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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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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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'
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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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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'
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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
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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.
Memorial at main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, commemorating Henry Barnet, d. 1890
Location
Main cemetery, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Henry William Barnet, officer British India Steam Navigation Co. died Karachi 27 January 1890, aged 23' [not exact]
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Vessel: HMT Umballa
People
Barnet, Henry William Age: 23 Date of Death: 27/1/1890 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Officer Organisation: British India Steam Navigation Co
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Notes: Karachi was formerly in India. Following Independence in 1947, it became the first capital of Pakistan.
Bibliography: 'Notes and Queries' vol. 176 (1936) p. 418.
Wall plaque at the Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk commemorating Admiral Augustus Keppel, RN d. 1786
Location
Church of St Andrew and St Patrick, Elveden, Suffolk, England
Transcript
'Augustus Viscount Keppel of Elvedon Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet, who, having discharged his duty in a series of faithful services to his country as a Naval Commander, a Statesman and a Citizen, ended his days in this village, Oct 11th MDCCLXXXVI, Aged LXII years'
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Type: Plaque Position: Nave Materials: Marble
People
Keppel, Augustus Age: 62 Date of Death: 11/10/1786 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the White Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Erected by George Rogers. Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972