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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

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'

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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.

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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

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.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone

Extra

Recorder: David J. Wickham

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  "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.'",
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Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Memorial at the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating William Hannay RN d. 1818, surgeon

Location

Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World

Transcript

'To the memory of William Hannay MD late surgeon of HM Naval establishment at Trincomalee. Died 22 dec 1818 aged 28 years'.

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People

Hannay, William
Age: 28
Date of Death: 22/12/1818
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Formerly Ceylon.
Recorder: C Flintham

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  "location": "Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, Rest of the World",
  "transcript": "'To the memory of William Hannay MD late surgeon of HM Naval establishment at Trincomalee. Died 22 dec 1818 aged 28 years'.",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at the Esplanade Burial Ground, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka commemorating William Hannay RN d. 1818, surgeon</p>",
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    "notes": "Formerly Ceylon.",
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    "recorder": "C Flintham",
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

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.

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  "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'",
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St Nicholas's Church, Chiswick, London, England

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

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  "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'",
  "content": "<p>Wall tablet in St Nicholas’s Church, Chiswick commemorating Lieutenant Samuel Blackshaw Peacock RN d. 1826</p>",
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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Alexander Phillips d. 1913

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'ALEXANDER PHILLIPS / Musician H.M.S. 'Indefatigable' / died / 6th May 1913 Age 20'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 420
Vessel: HMS Indefatigable

People

Phillips, Alexander
Age: 20
Date of Death: 6/5/1913
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Musician
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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  "location": "Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England",
  "transcript": "'ALEXANDER PHILLIPS / Musician H.M.S. 'Indefatigable' / died / 6th May 1913 Age 20'",
  "content": "<p>Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Alexander Phillips d. 1913</p>",
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    "recorder": "R. & J.H. Perry 1987",
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Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Memorial at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating Captain John Halsted, RN, d. 1830

Location

Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England

Transcript

‘Sacred / to the memory of / Capt. JOHN HALSTED RN / third son of the late / Capt ANTHONY HALSTED RN / who died at Exeter / on the 2 day of November 1830 / Deeply and deservedly lamented by his afflicted family / Also to the memory of / Lieut LAWRENCE WILLIAM HALSTED / of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Eldest son of the above / who was accidentally killed by falling from a Window / in Chester Castle on the 14th of March 1829 / His remains are interred in the Cathedral of that city / where a Monument is erected by his Brother officers / to record their sorrow at his melancholy fate'

Details

Type: Tomb
Position: South side of churchyard

People

Halstead, John
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 2/11/1830
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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  "location": "Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon, England",
  "transcript": "‘Sacred / to the memory of / Capt. JOHN HALSTED RN / third son of the late / Capt ANTHONY HALSTED RN / who died at Exeter / on the 2 day of November 1830 / Deeply and deservedly lamented by his afflicted family / Also to the memory of / Lieut LAWRENCE WILLIAM HALSTED / of the 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers, Eldest son of the above / who was accidentally killed by falling from a Window / in Chester Castle on the 14th of March 1829 / His remains are interred in the Cathedral of that city / where a Monument is erected by his Brother officers / to record their sorrow at his melancholy fate'",
  "content": "<p>Memorial at Church of St Michael and All Angels, Heavitree, Devon commemorating  Captain John Halsted, RN, d. 1830</p>",
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Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Gravestone at Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey commemorating Commander Abraham Gosset RN d. 1839

Location

Green Street Cemetery, St Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Abraham Gosset, Esq. Commander R.N. died 31 December 1839 aged 67 years; also Jane youngest daughter of the above who died September 21 1841 aged 37 years; and Elizabeth Pipon his wife who died January 4 1848 aged 72 years 11 months...'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Gosset, Abraham
Age: 67
Date of Death: 31/12/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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 Abraham Gosset, Esq. Commander R.N. died 31 December 1839 aged 67 years; also Jane youngest daughter of the above who died September 21 1841 aged 37 years; and Elizabeth Pipon his wife who died January 4 1848 aged 72 years 11 months...'",
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Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Memorial in Greenwich, London commemorating Lieutenant Pierce Welch RN d. 1709

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Here lies ye body of Mr Pierce Welch / Lieutenant of Her Majs Ship Salesbury / In ye year 1703 on ye 10th April thay / Engaged a part of ye Dunkirk Squadron / in wch he lost his lower jaw and part of his / Tongue by a musket ball after which he lived / six years 4 months and 12 days by liquids / only. He was First Lieutenant of the / Royal Hospital at Greenwich / and died ye 22 August 1709 / aged 59 years. / Tho' Boras Blasts & Neptuns waves / have tost me to and fro / In spite of both by God's decree I / harbour here below / wher I do now at anchor ride with / many of our fleet / yet once again I must set saile / Our Admiral Christ to meet. / Here lieth ye body of Eliz Welch widow of life December 27 1723 aged...'

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Type: Inscribed stone
Position: Floor of mausoleum
Vessel: HMS Salisbury

People

Welch, Pierce
Age: 59
Date of Death: 22/8/1709
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war? Transcription in PRO Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618. Arms a jess between six martlets.

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Here lies ye body of Mr Pierce Welch / Lieutenant of Her Majs Ship Salesbury / In ye year 1703 on ye 10th April thay / Engaged a part of ye Dunkirk Squadron / in wch he lost his lower jaw and part of his / Tongue by a musket ball after which he lived / six years 4 months and 12 days by liquids / only. He was First Lieutenant of the / Royal Hospital at Greenwich / and died ye 22 August 1709 / aged 59 years. / Tho' Boras Blasts & Neptuns waves / have tost me to and fro / In spite of both by God's decree I / harbour here below / wher I do now at anchor ride with / many of our fleet / yet once again I must set saile / Our Admiral Christ to meet. / Here lieth ye body of Eliz Welch widow of life December 27 1723 aged...'",
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St Mary's Church, Heworth, York, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Heworth, York commemorating Freddy Gray d. 1915

Location

St Mary's Church, Heworth, York, England

Transcript

'Frederick Gray: Steam tug owner. Beloved husband of Jane Gray who died 21 May 1915 aged 66 years. The above Jane Gray died 26 Jan 1950 aged 88 years'

Details

Type: Memorial
Position: Churchyard

People

Gray, Frederick
Age: 66
Date of Death: 21/5/1915
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Owner
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: At least seven Gray names recorded on this large stone at east end of churchyard.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1970

JSON

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  "transcript": "'Frederick Gray: Steam tug owner. Beloved husband of Jane Gray who died 21 May 1915 aged 66 years. The above Jane Gray died 26 Jan 1950 aged 88 years'",
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters