Memorial at New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica commemorating Thomas Gibson died 1846?
Location
New West Ground, Kingston, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Thomas GIBSON [?] of Liverpool, England, Commander of the Ship 'Jamaica', belonging to that Port, who died in this city on the 25th day of October 1846 [?] aged 41 years...Erected by his widow...'
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Type: Gravestone Vessel: Jamaica
People
Gibson, Thomas Age: 41 Date of Death: 25/10/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
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Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London 1875).
Memorial at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain William Browell RN d. 1813
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
Sacred to the memory of / Captain William Browell / of the Royal Navy / Lieutenant Governor of Greenwich Hospital / who died the 21st July 1813 aged 72 years / Also to the memory of Mary Browell / the beloved wife of the above / who died the 19th September 1809 aged 51 years / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord / from henceforth yea, faith the spirit that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them"
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Position: Mausoleum
People
Browell, William Age: Date of Death: 21/7/1831 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
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Notes: On a tablet listing the monuments destroyed in the 1939-45 .war. Bibliography: Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618 Recorder: Mr Munday, 1986
Memorial formerly at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating the Reverend David Lloyd d. 1845
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / the Reverend David Lloyd / Chaplain of this Hospital / who died on the 5th September 1845 / aged 72 years / also of Amelia Lloyd his widow who / died on the 18th September 1845 [?] aged 90 years'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)
People
Lloyd, David Age: 72 Date of Death: 5/9/1845 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Chaplain Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
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Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 War, transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial inscription 99618.
Gravestone at St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris commemorating John Williams d. 1873, pilot
Location
St Mary and St Nicholas Church, Beaumaris, Anglesey, Wales
Transcript
'UNDERNEATH / lie the remains of GEORGE son of / John Williams Pilot by Elizabeth / His Wife he Died 27th of Jany 1931 / Aged 6 years / Also / ELIZABTH WILLIAMS / wife of the above JOHN WILLIAMS / died Feby 24th 1858 Aged 75 / Also / the above JOHN WILLIAMS / died February 5th 1873 / AGED 88 YEARS'
Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk commemorating Admiral of the White, Sir William Rowley RN d. 1768 and Vice Admiral of the White, Sir Joshua Rowley RN d. 1790
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, K.B. / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 1ST OF JANUARY, 1768, / AGED 79 YEARS. / ALSO OF / SIR JOSHUA ROWLEY, BART. / VICE-ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE; / WHO DIED THE 26TH OF FEBRUARY 1790 / AGED 59 YEARS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY SIR WILLIAM ROWLEY, BART. / SON AND GRAND-SON, / TO COMMEMORATE HIS AFFECTION WHILST LIVING, / AND PERPETUATE THEIR MEMORY WHEN DEAD.'
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Description: Two Rowley coats of arms carved on a rectanglar panel above the inscription. This has a rectangular pediment, with anthemion acroteria. A flaming lamp is placed above, flanked with an ensign and pennants and an anchor and compass. Type: Wall tablet Position: Wall of south chancel Materials: White and grey marble Date Erected: 1813 Artists: John Bacon, the younger
People
Rowley, William Age: 79 Date of Death: 1/1/1768 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy Rowley, Joshua Age: 59 Date of Death: 26/2/1790 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Highgate Cemetery commemorating Commander Richard Murdoch Robertson RN d. 1852
Location
Highgate Cemetery, Highgate, London, England
Transcript
'To the memory / of / RICHARD MURDOCH ROBERTSON, Esqre., / a Commander in the Royal Navy. / Born at Portsmouth on the 17th November, 1809. / Died at Edinburgh August 10th, 1852. / His surviving brothers and sisters have erected / this memorial as a token / of the affection they bore him. / Eheu! Eheu! Frater noster. / Within the same tomb / as her uncle / repose the remains of / EDITH MARION ROBERTSON / the youngest and beloved child of / Henry Robertson, Esqre., of Hampstead. / She was born Jany. 27th, 1844, / and died 29th May 1855. / Why should I murmur? It is God's will.'
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People
Robertson, Richard Murdoch Age: 42 Date of Death: 10/8/1852 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Commander RN Organisation: Royal Navy
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Bibliography: Frederick Teague Cansick 'Epitaphs of Middlesex' (London, 1869) vol ii, p. 70.
Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake commemorating Vice-Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr d. 1840
Location
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Shiplake, Oxfordshire, England
Transcript
'In memory of Vice Admiral Lord Mark Robert Kerr (Third son of William John Kerr Fifth Marquis of Lothian) whose remains are interred beneath this tablet. He departed this life Sept. 9th 1840 in the 64th year of his age. Most exemplary as a Christian, a husband, a father and a friend.'
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People
Kerr, Mark Robert Age: 64 Date of Death: 9/9/1840 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters
