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Pembroke Dock cemetery, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Wall tablet in Pembroke Dock Cemetery commemorating Captain William Pryce Cumby RN d. 1837

Location

Pembroke Dock cemetery, Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales

Transcript

'HERE LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM PRYCE CUMBY, R.N. C.B. OF H.M. YACHT / ROYAL SOVEREIGN AND CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF PEMBROKE / DOCK YARD. AN OFFICER WHOSE ZEAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES / AT TRAFALGAR AND AT ST. DOMINGO DESERVED AND RECEIVED / THE APPROBATION OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS ACTIVE KINDNESS / IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF OTHERS PROCURED HIM / THE AFFECTIONATE REGARD OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM / THE LOSS OF ONE SO KIND AND GOOD HAS TAUGHT HIS / RELATIONS AND FRIENDS HOW VAIN IS EVERY CONSOLATION / BUT THAT AFFORDED BY RELIGION, BY CHRISTIAN SUBMISSION. BY CHRISTIAN HOPE / BORN XX MARCH MDCCLXXI / DIED XXVIIth SEPTEMBER MDCCCXXXVII'

Details

Type: Wall plaque

Event

Battle of Trafalgar 1805

People

Cumby, William Pryce
Age: 66
Date of Death: 27/9/1837
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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  "transcript": "'HERE LIE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN WILLIAM PRYCE CUMBY, R.N. C.B. OF H.M. YACHT / ROYAL SOVEREIGN AND CAPTAIN SUPERINTENDENT OF PEMBROKE / DOCK YARD. AN OFFICER WHOSE ZEAL AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES / AT TRAFALGAR AND AT ST. DOMINGO DESERVED AND RECEIVED / THE APPROBATION OF HIS COUNTRY. HIS ACTIVE KINDNESS / IN PROMOTING THE WELFARE OF OTHERS PROCURED HIM / THE AFFECTIONATE REGARD OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM / THE LOSS OF ONE SO KIND AND GOOD HAS TAUGHT HIS / RELATIONS AND FRIENDS HOW VAIN IS EVERY CONSOLATION / BUT THAT AFFORDED BY RELIGION, BY CHRISTIAN SUBMISSION. BY CHRISTIAN HOPE / BORN XX MARCH MDCCLXXI / DIED XXVIIth SEPTEMBER MDCCCXXXVII'",
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St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai, India, commemorating Thomas Taylor, HEIC, d. 1804

Location

St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Thomas Rumbold Taylor Esq, departed this life the 4th March 1804, aged 28 years.'

Details

Position: Compound, St Mary's Church
Vessel: Glory

People

Taylor, Thomas Rumbold
Age: 28
Date of Death: 4/2/1804
Cause of Death: Killed in a duel
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: Julian James Cotton 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Madras possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Madras, 1905) p.28; Public Department Proceedings 1804.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Thomas Rumbold Taylor Esq, departed this life the 4th March 1804, aged 28 years.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai, India, commemorating Thomas Taylor, HEIC,  d. 1804</p>",
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Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain William Marquis, HEIC, d. 1842

Location

Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Captain William MARQUIS, Honourable East India Company's Service who died at Macao 4th December 1842 Aged 42 years'

Details

People

Marquis, William
Age: 42
Date of Death: 4/12/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master HEIC
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Captain William MARQUIS, Honourable East India Company's Service who died at Macao 4th December 1842 Aged 42 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain William Marquis, HEIC, d. 1842</p>",
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Kymin, Monmouthshire, Wales

Naval temple in Monmouthshire, Wales dedicated to those Admirals who fought for Britain in the American and French Revolutionary Wars.

Location

Kymin, Monmouthshire, Wales

Transcript

'THIS NAVAL TEMPLE / WAS ERECTED AUGUST 1ST 1800 / TO PERPETUATE THE NAMES OF THOSE / NOBLE ADMIRALS / WHO DISTINGUISHED THEMSELVES BY THEIR / GLORIOUS VICTORIES FOR ENGLAND / IN THE LAST AND PRESENT WARS / AND IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO / HER GRACE DUCHESS OF BEAUFORT / DAUGHTER OF / ADMIRAL BOSCAWEN'

Details

Description: Small building with Britannia on the arch the above roof. Two alcoves with seats.

Type: Temple
Date Erected: 1801

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War, 1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Boscawen, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 10/1/1761
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Cornwallis, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1819
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Duncan, Adam
Age:
Date of Death: 4/8/1804
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Elphinstone, George
Age:
Date of Death: 1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Gell, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1806
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hawke, Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 17/10/1781
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hood, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 1816
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hood, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Howe, Richard
Age: 73
Date of Death: 5/8/1799
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Jervis, John
Age: 89
Date of Death: 13/3/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mitchell, Andrew
Age:
Date of Death: 1806
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Nelson, Horatio
Age: 47
Date of Death: 21/10/1805
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Parker, Hyde
Age:
Date of Death: 1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Rodney, George Brydges
Age: 74
Date of Death: 24/5/1792
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Thompson, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1799
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy
Warren, John Borlase
Age:
Date of Death: 22/2/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. Built in order to celebrate British naval victories. Sixteen admirals commemorated on medallions set in walls. Boscawen, Bridport, Cornwallis, Duncan, Gell, Hawke, Hood, Howe, Keith, Mitchell, Nelson, Parker, Rodney, St Vincent, Warren, Thompson.
Bibliography: 'Seascape' (Aug 1987) p. 6.

JSON

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    "notes": "DOSSIER. Built in order to celebrate British naval victories. Sixteen admirals commemorated on medallions set in walls. Boscawen, Bridport, Cornwallis, Duncan, Gell, Hawke, Hood, Howe, Keith, Mitchell, Nelson, Parker, Rodney, St Vincent, Warren, Thompson.",
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St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, commemorating Robert Browning d. 1822

Location

St John's Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Robert Browning of Appledore, Devon. Master Mariner died 19th October 1822 age 27'

Details

People

Browning, Robert
Age: 27
Date of Death: 19/10/1822
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d.1886, vol. 1, p. 637. Church demolished in 1898.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Robert Browning of Appledore, Devon. Master Mariner died 19th October 1822 age 27'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St John’s Church, Old Haymarket, Liverpool, commemorating Robert Browning d. 1822</p>",
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    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand, Friends of Merseyside Maritime Museum",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Henry William Devenoge d. 1844

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Henry William Devenoge late HM Customs of this Port died 24 March 1844 age 44'

Details

People

Devenoge, Henry William
Age: 40
Date of Death: 24/3/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: HM Customs

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 219.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Henry William Devenoge late HM Customs of this Port died 24 March 1844 age 44'",
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All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon commemorating Frederick Gore Torriano d. 1806

Location

All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon, England

Transcript

'To the GLORY of God / & to the memory of / Wm. Edward TORRIANO LT. 71st Regt. Highland Infantry / 3rd son of Capt. Charles TORRIANO / XXX Regt. of Foot / & Hester de la Fausille, his wife / b. at MOUNT ROY, WELLS, Somerset / 14th July 1793 / Died at BUDLEIGH SALTERTON 5th FEB 1862 / He served from 1810-14 in the Peninsular War under / the Great Duke of Wellington was 3 times wounded / & was present at the actions of ARROYD des MOLINOS
/ ALMARAY, covering army at BADAJOS, VITTORIA, NIVE / BAYONNE URT ST. PALIAS, ORTHES, AIRE TARBES, TOULOUSE / & many other minor affairs & finally fought at the Battle of / Waterloo was present at the surrender of PARIS / & was with the army of occupation in France / also of GEORGINA SOPHIE, his wife / widow of Capt. James Hunt, 26th Regt. (The Cameronians) / She died at Minton [?] 7th January 1878 aged 84 / Also of FREDERICK GORE TORRIANO / 2nd son of Captain Charles Torriano/XXXth Regiment of Foot / and Hester de la Fausille his wife / He died young at ANTIGUA of yellow fever / when a midshipman of H.M. ship CARYSFORT'

Details

Description: Peninsular and Waterloo medal carved above.
Type: Tablet
Materials: Marble
Vessel: HMS Carysfort

People

Torriano, Frederick Gore
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 1806
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: Ailsa Rushbrooke 1997

JSON

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  "content": "<p>Memorial in All Saints Church, East Budleigh, Devon commemorating Frederick Gore Torriano d. 1806</p>",
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    "event":"",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER.",
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    "recorder": "Ailsa Rushbrooke 1997",
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Hawkshead Church, Hawkshead, Cumbria, England

Memorial in Hawkshead, Cumbria, dedicated to Bernhard Brandt ‘U570’

Location

Hawkshead Church, Hawkshead, Cumbria, England

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: U570

People

Brandt, Bernhard
Age:
Date of Death:
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: German Navy

Extra

Notes: 1st Lieutenant 'U570' shot while escaping.
Bibliography: John D. Drummond 'HM U Boat' (London, 1974).
Recorder: D Saunders

JSON

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    "bibliography": "John D. Drummond 'HM U Boat' (London, 1974).",
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Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore commemorating John Youlton, RN, d. 1854

Location

Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the / Memory / of / JOHN YOULTON L.S. / of H.M.S. SYBILLE / who departed this / life 25th October 1854 / Aged 24 years / Erected by his shipmates / as a tribute of their / great esteem and regard'

Details

Type: Tablet
Position: North wall N 58 C89
Vessel: HMS Sybille

People

Youlton, John
Age: 24
Date of Death: 25/10/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney 1988) p. 210.

JSON

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  "location": "Fort Canning Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the / Memory / of / JOHN YOULTON L.S. / of H.M.S. SYBILLE / who departed this / life 25th October 1854 / Aged 24 years / Erected by his shipmates / as a tribute of their / great esteem and regard'",
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East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Henry Williams d. 1903

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'In / Loving Memory / of / HENRY THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZABETH WILLIAMS FOR 21 YEARS AN INSTRUCTOR / IN GREENWICH RH SCHOOL / WHO FELL ASLEEP 25 APRIL 1903 / AGED 59 YEARS / "FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH" / ...AT GOD'S COMMAND HE FELL..../ TIME TO BID HIS FRIENDS FAREWELL /...CAME WITHOUT A WARNING GIVEN /...HIM HASTE TO MEET HIS GOD IN HEAVEN. / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, STAFF AND BOYS / PAST AND PRESENT OF THE SCHOOL AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT'

Details

Description: In the form of a scroll.
Type: Gravestone
Materials: Marble, lead letters

People

Williams, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 25/4/1903
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Greenwich

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020

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  "post_id": "352",
  "id": "M2358",
  "location": "East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'In / Loving Memory / of / HENRY THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ELIZABETH WILLIAMS FOR 21 YEARS AN INSTRUCTOR / IN GREENWICH RH SCHOOL / WHO FELL ASLEEP 25 APRIL 1903 / AGED 59 YEARS / \"FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH\" / ...AT GOD'S COMMAND HE FELL..../ TIME TO BID HIS FRIENDS FAREWELL /...CAME WITHOUT A WARNING GIVEN /...HIM HASTE TO MEET HIS GOD IN HEAVEN. / ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS, STAFF AND BOYS / PAST AND PRESENT OF THE SCHOOL AS A TOKEN OF RESPECT'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-999x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44623\" width=\"329\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-999x1024.jpg 999w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-293x300.jpg 293w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-768x787.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry.jpg 1749w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Henry Williams d. 1903</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-999x1024.jpg","/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-293x300.jpg","/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry-768x787.jpg","/uploads/2020/05/Williams-Henry.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "In the form of a scroll.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Marble, lead letters",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Williams, Henry","age":"","dateofdeath":"25/4/1903","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":"Royal Hospital School, Greenwich"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1988",
    "photographer": "Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020"  }
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