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
Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Stokenham, Devon commemorating Mark Yalland, RN, d. 1916
Location
St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England
Transcript
‘In / Loving Memory of / MARK YALLAND / of Chillington; & H.M.S. Musketeer / who Died on the Hospital Ship / Garth Castle, / at Thurso, Scotland, / February 27th 1916; Aged 38 Years. / 'In the midst of life, we are in death.’ // Also of / JAMES YALLAND, who died June 30th 1948, Aged 86 Years. / ‘Thy will be done.’ // Also of / MARY EDITH, / Beloved Wife of the above / who died Jan 18th 196X / Aged 94 Years. / At Rest.'
Details
Type: Headstone Position: Churchyard Materials: Slate Artists: J. W. Rhymes, Chillington. Vessel: HMS Musketeer
People
Yalland, Mark Age: 36 Date of Death: 27/2/1916 Cause of Death: War Casualty Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage 1982 Photographer: P. Lacey
Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Port Royal, Jamaica commemorating Edward Austen RN d. 1860
Location
St Peter's Church, Port Royal, Jamaica, Rest of the World
Transcript
'In affectionate remembrance of Edward, youngest & beloved son of Rear Admiral Horatio T. Austen, C.B., who died of yellow fever while serving as a mate on board H.M.S.'Hydra' at Port Royal, 27 October 1860, aged 20. His body was interred in the palisades'
Details
Vessel: HMS Hydra
People
Austen, Edward Age: 20 Date of Death: 27/10/1860 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Mate RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Captain J.H. Lawrence-Archer 'Monumental Inscriptions of the British West Indies' (London, 1875). Recorder: Christine Thomas
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