Wall tablet in the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Up Marden, commemorating Captain Thomas Smyth RN d. 1810
Location
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Up Marden, Sussex, England
Transcript
'To the Memory of / THOMAS SMYTH Esq. / Captain in His Majesty's Navy / and Third Son of / The Right Hon: John Smyth / of Heath, Yorkshire / who died at Portsmouth Octr. 12th 1810 / Aged 26 Years / and was interred in the Vault of / his Friend and God Father / Thomas Peckham Phipps Esqr. / This Tablet is erected / By his affectionate Brothers / John Henry Smyth / George Smyth / and Charles Smyth / in humble Confidence of his blessed Resurrection'
Details
Description: Pyramid-shaped marble table, on grey marble mount. Crossed palm branches below inscription. Type: Wall tablet Position: Next to south door Materials: Marble
People
Smyth, Thomas Age: 26 Date of Death: 12/10/1810 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating James Blagmore, RN, and John Edward Padgin, RN, d. 1876
Location
Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World
Transcript
'James Blagmore, O.S. / H.M.S. Ariel / died June 1876' On footstone 'J.E. Padgin A.B. / H.M.S. London / died June 1876'
Details
Type: Gravestone Vessel: HMS Ariel, HMS London
People
Blackmore, James Age: Unknown Date of Death: 6/1876 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Ordinary Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy Padgin, John Edward Age: Unknown Date of Death: 6/1876 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at All Saints’ Church, Earsham, Norfolk commemorating Captain John Windham Dalling RN d. 1853
Location
All Saints' Church, Earsham, Norfolk, England
Transcript
'John Windham Dalling, Captain in the Royal Navy the youngest son of Sir John Dalling Bart. and Catherine daughter of Col Windham of Earsham Hall died at Earsham Hall on 10th Oct 1853 aged 64. Frances Anne daughter of Lieut General Edward FANSHAWE Royal Engineers CB and wife of Capt John Windham DALLING RN was born 8 Aug 1813 and died 14 May 1901'
Details
Vessel: HMS ‘Nimrod’, HMS ‘Raleigh’, HMS ‘Daphne'
People
Dalling, John Windham Age: 64 Date of Death: 10/10/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: George Henry Harlow (1787 - 1819) painted a portrait of the young John Windham Dalling as a midshipman in front of a stormy landscape. Dalling died at Earsham Hall, the home of his brother. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1967
Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, commemorating George Denman-Dean, RM, d. 1917
Location
St Mary’s Church, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘To the / Glory of GOD / And in / Loving Memory of / / George Walpole Winthrop Denman-Dean / Lieutenant Royal Marines Aged 21. / Died of Wounds November 7 1917 / At Rouen, France / Pro Patria Mori'
Details
Type: Wall plaque Materials: marble, wood, brass
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
People
Denman-Dean George Age: 21 Date of Death: 7/11/1917 Cause of Death: War Casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant Organisation: Royal Marines
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Captain Brice D. Thomas OBE d. 1978
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving memory of / Gladys E S Thomas / Died Nov 29th 1965 / Brice D Thomas O.B.E. / Master Mariner / Husband of the above / Died March 6th 1978 / David B Thomas, son of the above / died Feb 13th 1968, Moji, Japan / Mary Thomas, wife of the above / Died Oct 25th 1975 / Agnes John, 1908 / Caleb John, 1948 / Phoebe Williams, 1955 / Susan Margaret May Died June 24th 1994.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone Vessel: MV Atlantic City
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Thomas, Brice D. Age: Date of Death: 6/3/1978 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Reardon-Smith Line
Extra
Notes: Captain Brice Thomas (1892-1978) commanded 'Atlantic City' from 1941-1947. On 26 July 1941 she was damaged by U-141 and temporarily abandoned. The vessel was subsequently re-boarded and salvaged. Recorder: David J. Wickham
St Andrew’s Mission Chapel, Gravesend, Kent, erected as a memorial commemorating Rear-Admiral Francis Beaufort RN d. 1857
Location
St Andrew's Mission Church, Gravesend, Kent, England
Details
Description: Seamen's Mission Church built as a memorial to Rear-Admiral Francis Beaufort. The chapel is sited beside the River Thames and oriented North to South. It retains its original stained glass. The South window shows the miraculous draught of fishes. The bells were donated by Admiral Sir E. Inglefield. The church was purchased by Gravesham Borough Council in 1975 and is now used as an arts centre. Type: Chapel Date Erected: 1871 Artists: George Edmund Street
People
Beaufort, Francis Age: 83 Date of Death: 17/12/1857 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Canon C.R.E. Robinson was engaged in mission work with local boatmen and emigrants. He suggested in the church press that a bereaved family might like to sponsor a mission hall as a memorial. The daughter of Rear-Admiral Francis Beaufort offered to provide a church. The building was partly funded by public subscription, including a contribution from author, Charles Dickens. Bibliography: John Newman 'The Buildings of Kent.'
Gravestone at St Mary’s Church, Whitby commemorating William Thompson d. 1823
Location
St Mary's Church, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
Transcript
'To / the memory of / WILLIAM THOMPSON Master / Mariner who died, January 17th / 1823 aged 76 years / Also ALETHEA his wife / who/died JULY...1821 aged 73'
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Robert Mulligan d. 1891
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'In memory of / ROBERT H. MULLIGAN / Petty Officer 1 Class / H.M.S 'Boscawen' / born 25th Sept 1886 / died 1st July 1891 / Erected by Officers and ship's company / of H.M.S. 'Boscawen' / In the midst of life we are in death'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Roman Catholic (old) 514 Vessel: HMS Boscawen
People
Mulligan, Robert H. Age: Date of Death: 1/7/1891 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Petty Officer RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Festival Gardens, Watling Street, near Cannon Street, City of London, EC4 commemorating Admiral Arthur Phillip, RN d. 1814
Location
Festival Gardens, Watling Street, near Cannon Street, Watling Street, London, EC4, England
Transcript
'IN HONOUR OF ARTHUR PHILLIP R.N. / CITIZEN OF LONDON, / FOUNDER AND FIRST GOVERNOR OF AUSTRALIA, / BORN IN THE WARD OF BREAD STREET 11 OCT 1738. / ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1755 AND DIED 31ST AUGUST 1814. / TO HIS INDOMITABLE COURAGE, PROPHETIC VISION, FORBEARANCE, / FAITH, INSPIRATION AND WISDOM WERE DUE THE SUCCESS OF THE / FIRST SETTLEMENT OF AUSTRALIA AT SYDNEY / ON SATURDAY 26TH JANUARY 1788. / THIS MEMORIAL ORIGINALLY ERECTED AT ST. MILDRED'S CHURCH / BREAD STREET AND UNVEILED BY HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE GEORGE . KG . GCVO . RN . ON THE 7TH DECEMBER 1932 / WAS PRESENTED BY THE LATE CHARLES CHEERS / BARON WAKEFIELD OF HYTHE . CBE . LLD / ALDERMAN OF THE WARD OF BREAD STREET, / LORD MAYOR OF LONDON 1915/16 TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON / AND THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA AS AN ENDURING LINK BETWEEN / THE MOTHERLAND AND THE GREAT ISLAND CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA. / THE CHURCH WAS DESTROYED BY ENEMY ACTION IN 1941 BUT THE / BRONZE BUST AND PLATES WERE SALVAGED FROM THE RUINS. / THIS RE-ERECTED MEMORIAL WAS UNVEILED ON MAY 8TH 1968 BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE HONOURABLE SIR ALEXANDER DOWNER . KBE . / HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR AUSTRALIA AND REDEDICATED BY THE / RIGHT REVEREND FRANCIS EVERED LUNT BISHOP OF STEPNEY. / ALDERMAN OF BREAD STREET WARD, / H. MURRAY FOX . MA . / COMMON COUNCILMEN S.R. WALKER . CBE . DEPUTY / R. M. SIMONSON . MA, . LLB. / G.D. TRENTHAM, F.N. STEINER . MA . LLB / C. MCAULEY' [.east side panel] ' 'THE FOUNDING OF AUSTRALIA AT SYDNEY / ON SATURDAY 26 JAN 1788. / FIGURES IN ROWING BOAT LEAVING H.M.S. SUPPLY ARE CAPT. ARTHUR PHILLIP, R.N., LIEUT. P. GIDLEY KING R.N., / AND LIEUT. GEORGE JOHNSTON, MARINES A.D.C.' [west side panel] 'THE DISCOVERY AND FIXING OF THE SITE OF SYDNEY / ON WEDNESDAY, 23 JANUARY 1788. / READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:- SURG. J. WHITE R.N., CAPT ARTHUR PHILLIP, R.N., FOUNDER. / LIEUT. GEORGE JOHNSTON, MARINES. A.D.C., CAPT. JOHN / HUNTER, R.N., AND CAPT. DAVID COLLINS, MARINES'
Details
Description: Bust of Admiral Arthur Phillip and two reliefs showing the landing in Australia now built into a small gabled structure. Type: Memorial Materials: Bronze, stone Date Erected: 1932 Artists: Charles Leonard Hartwell, Sharon Keenan
Event Category
British colonization of Australia
People
Phillip, Arthur Age: 76 Date of Death: 31/8/1814 Cause of Death: Natural causes Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral, Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Part of a large bronze memorial originally erected in 1932. The Church was destroyed by enemy action in 1941 but the bronze bust was salvaged from the ruins. A reduced version of the memorial was re-erected on the east wall of Gateway House in 1968. One of the reliefs by W. Hamilton Buchan, has been replaced by a new panel by Sharon A.M. Keenan dated 1976. The bust is a fibreglass copy (the original is in the church of St Mary-le Bow, on a 1992 wall monument to Phillip). The memorial was redesigned and re-erected in 1999 following the demolition of Gateway House.
Bibliography: Philip Ward-Jackson 'Public Sculpture of the City of London (Liverpool, 2003) pp. 432-434
