Memorial at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Thomas Calvert Morton d. 1852
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Sacred to / the memory of / Thomas Calvert Morton Esq / of Greenwich Hospital / who departed this life / on the 11 October 1852 / aged 60 years / Beloved and regretted'
Details
Position: Mausoleum (south wall)
People
Morton, Thomas Calvert Age: 60 Date of Death: 11/10/1852 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
Extra
Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital Inscriptions 99618. PROB 11/2162/12.
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating George William Young d. 1911
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In / loving memory / of / George William Young / Master Mariner / the dearly beloved husband of / Rosanna Young / who passed away March 28th [1911] in his 71st year / he giveth his beloved sleep / A devoted husband and a loving father / Also of the above / Rosanna / who died in London Feb 23rd 1937 / Aged 88 / Her end was peace / Also their daughter / Rosanna Mary / beloved wife of / E Trevor Jones / Died at Tonyrefail / Decr 21st 1920 / Aged 41 years / Remembrance of her sweet companionship / & faithful love / Also Alfred Thomas Young / dearly loved son / Died at Jersey Aug 26th 1933 / Aged 55 years.'
Chest tomb at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Richard Boswell, Greenwich Pensioner d. 1813
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Richard Boswell / A brave and Worthy Seaman / and a Pensioner in Greenwich Hospital / Died 17 March 1813 / aged 72 This stone was erected by / Edward Hawke Locker Esq / Son of Lieut Governor Locker / As a mark of attachment'
Details
Type: Chest-tomb Position: North side, outside south railing
People
Boswell, Richard Age: 72 Date of Death: 17/3/1813 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman. Greenwich Hospital Pensioner Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich
Extra
Notes: Public Record Office, Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618.
Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Chiswick commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Blackshaw Peacock RN d. 1826
Location
St Nicholas's Church, Chiswick, London, England
Transcript
' ...AND OF SAMUEL BLACKSHAW PEACOCK, LIEUTENANT R.N. FOURTH SON OF THE SAID LEWIS, AND HIS WIFE; HE DIED ON THE 12TH APRIL 1826, IN HIS 36TH YEAR,/AND WAS BURIED IN THE FAMILY VAULT'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: West end nave Materials: Marble
People
Peacock, Samuel Blackshaw Age: 35 Date of Death: 12/4/1826 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Admiral Henry Collins Deacon d. 1869
Location
Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England
Transcript
'ADMIRAL / HENRY COLLINS DEACON / BORN 1ST AUGUST 1788 / ENTERED THE ROYAL NAVY 1800 / SERVED UNDER NELSON / IN THE WEST INDIES 1805 [?] / AND UNDER [LT GENL] WHITELOCK / AT BUENOS AYRES 1807 / AT THE ISLE OF FRANCE 1810 / AT THE CAPTURE OF GUADELOUPE 1815 / AND IN OTHER ENGAGEMENTS / DUE TO WHICH HE RECEIVED 23 WOUNDS / IN THE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY / ATTAINED THE RANK OF ADMIRAL 1862 / AND DIED NOV 1869 / AGED 81 / MARY ANN / WIDOW OF THE ABOVE / WHO DIED APRIL 18TH 1879 / AGED 85 YEARS / JULIA BARWELL DEACON / DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE'
Details
Description: Carved with anchor, banner, gun and pile of shot. Type: Memorial Position: 19697/125/PS Materials: Portland stone, sandstone plinth Artists: J.S. Farley
People
Deacon, Henry Colins Age: 81 Date of Death: 11/1869 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
Obelisk in Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent commemorating of Captain James Rolleston RN d. 1875
Location
Woodbury Park Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England
Transcript
'In memory of / Theodore PRICE Esq., / who died Nov. 4. 1852, / in his 95th. year. / And of / Ann, his wife / who died April 8. 1826, / in her 60th year. / Also of their daughters / Theodora Born Feb. 13. 1801. Died July 1. 1873. / And / Laura, / Born May 30. 1797 / Died Dec. 28. 1886. / Charlotte, / Born April 18. 1796 Died Nov. 8. 1868. / daughter of Theodore and Ann PRICE. / and the loving and beloved sister, / of those who raise / this monument to her memory. / As also to that of other / near and as dear members of their family, / who widely separated in death, / and here united in one most loving / remembrance, and in the humble hope that through the merits of their Saviour, they may be / re-united as one family in Heaven. / In Memory of / Ann Green ROLLESTON, / daughter of Theodore and Ann PRICE / and wife of Capt. ROLLESTON, R.N. / Aged 31. / Also of / Samuel Matthew ROLLESTON, / son of the above / who died in Canada, Aged 39. / And of / Ann Elizabeth GRAYDON / daughter of Capt. ROLLESTON, R.N. / and of Ann Green his wife, / and wife of / Major General GRAYDON, R.A. / Born Aug. 22. 1823. Died March 4. 1874. / In Memory of / Isabella Jane, / wife of Capt. ROLLESTON R.N. / who died May 17. 1874. Aged 82. / Also of the above / Capt ROLLESTON R.N. / who died Dec. 9. 1875, Aged 84 . / Also of / Ann Green Gertrude, / daughter of the above / Capt. ROLLESTON R.N. / and Ann Green his wife / who died March 16 1894. Aged 63. / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord." / Rev.14.13'
Headstone at St Michael’s Cathedral, Barbados commemorating Lieutenant George Rickards RN d. 1798
Location
St Michael's Cathedral, Barbados, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Here lies the remains of Lieut George Rickards late of H.M.S. Amphitrite son of William and Jane Rickards of Westcliffe, Kent, England. Died 13 Dec 1798 aged 21 years'
Details
Type: Headstone Vessel: HMS Amphitrite
People
Rickards, George Age: 21 Date of Death: 13/12/1798 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy