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Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon, England

Memorial in Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon commemorating Charles Garnsworthy d. 1896

Location

Topsham Cemetery, Topsham, Devon, England

Transcript

[East face of plinth] 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES EDWARD GARNSWORTHY BORN FEBRUARY 1ST 1858 ENTERED INTO REST AT BUENOS AIRES MARCH 21ST 1896 WHILE COMMANDING THE S.S. 'DAVENTRY' [South face] 'IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES STANLEY GARNSWORTHY HIS ONLY SON. BORN NOVEMBER 10TH 1888. LOST AT SEA WHILST SERVING

Details

Description: Cross on three tier plinth. Anchor with short length of chain on cross. Incised letters leaded.
Type: Cross
Position: Near path towards north east corner
Materials: Limestone
Vessel: SS Daventry, HMS Clan MacNaughton

People

Garnsworthy, Charles Edward
Age: 38
Date of Death: 21/3/1896
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Unknown
Organisation: Unknown
Garnsworthy, Charles Stanley
Age: Unknown
Date of Death: 3/2/1918
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: F.M.M. Lewes 1994

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  "transcript": "[East face of plinth] 'IN LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES EDWARD GARNSWORTHY BORN FEBRUARY 1ST 1858 ENTERED INTO REST AT BUENOS AIRES MARCH 21ST 1896 WHILE COMMANDING THE S.S. 'DAVENTRY' [South face] 'IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF CHARLES STANLEY GARNSWORTHY HIS ONLY SON. BORN NOVEMBER 10TH 1888. LOST AT SEA WHILST SERVING",
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South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating William Allen, d. 1839

Location

South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory of William Allen, Esq. / Formerly of the H.C. Maritime Service / and late Inspector of Customs at this port who / departed this life on the 27th September 1839, / in the 49th year of his age.'

Details

People

Alllen, William
Age: 49
Date of Death: 27/9/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Inspector of Customs
Organisation: Unknown

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.173.

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St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent, England

Memorial in St Mary’s Church, Chatham commemorating Kenrick Edisbury d. 1638

Location

St Mary's Church, Chatham, Kent, England

Details

Description: With half-length bust of Edisbury.

People

Edisbury, Kenrick
Age:
Date of Death: 27/8/1638
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Paymaster of Navy
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Edisbury is also mentioned in monument to his mother Jane in St Nicholas Church, Deptford.

Bibliography: J. Summerson 'Monuments in St Nicholas Deptford', 'Mariners Mirror' vol. 27, pp. 277-289 (Cambridge,1941).
Recorder: Timothy Wilson, 1979

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St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Place of burial in St Margaret’s Church, Westminster, London of Rear-Admiral John Willett Payne RN d. 1803

Location

St Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England

Details

Vessel: HMS 'Impetueux'

Event Category

American Revolutionary War; French Revolutionary Wars

People

Payne, John Willett
Age: 51
Date of Death: 17/11/1803
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Place of burial.

Bibliography: 'Monthly Register of Naval Events', 'Naval Chronicle' vol. 10, pp. 429-440, (London, 1803).

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Stoke sub Hamdon, Somerset, England

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...'

Details

People

Chaffrey, Thomas
Age: 65
Date of Death: 1768
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mason
Organisation: HM Dockyard, Portsmouth

Extra

Recorder: Colin Harris 1992

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Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Lieutenant Arthur Charles Fellows RN d. 1905

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'ARTHUR CHARLES / FELLOWES...LIEUTENANT OF THE R.N. / YOUNGEST SON OF HORACE AND LOUISA FELLOWES / BORN 19TH JUNE 1878 DIED 2 MAY 1905.'

Details

Type: Cross on pedestal (broken) and curbed grave.
Position: Section 106
Materials: Stone

People

Fellowes, Arthur Charles
Age: 26
Date of Death: 02/05/1905
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: North of North Avenue
Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh

JSON

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  "transcript": "'ARTHUR CHARLES / FELLOWES...LIEUTENANT OF THE R.N. / YOUNGEST SON OF HORACE AND LOUISA FELLOWES / BORN 19TH JUNE 1878 DIED 2 MAY 1905.'",
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    "notes": "North of North Avenue",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

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.'

Details

People

Smith, Alfred
Age: 35
Date of Death: 9/6/1833
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

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

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  "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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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

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

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

JSON

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  "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'",
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Stratton, Cornwall, England

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'

Details

People

Panchen, John
Age: 44
Date of Death: 19/3/1824
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: E.R. Stage

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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, commemorating Sydney Brooks d. 1907

Location

Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

Transcript

'SYDNEY BROOKS / Stoker H.M.S. 'Duke of Edinburgh' / died / 24 Oct 1907 aged 27'

Details

Type: Gravestone
Position: Church of England (old) 357
Vessel: HMS Duke of Edinburgh

People

Brooks, Sydney
Age: 27
Date of Death: 24/10/1907
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Stoker
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: R & J H Perry, 1987

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters