Wall tablet in St Ann’s Church, Portsmouth Naval Dockyard commemorating Rear-Admiral Charles John Austen d. 1852
Location
St Ann's Church, Naval Dockyard, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CHARLES JOHN AUSTEN. ESQR. / REAR ADMIRAL OF THE RED COMPANION OF THE BATH, AND / COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF H.M. NAVAL FORCE IN THE EAST / INDIES, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE OFF PROME, IN THE / RIVER IRRAWADDY, WHILST CONDUCTING THE NAVAL PART / OF THE ATTACK ON THE BURMESE EMPIRE. / OF DISTINGUISHED ZEAL, AND UNIMPEACHABLE INTEGRITY / AS A PUBLIC OFFICER DURING 37 YEARS OF ACTIVE SERVICE / RESPECTED AND BELOVED BY ALL HIS ACQUAINTANCE, / AND DEEPLY REGRETTED BY HIS AFFLICTED WIDOW, FAMILY / AND RELATIVES; HE DIED IN THE SURE HOPE OF A JOYFUL / RESURRECTION, ON THE 7TH OCTOBER, 1852, AGED 73 YEARS. / FOR WE KNOW, THAT IF OUR EARTHLY HOUSE OF THIS / TABERNACLE WERE DISSOLVED, WE HAVE A BUILDING OF / GOD, AN HOUSE NOT MADE WITH HANDS, ETERNAL IN THE HEAVANS. 2 COR. v.1.'
Details
Type: Wall tablet Materials: Stone Vessel: HMS Bellerophon
Event
Oriental Crisis, Second Burma War,
Event Date
1840, 1852-53
Event Category
19th century conflicts in Asia
People
Austen, Charles John Age: 73 Date of Death: 7/10/1852 Cause of Death: Infectious disease Rank / Occupation: Rear-Admiral of the Red Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Brother to Jane Austen. Commanded HMS 'Bellerophon' during the undeclared war against the vali (Governor) of Egypt during the oriental crisis of 1840. Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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.
Memorial in the Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon commemorating Robert Friend Samson d. 1861
Location
Holy Trinity Church, Salcombe, Devon, England
Transcript
'IN MEMORY / OF JOHN WILLIAM SAMSON / WHO DIED OF THE 27TH DAY OF / JANUARY 1862 / AGED 46 YEARS / ALSO OF ROBERT FRIEND SAMSON / HIS SON WHO DIED AT NASSAU / IN THE SCHOONER RHODA OF / SALCOMBE ON THE 8TH DAY OF / OCTOBER 1861 AGED 16 YEARS / ALSO OF CATHERINE GILARD / WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 3RD 1876 / AGED 57 YEARS'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard 236.15 row. 2nd in from ledge Vessel: Rhoda
People
Samson, Robert Friend Age: 16 Date of Death: 8/10/1861 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Unknown Organisation: Unknown
Memorial in the Old English Cemetery, Livorno commemorating Robert Polhill MD d. 1813
Location
Old English Cemetery, Via Giuseppe Verdi, Livorno, Italy, Rest of the World
Transcript
'Sacred to the memory of / Robt Polhill Esqr M.D. of Maidstone in Kent / Physician to H.B.M. Naval Hospital & to the British Factory / who departed this life the 17th Jany 1813 aged 59 years & 6 months'
Details
Description: Arms: Quarterly 1 and 4, (or) on a bend (gules) three crosses crosslet (of the first); 2 and 3 (argent) and eagle displayed (sable), beaked and unguled (or) Buckland; over all a crescent for difference, impaling, a lion rampant on a chief a mullet between two roundels.
People
Polhill, Robert Age: 59 Date of Death: 17/1/1813 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Physician Organisation:
Extra
Bibliography: G.G. Milner-Gibson Cullum; Francis Campbell MaCauley 'The inscriptions in the old British cemetery of Leghorn' (Leghorn, 1906) p. 21.
