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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating John Lowse, Trinity Pilot, d.1861

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'John LOWSE, Trinity Pilot, died on the 10th April 1861 aged 66 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Lowse, John
Age: 66
Date of Death: 10/4/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967
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East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Memorial at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Sub-Lieutenant Ernest Morton Drummond RN d. 1876

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'‘SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / ERNEST MORTON DRUMMOND / SUB LT RN WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / 11 NOVEMBER 1876 / AGED 21 YEARS. / [illegible quotation] / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED / BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS SERVING AT THE RN COLLEGE / AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTION AND ESTEEM'

Details

Description: Headstone with lead lettering. Surface very warn.
Type: Gravestone

People

Drummond, Ernest Morton
Age: 21
Date of Death: 11/11/1876
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Sub Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B, Tomlinson, 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020
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Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Memorial in Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Jonathan Jarvis Weymouth, d. 1862

Location

Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / NATHANIEL WM WEYMOUTH / WHO DIED JANUARY THE 25TH 1870 / AGED 69 YEARS / ALSO OF / JONATHAN JARVIS HIS SON / WHO DIED ON BOARD THE BARQUE / ZODIAC ON HER VOYAGE FROM / CALINGAPATAM TO LONDON / MAY THE 16 1862 / AGED 19 YEARS / ALSO OF / JEMIMA ADAMS / WIFE OF THE ABOVE / NATHANIEL W WEYMOUTH, / WHO DIED APRIL 12TH 1884 / AGED 78 YEARS'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Vessel: Zodiac

People

Weymouth, Jonathan Jarvis
Age: 19
Date of Death: 16/5/1862
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Seaman
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Notes: See Registers of deaths at sea, died of 'Inflamation of the lungs.'
Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage
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St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England

Memorial at St Margaret’s Church, Wolstanton commemorating Admiral Smith Child d. 1813

Location

St Margaret's Church, Wolstanton, Staffordshire, England

Transcript

'Elizabeth, widow of John Child, Esq, late of Newfield died April 11th MDCCCLI, Aged LXX years. Smith Child, Esq: Admiral of the Blue ob XXI Jany MDCCCXIII Ae LXXXIII. Margaret relict of Admiral Smith Child died 15th January 1826 aged 83'

Details

People

Child, Smith
Age: 83
Date of Death: 21/1/1813
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Blue
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: Melanie Smallman 1986
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St Mary's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool commemorating Charles D. Howard Prosser d. 1861

Location

St Mary's Church, Walton on the Hill, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of FREDERICK PROSSER, who departed this life on the 11th of July, 1862, aged 51 years. Also of CHARLES D. HOWARD PROSSER, his dear son, who was drowned...miles west of the...Buoy in the Barque 'PROMPT', on the ...November 1861.' [Slab broken and not fully readable.]

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: South of church
Vessel: Prompt

People

Prosser, Charles D Howard
Age:
Date of Death: 11/1861
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Martin Davies 1985
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St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England

Wall tablet in St Mary’s Church, Stoke d’Abernon commemorating Captain Thomas Smith RN d. 1847

Location

St Mary's Church, Stoke d'Abernon, Surrey, England

Transcript

'IN A VAULT / NEAR THIS SPOT LIE THE REMAINS OF / CAPTAIN THOMAS SMITH, / ROYAL NAVY, / OF WOODLANDS IN THIS PARISH. / YOUNGEST SON / OF THE LATE HUGH SMITH ESQR / OF STOKE HOUSE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / SEPTEMBER 19TH 1847 / AGED 57 YEARS. / THIS SACRED MEMORIAL IS ERECTED / AS A SMALL TRIBUTE OF AFFECTIONATE DEVOTION / BY HIS DEEPLY AFFLICTED WIDOW. / AND HIS WIDOW / ISABELLA SMITH / BORN 6TH AUGUST 1798 / DIED 28TH AUGUST 1884'

Details

Description: Carved with a foul anchor above inscription tablet. Below the anchor a snake between two flower heads. Shield of arms and crest on the apron below.
Type: Wall tablet
Materials: Black and white marble

People

Smith, Thomas
Age: 57
Date of Death: 19/9/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1984
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St Peter’s Parish Church, Liverpool commemorating John Troughton d. 1725

Location

St Peter's Parish Church, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'John Troughton, Collector of Salt Duties at the Port died 6th January 1725 age 70'

Details

People

Troughton, John
Age: 70
Date of Death: 6/1/1725
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Collector of salt duties
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 1, p. 337.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Captain John Burt d. 1848

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Capt. John Burt died at sea 27 October 1848'.

Details

People

Burt, John
Age:
Date of Death: 27/10/1848
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.7, p.453.
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St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

Gravestone at St Clement’s Church, Leigh-on-Sea, commemorating Admiral Sir Richard Haddock d. 1715

Location

St Clement's Church, Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, England

Transcript

'...Also ye body of Dame ELIZ. / HADDOCK wife of Sir RICHARD / HADDOCK who / dyed ye 26th of / Feby 1709 aged 59 years / also ye body of Sir RICHARD / HADDOCK Comptroller of His / Majesties Navy who died ye / 26th of Jan. 1714 aged 85 years'

Details

Type: Table tomb
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone

People

Haddock, Richard
Age: 85
Date of Death: 26/1/1715
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.
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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Admiral Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield d. 1894

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'ADMIRAL SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS INGLEFIELD K.C.B., D.C.L., F.R.S., F.R.C.S. / BORN MARCH 27th 1820 ENTERED R.N. 1832. MATE OF HMS THUNDERER AT / BOMBARDMENT OF ST JEAN D'ACRE 1840 / COMMANDED HMS COMUS IN ACTION AT OBLIGADO 1845 / IN CHARGE NAVAL DEPARTMENT GREAT EXHIBITION 1851 / COMMANDED 800M OF NEW COAST / COMMANDED HMS FIREBRAND AT / BOMBARDMENT OF SEVASTOPOL 1855 / EXHIBITED AT ROYAL ACADEMY 1857.65.65 / NAVAL ATTACHE WASHINGTON 1871 / ADMIRAL SUPERINTENDENT MALTA DOCKYARDS 1872.5 / COMMANDER IN CHIEF NORTH AMERICA / AND WEST INDIES 1878.80 / GRAND WARDEN OF GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND 1891 / ENTERED INTO REST SEPTEMBER 5th 1894.'

Details

Description: Cross with three stepped base and IHS symbol behind wedge with scroll.
Type: Cross
Position: 22008/124/10
Materials: Stone

Event

Crimea War

Event Date

1854-1856

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Inglefield, Edward Augustus
Age: 74
Date of Death: 05/09/1894
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: An account of Inglefield's exploits on the base of the Plinth. Sybil Inglefield, (18 day old daughter), Eliza Fanny (wife) 15/12/1890, Ernest Hallowell Inglefield (son, 3 years and 9 months old) and Albany Otway Inglefield (10 days old) also commemorated on the plinth. Admiral Inglefield commanded three Arctic expeditions 1852-4 and published 'A Summer Search for Sir John Franklin' 1853 discovering 800 miles of 'new coast'.
Photographer: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh ©RMG
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