Wall tablet in St Leonard’s Church, Hythe, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Mackeson RN, d. 1837
Location
St Leonard's Church, Hythe, Kent, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MACKESON / OF THIS TOWN / WHO DIED AT BATH 10TH APRIL 1821, AGED 47 YEARS / ALSO OF HARRIET, HIS WIFE / WHO DIED AT CANTERBURY 18TH DECEMBER 1855, AGED 79 YEARS / AND OF CHARLES WILLIAM, THEIR ELDEST SON, / WHO DIED 19TH MAY 1819, AGED 19 YEARS. / THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT / NEAR THIS, AND ADJOINING THE CHURCH. / ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOMAS, THEIR FIFTH SON, LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY / WHO DIED AT MALTA ON 4TH OCTOBER 1837 AGED 28 YEARS. / HE SERVED AT NAVARINO ON 20TH OCTOBER 1827, AND IN / HM SURVEYING VESSEL, HECLA ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA IN 1829-30, / AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW OFFICERS WHO SURVIVED / THE TRIALS OF THAT EXPEDITION. / WILLIAM LAWRENCE, THEIR SEVENTH SON, LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT / 19TH REGIMENT BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY, / WHO DIED AT BOMBAY 30TH OCTOBER 1842, AGED 26 YEARS. / JULIUS ARTHUR, THEIR EIGHTH SON, LIEUTENANT / 33RD REGIMENT BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY, / WHO DIED AT NEEMUCH 28TH SEPTEMBER 1847, AGED 29 YEARS / HE SERVED IN THE CABUL CAMPAIGN 1842, / AND IN THE SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN 1845-6 / AND / FREDERIC, THEIR FOUTH SON, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, BENGAL ARMY, / COMPANION OF THE BATH, / MEMBER OF THE THIRD CLASS OF THE ORDER OF THE DOURANEE EMPIRE / AND COMMISSIONER OF PESHAWUR. / WHO DIED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1853 / OF A WOUND INFLICTED BY A MAHOMETAN FANATIC / AGED 46 YEARS. / HE SERVED ON ALL THE CAMPAIGNS AND IMPORTANT OPERATIONS / ON THE NORTH WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA FROM 1838-1853 / DURING THE WHOLE OF WHICH EVENTFUL PERIOD / HE WAS ENGAGED IN APPPOINTMENTS / OF THE HIGHEST POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DISTINCTION. / A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY / AND IN HONOR OF HIS CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES / AT PESHAWAR, WHERE HE FELL, AND IN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL / BY HIS FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS IN INDIA.'
Memorial in the Church of St Mary Hale, Liverpool commemorating John Maddock d. 1819
Location
Church of St Mary Hale, Hale, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Here lies interred the body of JOHN MADDOCK, who was unfortunately drowned in the River Mersey, February 27th. 1819, aged 35 years. Though stormy blasts on Mersey's waves, have toss'd me to and fro, In calm repose, by Gods decrees, I harbour here below, My body now at anchor lies, My soul no more oppress'd, Has steered its course by love divine and gained the port of rest'
Details
Type: Headstone
People
Maddock, John Age: 35 Date of Death: 27/2/1819 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial tablet at St Martin’s Church, Nacton, Suffolk, commemorating Captain Philip Broke, RN d. 1855
Location
St Martin's Church, Nacton, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR PHILIP BROKE BART / OF BROKE HALL NACTON, / IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, / AND CAPTAIN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / BORN 15TH JANUARY 1804 / DIED 24 FEBRUARY 1855 / IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR UNCEASING GRATITUDE AND LOVE, / HIS BEREAVED BROTHER AND SISTER HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET / TO HIS MEMORY / "THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD". ISA 1. 21'
Details
Type: Tablet Materials: Marble
Event
War of 1812
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Broke, Philip Age: 51 Date of Death: 24/2/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: P J Rushbrooke, Knights Templar House, High Street, Kelvedon, Essex, CO5 9AG
Headstone at St Nicholas’ Church, Ash, Kent commemorating Captain William Brett RN d. 1769
Location
St Nicholas' Church, Ash, Kent, England
Transcript
'In Memory of / WILLIAM BRETT Esq. / Captn. of the Royal Navy / late of Guilton in this PARISH / who died Jany 19: 1769: / aged 51 / Frances his Wife (who / erected this monument) died / Jany 11: 1773 aged 39 / W.F. Brett their son / died March ye 17, 1779 aged 23 / FRANCES their Daughter died July 14 1778 aged 23'
Details
Type: Tablet Position: Chancel, north wall Materials: Black veined yellow marble, white marble
People
Brett, William Age: 51 Date of Death: 19/1/1769 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER
Bibliography: J.R. Planche 'A Corner of Kent, or, some account of the parish of Ash-next-Sandwich, its historical sites and existing antiquities' (London,1864). Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial at the Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent commemorating Horatio Younge RN d. 1843
Location
Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England
Transcript
'Here lies the body of Horatio Wooldridge John YOUNGE Esq a burgess of Shrewsbury, late of Her Majesty's frigate 'North Star' who departed this life 3rd January 1843. A young man of great talent. This stone is erected to his memory by a sorrowing mother. Also in this grave are deposited the remains of his mother Mary Ann widow of Colonel Henry YOUNGE formerly of the 18th light dragoons. She departed this life on the 23rd of September 1843'
Details
Vessel: HMS 'North Star'
People
Younge, Horatio Wooldridge John Age: Unknown Date of Death: 3/1/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, India commemorating Captain John Wales, Bombay Marine, d. 1810
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Captain John Wales / of the H.C. Bombay Marine, and Marine / Surveyor General of India, who died January 15th 1810 aged 44 years.'
Details
People
Wales, John Age: 44 Date of Death: 15/1/1810 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain; Surveyor General of India Organisation: Bombay Marine
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.133.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
