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St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Fort St George, Chennai (Madras) India, commemorating Vice-Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, RN d. 1814.

Location

St Mary's Church, Fort St George, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE LAID THE REMAINS OF / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD, / KNIGHT OF THE BATH AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE EAST INDIES / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, WHOSE GREAT PUBLIC SERVICES / WILL LIVE IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT IN THE AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE LOST IN THE RECOLLECTION OF / HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES.'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus-shaped white marble wall tablet with guilloche decoration
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey

People

Hood, Samuel
Age: c. 51 - 52
Date of Death: 1814
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Ordered by Lady Hood March 12 1818.
Bibliography: 'List of Statues, Monuments and Busts Erected in Madras' (Madras, 1898) pp. 14f; Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 50 (1991-1992)

Daniel A. Baugh, Michael Duffy, ‘Hood, Samuel, first Viscount Hood (1724–1816)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/13678, accessed 7 June 2017]

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  "transcript": "'NEAR THIS PLACE ARE LAID THE REMAINS OF / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR SAMUEL HOOD, / KNIGHT OF THE BATH AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF / HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S SHIPS IN THE EAST INDIES / AN OFFICER OF DISTINGUISHED MERIT, WHOSE GREAT PUBLIC SERVICES / WILL LIVE IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY / BUT IN THE AFFECTIONATE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE LOST IN THE RECOLLECTION OF / HIS PRIVATE VIRTUES.'",
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All Saints Church, Owston, South Yorkshire, England

Memorial in All Saints Church, Owston commemorating Anthony Henry Cooke RN d. 1823

Location

All Saints Church, Owston, South Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'....Anthony Henry Cooke RN, Born August 6th 1801. Died at Trincomalee in the island of Ceylon February 11th 1823'

Details

Type: Memorial
Position: South wall of chancel

People

Cooke, Anthony Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 11/2/1823
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Alex Chatwin 1982

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  "transcript": "'....Anthony Henry Cooke RN, Born August 6th 1801. Died at Trincomalee in the island of Ceylon February 11th 1823'",
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Norton, Durham, England

Memorial in Norton, Durham commemorating Captain Robert Gregory RN d. 1774

Location

Norton, Durham, England

Transcript

'...who bore with manly fortitude a long and painfull illness, the consequence of a broken constitution acquired in the service of his country'

Details

People

Gregory, Robert
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1774
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 90.

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St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Headstone at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating Edward Caston, Master Mariner d. 1833

Location

St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / MARTHA the wife of EDWARD CASTON / master and mariner / who departed this life / the 2nd of April 1817 / Aged 37 years / Sacred to the memory of / EDWARD CASTON / master and mariner, who departed this life / September 6th 1833, aged 57 years / Also RHODA SUSANNA widow of the above EDWD CASTON / who died 18th August 1845, aged 65 years.'

Details

Type: Headstone
Position: Churchyard

People

Caston, Edward
Age: 57
Date of Death: 6/9/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master and Mariner
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: Recorded by the Rev. Francis Haslewood 1883. Transcript in Suffolk Record Office.

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  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the memory of / MARTHA the wife of EDWARD CASTON / master and mariner / who departed this life / the 2nd of April 1817 / Aged 37 years / Sacred to the memory of / EDWARD CASTON / master and mariner, who departed this life / September 6th 1833, aged 57 years / Also RHODA SUSANNA widow of the above EDWD CASTON / who died 18th August 1845, aged 65 years.'",
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Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Gravestone at Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, commemorating Lieutenant William Staines RN d. 1797 and Captain Sir Thomas Staines RN d. 1830

Location

Church of St John the Baptist, Margate, Kent, England

Transcript

'...Also William son of Thomas and Margaret STAINES, late a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy who died at Haslar hospital Oct 17th 1797 aged 27 years and lies at Gosport... Sacred to the memory of the above named Margaret STAINES relict of Thomas STAINES who died 21st April 1814 aged 68 years. Also of Sir Thomas STAINES Knight son of the above, a captain in the Royal Navy Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath and St Ferdinand and Merit. Born February 22nd 1774 died July 13th 1830 after a life devoted to the honour of his King and Country'

Details

Position: West side of churchyard

People

Staines, William
Age: 27
Date of Death: 17/10/1797
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Staines, Thomas
Age: ca. 54
Date of Death: 13/7/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Also dedicated to Captain Thomas Staines. d. 1830

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All Saints Church, Hartest, Suffolk, England

Wall tablet in All Saints Church, Hartest, Suffolk commemorating Lieutenant Thomas Carter, RM d. 1833

Location

All Saints Church, Hartest, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Near this place are deposited the remains of Tho. Burwell Carter first Lieut in his Majesty's Marine Forces who departed this life the 13th Feb 1833 aged 46 years'

Details

Description: Carved with a figure of hope with an anchor.
Type: Wall tablet
Position: South side nave

People

Carter, Thomas Burwell
Age: 46
Date of Death: 13/2/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Notes: Inscription difficult to read
Recorder: B. Tomlinson, 1983

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Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Wall tablet at Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, commemorating Captain Peter Fisher RN d. 1844

Location

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'S.M. of Captain Peter Fisher, R.N. later superintendant of H.M. dockyard, Sheerness: who expired suddenly while actively engaged in the zealous performance of his public duties in that establishment, on 28 August, 1844, in his 64th year; he having previously impaired his health by his unceasing exertions in the due fulfilment of those duties. After a long and faithful servitude to his country of 51 yrs, during which period he was wounded upon several occasions, he finally closed a life conspicuous for Christian virtues and high professional merit, universally esteemed and respected. Also of Mary Anne, widow of the above, dep. 7 Sept., 1861, aged 79'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: North wall of nave

People

Fisher, Peter
Age: 63
Date of Death: 28/8/1844
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Dockyard Superintendant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.

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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis commemorating Captain John Henny d. 1830 and his son of the same name d. 1835

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain John Henney who died at sea 2 days sail from this port 18 September 1830 age 45. Also John Henney, eldest son of the above died one days sail from this port 22 February 1835 age 20'

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People

Henney, John
Age: 45
Date of Death: 18/9/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:
Henney, John
Age: 20
Date of Death: 22/2/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 711. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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Wesleyan chapel, Upper Stanhope Street, Liverpool, England

Memorial in Wesleyan chapel, Upper Stanhope Street, Liverpool commemorating Evan Jones d. 1854

Location

Wesleyan chapel, Upper Stanhope Street, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Evan Jones, shipwright died 27 March 1854 age 33'

Details

People

Jones, Evan
Age: 33
Date of Death: 27/3/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Shipwright
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol .5, p. 447.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India commemorating Robert Bunn, HEICS, d. 1869

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Robert Bunn / late Midshipman of the H.C.S. 'Mangles / and brother to her Commander aged 14 years.'

Details

Vessel: HCS Mangles

People

Bunn, Robert
Age: 14
Date of Death: 3/9/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.150.

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters