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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

JSON

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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).

JSON

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    "notes": "Lieutenant of the Bengal Establishment ship 'Peneborne' Indiaman.",
    "bibliography": "'Chowkidar' vol.4, no. 2, p.19 (Oct 1985).",
    "recorder": "",
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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

Extra

JSON

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  "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'",
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    "materials": "Marble",
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    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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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.

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Tower at Portesham, Dorset, commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Hardy d. 1839</p>",
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    "notes": "Erected by public subscription in 1844.",
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    "recorder": "",
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}

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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

Details

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

JSON

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    "description": "",
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    "position": "Graveyard",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Endymion"  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "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.<br />",
    "bibliography": "W.S. Furguson 'Horatio Nelson, Midshipman’, 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 54, pp.191-2, (Cambridge, 1968)<br />",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "Owen McGonagle"  }
}

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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'

Details

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

JSON

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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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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "Colin Harris 1994",
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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.

JSON

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  "transcript": "In memory of / JAMES WILSON / master and mariner / who was entered here / February 22 1804 / Aged 42 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating James Wilson, d. 1804</p>",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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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

JSON

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  "location": "Devonport Park, Plymouth, England",
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    "bibliography": "'Military Chest' July 1893.",
    "recorder": "David Saunders, B. Tomlinson",
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}

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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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Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England

Memorial at Southsea, Portsmouth to HMS ‘Shannon’s’ Naval Brigade who died during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858

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Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England

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[North side] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN. SIR WILLIAM PEEL K.C.B / CAPTN. THOS. GREY / MR. M.P. GARVEY MATE / MR H.A. DANIEL MID. / THE SEAMEN AND MARINES / OF THE SHANNON NAVAL BRIGADE / WHO FELL WHILST EMPLOYED IN / N.W. PROVINCES OF INDIA AD 1857 / AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR GALLANTRY / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW / OF HMS SHANNON / 1860' [East side] 'KILLED IN ACTION / 2 OFFICERS 6 SEAMEN 2 MARINES / DIED OF WOUNDS / 9 SEAMAN 1 MARINE / DIED OF DISEASE / 2 OFFICERS 34 SEAMEN 3 MARINES / COME WE BLESSED OF MY FATHER / INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED / FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF / THE WORLD' [South side] 'THIS TROPHY IS MADE FROM A GUN / CAPTURED AT LUCKNOW / AND PRESENTED / TO THE SHANNON BRIGADE / BY GEN. LORD CLYDE G.C.B. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF THE ARMY' [West side] 'THE SHANNON'S NAVAL BRIGADE / WITH 6 8 INCH GUNS AND / FOUR FIELD PIECES / LEFT CALCUTTA / FOR THE N.W. PROVINCE / AUG 12 1857 / RELIEF OF LUCKNOW NOV 1857 / DEFEAT OF THE GWALIOR CONTINGENT / DEC 1857 / BATTLE OF KALLEE-NUDDEE / JAN 1858 / CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW MARCH 1858 / AND RETURNED TO THE SHANNON AUG 1858'

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Description: Granite plinth with frieze of scallop shells and egg and dart moulding round the top, bronze trophies above. Four cannon embedded in the plinth.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Bronze, granite
Date Erected: 1860
Vessel: HMS Shannon

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Indian Mutiny

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1857-1858

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Daniel, M. A.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Garvey, Henry .P.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grey, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Peel, William

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Notes: Trophy made from a gun captured at Lucknow and presented to the Shannon Brigade by Lord Clyde. Sir William Peel, Victoria Cross winner. Moved a short distance east in 2005.
Bibliography: www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk
Recorder: David Saunders
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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