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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.

JSON

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    "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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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating the men of HMS ‘Encounter’ who died 1879-82

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'This monument was erected / by the Captain, Officers and / men of / H.M.S. ENCOUNTER / ...late departed / ...who have died / during the Ships Commission / W. MARLOW Stoker / died H.K. 9th May 1880 / aged 22 years / W. ALLEN Stoker / buried at sea 10th August 1881 / aged 29 years / W. MUDGE / Boatswain / died at Natal / April 19th 1879 / aged 43 years / C. McCARTHEY / died at Shanghai / October 28th 1880 / aged 19 years / G.B. HILL / killed at Foochow / September 19th. 1882 / aged 29 years'

Details

Description: Stele.
Type: Memorial
Vessel: HMS Encounter

People

Allen, W.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 10/8/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
Hill, G. B.
Age: 29
Date of Death: 19/9/1882
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Marlow, W.
Age: 22
Date of Death: 9/5/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy
McCarthey, C.
Age: 19
Date of Death: 28/10/1880
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Navy
Mudge, W.
Age: 43
Date of Death: 19/4/1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Boatswain
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas 1985

JSON

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  "transcript": "'This monument was erected / by the Captain, Officers and / men of / H.M.S. ENCOUNTER / ...late departed / ...who have died / during the Ships Commission / W. MARLOW Stoker / died H.K. 9th May 1880 / aged 22 years / W. ALLEN Stoker / buried at sea 10th August 1881 / aged 29 years / W. MUDGE / Boatswain / died at Natal / April 19th 1879 / aged 43 years / C. McCARTHEY / died at Shanghai / October 28th 1880 / aged 19 years / G.B. HILL / killed at Foochow / September 19th. 1882 / aged 29 years'",
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    "recorder": "Christine Thomas 1985",
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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Francis Rainier d. 1826

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Francis Rainier of Great Yarmouth died 23 December 1826 age 43'

Details

People

Rainier, Francis
Age: 43
Date of Death: 23/12/1826
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. 8, p. 247. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Captain Francis Rainier of Great Yarmouth died 23 December 1826 age 43'",
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    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
    "photographer": ""  }
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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Memorial at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth commemorating John Dunscombe RM d. 1832

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Transcript

'In Memory / of John Dunscombe / late of the Royal Marine / who died 3rd Septr 1832 / aged 48 years'

Details

People

Dunscombe, John
Age: 48
Date of Death: 3/9/1832
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Marines

Extra

Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS)

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In Memory / of John Dunscombe / late of the Royal Marine / who died 3rd Septr 1832 / aged 48 years'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth commemorating John Dunscombe RM d. 1832</p>",
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  "extra": {
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "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'",
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  "details": {
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    "position": "South Transept",
    "materials": "Marble, brass",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": "British colonization of Australia"  },
  "people": [{"name":"King, Philip Gidley","age":"3/9/1808","dateofdeath":"49","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
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}

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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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  "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'",
  "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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    "date": "1805",
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    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 144.",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "id": "M6506",
  "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.'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at St Michael and All Angels Church, Urchfont, Wiltshire to Richard Hallilay, Purser RN d. 1832</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "type": "Wall tablet",
    "position": "Vestry East Wall",
    "materials": "Marble",
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    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
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    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
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    "recorder": "The Arts Society (NADFAS)",
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}

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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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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>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</p>",
  "images": [],
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    "event":"",
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    "category": ""  },
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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",
    "photographer": ""  }
}

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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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  "location": "All Saints Church, Brightlingsea, Essex, England",
  "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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  "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 ...'",
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    "event":"",
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  "extra": {
    "notes": "I.G.I. Born c. 1837, Baptised 7 January 1838. Date of death from 'Find My Past' burial register, Southwold",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "",
    "photographer": "P Lacey"  }
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters