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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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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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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
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Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Gravestone at Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man commemorating Caesar Archibald  d. 1847

Location

Old Church, Kirk Braddan, Isle of Man

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / Caesar ARCHIBALD / of Douglas shipwright / formerly of Peel / who departed this life the 5th of Novr 1847 / aged 43 years / Blessed are the dead which dieth in / the Lord / also of Joseph his son who / died the 28th Febry 1842 / aged 5 months / also of Caesar / son of the above named who / died the 7th of April 1851 aged 13 years / also to the memory / of Mary ARCHIBALD alias KERMODE / loveing [sic] and beloved wife of / the above named Caesar ARCHIBALD who / departed this / life in the 3rd of Decr / 1865 aged 63 years / the languishing head is at rest / the aching and thinking is o'er / Her quiet immovable breast / is heaved by affliction no more'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Archibald, Caesar
Age: 43
Date of Death: 5/11/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

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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 Thomas Stubbs, RN, d. 1868

Location

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

Transcript

'T. Stubbs / Blacksmith / H.M.S. Boadicea / died / 7th September 1868'

Details

Description: Small marble tablet set into concrete cross.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Boadicea

People

Stubbs, Thomas
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 7/9/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Blacksmith
Organisation: Royal Navy

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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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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
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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
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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
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