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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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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

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial at All Saints Church, Dovercourt, Essex, commemorating George Wilding d. 1955</p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Captain George Probyn HEIC and Lieutenant Francis Corbin Probyn RN, both d. 1855

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN GEORGE PROBYN, / OF THE EAST INDIA Cos / LATE MARITIME SERVICE. / AN ELDER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HSE / AND A J OF PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF MDSX. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT HIS RESIDENCE, 21 BRYANSTONE Sqre, ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1855, / IN HIS 59TH YEAR OF AGE. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF ALICIA, HIS WIFE, / DAUGHTER OF SIR FRANCIS WORKMAN MACHNATEN, BART. / SHE DIED AT HOMBURG NEAR FRANKFURT ON THE MAINE. / ON THE 9TH SEPTEMBER 1864, AGED 57. / AND IS BURIED HERE. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / FRANCIS CORBIN PROBYN / LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY. / 2ND SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED / GEORGE PROBYN / AND OF ALICIA HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT SEA ON HIS PASSAGE, / FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA / ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL 1855, / AGED 26 YEARS. / O DEATH! WHERE IS THY STING, O GRAVE!/WHERE IS THY VICTORY? THE STING OF DEATH / IS SIN AND THE STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW. / BUT THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE / VICTORY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.'

Details

Description: Flat slab and large pedestal. Pedestal has two anchors in the corners.
Type: Slab
Position: 12,834/104/?
Artists: E.M. Lander

Event

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Probyn, George
Age: 59
Date of Death: 25/11/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company, Trinity House
Probyn, Francis Corbin
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/04/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also named are William George Probyn eldest son and his wife Charlotte Langfield Probyn.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG

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  "transcript": "'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN GEORGE PROBYN, / OF THE EAST INDIA Cos / LATE MARITIME SERVICE. / AN ELDER BROTHER OF THE TRINITY HSE / AND A J OF PEACE / FOR THE COUNTY OF MDSX. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / AT HIS RESIDENCE, 21 BRYANSTONE Sqre, ON THE 25TH NOVEMBER 1855, / IN HIS 59TH YEAR OF AGE. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF ALICIA, HIS WIFE, / DAUGHTER OF SIR FRANCIS WORKMAN MACHNATEN, BART. / SHE DIED AT HOMBURG NEAR FRANKFURT ON THE MAINE. / ON THE 9TH SEPTEMBER 1864, AGED 57. / AND IS BURIED HERE. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / FRANCIS CORBIN PROBYN / LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY. / 2ND SON OF THE ABOVE NAMED / GEORGE PROBYN / AND OF ALICIA HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT SEA ON HIS PASSAGE, / FROM THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA / ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL 1855, / AGED 26 YEARS. / O DEATH! WHERE IS THY STING, O GRAVE!/WHERE IS THY VICTORY? THE STING OF DEATH / IS SIN AND THE STRENGTH OF SIN IS THE LAW. / BUT THANKS BE TO GOD WHICH GIVETH US THE / VICTORY OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5746Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7523\" width=\"322\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5746Large.jpg 500w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M5746Large-182x300.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Captain George Probyn HEIC and Lieutenant Francis Corbin Probyn RN, both d. 1855</p>",
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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating William Mann, RNLI, d. 1903

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Wm J Mann, who after 40 years of Lifeboat service during which he was 18 years 2nd Coxswain answered his last call on 6th October 1903 aged 63'

Details

People

Mann, William J.
Age: 63
Date of Death: 6/10/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lifeboat coxswain
Organisation: RNLI

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Wm J Mann, who after 40 years of Lifeboat service during which he was 18 years 2nd Coxswain answered his last call on 6th October 1903 aged 63'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Peter and St Paul, Aldeburgh, Suffolk commemorating William Mann, RNLI, d. 1903</p>",
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    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967",
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Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of The World

Memorial at Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating Henry James Hewetson d. 1849

Location

Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of The World

Transcript

'In memory of Henry James Hewetson, Surgeon of the 'Precursor' died Dec 13 1849 age 31 years'

Details

Vessel: Precursor

People

Hewetson, Henry James
Age: 31
Date of Death: 13/12/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "location": "Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of The World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Henry James Hewetson, Surgeon of the 'Precursor' died Dec 13 1849 age 31 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating Henry James Hewetson d. 1849</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating Richard Williams d. 1851

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'Richard Williams, Mariner died 4th August 1851 aged 57 years' [Not exact]

Details

People

Williams, Richard
Age: 57
Date of Death: 4/8/1851
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974

JSON

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  "location": "Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales",
  "transcript": "'Richard Williams, Mariner died 4th August 1851 aged 57 years' [Not exact]",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Aberystwyth commemorating Richard Williams d. 1851</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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  "people": [{"name":"Williams, Richard","age":"57","dateofdeath":"4/8/1851","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Mariner","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1974",
    "photographer": ""  }
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North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial at North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating Thomas Livingstone Bruce d. 1892

Location

North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Details

People

Bruce, Thomas Livingstone
Age:
Date of Death: 31/8/1892
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Anchor Line

Extra

Notes: Buried at Shawlands Scotland 12/10/1858, died at Gibraltar, monument erected by employees of Anchor Line.
Recorder: B. D. & G. L. Wetherell,

JSON

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  "id": "M25",
  "location": "North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar commemorating Thomas Livingstone Bruce d. 1892</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. D. & G. L. Wetherell,",
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St Mary's Church, Little Bentley, Essex, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Little Bentley, Essex, dedicated to Robert Anthony Ford d. 1940

Location

St Mary's Church, Little Bentley, Essex, England

Transcript

'Robert Anthony Ford, son of Walter Herbert Ford, churchwarden, K.I.A in H.M.S. Valentine May 1940 aged 20 years'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of chancel
Vessel: HMS Valentine

Event Category

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Ford, Robert Anthony
Age: 20
Date of Death: 15/5/1940
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: HMS 'Valentine' beached 15/5/1940 at mouth of Scheldt after air attack.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Little Bentley, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Robert Anthony Ford, son of Walter Herbert Ford, churchwarden, K.I.A in H.M.S. Valentine May 1940 aged 20 years'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Little Bentley, Essex, dedicated to Robert Anthony Ford d. 1940</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Holy Trinity Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Gravestone at Holy Trinity Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed commemorating John Hogg d. 1835

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England

Transcript

'Sacred / To the Memory of / JOHN HOGG / MASTER MARINER; / WHO DEPARTED THIS / LIFE THE 25TH JANUARY 1835 / AGED 67 YEARS / ASLO / ANN HOGG / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / DIED OCTOBER 17TH 1844 / AGED 76 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Hogg, John
Age: 76
Date of Death: 17/10/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

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  "id": "M5795",
  "location": "Holy Trinity Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England",
  "transcript": "'Sacred / To the Memory of / JOHN HOGG / MASTER MARINER; / WHO DEPARTED THIS / LIFE THE 25TH JANUARY 1835 / AGED 67 YEARS / ASLO / ANN HOGG / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / DIED OCTOBER 17TH 1844 / AGED 76 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at  Holy Trinity Church, Berwick-upon-Tweed commemorating John Hogg d. 1835</p>",
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St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England

Gravestone in Rame, Cornwall dedicated to William Hancock d. 1915

Location

St German's Church, Rame, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / of / WILLIAM R HANCOCK / TRINITY PILOT / DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ANNIE HANCOCK / BORN APRIL 1ST 1845 / DIED MARCH 20TH 1915 / ALSO ANNIE / THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / BORN SEPTEMBER 9TH 1852 / DIED MAY 1ST 1949'

Details

Description: Anchor and chain on rocks in relief above the inscription.

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Hancock, William R.
Age:
Date of Death: 20/3/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David Bailey 1994

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In / Loving Memory / of / WILLIAM R HANCOCK / TRINITY PILOT / DEARLY BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ANNIE HANCOCK / BORN APRIL 1ST 1845 / DIED MARCH 20TH 1915 / ALSO ANNIE / THE BELOVED WIFE OF THE ABOVE / BORN SEPTEMBER 9TH 1852 / DIED MAY 1ST 1949'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters