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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'

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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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  "transcript": "'Captain Francis Steward died 6 December 1850 age 55'",
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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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  "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'",
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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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Portesham, Dorset, England

Tower at Portesham, Dorset, commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Hardy d. 1839

Location

Portesham, Dorset, England

Details

Description: Octagonal tower
Type: Tower
Date Erected: 1844
Artists: Arthur Henry Dyke Troyte

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Age: 70
Date of Death: 20/9/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Erected by public subscription in 1844.
Bibliography: 'The Builder' vol ii (1844) p. 553; 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset' vol. ii, part 2 (London, 1970) p. 242.

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  "content": "<p>Tower at Portesham, Dorset, commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Hardy d. 1839</p>",
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St Mura's Church, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Memorial Ledger at St Mura’s Church, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, commemorating Horatio Nelson, Midshipman, RN d. 1811

Location

St Mura's Church, Fahan, County Donegal, Republic of Ireland

Transcript

'In memory of / HORATIO NELSON / late Midshipman of H.M.S. Endymion / an amiable youth / who breathed his last at Fahan House / in the 18th year of his age. / Could friendship have prolonged his days / he had lived. Born at Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk. / Died November 17th 1811. / Nomenq. erit indelebile nostris

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Type: Ledger
Position: Graveyard
Vessel: HMS Endymion

People

Nelson, Thomas Horatio
Age: 18
Date of Death: 17/11/1811
Cause of Death: Unknown illness
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Latin motto-Ovid 'Metamorphoses' xv, 875. ‘My name shall never be forgotten.’ Gravestone erected by Captain Sir William Bolton. Fahan House, Fahan, was the home of Captain Sir William Bolton.

Bibliography: W.S. Furguson 'Horatio Nelson, Midshipman’, 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 54, pp.191-2, (Cambridge, 1968)

Photographer: Owen McGonagle

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  "transcript": "'In memory of / HORATIO NELSON / late Midshipman of H.M.S. Endymion / an amiable youth / who breathed his last at Fahan House / in the 18th year of his age. / Could friendship have prolonged his days / he had lived. Born at Burnham Thorpe in the County of Norfolk. / Died November 17th 1811. / Nomenq. erit indelebile nostris",
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St Endellieta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Memorial in St Endellion, Cornwall commemorating Matthew Trevan d. 1885

Location

St Endellieta's Church, St Endellion, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / FREDERICK TREVAN / OF PORT ISAAC / BORN FEBy. 24th 1803 / DIED FEBy 22nd 1885 / AND / ELIZABETH MOON / WIFE OF / FREDERICK TREVAN / BORN JUNE 24th 1813 / DIED NOV. 18th 1884 / ALSO / MATTHEW TREVAN / STAFF SURGEON ROYAL NAVY / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE / BORN DEC. 21st 1841 / DIED NOVR 19th 1889'

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People

Trevan, Matthew
Age: 48
Date of Death: 19/11/1889
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Staff Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1994

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  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / FREDERICK TREVAN / OF PORT ISAAC / BORN FEBy. 24th 1803 / DIED FEBy 22nd 1885 / AND / ELIZABETH MOON / WIFE OF / FREDERICK TREVAN / BORN JUNE 24th 1813 / DIED NOV. 18th 1884 / ALSO / MATTHEW TREVAN / STAFF SURGEON ROYAL NAVY / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE / BORN DEC. 21st 1841 / DIED NOVR 19th 1889'",
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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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  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating James Wilson, d. 1804</p>",
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St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Table tomb at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating John Roberts d. 1791

Location

St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales

Transcript

'UNDERNEATH / lie the remains of / John Roberts mariner / who departed this life the 11th day / of June 1791 in the 47th year of his Age / Also / Mary the wife of the above / John Roberts who died the 6th day / of Sep 1810 Aged 62 years / Also of John Roberts the son of the / above who died May 31 1811 / Aged 75 years'

Details

Type: Table tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Roberts, John
Age: 47
Date of Death: 11/6/1791
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters