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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain Francis Scott d. 1876

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Capt. Francis Scott died 23rd March 1876 age 73'

Details

People

Scott, Francis
Age: 73
Date of Death: 23/3/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol.7, p.513.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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  "transcript": "'Capt. Francis Scott died 23rd March 1876 age 73'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Henry Hunn d. 1913

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'Henry Hunn / Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. 'Vanguard' / died 17th June 1913 Aged 25'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 396
Vessel: HMS Vanguard

People

Hunn, Henry
Age: 25
Date of Death: 17/6/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry

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  "id": "M3586",
  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'Henry Hunn / Stoker 1st Class H.M.S. 'Vanguard' / died 17th June 1913 Aged 25'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Henry Hunn d. 1913</p>",
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    "description": "",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "Church of England (old) 396",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
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    "vessel": "HMS Vanguard"  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Stephen's Church, Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Headstone at St Stephen’s Church, Llanstephan commemorating William Griffiths d. 1877

Location

St Stephen's Church, Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, Wales

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM GRIFFITHS / Mariner of this village, / who died Nov. 17. 1877 / Aged 64 Years / Also / of Martha, wife of the above, / who died Dec.5. 1896, Aged 71 years.'

Details

Description: Gothic headstone
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Slate

People

Griffiths, William
Age: 84
Date of Death: 17/11/1877
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Gail Thomas 2011
Photographer: Gail Thomas 2011

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  "location": "St Stephen's Church, Llanstephan, Carmarthenshire, Wales",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM GRIFFITHS / Mariner of this village, / who died Nov. 17. 1877 / Aged 64 Years / Also / of Martha, wife of the above, / who died Dec.5. 1896, Aged 71 years.'",
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    "recorder": "Gail Thomas 2011",
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Charlton Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Charlton Cemetery to 52 men and boys of HMS ‘Firebrand’ who died from yellow fever in the West Indies in 1861

Location

Charlton Cemetery, London, England

Details

Description: Urn on large plinth.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: HMS Firebrand

Extra

Notes: Monument to 52 men and boys who died from yellow fever in the West Indies in 1861.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 98.

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  "id": "M4930",
  "location": "Charlton Cemetery, London, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Charlton Cemetery to 52 men and boys of HMS ‘Firebrand’ who died from yellow fever in the West Indies in 1861</p>",
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    "notes": "Monument to 52 men and boys who died from yellow fever in the West Indies in 1861.",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 98.",
    "recorder": "",
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Penal burial ground , Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Penal Burial Ground, Georgetown, Guyana commemorating Captain Peter Poustie d. 1862

Location

Penal burial ground , Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory of Capt Poustie of the barque 'Rosanna' who died 7th Oct 1862 aged 50 years'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Rosanna

People

Poustie, Peter
Age: 50
Date of Death: 7/10/1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: C. Flintham

JSON

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  "location": "Penal burial ground , Georgetown, Guyana, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'In memory of Capt Poustie of the barque 'Rosanna' who died 7th Oct 1862 aged 50 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Penal Burial Ground, Georgetown, Guyana commemorating Captain Peter Poustie d. 1862</p>",
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    "recorder": "C. Flintham",
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St Peter's Church, Colchester, Essex, England

Tablet at St Peter’s Church, Colchester, commemorating Third Officer Herbert Conrad Wire d. 1860

Location

St Peter's Church, Colchester, Essex, England

Transcript

'Herbert Conrad Wire, late 3rd officer, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship 'Cadiz' who was drowned during a gale of wind in the China Sea on the 27th July 1860 in the Gallant discharge of his duty aged 22 years. This tablet is erected by the passengers and officers of the ship at that time to commemorate his many noble qualities and record their grief for his loss'

Details

Vessel: SS Cadiz

People

Wire, Herbert Conrad
Age: 22
Date of Death: 27/7/1860
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: 3rd Officer
Organisation: P & O Line

Extra

Notes: 'Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea' Drowned Yellow Sea 26/7/60.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

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  "location": "St Peter's Church, Colchester, Essex, England",
  "transcript": "'Herbert Conrad Wire, late 3rd officer, of the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamship 'Cadiz' who was drowned during a gale of wind in the China Sea on the 27th July 1860 in the Gallant discharge of his duty aged 22 years. This tablet is erected by the passengers and officers of the ship at that time to commemorate his many noble qualities and record their grief for his loss'",
  "content": "<p>Tablet at St Peter’s Church, Colchester, commemorating Third Officer Herbert Conrad Wire  d. 1860</p>",
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    "notes": "'Births, Marriages and Deaths at Sea' Drowned Yellow Sea 26/7/60.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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All Saints Church, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Memorial in Marlow, Buckinghamshire commemorating Vice-Admiral, Sir James Nicoll Morris d. 1830

Location

All Saints Church, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE ADMIRAL SIR JAMES NICOLL MORRIS K.C.B. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE THAMES BANK, GREAT MARLOW / THE 13TH APRIL 1830, AGED 66 YEARS. / HE WAS A SINCERE CHRISTIAN IN HIS BELIEF AND PRACTICE / BOTH BEING ALIKE DISTINGUISHED BY A SIMPLICITY AND SINGLENESS OF HEART / FOR WHICH HE WAS REMARKABLE / HIS BENEFICENCE WAS OF THAT SORT WHICH IS RATHER FELT THAN SEEN. / HE WAS A FIRM AND ZEALOUS FRIEND AND IN THE VARIOUS RELATIONS OF LIFE MOST EXEMPLARY / WHILST HIS STRICT SENSE OF HONOUR IN THE DISCHARGE OF HIS SEVERAL / DUTIES RENDERED HIM UNIVERSALLY / RESPECTED, ESTEEMED AND REGRETTED. / HE MARRIED IN 1802 MARGARETTA SARAH / DAUGHTER OF THOMAS SOMERS COCKS ESQR. / WHO ERECTS THIS TABLET TO RECORD HIS WORTH / AND HER SUBMISSIVE BUT UNFEIGNED GRIEF / AND NOW LORD WHAT IS MY HOPE : TRULY MY HOPE IS EVEN IN THEE. PSALM 38: V. 8.'

Details

Description: Sarcophagus-shaped, A relief of a cross on its side in the pediment.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1830
Artists: John Ternouth
Vessel: HMS Colossus

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Morris, James
Age: 66
Date of Death: 13/4/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Vice-Admiral Sir James Nicoll Morris, KCB 1763-1830.
Bibliography: Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964). J. K. Laughton, ‘Morris, Sir James Nicoll (1763?–1830)’, rev. Roger Morriss, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19306, accessed 31 May 2017]

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  "location": "All Saints Church, Marlow, Buckinghamshire, England",
  "transcript": "'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / VICE ADMIRAL SIR JAMES NICOLL MORRIS K.C.B. / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE THAMES BANK, GREAT MARLOW / THE 13TH APRIL 1830, AGED 66 YEARS. / HE WAS A SINCERE CHRISTIAN IN HIS BELIEF AND PRACTICE / BOTH BEING ALIKE DISTINGUISHED BY A SIMPLICITY AND SINGLENESS OF HEART / FOR WHICH HE WAS REMARKABLE / HIS BENEFICENCE WAS OF THAT SORT WHICH IS RATHER FELT THAN SEEN. / HE WAS A FIRM AND ZEALOUS FRIEND AND IN THE VARIOUS RELATIONS OF LIFE MOST EXEMPLARY / WHILST HIS STRICT SENSE OF HONOUR IN THE DISCHARGE  OF HIS SEVERAL / DUTIES RENDERED HIM UNIVERSALLY / RESPECTED, ESTEEMED AND REGRETTED. / HE MARRIED IN 1802 MARGARETTA SARAH / DAUGHTER OF THOMAS SOMERS COCKS ESQR. / WHO ERECTS THIS TABLET TO RECORD HIS WORTH / AND HER SUBMISSIVE BUT UNFEIGNED GRIEF / AND NOW LORD WHAT IS MY HOPE : TRULY MY HOPE IS EVEN IN THEE. PSALM 38: V. 8.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Marlow, Buckinghamshire commemorating Vice-Admiral, Sir James Nicoll Morris d. 1830</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "dateErected": "1830",
    "artists": "John Ternouth",
    "vessel": "HMS Colossus"  },
  "event": {
    "event":"Battle of Trafalgar",
    "date": "1805",
    "category": "1803-1815 Napoleonic War"  },
  "people": [{"name":"Morris, James","age":"66","dateofdeath":"13/4/1830","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Vice Admiral","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
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    "notes": "Vice-Admiral Sir James Nicoll Morris, KCB 1763-1830.",
    "bibliography": "Rupert Gunnis 'Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851' (London, 1964). J. K. Laughton, ‘Morris, Sir James Nicoll (1763?–1830)’, rev. Roger Morriss, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Jan 2008 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/19306, accessed 31 May 2017]",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Memorial in Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Jefferson Mackey d. 1850

Location

Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England

Details

Vessel: Moseley

People

Mackey, Jefferson
Age: 37
Date of Death: 1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Lost his life on the brig 'Mosley' in the Atlantic.

JSON

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  "id": "M4057",
  "location": "Westoe Cemetery, South Shields, Tyne and Wear, England",
  "transcript": "",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Westoe Cemetery, South Shields commemorating Jefferson Mackey d. 1850</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "",
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    "position": "",
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    "dateErected": "",
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    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Mackey, Jefferson","age":"37","dateofdeath":"1850","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Lost his life on the brig 'Mosley' in the Atlantic.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M6141",
  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India commemorating Robert Bunn, HEICS, d. 1869</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.150.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Philip Dolbel Le Vesconte d. 1854

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Philip Dolbel Le Vesconte, Master Mariner of this Port who departed this life on the 11th January 1854 in the 32 year of his age.'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Le Vesconte, Philip Dolbel
Age: 32
Date of Death: 11/1/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Record at Jersey archives.

JSON

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  "location": "Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands",
  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory of Philip Dolbel Le Vesconte, Master Mariner of this Port who departed this life on the 11th January 1854 in the 32 year of his age.'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Philip Dolbel Le Vesconte d. 1854</p>",
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    "recorder": "",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters