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Church of St Mary Magdalen, Gillingham, Kent, England

Wall tablet at Church of St Mary Magdalen, Gillingham, Kent, commemorating Thomas Parkin d. 1815 and George Parkin d. 1843

Location

Church of St Mary Magdalen, Gillingham, Kent, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MR THOMAS PARKIN RN OBIT 4TH OCTR 1815 / AETAS 19 / ALSO / GEORGE PARKIN ESQR / FATHER OF THE ABOVE / for many years Master Builder at / Her Majesty's Dockyards / SHEERNESS and CHATHAM / DIED THE 20TH OF APRIL 1843 / IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND ELIZABETH PARKIN / Relict of the said George Parkin, whom she/survived only three weeks, after a happy / union of nearly 61 years / DIED THE 12TH MAY 1843 / IN THE 84TH YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO HENRY PARKIN ESQR M.D. / SON OF THE ABOVE GEORGE AND ELIZABETH PARKIN / DIED THE 4TH JUNE 1852 / IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle
Materials: Marble

People

Parkin, George
Age: 85
Date of Death: 20/4/1843
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation: Master Builder
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Chatham, HM Dockyard, Sheerness
Parkin, Thomas
Age: 19
Date of Death: 4/10/1815
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1998

JSON

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  "location": "Church of St Mary Magdalen, Gillingham, Kent, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MR THOMAS PARKIN RN OBIT 4TH OCTR 1815 / AETAS 19 / ALSO / GEORGE PARKIN ESQR / FATHER OF THE ABOVE / for many years Master Builder at / Her Majesty's Dockyards / SHEERNESS and CHATHAM / DIED THE 20TH OF APRIL 1843 / IN THE 86TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / AND ELIZABETH PARKIN / Relict of the said George Parkin, whom she/survived only three weeks, after a happy / union of nearly 61 years / DIED THE 12TH MAY 1843 / IN THE 84TH YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO HENRY PARKIN ESQR M.D. / SON OF THE ABOVE GEORGE AND ELIZABETH PARKIN / DIED THE 4TH JUNE 1852 / IN THE 60TH YEAR OF HIS AGE'",
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    "position": "South aisle",
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    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1998",
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St Mary's Church, Chigwell, Essex, England

Wall memorial at St Mary’s Church, Chigwell, Essex, commemorating Captain William Brabazon Urmston RN d. 1869

Location

St Mary's Church, Chigwell, Essex, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM BRABAZON URMSTON / CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY, / KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR &c. / SECOND SON OF SIR JAMES BRABAZON URMSTON, KT. / FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH, / WHO, AFTER SERVING HIS GOD AND HIS COUNTRY / WITH TRUE DEVOTION, / DIED ON THE 18TH DECEMBER 1869, / AGED 41 YEARS / ON BOARD H.M.S. AKBAR, AT ROCKFERRY, CHESHIRE. / HIS REMAINS / ARE INTERRRED IN THE FAMILY BURIAL GROUND / OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, / JOHN BURN MURDOCH, ESQRE / AT GARTINCABER, PERTHSHIRE, / "NOT SLOTHFUL IN BUSINESS, / FERVENT IN SPIRIT, / SERVING THE LORD.'

Details

Description: Inscription tablet in the shape of a scroll. Behind it is carved an anchor and a chain in high relief.

Type: Wall memorial
Position: Nave south wall
Materials: Marble, stone
Vessel: HMS Akbar

People

Urmston, William Brabazon
Age: 41
Date of Death: 18/12/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "location": "St Mary's Church, Chigwell, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / WILLIAM BRABAZON URMSTON / CAPTAIN ROYAL NAVY, / KNIGHT OF THE LEGION OF HONOR &c. / SECOND SON OF SIR JAMES BRABAZON URMSTON, KT. / FORMERLY OF THIS PARISH, / WHO, AFTER SERVING HIS GOD AND HIS COUNTRY / WITH TRUE DEVOTION, / DIED ON THE 18TH DECEMBER 1869, / AGED 41 YEARS / ON BOARD H.M.S. AKBAR, AT ROCKFERRY, CHESHIRE. / HIS REMAINS / ARE INTERRRED IN THE FAMILY BURIAL GROUND / OF HIS FATHER-IN-LAW, / JOHN BURN MURDOCH, ESQRE / AT GARTINCABER, PERTHSHIRE, / \"NOT SLOTHFUL IN BUSINESS, / FERVENT IN SPIRIT, / SERVING THE LORD.'",
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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Captain David Jones d. 1905

Location

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

Transcript

'Gan ddisgwyl am gobraith cwynfydedic duw cariad yw. In loving memory of Capt. David JONES, 3 Picton Terrace, New Quay, South Wales, G.B., Master of the S.S. 'Attaka' who died 24th February, 1905 aged 43'

Details

Description: Daffodils carved above the inscription.
Type: Headstone
Vessel: SS Ataka

People

Jones, David
Age: 43
Date of Death: 24/2/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Steel screw steamer 'Ataka', owner J.M. Wood, built Ropner & Son, Stockton 1889, 3752 tons.
Recorder: Christine Thomas

JSON

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  "location": "Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'Gan ddisgwyl am gobraith cwynfydedic duw cariad yw. In loving memory of Capt. David JONES, 3 Picton Terrace, New Quay, South Wales, G.B., Master of the S.S. 'Attaka' who died 24th February, 1905 aged 43'",
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    "materials": "",
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    "notes": "Steel screw steamer 'Ataka', owner J.M. Wood, built Ropner & Son, Stockton 1889, 3752 tons.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Christine Thomas",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Captain Thomas Clarke Newton d. 1908

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In / loving memory of / Annie / the beloved daughter of / Capt T & Ellen Newton / who died Feb 3rd 1908 / Aged 19 years / her end was peace / Also of the above / Thomas Clarke Newton / ( Master mariner) / beloved husband of Ellen Newton / who died March 31st 1915/ Aged 62 years / Thy will be done / Also the above Ellen Newton / who died Aug 2nd 1935 / Aged 83 years / Also Allan their dearly beloved son / Killed in action May 8th 1915 / Aged 23 years / At Rest'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Newton, Thomas Clarke
Age: 62
Date of Death: 31/3/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

JSON

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  "id": "M6395",
  "location": "Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales",
  "transcript": "'In / loving memory of / Annie / the beloved daughter of / Capt T & Ellen Newton / who died Feb 3rd 1908 / Aged 19 years / her end was peace / Also of the above / Thomas Clarke Newton / ( Master mariner) / beloved husband of Ellen Newton / who died March 31st 1915/ Aged 62 years / Thy will be done / Also the above Ellen Newton / who died Aug 2nd 1935 / Aged 83 years / Also Allan their dearly beloved son / Killed in action May 8th 1915 / Aged 23 years / At Rest'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Captain Thomas Clarke Newton d. 1908</p>",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David J. Wickham",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia, Rest of the World

Memorial in Tallinn Cathedral commemorating Admiral Samuel Greig, Imperial Russian Navy d. 1788

Location

Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia, Rest of the World

Transcript

'SAMUELI GREIGIO / SCOTO / SUMMO RUSS. CLASS: PRAEFECTO NAT MDCCXXXV DENAT MDCCLXXXVIII / HUNC / ARCHIPELAGUS ET MARE BALTICUM / ORAQUE SOSPES AB HOSTIUM IGNIBUS / HUNC / VIRTUTUM LAUDES ET / MAGNANIMAE . CATHARINAE II / SUPERSTES DOLOR / PERPETUO CARMINE CELEBRANT'

Details

Description: Architectural surround of a pediment supported by Ionic columns. The Grieg arms above supported by two putti, a cherub's head above. On either side of the inscription are naked winged boys holding wreaths and inverted torches.
Type: Wall monument
Materials: White marble

People

Grieg, Samuel
Age: 53
Date of Death: 26/10/1788
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Imperial Russian Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
Recorder: Richard Ormond 1990
Photographer: Richard Ormond 1990

JSON

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  "post_id": "6105",
  "id": "M4329",
  "location": "Cathedral, Tallinn, Estonia, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'SAMUELI GREIGIO / SCOTO / SUMMO RUSS. CLASS: PRAEFECTO NAT MDCCXXXV DENAT MDCCLXXXVIII / HUNC / ARCHIPELAGUS ET MARE BALTICUM / ORAQUE SOSPES AB HOSTIUM IGNIBUS / HUNC / VIRTUTUM LAUDES ET / MAGNANIMAE . CATHARINAE II / SUPERSTES DOLOR / PERPETUO CARMINE CELEBRANT'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4329Large.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6872\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4329Large.jpg 700w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/M4329Large-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Memorial in Tallinn Cathedral commemorating Admiral Samuel Greig, Imperial Russian Navy d. 1788</p>",
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  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "description": "Architectural surround of a pediment supported by Ionic columns. The Grieg arms above supported by two putti, a cherub's head above. On either side of the inscription are naked winged boys holding wreaths and inverted torches.",
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    "position": "",
    "materials": "White marble",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "'Dictionary of National Biography'.",
    "recorder": "Richard Ormond 1990",
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Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford VC, RN d. 1918 and Captain Francis Hugh Sandford, DSO, RN, d. 1926

Location

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Transcript

'TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / TWO BROTHERS / CAPTAIN FRANCIS HUGH / SANDFORD D.SO., / CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PALME, / R.N. DARDANELLES, DOVER PATROL. / BORN 1887 DIED 1926 / AND / LIEUT. RICHARD DOUGLAS / SANDFORD V.C. / LEGION OF HONOUR, R.N. / SUBMARINE C3. ZEEBRUGGE. / BORN 1891 DIED 1918. / SONS of ARCHDEACON SANDFORD of / EXETER. / WHO IN A DARK HOUR OF PERIL / ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY 1918 / TOGETHER MAINTAINED THE / HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE NAVY'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South side nave
Materials: Bronze

Event

Zeebrugge Raid

Event Date

23/4/1918

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Sandford, Francis Hugh
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1926
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sandford, Richard Douglas
Age: 27
Date of Death: 23/11/1918
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Richard Douglas Sandford, Victoria Cross winner for part in Zeebrugge Raid.
Recorder: David Saunders

JSON

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  "post_id": "6083",
  "id": "M2138",
  "location": "Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / TWO BROTHERS / CAPTAIN FRANCIS HUGH / SANDFORD D.SO., / CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PALME, / R.N. DARDANELLES, DOVER PATROL. / BORN 1887 DIED 1926 / AND / LIEUT. RICHARD DOUGLAS / SANDFORD V.C. / LEGION OF HONOUR, R.N. / SUBMARINE C3. ZEEBRUGGE. /  BORN 1891 DIED 1918. / SONS of ARCHDEACON SANDFORD of / EXETER. / WHO IN A DARK HOUR OF PERIL / ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY 1918 / TOGETHER MAINTAINED THE / HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE NAVY'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford VC, RN d. 1918 and Captain Francis Hugh Sandford, DSO, RN, d. 1926</p>",
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  "details": {
    "description": "",
    "type": "Plaque",
    "position": "South side nave",
    "materials": "Bronze",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Zeebrugge Raid",
    "date": "23/4/1918",
    "category": "1914-1918 First World War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Sandford, Francis Hugh","age":"39","dateofdeath":"1926","causeofdeath":"Unknown","rankOccupation":"Captain","organisation":"Royal Navy"},{"name":"Sandford, Richard Douglas","age":"27","dateofdeath":"23/11/1918","causeofdeath":"Infectious disease","rankOccupation":"Lieutenant","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Richard Douglas Sandford, Victoria Cross winner for part in Zeebrugge Raid.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "David Saunders",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Andrew's Church, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England

Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, commemorating Commander Claude Philip Champion de Crespigny RN d. 1947

Location

St Andrew's Church, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England

Transcript

'Claude Philip Champion de Crespigny, Commander RN Born 3 August 1880 Died 28 May 1939. Also, Frederick Philip Champion de Crespigny, 7th BT Commander RN Died 12 August 1947'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Champion de Crespigny, Claude Philip
Age:
Date of Death: 28/5/1939
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Champion de Crespigny, Frederick Philip
Age:
Date of Death: 28/5/1939
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, April 1972

JSON

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  "post_id": "6106",
  "id": "M2578",
  "location": "St Andrew's Church, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Claude Philip Champion de Crespigny, Commander RN Born 3 August 1880 Died 28 May 1939. Also, Frederick Philip Champion de Crespigny, 7th BT Commander RN Died 12 August 1947'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Andrew’s Church, Hatfield Peverel, Essex, commemorating Commander Claude Philip Champion de Crespigny RN d. 1947</p>",
  "images": [],
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan, April 1972",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Andrew's Church, Kenn, Devon, England

Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, Kenn, Devon commemorating Frederick Hamilton, RN d. 1900

Location

St Andrew's Church, Kenn, Devon, England

Transcript

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN HAMILTON WHO DIED FEBRUARY 26TH 1897 AGED 30 YEARS. ALSO FREDERICK HAMILTON RN DROWNED AND BURIED AT PORTSMOUTH FEBRUARY 22nd 1900 AGED 25 YEARS'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Hamilton, Frederick
Age: 24
Date of Death: 22/2/1900
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Not found by recorder though listed by the Council for Christian Care 1987.
Recorder: F.M.M. Lewes

JSON

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  "post_id": "6084",
  "id": "M2804",
  "location": "St Andrew's Church, Kenn, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "'IN LOVING MEMORY OF JOHN HAMILTON WHO DIED FEBRUARY 26TH 1897 AGED 30 YEARS. ALSO FREDERICK HAMILTON RN DROWNED AND BURIED AT PORTSMOUTH FEBRUARY 22nd 1900 AGED 25 YEARS'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in St Andrew’s Church, Kenn, Devon commemorating Frederick Hamilton, RN d. 1900</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "artists": "",
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    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "Not found by recorder though listed by the Council for Christian Care 1987.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "F.M.M. Lewes",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Memorial in Highgate Cemetery commemorating Captain Charles Crole RN d. 1850

Location

Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England

Transcript

'WILLIAM JOHN CROLE WYNDHAM, / son of George O'Brian Wyndham, / 3rd Earl Egremont, / Died 16th November, 1865 aged 67 years. / 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they / shall see God' / 'Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise' / 'In Thy presence in fullness of joy' / CAPTAIN CHARLES CROLE, R.N. / his brother /Died September 30th, 1850 aged 55 years. / Major GEORGE SEYMOUR CROLE 28th Regiment / his half brother / Died June 13th, 1863, aged 64 years / John Barker Esqre. / Father-in-law to the above / W.J. Crole Wyndham Died July 18th, 1863, aged 68 years. / EMILY CHARLOTTE BARKER / Mother-in-law to the above / W.J. Crole Wyndham / Died January 12th, 1866 / Aged 77 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Grave 3850

People

Crole, Charles
Age: 55
Date of Death: 20/9/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: F.T. Cansick 'The Monumental Inscriptions of Middlesex' vol ii, p. 105 (London, 1872); Lydia Collins 'George Seymour Crole- a son of King George IV', 'Genealogists Magazine' vol. 21, p. 231 (September 1984).

JSON

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  "post_id": "6085",
  "id": "M929",
  "location": "Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England",
  "transcript": "'WILLIAM JOHN CROLE WYNDHAM, / son of George O'Brian Wyndham, / 3rd Earl Egremont, / Died 16th November, 1865 aged 67 years. / 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they / shall see God' / 'Today shalt thou be with me in Paradise' / 'In Thy presence in fullness of joy' / CAPTAIN CHARLES CROLE, R.N. / his brother /Died September 30th, 1850 aged 55 years. / Major GEORGE SEYMOUR CROLE 28th Regiment / his half brother / Died June 13th, 1863, aged 64 years / John Barker Esqre. / Father-in-law to the above / W.J. Crole Wyndham Died July 18th, 1863, aged 68 years. / EMILY CHARLOTTE BARKER / Mother-in-law to the above / W.J. Crole Wyndham / Died January 12th, 1866 / Aged 77 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Highgate Cemetery commemorating Captain Charles Crole RN d. 1850</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Grave 3850",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
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  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating N. Boomer, RN, d. 1897

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'N. Boomer E.R.A. / H.M.S. Gibraltar / died / 9th January 1897'

Details

Description: White marble tablet set in concrete cross.
Type: Cross
Vessel: HMS Gibraltar

People

Boomer, N.
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 9/1/1897
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Engine Room Artificer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "id": "M5308",
  "location": "Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'N. Boomer E.R.A. / H.M.S. Gibraltar / died / 9th January 1897'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating N. Boomer, RN, d. 1897</p>",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters