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

Extra

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

JSON

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Donald McLean RN d. 1847

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'No. 663 / SACRED / To the Memory of / DONALD MCLEAN ESQRE., / Master Royal Navy, / died on the 6th February 1847 / Aged 61 Years / ALSO MARY CANNON / died on the 20th March 1887 / Aged 84 Years / ALSO ISABELLA / Widow of Joseph Cannon / died on the 22nd April 1892 / Aged 77 Years.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Slate

People

McLean, David
Age: 61
Date of Death: 6/2/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 57. Sighted B. Tomlinson 2011. The cemetery is in an old quarry behind the Anglican Cathedral, now St James's Park.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wiltshire, England

Wall tablet at the Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere commemorating Thomas Latimer d. 1832 former a naval surgeon

Location

Church of St Michael the Archangel, Mere, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory / of Thomas Latimer Gent, / formerly of the navy, and / nearly fifty years surgeon / of this place / whose mortal remains are / deposited near this tablet. / He died Nov 12th 1832 / aged 77 years. / Also to the memory / of Elizabeth, wife of / Thomas Latimer,who departed / this life May 1st 1844. / aged 82 years.'

Details

Description: White marble on a black base. Neoclassical style with a pediment containing an open book. The tablet is mounted on a single bracket.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble

People

Latimer, Thomas
Age: 77
Date of Death: 12/11/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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Old burial ground, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England

Gravestone in Eastleigh, Hampshire commemorating Sydney Smith d. 1901

Location

Old burial ground, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In Loving Memory of / SIDNEY SMITH, / OF THE (LATE) INDIAN NAVY, / AND INDIAN POLICE FORCE. / BORN JANUARY 9TH 1843, / FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS, / NOVEMBER 12TH 1901, / HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP. / THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS, WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. / I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE / IN THY LIKENESS. / ALSO OF / ELIZA BURGES SMITH / HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE / DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REVD R.M. LAMB C.M.S. / MISSIONARY, / AND WIDOW OF THE LATE LIEUT. A.F. CUMBERLEGE R.A. / BORN FEBRUARY 17TH 1848 / FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS AUGUST 2ND 1912 / FATHER I WILL THAT THOSE WHOM THOU HAST GIVEN ME / BE WITH ME WHJERE I AM. / WITH CHRIST WHICH IS VERY FAR BETTER. TOGETHER. / FOR EVER WITH THE LORD.'

Details

Description: Erect headstone with text in lead lettering. Traditional naval 'fouled anchor' design cut into the top between first line and rest of text.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Stone

People

Smith, Sidney
Age: 58
Date of Death: 12/11/1901
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Indian Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "post_id": "491",
  "id": "M6420",
  "location": "Old burial ground, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England",
  "transcript": "'In Loving Memory of / SIDNEY SMITH, / OF THE (LATE) INDIAN NAVY, / AND INDIAN POLICE FORCE. / BORN JANUARY 9TH 1843, / FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS, / NOVEMBER 12TH 1901, / HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP. / THEM ALSO WHICH SLEEP IN JESUS, WILL GOD BRING WITH HIM. / I SHALL BE SATISFIED WHEN I AWAKE / IN THY LIKENESS. / ALSO OF / ELIZA BURGES SMITH / HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE / DAUGHTER OF THE LATE REVD R.M. LAMB C.M.S. / MISSIONARY, / AND WIDOW OF THE LATE LIEUT. A.F. CUMBERLEGE R.A. / BORN FEBRUARY 17TH 1848 / FELL ASLEEP IN JESUS AUGUST 2ND 1912 / FATHER I WILL THAT THOSE WHOM THOU HAST GIVEN ME / BE WITH ME WHJERE I AM. / WITH CHRIST WHICH IS VERY FAR BETTER. TOGETHER. / FOR EVER WITH THE LORD.'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6420Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7889\" width=\"239\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6420Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M6420Large-185x300.jpg 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 239px) 100vw, 239px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Gravestone in Eastleigh, Hampshire commemorating Sydney Smith d. 1901</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2014/05/M6420Large.jpg","/uploads/2014/05/M6420Large-185x300.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Erect headstone with text in lead lettering. Traditional naval 'fouled anchor' design cut into the top between first line and rest of text.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Stone",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Smith, Sidney","age":"58","dateofdeath":"12/11/1901","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":"Royal Indian Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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