Memorial in Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Lieutenant James Cookney RN d. 1860
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
[Base pedestal] 'FAMILY GRAVES OF / JAMES THOMAS COOKNEY R.N.' [Upper Plinth] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JAMES THOMAS COOKNEY / LIEUTENANT IN HER MAJESTY ROYAL NAVY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 4TH DAY OF DECEMBER AD 1860 / IN THE 67TH YEAR OF HIS AGE. / ALSO OF / SUSANNA, / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / JAMES THOMAS COOKNEY R.N. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / THE 4TH DAY OF NOVEMBER AD 1873. / IN THE 73RD YEAR OF HER AGE. / ALSO OF / FREDERICA ELIZABETH / DAUGHTER OF JAMES THOMAS COOKNEY R.N. / AND SUSANNA COOKNEY / WHO DIED 23RD DAY OF NOVEMBER 1839, / AGED 6 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS. / ALSO OF / JAMES WENTWORTH / SON OF JAMES THOMAS COOKNEY R.N. / AND SUSANNA COOKNEY / WHO DIED 8TH DAY OF NOVEMBER 1862 / AGED 24 YEARS AND 10 MONTHS.'
Details
Description: Plinth with an urn draped with a garland.
Type: Memorial Materials: Portland stone
People
Cookney, James Thomas Age: 67 Date of Death: 04/12/1860 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Southsea, Portsmouth to HMS ‘Shannon’s’ Naval Brigade who died during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858
Location
Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[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'
Details
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
Event
Indian Mutiny
Event Date
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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Extra
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
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:
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating George Maflin, HEIC, d. 1834
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Mr George Maflin / of the H.C. Marine who died 3rd June 1834 / aged 29 years / Good christians on me cast an eye / as you are now, so once was I / as I am now, so must you be / so then prepare to follow me. / Erected by Mr E.D. Fabian.'
Details
People
Maflin, George Age: 29 Date of Death: 3/6/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Notes: Edwin Davy Fabian, Senior Branch Pilot.
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.168.
Memorial at St Padarn’s Church, Llanbadarn Fawr commemorating John Jones d. 1855
Location
St Padarn's Church, Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion, Wales
Transcript
'Elizabeth wife of John Jones of the town of Aberystwyth Master Mariner, who departed this transitory life 8th Day of August 1837 aged 56 years. Also the above named John Jones who departed this life on the 13th Day of April 1855 aged 74 years'
Details
Position: Churchyard
People
Jones, John Age: 74 Date of Death: 13/4/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating John William Fisher RN d. 1905
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of John William FISHER A.B., H.M.S. 'Centurion', accidentally drowned at Hong Kong April 5th. 1905, aged 19 years. I am the resurrection and the life John XI 25 '
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Centurion
People
Fisher, John William Age: 19 Date of Death: 5/4/1905 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy