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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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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.
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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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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.
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Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Memorial at Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania commemorating Andrew Buchanan, RN, d. 1890

Location

Grave Island Cemetery, Chapwani Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Andrew Buchanan A.B. / H.M.S. Boadicea / died 7th January 1890'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Vessel: HMS Boadicea

People

Buchanan, Andrew
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 7/1/1890
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Able Seaman
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Lance Corporal Samuel Tuffin RMLI d. 1905

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'SAMUEL TUFFIN / Lce Corp'l R.M.L.I. HMS 'Boscawen' / died / 6th April 1905 aged 26'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 354
Vessel: HMS Boscawen

People

Tuffin, Samuel
Age: 26
Date of Death: 6/4/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lance Corporal RMLI
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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City of London Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at the City of London Cemetery commemorating David John Vigiland RN d. 1946

Location

City of London Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'...DAVID JOHN VIGILAND R.N. / DIED 20 DECEMBER 1946 MOMBASA E.A. / REINTERRED HERE 9TH DECEMBER 1952 AGED 26 YEARS...'

Details

Description: In the form of a carving based on 'The Deposition from the Cross' Peter Paul Rubens.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Marble

People

Vigiland, David John
Age: 26
Date of Death: 20/12/1946
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Conserved in 2003 with sponsorship from the Corporation of London.
Recorder: Patricia Barber
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis commemorating Samuel Hughes d. 1832 and his brother Daniel d. 1839

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Samuel Hughes (son of John Hughes who died 6 April 1830 age 50) who was drowned from the pilot boat No 10 near the floating light 29 November 1832 age 14. Also Daniel (son of the above John Hughes) who was washed overboard from the ship Heywood Lat 42N Long 49W 27 March 1839 age 24'

Details

Vessel: Heywood, Pilot boat No.10

People

Hughes, Samuel
Age: 14
Date of Death: 29/11/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:
Hughes, Daniel
Age: 24
Date of Death: 27/3/1839
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. 723. 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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St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Headstone at St Andrew’s Cathedral, Fife commemorating John Morrison d. 1855

Location

St Andrews Cathedral, St Andrews, Fife, Scotland

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / JANE MORRISON DAUGHTER OF / JOHN MORRISON SHIPMASTER / St ANDREWS WHO DIED / THE 13TH OF AUGUST 1829 IN / THE FIFTH YEAR OF HER AGE / ALSO JANE MORRISON DIED 10TH JUNE 1832, / AGED 4 YEARS 6 MONTHS. / ALSO ALEXANDER MORRISON DIED OCTr 6TH 1834 / AGED 2 YEARS 4 MONTHS. / AND HELEN GOURLAY, HIS WIFE / DIED 29TH SEPr 1849, AGED 58 YEARS. / THE SAID JOHN MORRISON, DIED AT SHIELDS, / 13TH OCTr 1855, AGED 61 YEARS. / ALSO JOHN MORRISON SON OF THE ABOVE / DIED 16TH APRIL 1902, AGED 84. / AGNES BENNET, WIFE OF JOHN MORRISON, / DIED 11TH OCTOBER 1910, AGED 82. / JESSIE, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF JOHN MORRISON, / DIED 5TH JAN. 1922. / HELEN DUNCAN DAUGHTER OF JOHN MORRISON, / DIED 3RD OCTOBER 1944.'

Details

Description: Headstone with square top corners and wavy edge top, an incised line running around all edges. A sailing ship motif appears at top centre, in relief. Lettering is incised.
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Morrison, John
Age: 61
Date of Death: 13/10/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Henry Woodhams d. 1912

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'HENRY WOODHAMS / Boy RN Barracks, Portsmouth / Died / 10th July 1912 Aged 17'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 388

People

Woodhams, Henry
Age: 17
Date of Death: 10/7/1912
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987
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