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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'.

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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

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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'",
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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

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Bowcombe Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England

Memorial at Bowcombe Church, Kingsbridge, Devon commemorating John Hornden d. 1880

Location

Bowcombe Church, Kingsbridge, Devon, England

Transcript

'John HORNDEN who was drowned at sea Feb 16th 1880 aged 74'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Hornden, John
Age: 74
Date of Death: 16/2/1880
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

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St Mary's Church, Barnes, London, England

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

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    "bibliography": "Richard Ames-Lewis 'St Mary's Church Barnes: A guide for visitors and friends' (Barnes, 1996).",
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

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.

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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Herman Glenfield, RN d. 1878

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Herman Glanfield A.R.M.P. / H.M.S. London / died 15th October 1878'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS London

People

Glanfield, Herman
Age: 33
Date of Death: 5/10/1878
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Armourer's crew
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: ADM 188/11/44170 Date of birth 15/3/1845, died of 'dysentry'.

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  "transcript": "'Herman Glanfield A.R.M.P. / H.M.S. London / died 15th October 1878'",
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British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal, Rest of the World

Memorial in the British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal commemorating Captain John Houston RN d. 1810

Location

British Cemetery, Lisbon, Portugal, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HMS Vesta

People

Houston, John
Age: 33
Date of Death: 18/12/1810
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'British Naval Graves in Lisbon', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 27, p. 340 (Cambridge, 1941).

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Brockley cemetery, Brockley, London, England

Memorial at Brockley Cemetery, London commemorating Alexander Nisbet d. 1892

Location

Brockley cemetery, Brockley, London, England

Details

People

Nisbet, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Inspector General RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Honourary physician to the Queen.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 72.

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Church of St James the Great, St Kew, Cornwall, England

Cross in St Kew, Cornall dedicated to John Pinch d. 1870.

Location

Church of St James the Great, St Kew, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN / AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JOHN, / SON OF (THE LATE) / JAMES PINCH, / AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, / WHO WAS BORN / AT HIGH WAY, IN THIS PARISH, / Ist MARCH 1849 / AND WAS LOST AT SEA ON THE 20th SEPtr 1870 / NO MORTAL EYE HATH SEEN HIS BED, / NOR YET CONCEIVED WHERE RESTS HIS HEAD / BUT ONE THERE IS WHO SEES HIS TOMB / LOW HIDDEN IN THE OCEAN'S WOMB / THERE SHALL HE LIE IN PEACEFUL REST / TILL CALLED FROM THENCE AT GOD'S BEHEST'

Details

Type: Cross
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Pinch, John
Age: 21
Date of Death: 20/9/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

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  "transcript": "'IN / AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF / JOHN, / SON OF (THE LATE) / JAMES PINCH, / AND ELIZABETH, HIS WIFE, / WHO WAS BORN / AT HIGH WAY, IN THIS PARISH, / Ist MARCH 1849 / AND WAS LOST AT SEA ON THE 20th SEPtr 1870 / NO MORTAL EYE HATH SEEN HIS BED, / NOR YET CONCEIVED WHERE RESTS HIS HEAD / BUT ONE THERE IS WHO SEES HIS TOMB / LOW HIDDEN IN THE OCEAN'S WOMB / THERE SHALL HE LIE IN PEACEFUL REST / TILL CALLED FROM THENCE AT GOD'S BEHEST'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters