Memorial in Falmouth, Cornwall dedicated to Lieutenant Charles Norrington RN d. 1839
Location
St Budock Church, Falmouth, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Underneath are deposited the remains / of Charles Harvey Norrington / Lieutenant RN / who died March 7th 1839 aged 48 years / These things / I have spoken unto you / that in me ye might have peace / in the world ye shall have tribulation / but be of good cheer I have overcome the world / John 16 v 33' [On wall of church] 'Inscribed by his widow to the memory of Charles Harvey Norrington Lieutenant Royal Navy Obit 1839 / Blessed are they that do hunger and thirst after righteousness for they shall be filled. Matt 5 Ch 6 v'
Details
Position: Churchyard, church wall
People
Norrington, Charles Harvey Age: 48 Date of Death: 7/3/1839 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Wall tablet in St Botolph’s Church, Aldgate commemorating William Symington d. 1763, inventor
Location
St Botolph's Church, Aldgate, London, England
Transcript
'To the memory of William Symington. Born October 1763. He constructed the 'Charlotte Dundas' the first steamboat fitted for practical use. Dying in want he was buried in the adjacent churchyard March 22nd 1831. This tablet is placed here by the Right Hon. Sir Marcus Samuel, Lord Mayor, 1903'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Coloured marble Vessel: SS Charlotte Dundas
People
Symington, William Age: 68 Date of Death: 3/1831 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: inventor Organisation:
Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk commemorating William Henry Brame d. 1823
Location
St Margaret's Church, Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / WILLIAM HENRY BRAME / the youngest son of / JAMES and ANN BRAME / who died on the 20th day of April 1823 / on board His Majesty's packet Manchester / on his passage from Malta to England / in the 23rd year of his age'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Vessel: Manchester
People
Brame, William Henry Age: 22 Date of Death: 20/4/1823 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Bibliography: Hugh D.W. Lees 'Chronicles of a Suffolk Parish Church: Lowestoft St Margaret' (Lowestoft, 1949). Recorder: B B T, 3/7/81
Memorial in Upper Park Street Burial ground, Pembroke Dock commemorating William Harris
Location
Upper Park Street Burial ground, Pembroke Dock, Wales
Transcript
'...late Private in the Plymouth Division
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Harris, William Age: 26 Date of Death: 14/5/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Extra
Notes: Date may be 1856. Bibliography: Lawrence Phillips 'Royal Marines Graves at Pembroke Dock', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 68, p. 438 (Greenwich, 1982).
Wall tablet in Portsmouth Cathedral commemorating Captain William Fielding RM d. 1789
Location
Cathedral of Saint Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'Near this Place / lies interr'd the Body of / WILLIAM FEILDING Esqr / Captain of Marines. Son of the late / Admiral FEILDING / who died the 11th of January 1789. / Aged 43 Years. / Also/ ELIZABETH FEILDING / Relict of the above / Capt WILLM FEILDING / & Daughter of / JOHN GREENWAY Esqr / who died Augst 19th 1796. / Aged 48 Years.'
Details
Description: Urn with a drape surmounting an oval plaque bearing the inscription. Beneath the inscription is the face of a cherub backed by a cannon, hatchet, yardarm with sail, spear, a sponge on a stave (used during firing of a cannon), and another item which may be the muzzle of a swivel gun.
Type: Wall tablet Position: North side of nave Materials: Marble
People
Feilding, William Age: 43 Date of Death: 11/12/1789 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Plaque in St Mary’s Church, Wolborough, Devon dedicated to Lieutenant-Commander Edward Ambrose Norman Gardiner d. 1942 and other members of his family
Location
St Mary's Church, Wolborough, Devon, England
Transcript
'Also in proud memory of / His grandson's [sic] William Norman Gardiner Lieut. R.N. / H.M.S. Defence 31 May 1916 aged 23 / Edward Ambrose Norman Gardiner / Lt. Com. R.N.: H.M.S. Hermes 9 April 1942 aged 38 / Edward John Cornish-Bowden: Lieut. R.N. / H.M.S. Tetrarch November 1941 aged 23 / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY'
Details
Description: Rope borders with anchors in the top corners. Type: Plaque Position: North wall Materials: Brass and slate Vessel: HMS Defence, HMS Hermes, HMS Tetrarch
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Cornish-Bowden, Edward John Age: 23 Date of Death: 11/1941 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Gardiner, William Norman Age: 31/5/1916 Date of Death: 23 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Liuetenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy Gardiner, Edward Ambrose Norman Age: 38 Date of Death: 9/4/1942 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Commander Organisation: Royal Navy
A captured gun dedicated to those of HMS ‘Doris’ who died in the Second Boer War 1889 – 1902.
Location
Devonport Park, Plymouth, England
Transcript
'READY . AYE . READY', 'THIS GUN CAPTURED FROM THE BOERS / DURING THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902, / HAS BEEN ERECTED HERE BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF H.M.S. DORIS / IN MEMORY OF THE SHIPMATES WHO / LOST THEIR LIVES IN THAT CAMPAIGN'', 'J.H. PLUMBE MAJOR R.M.L.I / C.A.E. HUDDART MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / STRUAN ROBERTSON MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / JAMES MENZIES MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / LIONEL LLOYD MIDSHIPMAN R.N. / JOHN BOYLE PRIVATE R.M.L.I. / FRANCIS DORAN PRIVATE R.M.L.I.', ' FRANCIS COLEMAN A.B. / MATTHEW WISE A.B. / ALBERT G. EDWARDS A.B. / JOHN E. HOOK ORD. / WILLIAM LOCKETT STOKER / W.J. PHILLIPS 2ND S.B.S. / LEWIS WELLS 2ND DOM.'
Details
Description: A captured field gun (pom-pom) on a pedestal of Dartmoor granite. Inscription on three panels surrounded by rope twist borders, Motto above. Type: Wall tablet Vessel: HMS Doris
Event
Second Boer War
Event Date
1899-1902
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
People
Boyle, John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Coleman, Francis Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Doran, Francis Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Edwards, Albert G. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hook, John E. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Huddart, Cymbeline Alfonso Edric Age: 18 Date of Death: 25/11/1899 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Lloyd, Lionel Rodney Age: 19 Date of Death: 27/4/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Lockett, William Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Menzies, James Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1901 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Phillips, William J. Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Steward Organisation: Royal Navy Plumbe, J.H. Age: 41 Date of Death: 25/11/1899 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Major Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Robertson, Struan Age: Unknown Date of Death: 25/2/1900 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman Organisation: Royal Navy Wells, Lewis Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Domestic? Organisation: Royal Navy Wise, Matthew Age: Unknown Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: To the fourteen man of the 'Doris' who died during the South African Campaign 1900. The gun was captured from the Boers at Paardeberg. It is reported that Major Plumbe's dog sat with his body for 6 hours. Bibliography: 'Military Chest' July 1893. Recorder: David Saunders, B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone at All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk commemorating Thomas Bolton, d. 1834
Location
All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Transcript
THOMAS BOLTON / of / BURNHAM WESTGATE / Esquire / Died 17th October 1854 / Aged 81 Years
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Bolton, Thomas Age: 81 Date of Death: 17/10/834 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Coal and corn merchant Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Nelson's brother-in-law born 11th December 1752. He married Susannah Nelson on 5 August 1780. Boulton [also Boulton} was a coal and corn merchant in Wells-next-the-Sea. They had five children: Catharine, Elizabeth Anne, Susanna, Thomas Nelson (2nd Earl Nelson of Trafalgar and of Merton) and George.
Horatia, Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton’s daughter, went to live with her uncle, Thomas Bolton in Burnham Market, following her mother’s death in 1815.
