Memorial at All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka commemorating John Richards d. 1888
Location
All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of John Richards of Newport, Pembroke, Wales late Chief Officer SS Shakespeare who died at sea off this port 18 May 1888. Age 41 years. Erected by Captain and officers'
Details
Vessel: SS Shakespeare
People
Richards, John Age: Date of Death: 18/5/1888 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chief Officer Organisation:
Gravestone in Holy Trinity, Beaminster, Dorset commemorating George Tizzard d. 1864
Location
Holy Trinity, Beaminster, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF ROBERT TIZZARD WHO DIED NOV 18 1882 AGED 77 YEARS ALSO OF ELIZABETH HIS BELOVED WIFE WHO DIED MARCH 13 1855 AGED 40 YEARS. ALSO OF ALFRED ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE WHO DIED SEPT 21 1868 AGED 40 YEARS ALSO OF GEORGE THEIR YOUNGEST SON WHO DIED AT SEA AND WAS BURIED IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN JAN 9 1864 AGED 21 YEARS' [Footstone] 'RT 1882 ET 1855 AT1868 GT 1864'
Details
Type: Gravestone
People
Tizzard, George Age: 21 Date of Death: 9/1/1864 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Memorial at the Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Edward Chalinder, HM Customs, d. 1867
Location
Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘TO THE MEMORY / of / EDWARD CHALINDER / Late of H.M. Customs / of this port / and formerly of Llanelly / who died at Newhaven / March 6th 1867 / Aged 51 years / ’Truly my hope is even in thee’ / Also / EMMA / Wife of the above / who died Oct 15 1883 / Aged 69 years'
Details
People
Chalinder, Edward Age: 51 Date of Death: 6/3/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Customs Officer Organisation: HM Customs
Extra
Recorder: Rev. William Henry Donnan 1978 Photographer: P Lacey
Wall tablet in St Laurence’s Church, Upminster, dedicated to George Hyla Holden d. 1846
Location
St Laurence's Church, Upminster, Essex, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE HYLA HOLDEN, / MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M.S. VESUVIUS, WHO, WITH TEN OF THE CREW, FELL / THE VICTIM OF MALIGNANT FEVER / IN THE GULPH OF MEXICO, / AUGUST 1ST 1846 IN THE 18TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Nave south wall Materials: Marble, slate Artists: King Vessel: HMS Vesuvius
People
Holden, George Hyla Age: 17 Date of Death: 1/8/1846 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
Memorial at Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating mariners lost at sea 1840-1868
Location
Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England
Details
People
Cleet, Robert Age: 32 Date of Death: 25/3/1842 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation: Colledge, Joshua Age: 23? Date of Death: 20/11/1864 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Denham, George Thomas Age: 36 Date of Death: 1863 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner. Organisation: Gibson, William Age: 34 Date of Death: 12/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation: Parkin, Thomas Age: 27 Date of Death: 1851 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Pearson, Robert Age: Date of Death: 3/1860 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Stobbart, William Age: 40 Date of Death: 20/8/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Turner, Thomas Age: 17 Date of Death: 1/9/1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Webster, David Age: 31 Date of Death: 1862 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Tedburn St Mary, Plymouth commemorating the Reverend Charles Burne d. 1859
Location
St Mary's Church, Tedburn St Mary, Plymouth, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF THE / REVD. CHARLES BURNE / WHO DIED ON THE 24th SEPTEMBER / 1859 AGED 75 YEARS / HE WAS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH 44 YEARS / AND WAS GREATLY BELOVED AND / RESPECTED BY HIS PARISHIONERS / AND DEEPLY LAMENTED / BY HIS FAMILY AND LARGE CIRCLE OF FRIENDS / HE WAS SENIOR CHAPLAIN / IN THE ROYAL NAVY AND WAS PRESENT AT / THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR IN H.M.S. NEPTUNE / AND OBTAINED THE MEDAL / AWARDED FOR THAT MEMORABLE VICTORY / ALSO / TO THE MEMORY OF ELIZABETH / HIS WIFE WHO DIED JUNE 22nd 1877' [Small floor slab by altar screen] 'Sacred to the memory of the Rev. Charles Burne who / died on the 24th of September 1859 aged 75 years'
Details
Position: North aisle Vessel: HMS Neptune
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Burne, Charles Age: 75 Date of Death: 24/9/1859 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 39.
A tower on the Anglesey shores of the Menai Strait commemorating Admiral Horatio Nelson d. 1805
Location
Shore of Menai Strait just west of Britannia Bridge, Anglesey, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
[East and west sides] 'Fell at Trafalgar 1805' 'England expects that every man will do his duty'
Details
Description: A square stone tower with an open doorway on north side with an access ladder inside which leads to a walkway round an octagonal of dressed stone about 9' high. Above a round plinth with the words 'Nelson' on seaward side, on landward 'Clarence Paget,Sculptor 1873'. Above this a stone statue of Nelson (sword now broken). Large slate 'windows' in three sides of the stone tower. On the east and west sides large inscription 'Fell at Trafalgar 1805'. On seaward side 'England expects that every man will do his duty.' Type: Tower Date Erected: 1873 Artists: C. Paget
Event
Battle of Trafalgar
Event Date
1805
Event Category
1803-1815 Napoleonic War
People
Nelson, Horatio Age: 47 Date of Death: 21/10/1805 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Erected as a sea mark. Bibliography: Colin White (editor) 'The Nelson Companion' (Portsmouth,1995) p. 141. Recorder: David Saunders 1983
Memorial at St Peter’s Church, Kolkata, India commemorating Rear-Admiral James Cockburn, RN, d. 1872
Location
St Peter's Church, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In memory of Rear-Admiral James Horsford Cockburn, Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's Naval Forces in the East Indies, who died at Government House, Calcutta, on the 10th of February 1872, aged 55. Erected by the Government of India.'
Details
People
Cockburn, James Horsfield Age: 55 Date of Death: 10/2/1872 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: C.R. Wilson 'List of Inscriptions on tombs or monuments in Bengal possessing historical or archaeological interest' (Calcutta, 1896). p. 37 No. 122
Memorial at Holy Trinity Church, Liverpool commemorating John McQuillan d. 1801
Location
Holy Trinity Church, St Anne Street, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'John McQuillan late master of the Hebe, one of the constant traders between this Port and Dublin died 9th December 1801 age 47...'
Details
Vessel: Hebe
People
McQuillan, John Age: 47 Date of Death: 9/12/1801 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Extra
Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 2, p. 277. Church demolished in 1970. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand