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:
Monument at Great Malvern to Lieutenant Thomas Woodyatt RN, d. 1841
Location
Priory Church of St Mary and St Michael, Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / THOMAS WOODYATT ESQUIRE / OF HOLLY MOUNT IN THIS PARISH LATE A LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY / ELDEST SURVIVING SON OF GEORGE WOODYATT OF WORCESTER MD BY HANNAH HIS WIFE / ONE OF THE DAUGHTERS OF THOMAS FREEMAN OF SUCKLEY IN THIS COUNTY ESQUIRE / AT AN EARLY AGE HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN WHICH FOR SIXTEEN YEARS / HE WAS EMPLOYED IN ACTIVE AND VARIED SERVICE UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR / ENDUED WITH TALENTS OF NO COMMON ORDER / AND OF A DISPOSITION NATURALLY ARDENT AND LIBERAL / HE WAS FOREMOST IN PROMOTING EVERY SCHEME OF UTILITY AND IMPROVEMENT / WHICH COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELFARE OR ORNAMENT OF HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD / WARM HEARTED GENEROUS AND SINCERE / AND FREE IN A REMARKABLE DEGREE FROM THE BANE OF SELFISHNESS / HE SPARED NOT HIMSELF SO THAT HE MIGHT SERVE AND PROFIT OTHERS / HE MARRIED IN 1818 HARRIET / THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF MICHAEL BIDDULPH ESQUIRE / OF LEDBURY IN THE COUNTY OF HEREFORD AND COPTON HALL IN THIS COUNTY / BY WHOM HE HAD NO ISSUE / HE DIED GREATLY LAMENTED ON THE 6TH DAY OF JUNE 1841 / IN THE 50TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND HIS REMAINS WEREBY HIS OWN DESIRE INTERRED IN THE ADJOINING CHURCHYARD / THIS MEMORIAL OF AFFECTION WAS ERECTED / BY HIS SURVIVING WIDOW WHO IN MUCH SORROW DEDICATES THIS MARBLE / TO RECORD HER OWN BEREAVEMENT AND HER HUSBAND'S WORTH. / HIS WIDOW DIED ON THE 31ST JANUARY 1863 IN HER 88TH YEAR / AND WAS BURIED IN THE SAME VAULT. '
Details
Description: Stele with anthemion acroteria at the top. Above the inscription tablet, a relief of seated mourning female figure, beside a draped urn with a relief portrait of Woodyatt. Type: Wall monument Position: Aisle Materials: White marble Artists: Peter Hollins
Event
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Woodyatt, Thomas Age: 50 Date of Death: 6/6/1841 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Commissioned Lieutenant 7 Feb 1811 Photographer: Norman Hammond
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:
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:
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:
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
