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St Mary's Church, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Wales

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

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1994
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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
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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

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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

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St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Memorial in St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon commemorating Rear-Admiral Thomas Henderson d. 1865

Location

St Gregory the Great Church, Dawlish, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / REAR ADMIRAL THOMAS HENDERSON / WHO DIED APRIL 10th 1865 / AGED 69 YEARS.'

Details

Description: Lead letters
Type: Coffin stone
Materials: Marble

People

Henderson, Thomas.
Age: 69
Date of Death: 10/4/1865
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: SW Maritime History Society 1994
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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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All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, England

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:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

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'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

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:

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Notes: Stone laid flat.
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