Memorial in St Lawrence’s Church, Harpley, Norfolk commemorating Jermyn Pratt, RN, Midshipman d. 1840
Location
St Lawrence's Church, Harpley, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'TO THE MEMORY OF / JERMYN, / THIRD SON OF THE REVD. WILLIAM PRATT, / RECTOR OF THIS PARISH, / AND LOUISA HIS WIFE; / WHO, WHILST SERVING AS MIDSHIPMAN / ON BOARD THE SHIP 'MAIDSTONE' BOUND TO CALCUTTA, / FELL FROM THE RIGGING AND WAS KILLED ON THE SPOT. / BORN 5TH JANUARY 1840, DIED 27TH MARCH 1856 // "IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH"'
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Description: Carved with an anchor Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Artists: Thomas Gaffin Vessel: HMS 'Maidstone'
People
Pratt, Jermyn Age: 16 Date of Death: 27/3/1856 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969; The Arts Society (NADFAS) Photographer: P Lacey
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating John Corne d. 1718
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
[Front] 'John Corne Commander of / the Prince of Wales lies / buried under this marble tomb / A.D. 1718 / alte virtus animosa cadit' [Back] 'Joanni Corne / Juveni fortissimo / qui vix puber ad arma/ in conflictu cum navi Hispanica multo / cum suorum luctu et Patriae damno / morte immature An viz Aetatis suae XXVI / Novembris XIII MDCCXVIII praeruptus / hic universae Resurrectionis Tubam expectat' [A noble virtue perishes bravely [back] To John Corn a young man of exceptional courage who took up arms when barely an adolescent, snatched away by premature death in battle against a Spanish ship, to the great grief of his family and loss for his Country, on 13 November 1718 at the age of 26. Here he awaits to hear the trumpet of the Universal Resurrection]
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Description: Arms: a chevron and in base a garb. Type: Tomb Materials: Marble Vessel: Prince of Wales
Event
1714-1738 Inter-War Period
People
Corne, John Age: 26 Date of Death: 1718 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Notes: Translation Silvia Bozzato. Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p.6.
Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Richard Mayle Whichelo RN d. 1858
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / ELLEN LOUIS, / the beloved wife of R.M. Whichelo, Paymr R.N., / who died 6th November, 1853, aged 67 years. / Thy will be done. / Also of / Richard Mayle Whichelo, R.N., / Husband of the above E.L. Whichelo, / Who died 6th June 1858, aged 72 years. / He served on board H.M.S. 'Britannia', / in the Battle of Trafalgar, / H.M.S. 'Blenheim' in China / And H.M.S. 'Victory' at Portsmouth'
Details
Vessel: HMS Britannia, HMS Blenheim; HMS Victory
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Whichelo, Richard Mayle Age: 72 Date of Death: 6/6/1858 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Paymaster Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 164.
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Debenham, Suffolk commemorating Robert Green, RM, d. 1805
Location
St Mary's Church, Debenham, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Robert Green, son of Samuel and Mary Green. Lieutenant of the Royal Marines who fell in the Battle of Trafalgar on board the 'Royal Sovereign' 21 October 1805 aged 21 years. Also his brother Samuel Green Captain of the 6th Regt NI on the Madras Establishment. He died in peace 14th Sept ... aged 32'
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Type: Plaque Materials: Stone Artists: R. Tovell Vessel: Royal Sovereign
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Green, Robert Age: 21 Date of Death: 21/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RM Organisation: Royal Marines
Wall tablet in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire dedicated to Charles Philip Yorke d. 1834
Location
St Andrew's Church, Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England
Transcript
'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS / OF THE RIGHT HONBLE CHARLES PHILIP YORKE / ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S MOST HONOURABLE PRIVY COUNCIL / AND ONE OF THE TELLERS OF THE RECEIPT OF HIS MAJESTY'S EXCHEQUER / HE WAS THE SECOND SON OF THE HONBLE CHARLES YORKE / LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN / BY HIS SECOND WIFE AGNETA JOHNSON. / BORN MARCH 12TH 1764 MARRIED JULY 19TH [?] 1790 TO HARRIET / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CHARLES MANNINGHAM OF THORPE CO. SURREY ESQR / BY WHOM HE HAD NO ISSUE. / AND DIED BELOVED AND LAMENTED MARCH 18TH 1834. / HE WAS EDUCATED AT HARROW SCHOOL AND ST JOHN'S COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE, / WAS CALLED TO THE BAR IN 1789 AND WAS SOON AFTER APPOINTED CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ISLE OF ELY. / HE SAT IN PARLIAMENT FROM 1790 TO 1818 / DURING TWENTY SUCCESSIVE YEARS OF WHICH PERIOD HE REPRESENTED THE COUNTY OF CAMBRIDGE / WHERE HIS SERVICES ARE STILL REMEMBERED WITH GRATITUDE AND AFFECTION. / HE HELD OFFICES OF SECRETARY OF WAR, SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT / AND FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY UNDER HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE THIRD / WITH UNCEASING ATTENTION TO THE INTERESTS OF HIS COUNTRY / AND THE ACKNOWLEDGED APPROBATION AND ESTEEM/OF HIS SOVEREIGN. / DURING THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE LATTER OF THESE HIGH OFFICES, / THAT GREAT NATIONAL WORK THE BREAKWATER IN PLYMOUTH SOUND / WAS DECIDED UPON AND UNDERTAKEN. / A FRAGMENT OF MARBLE TAKEN FROM ITS SURFACE / HAS FURNISHED THIS MONUMENT TO HIS HONOURED MEMORY. / ET NOS ALIQUID. / IN THE VAULT BENEATH REST THE REMAINS OF / HARRIET / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE RIGHT HONOURABLE CHARLES P YORKE / BORN JUNE 21ST 1763 MARRIED JULY 1ST 1790 / DIED MAY 10TH 1834'
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Description: Above the inscription tablet, a painted and gilded shield of arms flanked by oak and olive branches, a sarcophagus in relief with paw feet and anthemion acroteria at the top.
Type: Wall tablet Position: Chancel Materials: Black and white marble Artists: L. Denham
People
Yorke, Charles Philip Age: Date of Death: 18/3/1834 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: 1st Lord of the Admiralty Organisation:
Memorial in St George’s Church, Arreton, Isle of Wight commemorating Richard Holmes d. 1814
Location
St George's Church, Arreton, Isle of Wight, England
Transcript
‘TO THE MEMORY OF / RICHARD FLEMING WORSLEY HOLMES, ESQRE. / SECOND SON OF THE REVD. SIR HENRY WORSLEY HOLMES, BART. AND THE HONOURABLE LADY WORSLEY HOLMES. / ONE OF THE REPRESENTATIVES IN PARLIAMENT FOR THE BOROUGH OF NEWPORT IN THIS ISLAND. / WHO WAS UNFORTUNATELY DROWNED IN THE RIVER HAMBLE ON THE 26TH DAY OF JULY 1814, AGED 22 YEARS. / CALLED TO THE BOSOM OF HIS CREATOR, / WHEN HE HAD JUST ENTERED UPON THE CAREER OF A PROMISING AND USEFUL LIFE / HIS FATE AFFORDS AN IMPRESSIVE EXAMPLE OF THE UNCERTAINTY OF ALL WORLDLY HOPES. / BENEVOLENT, GENEROUS, AND SINCERE, /
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT ADORNED AND THE VIRTUES THAT EXALTED HIS CHARACTER, / ENDEARED HIM ALIKE TO THE AFFECTIONS OF HIS FRIENDS, AND THE HEARTS OF HIS FAMILY. / THE TEARS THAT A WEEPING MULTITUDE SHED OVER HIS GRAVE / WERE A WELL MERITED AND EXPRESSIVE TRIBUTE / TO THE WORTH AND EXCELLENCE OF HIS CHARACTER.’
Details
Description: In relief above the inscription tablet, a mourning female with a wrecked ship to the right and a broken anchor on the left. Type: Wall tablet Artists: Sir Richard Westmacott
People
Holmes, Richard Fleming Worsley Age: Date of Death: 1814 Cause of Death: Maritime accident Rank / Occupation: Passenger Organisation:
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Notes: Drowned when his boat overturned in the Hamble. Bibliography: Nikilaus Pevsner and David Lloyd 'The Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight' (Harmondsworth, 1967).
Memorial at All Saints’ and St Margaret’s Church, Pakefield, Suffolk commemorating Arthur Chandler, Trinity Pilot, d. 1920
Location
All Saints' and St Margaret’s Church, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Arthur William Chandler, late Trinity House Pilot for 35 years, also served at Lieut. RNVR during the Great War 1914-18 who died 17 July 1920 aged 70 years. Also Maria, wife of the above and only daughter of the late George and Rhoda SEALER of Pakefield who died 1 Jan 1924 aged 70.'
Details
Position: Churchyard
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Chambers, Arthur William Age: 70 Date of Death: 17/7/1920 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot. Lieutenant RNVR Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, Trinity House
Memorial commemorating Royal Naval casualties during the Boxer Rebellion at Victoria Park Portsmouth
Location
Victoria Park, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[Top] 'TAKU FORTS, TIENTSIN, DEFENCE OF LEGATIONS, PEKIN' [Front base] 'H.M.S. ORLANDO / NORTH CHINA 1900 / Commander P.H. WRIGHT, died of wounds received at Tientsin / KILLED SIR E SEYMOUR'S COLUMN W. GINGELL Srgt R.M.L.I. / N.BERRY Ord. / KILLED AT TIENTSIN / J.W. JOHNSON Lt. SMm / R. WHEELER A.B. / H. MILLS A.B. / F. HUSSEY A.B. / E. CRADDOCK A.B. / N.ROBINSON Pte R.M.L.I. / Legation guard died of wounds / A.G.SAWYER Pte R.M.L.I.' [Left top] 'FORTITER DEFENDIT TRIUMPHANS' [Left base] 'This bell was taken / At the capture of the North West Fort, Taku / June 17 1900 / And brought home by H.M.S. ORLANDO. / The memorial is erected by the / Officers and Men / In memory of their comrades / Who lost their lives / During the commission'. [Top] 'PERPETUAL FELICITY ACHIEVED' Bottom 'Come pleasant weather and gentle rain / The empire happy at peace again' [Top right] ' H.M.S. ORLANDO / 1899-1902 [Bottom] 'CAPTAIN JAMES T. BURKE C.B. DIED AT SEA 12th May 1902 / Mr E.A. GOVETT, Midshipman / BENJ. GREEN Chief Stoker / E.C. HOLLOWAY P.O. 2nd Cl. / R.J. HALLS A.B. / J. HARDING Stoker / W. SNELGROVE Ord. / F. J. BOULTON Boy'.
Details
Description: Bell in a pagoda-shaped monument, the roof supported by four columns. Type: Bell; temple Materials: granite, stone Vessel: HMS Orlando
Event
Boxer Rebellion
People
Berry, N. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Boulton, F. J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Boy Organisation: Royal Navy Burke, James H. T. Age: Date of Death: 12/5/1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy Craddock, E. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Gingell, W. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Sergeant Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Govett, E. A. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy Green, Benjamin Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Halls, R. J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Harding, J. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy Holloway, E. C. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer 2nd class Organisation: Royal Navy Hussey, F. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Johnson, J.W. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Mills, H. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Robinson, N. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Sawyer, A.G. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Private Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry Snelgrove, W. Age: Date of Death: 1899-1902 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Wheeler, R. Age: Date of Death: 1900 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation:
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Notes: Chinese bell taken at the capture of the North West Taku fort June 17th 1900. The bell was repatriated in 2005 and a Chinese-made replacement was substituted. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
