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All Saints Cemetery, Galle, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

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:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham
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Holy Trinity, Beaminster, Devon, England

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

Extra

Notes: Also of Robert Tizzard. d. 1882
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Old Cemetery, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

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
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St Laurence's Church, Upminster, Essex, England

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)
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

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:

Extra

Notes: Lost at sea.
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St Mary's Church, Tedburn St Mary, Plymouth, England

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.
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Shore of Menai Strait just west of Britannia Bridge, Anglesey, Anglesey, Wales

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
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St Peter's Church, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

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
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Holy Trinity Church, St Anne Street, Liverpool, England

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
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St James's cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial in St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Lieutenant G. R. Taylor RN

Location

St James's cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Lieut. G.R. Taylor RN died 26 Jan. 1857 Age 62'

Details

People

Taylor, G. R.
Age: 62
Date of Death: 26/1/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p.909.
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