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Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Headstone at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating Lieutenant William Marshall RN d. 1853

Location

Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT WILLIAM MARSHALL R.N. / DIED AT DUNBAR 6 OCT 1853 AGED 75 / ALSO OF HIS WIFE / FRANCES MACKENZIE / DIED AT EDINBURGH 18 FEB 1878 AGED 82 / AND OF HIS CHILDREN / ELIZABETH / DIED 14 MARCH 1825 AGED 5 / WILLIAM/DIED 15 DEC 1835 AGED 18 / ROBERT/DIED 23 SEP 1837 AGED 9 MONTHS / JAMES/OF H.M. CUSTOMS / DIED AT BANFF 26 JULY 1868 AGED 44 / AND IS INTERRED THERE / CHARLES / DIED AT GATESHEAD-ON-TYNE 24 JUNE 1890 AGED 63 / AND IS INTERRED THERE / FRANCES MACKENZIE / WIFE OF JOHN PATTISON W.S. / DIED 27 JANUARY 1892 AGED 70 / AND IS INTERRED AT ST CUTHBERT'S EDINBURGH / MARY/DIED AT EDINBURGH 18 JUNE 1892 AGED 58 / ALSO HIS MOTHER IN LAW / ELIZABETH RICHARDSON / DIED 28 DEC 1834 AGED 80 / JOHN DAVID MARSHALL HIS SON / WHO DIED AT MELBOURNE 9TH AUGUST 1905 / AGED 76 YEARS / AGNES HOOD MARSHALL HIS DAUGHTER / WHO DIED AT EDINBURGH 26TH OCT 1906 AGED 72 YEARS'

Details

Description: Headstone on plinth.
Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Marshall, William
Age: 75
Date of Death: 6/10/1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / LIEUT WILLIAM MARSHALL R.N. / DIED AT DUNBAR 6 OCT 1853 AGED 75 / ALSO OF HIS WIFE / FRANCES MACKENZIE / DIED AT EDINBURGH 18 FEB 1878 AGED 82 / AND OF HIS CHILDREN / ELIZABETH / DIED 14 MARCH 1825 AGED 5 / WILLIAM/DIED 15 DEC 1835 AGED 18 / ROBERT/DIED 23 SEP 1837 AGED 9 MONTHS / JAMES/OF H.M. CUSTOMS / DIED AT BANFF 26 JULY 1868 AGED 44 / AND IS INTERRED THERE / CHARLES / DIED AT GATESHEAD-ON-TYNE 24 JUNE 1890 AGED 63 / AND IS INTERRED THERE / FRANCES MACKENZIE / WIFE OF JOHN PATTISON W.S. / DIED 27 JANUARY 1892 AGED 70 / AND IS INTERRED AT ST CUTHBERT'S EDINBURGH / MARY/DIED AT EDINBURGH 18 JUNE 1892 AGED 58 / ALSO HIS MOTHER IN LAW / ELIZABETH RICHARDSON / DIED 28 DEC 1834 AGED 80 / JOHN DAVID MARSHALL HIS SON / WHO DIED AT MELBOURNE 9TH AUGUST 1905 / AGED 76 YEARS / AGNES HOOD MARSHALL HIS DAUGHTER / WHO DIED AT EDINBURGH 26TH OCT 1906 AGED 72 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Headstone at Dunbar Parish Church, Dunbar commemorating  Lieutenant William Marshall RN d. 1853</p>",
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Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Memorial in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Frederick William Tubb d. 1913

Location

Naval and Military Cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Frederick William Tubb / Able Seaman H.M.S. PRINCESS ROYAL / died 9th July 1913 aged 36'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 399
Vessel: HMS Princess Royal

People

Tubb, Frederick William
Age: 36
Date of Death: 9/7/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J. H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Frederick William Tubb / Able Seaman H.M.S. PRINCESS ROYAL / died 9th July 1913 aged 36'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Frederick William Tubb d. 1913</p>",
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    "recorder": "R. & J. H. Perry 1987",
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All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England

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.

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  "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.",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at All Saints Church, Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk commemorating Susannah Bolton, sister of Admiral Lord Nelson, d. 1813</p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31392\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_6568-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_6568-300x200.jpg 300w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_6568-768x511.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/IMG_6568-1024x682.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" /></p>",
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Mesirah, Muscat, Oman, Rest of the World

Memorial at Mesirah, Muscat, Oman commemorating the men of the ‘Baron Innerdale’ killed after the ship was stranded in 1904

Location

Mesirah, Muscat, Oman, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / THOSE / OF THE BARON INNERDALE / WHO WERE MASSACRED / AT THIS POINT / IN THE YEAR / 1904'

Details

Description: A cross on a rock.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: Baron Innerdale

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER. 'Baron Innerdale' 1896, stranded 5/8/1904, captain and all Greek crew massacred.
Bibliography: 'Lloyd's Weekly Shipping Index' vol. ii, Aug-Dec 1904; 'Times' 31 August 1904; 'Times' 4 Nov 1904.

JSON

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  "location": "Mesirah, Muscat, Oman, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY / OF / THOSE / OF THE BARON INNERDALE / WHO WERE MASSACRED / AT THIS POINT / IN THE YEAR / 1904'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Mesirah, Muscat, Oman commemorating the men of the ‘Baron Innerdale’ killed after the ship was stranded in 1904 </p>",
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    "notes": "DOSSIER. 'Baron Innerdale' 1896, stranded 5/8/1904, captain and all Greek crew massacred.",
    "bibliography": "'Lloyd's Weekly Shipping Index' vol. ii, Aug-Dec 1904; 'Times' 31 August 1904; 'Times' 4 Nov 1904.",
    "recorder": "",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

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

JSON

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  "transcript": "'John Bangley Pritchard Esq. accidentally drowned in the river Mersey 19th August 1864 age 55'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating John Bangley Pritchard d. 1864</p>",
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Dunbar Parish Church., Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

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

Extra

Recorder: John Steele 1988

JSON

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  "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'",
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    "artists": "",
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Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Memorial at Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya commemorating George Redman, RN, d. 1887

Location

Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the Memory of / G.H. Redman A.B. / H.M.S. Reindeer / Age 30 years / Drowned at Dry Gap 1st July / 1887 / Not dead but sleepeth'

Details

Description: Cross on a stepped plinth.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Reindeer

People

Redman, George H.
Age: 30
Date of Death: 1/7/1887
Cause of Death: Martime accident
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Drowned off Pemba. Five burials on Funzi Island are of Royal Navy and Royal Marine personnel. Redman’s grave is now in the House of Wonders Museum, Stone Town, Zanzibar.

Bibliography: Kevin Patience 'Zanzibar Revisited', 'The Review: Journal of the Naval Historical Collectors Research Association' (Winter 1999, pp. 6-7).

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  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the Memory of / G.H. Redman A.B. / H.M.S. Reindeer / Age 30 years / Drowned at Dry Gap 1st July / 1887 / Not dead but sleepeth'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Funzi Island, Mombasa, Kenya commemorating George Redman, RN, d. 1887</p>",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating James Gordon RN d. 1907

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of James GORDON, Stoker, H.M.S. Bedford who departed this life April 29th 1907, aged 21 years. In the midst of life we are in death'.

Details

Description: Cross carved above inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: HMS Bedford

People

Gordon, James
Age: 21
Date of Death: 29/4/1907
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "id": "M157",
  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of James GORDON, Stoker, H.M.S. Bedford who departed this life April 29th 1907, aged 21 years. In the midst of life we are in death'.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating  James Gordon RN d. 1907</p>",
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Philip Gaudin d. 1867

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of Philip GAUDIN, a native of Jersey, who was killed by falling from aloft on board the British Barque 'Adeline' off...December 3rd 1867, aged 26 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Adeline

People

Gaudin, Philip
Age: 26
Date of Death: 3/12/1867
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Philip GAUDIN, a native of Jersey, who was killed by falling from aloft on board the British Barque 'Adeline' off...December 3rd 1867, aged 26 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Philip Gaudin d. 1867</p>",
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    "event":"",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Joseph Little RN d. 1885

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'William Joseph Little, naval schoolmaster, H.M.S. AUDACIOUS, died 21st December 1885, Aged 33 years'

Details

Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Audaceous

People

Little, William Joseph
Age: 33
Date of Death: 21/12/1885
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval schoolmaster
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "transcript": "'William Joseph Little, naval schoolmaster, H.M.S. AUDACIOUS, died 21st December 1885, Aged 33 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating William Joseph Little RN d. 1885</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters