Gravestone at All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk commemorating Susannah Bolton, sister of Admiral Lord Nelson, d. 1813
Location
All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England
Transcript
SUSANNAH BOLTON / The Wife of / THOMAS BOLTON ESQ / And Sister of / HORATIO VISCOUNT NELSON. / DIED 13TH JULY 1813 / AGED 58 YEARS.
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Bolton, Susannah Age: 58 Date of Death: 13/7/1813 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Extra
Notes: Lord Nelson's sister, born 12th June 1755 in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk. Sister of Edmund, Maurice, William and five others. Married Thomas Bolton. Mother of six children.
Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating John Bangley Pritchard d. 1864
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John Bangley Pritchard Esq. accidentally drowned in the river Mersey 19th August 1864 age 55'
Details
People
Pritchard, John Bangley Age: 55 Date of Death: 19/8/1864 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 65. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Headstone at Dunbar Parish Church commemorating John Grey d. 1881, Fleet Surgeon RN
Location
Dunbar Parish Church., Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
Transcript
'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / JOHN GRAY / FLEET SURGEON ROYAL NAVY / BORN AT CHESTERHALL / 1st JUNE 1821 / DIED AT DUNBAR / 26th JUNE 1881 / AND OF/ETHEL / HIS INFANT DAUGHTER / WHO DIED 28th JUNE 1873 / aged 3 1/2 MONTHS / AND OF HIS ONLY SISTER / MARION GRAY / WHO DIED AT DUNBAR / 25th AUGUST 1890 AGED 71 YEARS / ALSO / CHARLOTTE THOMSON / WIFE OF THE ABOVE JOHN GRAY / WHO DIED 6th SEPTEMBER 1923 / AGED 82 YEARS'
Details
Description: Headstone on plinth. Type: Headstone Position: 60/70 yards south of SE corner of churchyard Materials: Grey granite
People
Gray, John Age: Date of Death: 26/6/1881 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Fleet Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy
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.
