Wall monument in Winchester Cathedral commemorating Captain Isaac Townsend RN d. 1731
Location
Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Transcript
'M.S. / ISAACI TOWNSEND Equitis Aurati, / Qui munijs Nauticis per Sexaginta annos functus est / Mari, / Per triginta quinque annos in Classe Regia versatus fuit / In Qua. Plurimis Principalibus praefuit Navibus, / Navarchus Dignissimus. / Terra / Unus e primarijs rei Navalis procurandae Praefectis / Per viginti et quinque annos extitit, / Rei navalis vere Providus; / Utpote Ubique et Mari et Terra, / Principi et Patriae vere Fidus; / In omni Vitae Studio, Vir Probus et Integer, / Obijt vicesimo-sexto die Maij; Anno Salutis 1731 Aetatis 75 / Gravissimi Doloris Hoc posuit monumentum / Moerens Vidua.'
Details
Description: Carved with military trophies at one end of the base and a ship portrait at the other. The inscription is flanked with panels carved with cherubs' heads, flowers and ship's equipment. The top of the base has a flaming urn at each end. A rectangular chest in the centre, carries Townsend's arms and is topped with a larger flaming urn. Type: Wall monument Position: Beneath south tower arch Materials: Marble
People
Townsend, Isaac Age: 75 Date of Death: 6/5/1731 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Captain RN Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India commemorating Charles Saunders, HEIC, d.1815
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of Charles Saunders, Esq. / third officer of the H.C. ship 'Minerva' / who died the 8th Dec. 1815, aged 25 years / Erected as a mark of esteem by his brother officers'
Details
Vessel: Minerva
People
Saunders, Charles Age: 25 Date of Death: 8/12/1815 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: 3rd Officer Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.127.
Memorial plaque at St Mildred’s Church, Tenterden, Kent commemorating Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury GCB, GCVO, KCSI, RN d.1914
Location
St Mildred's Church, Tenterden, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Admiral Sir Charles Carter Drury, / G.C.B., G.C.V.O., K.C.S.I. / Born Aug: 27th 1846, in Rothsay, New Brunswick, / After serving his country for 52 years in the Royal Navy / He made his home at Homewood in this neighbourhood / and died on May 18th 1914, being at that time / Mayor of Tenterden. / This tablet is erected in loving remembrance by his widow / Dame Amy Gertrude Drury, C.B.E., daughter of John Middleton, Esq: / "The glory which Thou gavest me, I have given them" / John XVII 22'
Details
Type: Plaque Materials: brass
People
Drury, Charles Carter Age: Date of Death: 18/5/1914 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Extra
Notes: Brass Plaque erected by his widow, Dame Amy Gertrude Drury, CBE. Recorder: David Saunders 1991
Memorial in Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff commemorating Richard Treweek Stevens d. 1910
Location
Cathays Cemetery, Cardiff, Wales
Transcript
'In loving memory / of / Richard Treweek Stevens / Master Mariner / Died June 27 1910 Aged 59 years / the day Thou gavest Lord is ended / Also William Dudley, his son / Died July 26 1900 Aged 10 weeks / Also of his son Sydney Treweek Stevens / Died at Daker, West Africa / March 29. 1920, Aged 26 years Also his daughter / Ellen Treweek Stevens Died Oct 19th 1941, Aged 53.'
Details
Description: Headstone. Type: Gravestone
People
Stevens, Richard Treweek Age: 59 Date of Death: 27/6/1910 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Master Mariner Organisation:
Memorial brass plaque at St Clement’s Church, Ipswich, Suffolk commemorating the crew of HMS ‘Amphion’ which sunk on 5th August 1914
Location
St Clement's Church, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Transcript
‘In Memory of / the Men of HMS Amphion / the first Battleship that sunk in the War / on August 5th 1914 / Several of her Crew .... / going out to .... '
Details
Type: Plaque Position: West end Materials: Brass Vessel: HMS Amphion
Event Category
1914-1918 First World War
Extra
Notes: HMS 'Amphion' scout cruiser sunk by mine in North Sea 5/8/1914.
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1972 Photographer: Temporary image
Memorial at Sewri Christian Cemetery, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India commemorating Walter Clarke, RN, d. 1900
Location
Sewree (Sewri), Christian Cemetery, Mumbai (Bombay), Maharashtra, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
‘In / Loving Memory / of / Walter Clarke, / Stoker, H.M.S. Eclipse / Who departed this life / February 6th / 1900 / aged 30 years. / This stone was erected by / the engine room ratings / of H.M.S. Eclipse.'
Details
Vessel: HMS Eclipse
People
Clarke, Walter Age: 30 Date of Death: 6/2/1900 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Stoker Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Also Sewri
Bibliography: David Hutchfield 'Sewree Christian Cemetery, Mumbai, India', 'Family Tree Magazine' vol. 15, no. 4. pp. 48-9 (Feb 1999).
Memorial at South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata, West Bengal, India, commemorating Commander Thomas Poynting, HEIC, d. 1783
Location
South Park Street Cemetery, Kolkata (Calcutta), West Bengal, India, Rest of the World
Transcript
'At the instance of Capt. Thos. Larkins / and the Memory of / Thomas Poynting, Esq. / Commander of the ship 'Resolution' / in the service of the United Company of / Merchants of England, trading to the East Indies, / who most bravely defended / the 'Resolution' against thirty sail of the Mahratta / fleet. / He died esteemed and honored by those who knew / him / the 28th day of August 1783 aged 53 years.'
Details
Vessel: Resolution
People
Poynting, Thomas Age: 53 Date of Death: 28/8/1783 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Commander Organisation: Honourable East India Company
Extra
Bibliography: 'The Bengal Obituary or a record to perpetuate the memory of departed worth' (Calcutta, 1848) p.72
Wall tablet in the Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, commemorating Rear Admiral Edward Walpole Browne d. 1846
Location
Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England
Transcript
'S.M. of / Mary Fuller wife of / Rear Admiral / Edward Walpole Browne / and da. of the late William BOYS Esq., of Sandwich; / ob. 27th of Sept., 1837, / Aged 68 yrs. / Edward Walpole BROWNE., Rear Admiral of the Red / b. Jan. 16th A.D. 1766, / ob. at Spittal, Durham, Oct. 15th, A.D. 1846. /
Details
Type: Wall tablet Position: North wall of nave
People
Browne, Edward Walpole Age: 80 Date of Death: 15/10/1846 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Gravestone in Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth commemorating John Robarts VC d. 1888
Location
Highland Road cemetery, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'In loving memory of / JOHN ROBARTS V.C. R.N. / THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF / ANNE E.V. ROBARTS / WHO DIED OCTOBER 17TH 1888 / AGED 68 YEARS / ALSO WILLIAM CECIL ROBARTS ...'
Details
Description: Gothic gravestone carved with flowers and flanked by pillars. Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Materials: Limestone
People
Robarts, John Age: 68 Date of Death: 17/10/1888 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Gunner Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Victoria Cross winner. Died of heart disease.
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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters