Headstone at Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet to David Broadfoot d. 1813 customs official and his sons Robert d. 1843, David d. 1853 and Grandson John d. 1867
Location
Anwoth Old Kirkyard, Gatehouse of Fleet, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland
Transcript
'ERECTED BY / AGNES LOGIE TO THE MEMORY OF / her husband / John Broadfoot / Tidesman [Gothic letters] / who died 18th Decr. 1813. Aged 47 years / Also Robert, their Son / who died 23rd Septr.1809, Aged 4 years / Also Robert, their Son / COMMANDER OF THE SHIP DAVENPORT OF LIVERPOOL / who died at Macoe in China 5th August 1843 / Aged 30 years / Also Eliza, their Daughter / wife of Ebenezer Gladstone, Wine Merchant / of Liverpool who died 3rd January 1845 / Aged 33 years / DEPARTED THIS LIFE IN MANCHESTER, ON THE 23RD / JAN. 1861, IN THE 42ND YEAR OF HER AGE. ELIZABETH / WIFE OF CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT AND THIRD / DAUGHTER OF JOHN GLADSTONE, ESQ,. ENGINEER' [Back of Headstone] 'ALSO OF / CAPN. DAVID BROADFOOT / SECOND SON OF THE SAID JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA / 11TH OCTOBER 1853 AGED 46 YEARS / ALSO OF / AGNES BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED JOHN BROADFOOT / WHO DIED AT MANCHESTER 21 MARCH 1858 / AGED 78 YEARS / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT / THEIR SON WHO DIED AT LAUREL BANK GATEHOUSE / 11TH APRIL 1867, AGED 57 YEARS / EUPHENIA ROSE BROADFOOT / RELICT OF THE ABOVE NAMED CAPT. JOHN BROADFOOT / DIED THERE 11TH JUNE 1898 AGED 76 YEARS / JOHN FRASER BROADFOOT ONLY SON OF THE SAID / CAPTAIN JOHN BROADFOOT, DIED AT GATEHOUSE / 30TH APRIL 1913 AGED 48 YEARS'
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Description: The surround and headstone are of red sandstone. The surround used to have metal railings all around, but have since disappeared. Type: Gravestone Vessel: Davenport
People
Broadfoot, John Age: 47 Date of Death: 18/12/1813 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Tidesman Organisation: Broadfoot, Robert Age: 30 Date of Death: 5/8/1843 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Broadfoot, David Age: 46 Date of Death: 11/10/1853 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Broadfoot, John Age: 57 Date of Death: 11/4/1867 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation:
Headstone at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating William Hill d. 1891
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR HUSBAND / WILLIAM HILL / MASTER MARINER OF THIS CITY / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 28 AUGT 1891 / AGED 71 / FOR MANY YEARS A FAITHFUL SERVENT TO / THE LIVERPOOL SALVAGE ASSOCIATION / THE TOILSOME VOYAGES NOW ARE PAST / THE WEARIED MARINER RESTS AT LAST / AND WHEN THE LAST TRUMPETS CALL SHALL SOUND / MAY HE AMONG THE BLEST BE FOUND / ALSO EMMA WIFE OF THE ABOVE / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 11TH JULY 1897 / AGED 89 / NOTHING IN MY HAND I BRING / SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING / ELLEN HILL DAUGHTER OF THE ABOVE / DEPARTED THIS LIFE 18TH MARCH 1936 / AGED 72 / ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME / LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE.'
Details
Description: Headstone carved with an anchor on a rock above inscription.. Type: Gravestone Materials: Slate
People
Hill, William Age: 71 Date of Death: 28/8/1891 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Extra
Notes: The cemetery, in an old quarry behand the Anglican Cathedral, is now St James's Park. Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall Tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Dockyard commemorating Lieutenant Charles Brownlow MacDonald RN d. 1887
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'Sacred / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUT. CHARLES BROWNLOW MACDONALD R.N. / H.M.S. RANGER / KILLED IN ACTION BURMA / JANUARY 9TH 1887 / AND TO THE OFFICR, SEAMEN AND / MARINES H.M.S RANGER / WHO DIED DURING HER COMMISSION / IN THE EAST INDIES 1884-1887 / ERECTED / BY THEIR SHIPMATES.'
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Description: Oval white marble tablet with a rope twist border on a black marble base. A foul anchor in white marble is applied to the upper part of the base. There is a cross in relief above the inscription. Type: Wall tablet Materials: Marble Artists: Baker Vessel: HMS Ranger
Event
Third Anglo-Burmese War
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
MacDonald, Charles Brownlow Age: Date of Death: 9/1/1887 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset commemorating Thomas Chaffrey d. 1768, mason Royal Dockyards
Location
Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY OF / ROBERT CHAFFREY OF WEST STOKE / AND SUSANNA HIS WIFE / THE FORMER DIED IN THE YEAR 1728 / AGED 60 THE LATTER IN 1767 AGED 64 / LEAVING TO SURVIVE THEM 4 CHILDREN/ROBT. THOS. SUSANNA AND ANN / THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY / THEIR SON THOMAS / WHO WAS MAST. MASON TO HIS MAJESTY / FIRST IN PORT ANTHONY IN JAMAICA / AFTERWARDS IN PORTSMOUTH DOCKYARD / AND DIED IN 1768 AGED 65 / MARY THE WIFE OF THOS CHAFFREY / DIED IN 17...AGED...'
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People
Chaffrey, Thomas Age: 65 Date of Death: 1768 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mason Organisation: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth
Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Alfred Smith d. 1833
Location
St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory / of / Alfred Smith, Master Mariner of this Port / who died off Tampico, in the Gulph of Mexico / 9th June 1833 aged 35 years. / Leaving a wife and five children to lament his loss / also / Thomas Gibson, youngest son of the above. / Who died 29th October 1834, aged 2 years. / Also / William Sidney, Eldest son of the above and late H.B.M. Consul at / Trinidad de Cuba, who died 8th January 1865 / aged 40 years: / By foreign hands thy dying eyes were closed / By foreign hands thy manly limbs composed / By strangers loved / By strangers mourned. / Also of Agnes, only daughter of / Alfred and Thomason Smith / who died 14th March 1868 aged 41 years / Also of Thomason S. Smith / wife and mother of the above / who died 16th October 1868 aged 71 years.'
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People
Smith, Alfred Age: 35 Date of Death: 9/6/1833 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master mariner Organisation:
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Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 6, p. 899. This cemetery was sited in an old quarry. It has now largely been cleared. Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Paolo Vincenzo d. 1895
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'A/DE PAOLO VINCENZO / Marina Ro della Nave Italiana / Ruggiero di Lauria' / Nato a Rocca Valdina il 9 Maggio 1872 / Morto a Portland L' 8 Guigno 1895 / RIP' [Translation] 'To DE PAOLO VINCENZO seaman of the Italian vessel Ruggiero Di Lauria born in Rocco Valdina on 9th May 1872 died in Portland on the 8th June 1895. RIP'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Roman Catholic (old) 511 Vessel: Ruggiero di Lauria
People
Vincenzo, Paolo Age: Date of Death: 8/6/1895 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Seaman Organisation: Italian Navy
Memorial in Stratton, Cornwall commemorating John Panchen RN d. 1824
Location
Stratton, Cornwall, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of John PANCHEN, Master in the RN who died March 19 1824 aged 44 years. He came a stranger ... county but by his upright conduct and amiable manners made everyone his friend. He was equally esteemed by his commanding officers afloat and by his neighbours ashore. A good seaman and an honest man'
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People
Panchen, John Age: 44 Date of Death: 19/3/1824 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at St George’s Church, Benenden, Kent commemorating Sir John Norris, RN, Admiral of the Fleet & Vice Admiral of England d. 1749
Location
St George's Church, Benenden, Kent, England
Transcript
'Near this place are deposited the Remains of / the Rt Honble Sir JOHN NORRIS of HEMPSTEAD / who after fifty years faithful service in / the Royal-Navy, attained the supreme Command, / with the rank of Admiral of the Fleet & / Vice Admiral of ENGLAND. / It is but bare justice to his memory to say, / since so much at least may be said / with the strictest truth / that there never breathed a better Seaman, / a greater Officer, a braver Man, / a more zealous Well wisher / to the present Establishment, / nor consequently a truer Englishman / than this SIR JOHN NORRIS'
Details
Description: A portrait bust with cropped hair, open shirt and draperies above the inscription tablet, the Norris arms and crest below. Type: Wall monument Position: South Wall Materials: White marble Date Erected: 1750 Artists: Peter Scheemakers
People
Norris, John Age: Date of Death: 13/6/1749 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet; Master of Trinity House Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Signed 'P. SCHEEMAKER Sculp Anno Domini 1750'. Bibliography: Ingrid Roscoe, 'Peter Scheemakers' 'The sixty-first volume of the Walpole Society' p. 226 (1999). Reverend Francis Hazlewood 'The Parish of Benenden, Kent: its monuments, vicars (1323-1877) & persons of note' (Ipswich, 1889) pp. 7-8.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters