Memorial in Guangzhou, China, commemorating Henry Hum d. 1817 Honourable East India Company
Location
Guangzhou, China, Rest of the World
Details
Vessel: HEIC Dorsetshire
People
Hum, Henry Edward Age: Date of Death: 30/11/1817 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 4th Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the men and boys of HMS ‘Sybille’ who died 1855-1857
Location
Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'To the memory of / Twenty Two Men / and Boys / of / H.M.S. 'SYBILLE' / who died on this station / the years of our Lord / 1855-57 / John HANSFORD Private R.M. Died at Hong Kong 5.4.1855 aged 28 / John MARSDEN Sick Berth Attendant Died at Hong Kong 8.2.1856 aged 51 / Charles NEW Quarter Master Died at Sea 2.8.1856 aged 48 / Thomas RENNY Ord. 2-C Killed by falling from aloft 18.8.1856 aged 19 / John WATERSON Capt. of ...Mast Died at Whampoa 17.10.1856 aged 33 / Charles BENNETT Private R.M. Murdered by Chinese 5.12.1856 aged 24 / A.R.G. CLARINGBOLD Boy R.M. 2-C Killed by falling from aloft 8.12.1856 16 / Frederick BRYER A.B. Died at Hong Kong 17.12.1856 26 / William VINCENT A.B. Died at Hong Kong 20.12.1856 aged 27 / George LAMERTON Leading Seaman Died at Hong Kong 5.1.1857 aged 27/ Richard VENTOM Private R.M. Died at Hong Kong 12.1.1857 aged 22', 'Edward PULLEN A.B. Died at Hong Kong 13.1.1857 aged 23 / William STEPHENS A.B. Died at the Bocca Tigris 16.1.1857 aged 25 / John WILES A.B. Died at Hong Kong 23.2.1857 26 / George CANN Boy 1-C Died off Tiger Island 27.3.1857 18 / Edward EDMONDS A.B. Died at Hong Kong 31.3.1857 aged 33 / James RUSSELL Ord. Drowned in Canton River 12.4.1857 aged 21 / James WILLIAMSON Ropemaker killed by falling from aloft 13.5.1857 aged 34 / Stephen STUPPLE Ord. Died in Canton River 30.5.1857 aged 24 / John HARRIS Private R.M. Died off Tiger Island 13.8.1857 aged 24 / John PARKER Boy 1-C Died at Whampoa 9.12.1857 aged 18 / Edward LOFT Ord. Killed at the Capture of Canton 29.12.1857 aged 28'
Details
Description: Broken column on plinth. Type: Memorial Vessel: HMS Sybille
People
Bennett, Charles Age: 24 Date of Death: 5/12/1856 Cause of Death: Vessel Loss Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Bryer, Frederick Age: 26 Date of Death: 17/12/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Cann, George Age: 18 Date of Death: 27/3/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Claringbold, A. R. G. Age: 16 Date of Death: 8/12/1856 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Boy 2nd Class RM Organisation: Royal Marines Edmonds, Edward Age: 33 Date of Death: 31/3/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Hansford, John Age: 28 Date of Death: 5/4/1855 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Harris, John Age: 24 Date of Death: 13/8/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Lamerton, George Age: 27 Date of Death: 5/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Leading Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Loft, Edward Age: 28 Date of Death: 29/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Marsden, John Age: 51 Date of Death: 8/2/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Sick berth attendant Organisation: Royal Navy New, Charles Age: 48 Date of Death: 2/8/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Quartermaster Organisation: Royal Navy Parker, John Age: 18 Date of Death: 9/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy 1st Class Organisation: Royal Navy Pullen, Edward Age: 23 Date of Death: 13/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Renny, Thomas Age: 19 Date of Death: 18/8/1856 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman 2nd Class Organisation: Royal Navy Russell, James Age: 21 Date of Death: 12/4/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Stephens, William Age: 25 Date of Death: 16/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Stupple, Stephen Age: 24 Date of Death: 30/5/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Ventom, Richard Age: 22 Date of Death: 12/1/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Private RM Organisation: Royal Marines Vincent, William Age: 27 Date of Death: 20/12/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Waterston, John Age: 33 Date of Death: 17/10/1856 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy Wiles, John Age: 26 Date of Death: 23/2/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Williamson, James Age: 34 Date of Death: 13/5/1857 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Ropemaker Organisation: Royal Navy
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:
Chest-tomb in Bishopsteignton, Devon, commemorating Rear-Admiral Edward Le Cras Thornborough d. 1834 and Vice-Admiral Edward Thornborough d. 1834
Location
Church of St John The Baptist, Bishopsteignton, Devon, England
Transcript
[Top] 'Edward Le Cras Thornborough Rear Admiral died 25th December 1857 aged 62 years' [Right side] 'To the memory of Edward Thornborough Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom. Admiral of the Red, Knight Grand Cross of the Bath, died 3rd April 1834 aged 79 years. To the memory of Frances Thornborough relict of Sir Edward Thornborough GCB who died April 9th 1851 aged 87 years'
Details
Description: A table tomb with iron railings.
Type: Chest-tomb Position: Churchyard east side Vessel: HMS Latona
Event
Glorious First of June
Event Date
1794
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Thornborough, Edward Age: 79 Date of Death: 3/4/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy Thornborough, Edward Le Cras Age: 62 Date of Death: 25/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: Patricia Barber 1987
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