Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Wouldham, Kent commemorating Walter Burke, Purser RN d. 1815
Location
All Saints' Church, Wouldham, Kent, England
Transcript
‘Sacred / to the memory of / Walter Burke / Esq of this Parish / who died on the 12th September 1815 / in the / 70th year of his age / He was purser on his / Majesty's ship Victory / in the glorious Battle of Trafalgar and in / his arms the immortal / Nelson died'
Details
Type: Grave Position: By path Vessel: HMS ‘Victory'
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Burke, Walter Age: 69 Date of Death: 12/9/1815 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Purser RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 37.
Memorial in Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, commemorating those who died during the 1878-1882 commission of HMS ‘Boadicea’
Location
Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery, Gosport, Hampshire, England
Transcript
‘IN MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS, SEAMEN, MARINES, KROOMEN OF / HMS BOADICEA / COMMODORE SIR FW RICHARDS, KCB / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS / DISEASE OR ACCIDENT DURING HER COMMISSION / ON THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE / AND WEST COAST OF AFRICA STATION / 1878 – 1882 / ERECTED BY THEIR SHIPMATES' [lists of names on other three faces]
Details
Description: Obelisk on pedestal within railings. Type: Obelisk Materials: Portland stone and granite Vessel: HMS Boadicea
Event
First Boer War
Event Date
1880 - 1881
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Africa
Extra
Notes: HMS 'Boadicea' 16 gun iron steam corvette. Commemorates commission on West Coast of Africa 1878/82 also casualties of Naval Brigade at Majuba Hills 2/28/1881. 11 Kroomen who died of smallpox Jan/Feb 1879 and two men who fell from aloft.
Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Charles Garthorne Burrell d. 1838
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Charles Garthorne Burrell shipowner North Shields died 8 March 1838 at Warrenpoint Ireland age 62'
Details
People
Burrell, Charles Garthorne Age: 62 Date of Death: 8/3/1838 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ship owner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 7, p. 379. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Ascension Island to men of the Royal Marine Light Infantry – Henry Kemp d. 1885, William Roden and Richard Cornell d. 1888
Location
St Mary's Church, Ascension Island
Transcript
'TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND THE MEMORY OF / HENRY B. KEMP, R.M.L.I. / WHO WAS KILLED ON JULY 8th 1885, WHILE BLASTING NEAR LONG BEACH / ALSO OF / WILLIAM RODEN R.M.L.I. / WHO DIED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL, ASCENSION ON FEB 8th 1888 / FROM INJURIES RECEIVED WHILE BLASTING IN GARRISON / ALSO OF / RICHARD A. CORNELL R.M.L.I. / WHO WAS DROWNED IN CRYSTAL BAY, ON NOV. 24TH 1888 / R.I.P. / THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ISLAND'
Details
Description: The inscription tablet in the form of a scroll secured by a pin with curling edges. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble
People
Cornell, Richard A. Age: Date of Death: 24/11/1888 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Kemp, Henry B. Age: Date of Death: 8/7/1885 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Roden, William Age: Date of Death: 8/2/1888 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry
Extra
Recorder: Jeff Cant 1997 Photographer: Colette Bassford
Wall monument in St Peter’s Church, Tichfield, Hampshire commemorating David Ramsay Karr d. 1794
Location
St Peter's Church, Tichfield, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory / of DAVID RAMSAY KARR / of Kippilaw, in the County of Roxburgh, Esq: / Upwards of fifty Years / Surgeon in HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY, / thirty of which he served as / Surgeon of the Dock-Yard at Portsmouth; / and departed this Life, / universally regretted by his Friends, / on the 27th November 1794, / aged 72 Years, / He lies buried here / as does his wife MARY, / and her sister SUSANNA BOURYEAU, / both Daughters of ZACHARIAH BOURYEAU, / of Blyborough in the County of Lincoln; Esq: / The former died the 30th December 1784 aged 51; / And the latter the 17th February 1785 aged 35'
Details
Description: Urn and obelisk above inscription tablet, arms below. Type: Wall monument Position: Chancel north wall Materials: Black and white marble Artists: Joseph Nollekens
People
Karr, David Ramsay Age: Date of Death: 27/11/1794 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Wall tablet in St Matthias’s Church, Poplar, London, commemoratingJohn Perry d. 1840
Location
St Matthias's Church, Poplar, London, England
Transcript
'To the memory of John Perry Esq. of Moor Hall, Harlow in the County of Essex, formerly of Blackwall who died Nov. 7th 1840 in the 67th year of his age. / If private worth combined with public zeal / Demand a tribute of the love we feel / If honour truth and probity conspire / To form examples which the just admire / This frail memorial may awhile suspend / The swift oblivion that succeeds our end / Preserve some record for the stranger's eye / Of generous virtues that should never die / Of active merit mixed with ardent mind / Which made his own the good of human kind / Diffus'd around the bounty Heaven bestows / And sooth'd the sharpness of malignant woes / The poor attest it whom he cloth'd and fed / The sick he nourished in their dying bed / The friends he succour'd and the youth he reared / To Christian hope by Christian promise cheer'd / In deeds like this revere his honor'd name / In Brunswick dock his arduous skill proclaim / That bold achievement of his useful toil / Which blessed with consequence his native soil / First taught this humble spot with wealth to smile / And rise emporium of the British isle / May such benevolence from earth remov'd / Await its destiny from God he lov'd / Celestial grace and mercy guard his tomb / And endless glory seal his final doom / PARENTIBUS CARISSIMUS FILLI MOERENTES POSUERUNT'
Details
Description: Pediment with the sun's rays and the eye of God; swags on either side. Shield of arms below. Type: Wall tablet
People
Perry, John Age: 66 Date of Death: 7/11/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Shipbuilder? Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Also his wife Elizabeth and family. Photographs NMR BB76/5520. Recorder: Timothy Wilson
Wall tablet at St Andrew’s Church, Whitestaunton, Somerset commemorating Vice-Admiral George Napier Tomlin d. 1947
Location
St Andrew's Church, Whitestaunton, Somerset, England
Transcript
'In proud and ever loving / memory of / Vice Admiral / G. Napier Tomlin / C.M.G., M.V.O: / of Nash Hill Cottage, / Whitestaunton, Somerset. / Who passed away on / 5th May, 1947'
Details
Description: An oval tablet with a naval crown above, a crest and motto below. Type: Wall tablet
People
Tomlin, George Napier Age: Date of Death: 5/5/1947 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Ilha da Mocambique, Mozambique commemorating Commander James Richard Dacres RN and Lieutenant George Lock RN both d. 1848
Location
Cemetery, Ilha da Mocambique, Mozambique, Rest of the World
Transcript
'BENEATH THIS STONE / in hopes of blessed Resurrection / Are the remains of Commander JAMES RICHD. DACRES / of H B M S NIMROD / Son of Vice Admiral Dacres He died the 18th Feb. 1848 from an / attack of Mozambique fever Aged 37 / He was beloved whilst living & / deeply regretted. / In the same grave are deposited / the remains of / Lieut. GEORGE LOCK / of HMS Nimrod / son of John Lock Esq of Morden Park / who died the same day of the same fever / Aged 24'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Nimrod
People
Dacres, James Richard Age: 38 Date of Death: 18/2/1848 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy Lock, George Age: 24 Date of Death: 18/2/1848 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy