Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Philip Pritt d. 1839
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Philip Pritt late Officer of Excise died 1st September 1839.'
Details
People
Pritt, Philip Age: Date of Death: 1/9/1839 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Excise officer Organisation:
Extra
Notes: This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared. Bibliography: Ed. James Stevens Curl 'Kensal Green Cemetery: the origins and development of the cemetery of All Souls, Kensal Green, London 1824-2001' (Chichester, 2001)
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating William Albert Brookin d. 1906
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to / the memory of / WILLIAM ALBERT BROOKIN / Gunner R.M.A. / of / H.M.S. 'Good Hope' / who died December 19th 1906 / aged 25 years / this monument is erected by his shipmates'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 376 Vessel: HMS Good Hope
People
Brookin, William Albert Age: 25 Date of Death: 19/12/1906 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Gunner RMA Organisation: Royal Marine Artillery
Memorial in the Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China commemorating Captain Robert Francis Martin d. 1842
Location
Protestant Cemetery, Macau, China, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of Captain Robert Francis MARTIN, late Commander of the ship 'Duke of Buccleuch' who departed this life in Macao on the 25th October 1842. Aged 42 years'
Details
Vessel: Duke of Buccleuch
People
Martin, Robert Francis Age: 42 Date of Death: 25/10/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Wall tablet in St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent, commemorating Lieutenant-Colonel Nathaniel Cole RM, d. 1837
Location
St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUT COLONEL NATHANIEL COLE; / OF THE ROYAL MARINES; / WHO FAITHFULLY SERVED HIS COUNTRY UPWARDS OF FORTY YEARS, / DURING WHICH TIME, HE HAD THE HONOR OF SHARING IN THE GLORIOUS NAVAL VICTORIES OFF GROIX, 23RD JUNE 1795 / TRAFALGAR, 21 OCTOBER 1805, / L'ORIENT, 22ND MAY 1812 / AND ON VARIOUS MINOR IMPORTANT ACTIONS AT SEA: / ALSO AT THE BATTLES OF BLADENSBURGH, BALTIMORE: / AND THE TAKING OF WASHINGTON IN AMERICA. / AFTER ENDURING A LONG ILLNESS WITH CHRISTIAN PATIENCE / HE DIED AT ROCHESTER / BELOVED AND LAMENTED / ON THE 12TH DAY OF JUNE 1837, AGED 59 YEARS'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus in relief with paw feet and anthemion acroteria. Type: Wall tablet Position: Gallery Materials: Marble
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Cole, Nathaniel Age: 59 Date of Death: 12/6/1837 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant-Colonel RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Wall monument at St Peter’s Church, Twineham, West Sussex commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Howard Molyneaux d. 1847 and Charles Henry Hogarth d. 1857
Location
St Peter's Church, Twineham, West Sussex, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY / OF / LIEUT. THOMAS HOWARD MOLYNEUX, / LATE OF THE FRIGATE SPARTAN: / HE DIED AT BEIROUT [sic], SYRIA, / SEPTEMBER 1847, AGED 25. / ALSO/TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES HENRY HOGARTH, / LATE OF THE BRIG PHESDO: / HE DIED NOVEMBER 1857, AGED 17 / "THY BROTHER SHALL RISE AGAIN"'
Details
Type: Wall monument Position: Chancel south wall Materials: Black and white marble Vessel: HMS Spartan, Phesdo
People
Hogarth, Charles Henry Age: 17 Date of Death: 11/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Molyneux, Thomas Howard Age: 25 Date of Death: 9/1847 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Charles Henry Hogarth buried in St James's Cemetery, Camden, London. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Gravestone at St John’s Church, Cardiff commemorating Captain William Evans d. 1851
Location
St John's Church, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / Capt William Evans / Master of the Maria and Eliza of Cardiff / who died the 23rd of Nov / 1851 aged 45 years / Also Elizabeth his wife / who died February 12th 1875 / Aged 82 years.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: Maria and Eliza
People
Evans, William Age: 45 Date of Death: 23/1/1851 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Captain John White, HEIC, d. 1789
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Beneath this stone are deposited the remains / of Captain John White / late Commander of the Hon. Company's ship 'Earl of Oxford' / in which ship he was 35 years; / he departed this life 10th October 1789, / in the 47th year of his age; / after a long and tedious illness / which he bore with christian fortitude. / He lived respected and esteemed by all / who knew him, and died universally lamented by all his friends.'
Details
Vessel: 'Earl of Oxford'
People
White, John Age: 47 Date of Death: 10/10/1789 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.76.
