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St Nicholas, Tooting, London, England

Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Tooting, London commemorating Captain Philip Gidley King RN d. 1808

Location

St Nicholas, Tooting, London, England

Transcript

[Wall tablet] 'IN A VAULT NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / PHILIP GIDLEY KING CAPTAIN R.N. / LATE GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S TERRITORY / NEW SOUTH WALES / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 3 1808 / AGED 49 YEARS' [brass plate] 'THE STONE COVERING THE VAULT TO WHICH THIS TABLET REFERS / WAS INSTALLED IN THE CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE / ST MARYS' NEW SOUTH WALES IN 1988 AS A MEMORIAL TO / CAPTAIN P.G. KING R.N. THE THIRD GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY / (1800-1806) / DURING THE BICENTENARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE / FIRST FLEET IN JANUARY 1788 IN WHICH HE SERVED / BORN AT LAUNCESTON CORNWALL 23RD APRIL 1758 / DIED AT TOOTING 3RD SEPTEMBER 1808 / The Vault and Tablet were originally inside the ancient / church demolished after completion of the new Church in 1832'

Details

Description: White marble neoclassical memorial with anthemion acroteria. Brass plate placed below it.

Type: Wall tablet; plaque
Position: South Transept
Materials: Marble, brass

Event Category

British colonization of Australia

People

King, Philip Gidley
Age: 3/9/1808
Date of Death: 49
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

JSON

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  "transcript": "[Wall tablet] 'IN A VAULT NEAR THIS PLACE / ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / PHILIP GIDLEY KING CAPTAIN R.N. / LATE GOVERNOR OF HIS MAJESTY'S TERRITORY / NEW SOUTH WALES / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 3 1808 / AGED 49 YEARS' [brass plate] 'THE STONE COVERING THE VAULT TO WHICH THIS TABLET REFERS / WAS INSTALLED IN THE CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALENE / ST MARYS' NEW SOUTH WALES IN 1988 AS A MEMORIAL TO / CAPTAIN P.G. KING R.N. THE THIRD GOVERNOR OF THE COLONY / (1800-1806) / DURING THE BICENTENARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE / FIRST FLEET IN JANUARY 1788 IN WHICH HE SERVED / BORN AT LAUNCESTON CORNWALL 23RD APRIL 1758 / DIED AT TOOTING 3RD SEPTEMBER 1808 / The Vault and Tablet were originally inside the ancient / church demolished after completion of the new Church in 1832'",
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough, West Sussex, England

Gravestone at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough commemorating the Reverend John Cobb Whicher d. 1841, naval chaplain

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough, West Sussex, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory / of the / Rev'd John Cobb Whicher / rector of this parish / 45 years / He departed this life / March 12th 1841 / Aged 69 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: HMS Achilles

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Whicher, John Cobb
Age:
Date of Death: 12/3/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Chaplain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 144.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the memory / of the / Rev'd John Cobb Whicher / rector of this parish / 45 years / He departed this life / March 12th 1841 / Aged 69 years'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone at Church of St Mary the Virgin, Stopham, Pulborough commemorating the Reverend John Cobb Whicher d. 1841, naval chaplain</p>",
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St Michael and All Angels Church, Urchfont, Wiltshire, England

Memorial at St Michael and All Angels Church, Urchfont, Wiltshire to Richard Hallilay, Purser RN d. 1832

Location

St Michael and All Angels Church, Urchfont, Wiltshire, England

Transcript

'NEAR HIS SPOT ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / RICHARD HALLILAY OF WEDHAMPTON ESQRE. / FOR UPWARDS OF 50 YEARS A PURSER OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, / AND SECRETARY / TO THE LATE ADMIRALS PEYTON, LUTWIDGE AND ROWLEY. / HE WAS BORN AT WAKEFIELD ON THE 18TH OF JANY. 1736, / AND QUITTED THIS WORLD 2ND. NOVR. 1832 / THE DUTIES OF LIFE HE FULFILLED WITH ZEAL AND INTEGRITY, / BORE ITS TRIALS WITH CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION, / AND DIED IN HOPE OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY. / "I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, SAITH THE LORD: HE THAT / BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE: AND WHOSOEVER / LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME, SHALL NEVER DIE." / ALSO OF SARAH HIS WIFE, / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVD. EDWARD GODDARD M.A. / OF CLIFFE PYPARD IN TIS COUNTY, / WHO DIED 6TH. FEBY. 1840, AGED 82 YEARS.'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: Vestry East Wall
Materials: Marble

People

Hallilay, Richard
Age: 96
Date of Death: 2/11/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Purser
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'NEAR HIS SPOT ARE INTERRED THE REMAINS OF / RICHARD HALLILAY OF WEDHAMPTON ESQRE. / FOR UPWARDS OF 50 YEARS A PURSER OF HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET, / AND SECRETARY / TO THE LATE ADMIRALS PEYTON, LUTWIDGE AND ROWLEY. / HE WAS BORN AT WAKEFIELD ON THE 18TH OF JANY. 1736, / AND QUITTED THIS WORLD 2ND. NOVR. 1832 / THE DUTIES OF LIFE HE FULFILLED WITH ZEAL AND INTEGRITY, / BORE ITS TRIALS WITH CHRISTIAN RESIGNATION, / AND DIED IN HOPE OF A BLESSED IMMORTALITY. / \"I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, SAITH THE LORD: HE THAT / BELIEVETH IN ME, THOUGH HE WERE DEAD, YET SHALL HE LIVE: AND WHOSOEVER / LIVETH AND BELIEVETH IN ME, SHALL NEVER DIE.\" / ALSO OF SARAH HIS WIFE, / ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVD. EDWARD GODDARD M.A. / OF CLIFFE PYPARD IN TIS COUNTY, / WHO DIED 6TH. FEBY. 1840, AGED 82 YEARS.'",
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St Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England

Memorial in St Peter’s Church, Southborough, Kent commemorating Lieutenant Eardly Culling Carr RN of HMS ‘St George’ d. 1896 at Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa

Location

St Peter's Church, Southborough, Kent, England

Transcript

'...Also of their second son EARDLY CULLING CARR R.N. 1st Lieut H.M.S. St George who died at Simonstown CAPE OF GOOD HOPE on December 10th 1896 in the 36th year of his age'

Details

Position: Old graveyard
Vessel: HMS 'St George'

People

Carr, Eardley Culling
Age: 35
Date of Death: 10/12/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown / None
Rank / Occupation: 1st Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Parents were Francis Culling and Jennie Elizabeth Chetmond Carr. She was the only daughter of Major Franklyn NEICS.
Recorder: J. Quarmby, 1989

JSON

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  "transcript": "'...Also of their second son EARDLY CULLING CARR R.N. 1st Lieut H.M.S. St George who died at Simonstown CAPE OF GOOD HOPE on December 10th 1896 in the 36th year of his age'",
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    "notes": "Parents were Francis Culling and Jennie Elizabeth Chetmond Carr. She was the only daughter of Major Franklyn NEICS.",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "J. Quarmby, 1989",
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}

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial in Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating J. T. Herbert d. 1919

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'J.T. Herbert, Steward, SS 'Lord Tilbury', 21 January 1919'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Lord Tilbury

People

Herbert, J. T.
Age:
Date of Death: 21/1/1919
Cause of Death: War Casualty
Rank / Occupation: Steward
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: According to Herbert's entry in the CWGC grave register: the SS 'Lord Tilbury' was hit by a mine off the Dover coast in January 1919. See 'The Times' 24 January 1919, 'Lord Tilbury' was hit by a mine while in the Channel. Joseph Thomas Herbert died in Dover of injuries received as a result of the explosion.'
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969

JSON

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  "transcript": "'J.T. Herbert, Steward, SS 'Lord Tilbury', 21 January 1919'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in Brightlingsea, Essex commemorating J. T.  Herbert d. 1919</p>",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Headstone at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating Joseph Crabtree, Master, d. 1862

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY OF / JOSEPH CRABTREE / OF KNOTTINGLEY / YORKSHIRE / MASTER OF THE VESSEL ARK / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF MARTHA CRABTREE / AND SON OF JAMES & ESTHER / CRABTREE / WAS SHIPWRECKED ...'

Details

Description: Sandstone headstone
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Vessel: 'Ark'

People

Crabtree, Joseph
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1862
Cause of Death: Maritime Accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: I.G.I. Born c. 1837, Baptised 7 January 1838. Date of death from 'Find My Past' burial register, Southwold
Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Memorial tile at All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, commemorating Percy Vincent Hunt, RN d. 1945

Location

All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Percy Vincent / Hunt R.N. / 23 / Drowned in / Cluny Harbour / Scotland / Buried 12th Mar. 1945'

Details

Type: Memorial tile

People

Hunt, Percy Vincent
Age: 23
Date of Death: 3/1945
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

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

Photographer: P Lacey

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Percy Vincent / Hunt R.N. / 23 / Drowned in / Cluny Harbour / Scotland / Buried 12th Mar. 1945'",
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Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Gravestone at Arbroath Abbey commemorating James Farquhar d. 1872

Location

Abbey, Arbroath, Angus, Scotland

Transcript

'1863 / ERECTED / By / JAMES & MARGARET FARQUHAR / his wife / in memory of their son JAMES / who died on the 10th Septr 1859 / Aged 13 Months. / Also in memory of the Above. / JAMES FARQUHAR / Shipmaster Arbroath, / who died at Cape Town, Cape of Good / Hope on the 6th February 1872 / Aged 37 Years / Deeply Regretted. / Also of the above / MARGARET FARQUHAR / who died 7th August 1909 / Aged 78 Years / Also of their Daughter / ANNIE BARRIE FARQUHAR / who died on the 7th January 1947 / Aged 83 Years'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Kirkyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Farquhar, James
Age: 37
Date of Death: 6/2/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: B Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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  "transcript": "'1863 / ERECTED / By / JAMES & MARGARET FARQUHAR / his wife / in memory of their son JAMES / who died on the 10th Septr 1859 / Aged 13 Months. / Also in memory of the Above. / JAMES FARQUHAR / Shipmaster Arbroath, / who died at Cape Town, Cape of Good / Hope on the 6th February 1872 / Aged 37 Years / Deeply Regretted. / Also of the above / MARGARET FARQUHAR / who died 7th August 1909 / Aged 78 Years / Also of their Daughter / ANNIE BARRIE FARQUHAR / who died on the 7th January 1947 / Aged 83 Years'",
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New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World

Memorial in the New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman commemorating Corporal P.E. Swinerd RMLI d. 1913

Location

New Cemetery, Eastern Cove, Khor Jabber, Oman, Rest of the World

Transcript

'IN MEMORY / OF / CORP. P.E. SWINERD R.M.L.I. / OF H.M.S. SWIFTSURE E. INDIES / WHO DIED 17TH NOVEMBER 1913 / AGED 29 YEARS / ERECTED BY HIS SHIPMATES / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM AND AFFECTION / R.I.P.'

Details

Type: Cross plinth
Vessel: HMS Swiftsure

People

Swinerd, P.E.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 17/11/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Royal Marine Light Infantry

Extra

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Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery commemorating naval architect Edward James Reed d. 1906

Location

Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / SIR EDWARD REED K.C.B., F.R.S. / CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR OF THE NAVY / FOR MANY YEARS M.P. FOR CARDIFF; / BORN SEPT 19 1830, DIED NOVR 30 1906', 'ALSO HIS WIFE, DAME ROSETTA REED / BORN 1830 - DIED 1921'

Details

Description: Celtic cross.
Type: Cross
Materials: Granite

People

Reed, Edward James
Age: 76
Date of Death: 30/11/1906
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval architect
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Naval architect and Chief Constructor in the Royal Navy 1863-71.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 242.

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  "post_id": "5810",
  "id": "M964",
  "location": "Putney Vale Cemetery, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN MEMORY OF / SIR EDWARD REED K.C.B., F.R.S. / CHIEF CONSTRUCTOR OF THE NAVY / FOR MANY YEARS M.P. FOR CARDIFF; / BORN SEPT 19 1830, DIED NOVR 30 1906', 'ALSO HIS WIFE, DAME ROSETTA REED / BORN 1830 - DIED 1921'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Putney Vale Cemetery commemorating naval architect Edward James Reed d. 1906</p>",
  "images": [],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Celtic cross.",
    "type": "Cross",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "Granite",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Reed, Edward James","age":"76","dateofdeath":"30/11/1906","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Naval architect","organisation":""}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "Naval architect and Chief Constructor in the Royal Navy 1863-71.",
    "bibliography": "Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 242.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters