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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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Manchester Road Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Gravestone in Manchester Road Cemetery, Warrington commemorating William Turner RM d. 1869, a veteran of Trafalgar

Location

Manchester Road Cemetery, Warrington, Cheshire, England

Details

Type: Gravestone
Materials: York stone
Vessel: HMS Victory

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Turner, William
Age:
Date of Death: 7/11/1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Corporal RM
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) pp.140-1.
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St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Wall tablet at St Peter’s Church, Sandwich, Kent, commemorating William Clowes d. 1814 at Jamaica, Caribbean

Location

St Peter's Church, Sandwich, Kent, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM CLOWES OF THE ROYAL NAVY; / A DESCENDANT, BY HIS MOTHER FROM THE FAMILY / OF CURLING AT HAM IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD / DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / HE FELL A VICTIM TO THE CLIMATE / IN THE ISLAND OF JAMAICA ON THE 20TH SEPTEMBER 1814 / AT THE EARLY AGE OF 23 YEARS / HIS KNOWN WORTH AND TALENTS MIGHT DEMAND / A MORE CONSPICUOUS TRIBUTE / THAN AFFECTION AND FRIENDSHIP / HAVE HERE ORDAINED'.

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble

People

Clowes, William
Age: 23
Date of Death: 20/9/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: David Saunders 1991
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All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints’ Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Walter B. Dines d. 1915

Location

All Saints' Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Walter B. Dines / Aged 29 / Accidentally killed on H. M. / Patrol Yacht ‘Clementina' / Buried at Cushendall'

Details

Type: Memorial tile
Vessel: Clementina

People

Dines, Walter B.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 20/9/1915
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Assistant Engineer
Organisation: Royal Naval Reserve

Extra

Bibliography: Alfred L. Wakeling and Peter Moon 'Tiles of Tragedy' (Brightlingsea, 2001)

Photographer: P Lacey
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English cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rest of the World

Monument in the English cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil commemorating Rear-Admiral Michael Seymour d. 1835

Location

English cemetery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rest of the World

Details

Description: Ledger with Seymour arms carved above the inscription.
Type: Ledger

People

Seymour, Michael
Age:
Date of Death: 9/7/1835
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Another tablet in the dockyard chapel at Portsmouth
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England

Wall tablet in the Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon commemorating John Tracey, RN, d. 1811

Location

Church of St Mary The Virgin, Berry Pomeroy, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / JOHN SMITH TRACEY, / FOR MANY YEARS SECRETARY IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DIED AT BARBADOES / THE 26TH DECR 1811; AGED 36 YEARS, / THIS TABLET OF AFFECTION TO ONE, / WHO WAS GENERALLY BELOVED / AND ESTEEMED, / IS ERECTED BY HIS SISTER'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South aisle centre Top
Materials: Marble

People

Tracey, John Smith
Age: 36
Date of Death: 26/12/1811
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Secretary RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)
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Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Memorial at Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore commemorating Captain Henderson, d. 1833

Location

Fort Canning Green Cemetery, Singapore, Rest of the World

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / CAPTAIN HENDERSON / of the ship RENOWN / who died at SINGAPORE / on the 8th March 1833'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South boundary wall A118
Artists: H. Kyte
Vessel: Renown

People

Henderson
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 8/3/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: Alan Harfield 'Early Cemeteries in Singapore' (Putney, 1988) p. 73.
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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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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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St Winnow's Church, St Winnow, Cornwall, England

Wall tablet in St Winnow, Cornwall dedicated to Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Penrose d. 1830

Location

St Winnow's Church, St Winnow, Cornwall, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / VICE ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES PENROSE K.C.B. / WHO DIED AT ETHY 1ST JANRY 1830. AGED 70. / THE VOICE AT MIDNIGHT CAME / 'TO MEET THY GOD PREPARE!' / A MORTAL ARROW PIERCED HIS FRAME, / HE FELL BUT FELT NO FEAR; FOR JESUS THOU ART STRONG TO SAVE / THOU ART THE CONQUEROR OF THE GRAVE. / AND IN MEMORY OF HIS SECOND DAUGHTER / CHARLOTTE MURRAY MAINWAIRING / WHO DIED AT ETHY 28 NOVR 1828 AGED 34'

Details

Description: A white marble tablet set on a slate ground of conforming shape and resting on two consol brackets. Inscription in black-filled Roman capitals.

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Interior
Materials: Marble, slate

People

Penrose, Charles
Age: 70
Date of Death: 1/1/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

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