Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Menai Bridge, Anglesey commemorating Evan Rowlands d. 1817 surgeon HEIC
Location
St Mary's Church, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'Evan Rowlands, Surgeon on board the East India Company Ship Alexander, 3rd son of Richard Rowlands, died 3 December 1817 aged 24'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: HEIC Alexander
People
Rowlands, Evan Age: 24 Date of Death: 3/12/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon HEIC Organisation: Honourable East India Company
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.'
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
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
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
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:
Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating George Wilding d. 1955
Location
All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England
Transcript
'George Wilding, Purser, S.S. Duke of York, from Captain, Officers and Crew of S.S. Duke of York, S.S. Amsterdam and S.S. Vienna. Died 30 April 1955 aged 62 [?]'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: SS Duke of York, SS Amsterdam, SS Vienna
People
Wilding, George Age: Date of Death: 30/4/1955 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Purser Organisation:
Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating Richard Jones d. 1875 and John Jones d. 1875
Location
St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'Sacred / to / the memory of RICHARD JONES / son of RICHARD JONES Mariner / by JANE his Wife / born September 7th 1838 / and met a Watery Grave / in Princess Dock Liverpool / September 11th 1849 / Also the above RICHARD JONES who / died April 28th 1875 / Aged 58 YEARS. / and Also of JOHN. / Son of the above / who met with a Watery Grave / on Jordon Flats near Liverpool / on the 6th of August 1875 / Aged 25 Years. / The Lord gave and the Lord taketh away / JOB. Ch. IV. 21'
Jones, Richard Age: 58 Date of Death: 28/4/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Mariner Organisation: Jones, John Age: 25 Date of Death: 6/8/1875 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Stone laid flat.
JSON
Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters