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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating James Wilson, d. 1804

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

In memory of / JAMES WILSON / master and mariner / who was entered here / February 22 1804 / Aged 42 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Walson, James
Age: 42
Date of Death: 2/1804
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.
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Devonport Park, Plymouth, England

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
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All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England

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.
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Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating Commander John Holmes Bond RN d. 1835

Location

Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of / John Holmes Bond / late Commander in the Royal Navy / He died of a consumption at Siena / July 8th, 1835 / Aged 41 years'

Details

People

Bond, John Holmes
Age: 41
Date of Death: 8/7/1835
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation:

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Camberwell, London, England

Memorial at Camberwell, London commemorating Robert Waith, Paymaster to the Navy d. 1685

Location

Camberwell, London, England

Transcript

'Here lye the Bodys of ROBERT WAITH Gent Paymaster of the Navy to King CHARLES the Second who dyed on the 28th day of Oct, 1685 & of ELIZABETH his WIFE who dyed on the 13th day of Aprill 1667 & of ROBT. WAITH Gent, their eldest Son and Heir who dyed on the 16th Dec. 1686 in the 25th yeare of his Age. And of ROBT WAITH Gent, his Son who dyed on the 5th day of Oct. 1686 Resurgimus'

Details

People

Waith, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 28/10/1685
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster of the Navy
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: John Le Neve 'Monumenta Anglicana', vol.iii, p.71, (London, 1718).
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Francis Stewart d. 1850

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Francis Steward died 6 December 1850 age 55'

Details

People

Steward, Francis
Age: 55
Date of Death: 6/12/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 499. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Malone d. 1926

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

[Tier 1, North Side] 'ALSO / IN LOVING MEMORY/OF [Tier 2] 'Lt COLONEL ANTHONY MALONE. / R.M.L.I. / WHO DIED 13TH NOVEMBER 1926 / AGED 89' [Tier 3] 'SON OF THE LATE / Lt EDMUND MALONE R.N. / OF CARTRONS WESTMEATH IRELAND / THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD'

Details

Description: Three tiered pedestal and curbed grave.
Type: Cross
Position: Section 149
Materials: Stone

People

Malone, Anthony
Age: 89
Date of Death: 13/11/1926
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh
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Huangpu, Guangdong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial at Huangpu, Guangdong, China commemorating Lieutenant William Warre HEIC d. 1781

Location

Huangpu, Guangdong, China, Rest of the World

Details

Vessel: HEIC Peneborne

People

Warre, William
Age:
Date of Death: 18/9/1781
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Lieutenant of the Bengal Establishment ship 'Peneborne' Indiaman.
Bibliography: 'Chowkidar' vol.4, no. 2, p.19 (Oct 1985).
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St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Tomb with effigy at St Thomas’s Church, Cricket St Thomas commemorating Nelson’s brother the Reverend William Earl Nelson, Duke of Bronte d. 1835 formerly a naval chaplain

Location

St Thomas's Church, Cricket St Thomas, Somerset, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF THE / REVEREND WILLIAM EARL NELSON DUKE OF BRONTE / WHO WAS BORN THE 26TH [?] APRIL 1747 AND DIED 28TH FEBRUARY 1835 / HIS REMAINS ARE DEPOSITED IN ST PAUL'S CATHEDRAL / BY THE SIDE OF HIS GALLANT BROTHER HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON / ALSO SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF HORATIO NELSON / SON OF SAMUEL LORD BRIDPORT AND OF CHARLOTTE HIS WIFE / WHO WAS BORN JULY 25TH 1822 AND DIED 19TH JAN 1826 / AND OF HIS BROTHER HORATIO NELSON / WHO WAS BORN APRIL 27TH 1826 AND DIED 19TH JANUARY 1832 / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY CHARLOTTE MARY LADY BRIDPORT / AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND GRATITUDE TO HER FATHER / AND OF TENDER LOVE AND RESPECT FOR HER TWO CHILDREN'

Details

Description: Reclining effigy in clergyman's robes, two children and angel in relief above.
Type: Effigy
Position: Crypt
Materials: Marble

People

Nelson, William
Age:
Date of Death: 28/2/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Wall tablet in Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire commemorating William Rogers d. 1858

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Gosport, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / WILLIAM AUGUSTUS ROGERS, / SON OF MR. WILLIAM ROGERS, OF GOSPORT, / AND COMMANDER OF THE SHIP / "STARTLED FAWN" OF LIVERPOOL, / WHO FELL A VICTIM OF CHOLERA WHILE IN / THE ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF HIS DUTIES / AT CALCUTTA, 28TH JUNE 1858, AGED 36 YEARS. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE OWNERS OF THE / SHIP AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND ESTEEM / FOR ONE WHOSE LOSS THEY DEEPLY DEPLORE.'

Details

Description: Inscription carved on a white, hexagonal, stone wall tablet, with text painted black.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side of the nave
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Startled Fawn

People

Rogers, William Augustus
Age: 36
Date of Death: 28/6/1858
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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