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St Swithin's Church, Martyr Worthy, Hampshire, England

Memorial in St Swithin’s Church, Martyr Worthy, Hampshire commemorating Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley d. 1808

Location

St Swithin's Church, Martyr Worthy, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'In Memory of / Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, Baronet / Born at Craig, Dumfriesshire; died at Chilland / in this Parish and was buried in this church / AD 1808 / After long and distinguished services he commanded a / division of Lord Howe's Fleet in the victory over the / French Fleet May 29th and June 1st 1794, having his / flag in H.M.S. Bellerophon, in which battle he was / severely wounded, losing a leg. For his services he was / created a Baronet and after holding the command of / Port Admiral at Plymouth 1799-1801, retired to Chilland Cottage, where he died. / This brass is erected to his memory / by his grandson / Admiral Sir Thomas Sabine Pasley / Baronet K.C.B. [etc. etc.] 1879'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of nave
Materials: Brass
Vessel: HMS Bellerophon

Event

Battle of the Glorious First of June

Event Date

1794

Event Category

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Pasley, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1991
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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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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London commemorating Francis Elgar d. 1909, naval architect

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / FRANCIS ELGAR L.L.D., F,R,S, / BORN APRIL 24TH 1845 / DIED JANUARY 17TH 1909 / AND / ETHEL ANNIE MITCHELL ELGAR / HIS DEARLY LOVED WIFE / WHO DIED ON THE 8TH JULY 1914. AGED 46 YEARS / REST IN PEACE'

Details

Description: Cross on stepped plinth
Type: Cross
Materials: Grey granite

People

Elgar, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval architect
Organisation: Admiralty

Extra

Notes: 1845-1909. Naval architect and Admiralty Director of Dockyards.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 155.
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St Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Memorial in Penzance, Cornwall dedicated to Commander Richard Davies RN d. 1846

Location

St Mary's Church, Penzance, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory / of / Richard Longfield Davies / of Ridinnick House, Penzance / Commander in the Royal Navy / who departed this life / May the 1st 1846 / in the 70th year of his age / a brave officer / and a sincere christian'

Details

Position: North wall

People

Davies, Richard Longfield
Age: 70
Date of Death: 1/5/1846
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Dr R.J. Hetherington
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Ballyhalbert Old Graveyard, Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland

Memorial at Ballyhalbert Old Graveyard, Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland commemorating Thomas Warnock, d. 1837

Location

Ballyhalbert Old Graveyard, Ballyhalbert, County Down, Northern Ireland

Transcript

'In memory of Thomas WARNOCK who was killed by a fall in the brig 'Rowena' at Belfast March 18 1837 aged 24 years'

Details

Vessel: Rowena

People

Warnock, Thomas
Age: 24
Date of Death: 18/3/1837
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham
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North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Memorial in North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar Alexander Thirde RN d. 1909

Location

North Front Cemetery, Gibraltar, Rest of the World

Details

Position: Grave 1490
Vessel: HMS Albemarle

People

Thirde, Alexander
Age: 29
Date of Death: 21/1/1909
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Leading Shipwright
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Son of the late John Third Carpenter Kingston and son of Mrs Horne Burnside Garmouth (or Yarmouth) verse erected by his shipmates.
Recorder: B.D. & G.L. Metherell 1986
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St Leonard's Church, Butleigh, Somerset, England

Vault at St Leonard’s Church, Butleigh, Somerset commemorating Captain Alexander Hood RN d. 1798

Location

St Leonard's Church, Butleigh, Somerset, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF ALEXANDER HOOD ESQR, CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY / WHO (WHILST COMMANDING H.M.S. MARS OF 74 GUNS / ON THE NIGHT OF THE 21ST APRIL 1798) / LASHING HIS SHIP TO THE ENEMY / FOUGHT AND CONQUERED, AFTER A DESPERATE ACTION / THE FRENCH SHIP L'HERCULE OF EQUAL FORCE / AND IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY FELL GLORIOUSLY'

Details

Description: Classical dentilated Doric entablature with triglyphs and carved flowers on the frieze (similar to sarcophagus of Cornelius Lucius Scipio Barbatus).
Type: Vault
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Mars, Hercules

Event

1793-1802 French Revolutionary War

People

Hood, Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 21/4/1798
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Captain Alexander Hood and Sir Alexander Hood are buried in the Periam vault in the churchyard. Their hatchments are in the church. Inscription commemorating Captain Alexander Hood on the South face of the memorial over the vault, his father in law, mother in law and his wife are commemorated on the North face as is Admiral Lord Hood of Avalon, Captain Alexander's son Sir Alexander Hood Bt. is on the East face of the tomb.
Photographer: Anne Michell
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