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Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Memorial at Frinton-on-Sea commemorating J. W. Johnson d. 1916

Location

Church, Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, England

Transcript

'Donkeymen, J.W. Johnson, SS 'Vasco' 16 Nov 1916 aged 46'

Details

Position: Churchyard
Vessel: SS Vasco

People

Johnson, J. W.
Age:
Date of Death: 1916
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Engineer
Organisation:

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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St Clement's Church, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, England

Memorial at St Clement’s Church, Sutton on Sea commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Christopher John Martin Sage RN d. 1965

Location

St Clement's Church, Sutton on Sea, Lincolnshire, England

Transcript

'Sub/Lieut Christopher John Martin SAGE RN who died 16th Oct 1965 aged 21, and Alice Rose Sage who died 30th Oct 1965 aged 79, Grandmother of the above'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Sage, Christopher John Martin
Age: 21
Date of Death: 16/10/1965
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1969
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St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Pughe Williams d. 1868

Location

St James's Church, Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain John Pughe Williams born 16 Mar 1811 died 14 May 1868'

Details

People

Williams, John Pughe
Age: 56
Date of Death: 14/5/1868
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office, compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 3, p. 299.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Memorial in the Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon commemorating William Hewitt d. 1858

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Church of St Andrew with St Luke, Stoke Damerel, Devon, England

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard

People

Hewitt, William
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 3/3/1858
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation: Unknown

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Notes: Son-in-law of John Weekes Esq. Master Mariner. Baptised 11 April 1819 at St Nicholas Deptford. Son of William and Eleanor (nee Walker).
Recorder: Mrs M. Catty
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Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating John Jones d. 1881

Location

Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales

Transcript

'In affectionate remembrance of / John Jones / Beloved husband of Margaret Jones / 11? Pearl Street, Cardiff who met his / death most suddenly on board the / S.S. James Grice December 16th 1881 / Between Sunderland and Plymouth / in the 35 year of his age / He weakened my strength in the way / He shortened my days Psalms Ch 23 / Brought up from his youth on the billow / He sailed over the fathomless deep / And now the cold earth is his pillow / And sound and unbroken his sleep / Here no wind and no waves overtake him / No tempest can ever arise / But the voice of the Saviour shall wake him / And bid him ascend to the skies / In loving memory of Margaret / the beloved wife of Morris Jones / who died at Penarth Villa Cadoxton /June 24th 1894 / Aged 40 years / We cannot Lord Thy purpose see / But all's well that is done by Thee / 'Am hynny byddlwch chwithau badol canys / Yn yr awn ni thtbdidch y day mab y dyn' / Also of John Morgan / Died Jan 16th 1930 Aged 76 years.'

Details

Description: Headstone.
Type: Gravestone
Vessel: SS James Grice

People

Jones, John
Age: 35
Date of Death: 16/12/1881
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

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Recorder: David J. Wickham
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St Stephen's Church, Bristol, England

Window dedicated to all seafarers who were lost while in service to the Merchant Navy. Located in St Stephen’s Church, Bristol.

Location

St Stephen's Church, Bristol, England

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF ALL SEAFARERS / WHO SERVED IN THE MERCHANT NAVY'

Details

Description: Red and Blue ensign. Merchant Navy badge below.
Type: Window
Position: South side of the Nave
Materials: Stained glass

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Brompton Cemetery, London, England

Memorial at Brompton Cemetery, London commemorating Bennet Woodcroft d. 1879

Location

Brompton Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

‘IN MEMORY OF / BENNET WOODCROFT, F.R.S. / AND CHIEF OF HER MAJESTY’S PATENT OFFICE / BORN 20TH DECR 1803 DIED 7TH FEBY 1873 / HE WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE INCREASING AND VARYING / PITCH SCREW PROPELLERS / ALSO OF THE IMPROVED … LOOMS / THE AUTHOR OF SEVERAL WORKS AND FOUNDER / OF THE PATENT OFFICE LIBRARY AND MUSEUM / ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW / AGNES BERTHA WOODCROFT / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / BORN 17TH SEPTEMBER 1833 DIED 10TH MARCH 1903.’

Details

Description: Headstone with grave cover and railings.
Type: Gravestone

People

Woodcroft, Bennet
Age:
Date of Death: 1879
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Professor of Machinery
Organisation: University College London

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Notes: Inventor of screw propeller for steamships, 1832.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham 1981) p. 86.
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St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Gravestone in St Mary’s Church, Portchester, Hampshire, commemorating William Lionel Wyllie d. 1931

Location

St Mary's Church, Portchester, Hampshire, England

Details

Description: Gravestone carved with a relief of the battle of Trafalgar
Type: Gravestone

People

Wyllie, William Lionel
Age:
Date of Death: 1931
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Marine artist
Organisation:

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Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996) p. 95.
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St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England

Gravestone in Ulverston, Cumbria dedicated to Donald Blair d. 1841

Location

St Mary's Church, Ulverston, Cumbria, England

Transcript

'In Sacred memory of Capt. Donald Blair of the schooner 'Isabella' of Ulverston who died May 8th 1841 aged 55 [altered from 65]. Also of his five children: Henry aged 8 months, Sarah aged 2 years, John aged 4 months, Donald aged 3 years and Jane Elizabeth aged 2 years. Also in memory of Hannah widow of the first named who departed this life 28 Oct. 1854 aged 67.'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard, east side
Vessel: Isabella

People

Blair, Donald
Age: 55
Date of Death: 8/5/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

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St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Monument in St Margaret’s Church, Topsham, Devon commemorating Admiral John Duckworth, RN, d. 1817

Location

St Margaret's Church, Topsham, Devon, England

Transcript

'TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH BARONET / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MOST / HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH / ADMIRAL OF THE WHITE SQUADRON OF / HIS MAJESTY'S FLEET / WHO DIED IN THE CHIEF COMMAND OF / HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS AT PLYMOUTH / ON THE 31ST OF AUGUST 1817 AGED 69 YEARS / HIS PRIVATE LIFE WAS MARKED BY BENEVOLENCE / TOO EXTENSIVE AND TOO EFFECTUAL / TO BE FORGOTTEN / TO HIS COUNTRY'S SERVICE HE WAS DEVOTED FROM / HIS EARLIEST YOUTH WITH A ZEAL THAT ONLY DEATH / SUBDUED; AND HIS ACHIEVEMENTS ARE RECORDED / IN THE ANNALS OF HIS COUNTRY'S GLORY' [Below relief] 'THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY SUSANNA CATHERINE / RELICT OF ADMIRAL SIR JOHN THOMAS DUCKWORTH BART G.C.B. / AND DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM BULLER DD LORD BISHOP OF EXETER BORN 4TH NOVEMBER 1769 DIED 27 APRIL 1840'

Details

Description: Relief of ships in action, below inscription tablet. Inscription flanked by scrolls and anthemion devices and surmounted by a draped bust of Duckworth. Behind the bust are a sword, and a scroll giving an account of his victories. Family arms on left side of monument, trident piercing laurel wreath on right.
Type: Wall monument
Position: South transept, east Wall
Materials: White marble
Date Erected: 1817
Artists: Francis Legatt Chantrey

People

Duckworth, John Thomas
Age: 69
Date of Death: 31/8/1817
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White
Organisation: Royal Navy

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Notes: Bust ordered by Sir John Duckworth in 1810 for £21 (year appointed Governor and Commander in chief Newfoundland). Plaster version exhibited at RA in 1811 also plaster model at the Ashmolean. Dec 6 1812. Sir John Duckworth ordered at memorial for his son Lt Col Duckworth killed at Albuera in 1811. 1818 this memorial ordered from Chantrey by Lady Duckworth £680-00. Battle scene tentatively identified by Margaret Whinney as San Domingo.

Bibliography: Alison Yarrington, Ilene D. Lieberman, Alex Potts and Malcolm Baker. 'An Edition of the Ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A...', 'The Fifty Sixth Volume of the Walpole Society' p. 39, 96-7 (1991-1992).

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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