Memorial at Torryburn Cemetery, Dunfermline commemorating John Graham Ford d. 1925
Location
Torryburn cemetery, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
Transcript
'In Loving Memory / of / My Dear Husband / JOHN GRAHAM FORD / Retired Shipmaster / Late of the Hudson Bay Co. / Who died 15th September 1925 / Aged 76 years / Also his sons / ALEXANDER HENDERSON / Who died 30th.October 1884 / Aged 3 years 10 months / CHARLES HENDERSON / Killed on active service Gallipoli / 26th. October 1915. Aged 25 years / And Thomas accidentally killed / Tecumseh, Canada. / 7th July 1920. Aged 42 years / Also/CATHERINE HENDERSON / Captain Ford's Widow / Who died 27th. December 1930 / Aged 80 years'
Details
Vessel: Discovery
People
Ford, John Graham Age: 76 Date of Death: 15/9/1925 Cause of Death: Unknown Rank / Occupation: Master Organisation: Hudson Bay Company
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Notes: Commanded the 'Lady Head' 1891-1903, 'The Stork' 1904-05, 'Discovery' 1906-11. All Hudson Bay Co supply ships sailing between London and Charlton Island, James Bay. Recorder: Ann Shirley 1992
Memorial at St David’s Church, Llanddewi Aberarth commemorating John Lewis d. 1841 Lewis Lewis d. 1841 and Thomas Lewis d. 1868
Location
St David's Church, Llanddewi Aberarth, Ceredigion, Wales
Transcript
Er cof am John Lewis, Drefach, Aberaeron, yr hwn a foddodd 'Sound Dewi' Hydnef,1841 yr 36 oed. Margaret ei wraig a fu farw Mehn 1 1854 yn 52 oed David en mab a fu farn Mai 10 1837 yn 4 oed. Lewis en mab a foddodd yr un adeg a'i dad, yn 12 oed. John en mab a fu farw Mai 4 1854 yn 19 oed. David en mab a foddodd yn Sydney, Australia, Cluvef 1862 yn 22 oed. Hefyd,Thomas en mab a foddodd pan ar ei fordaith i 'Gulf of Venice', Mawrth 1868 yn 37 oed' [Translation] 'In memory of John Lewis of Drefach, Aberaevon, who drowned on the 'Sound Dewi' October 1841, aged 36 years. Margaret his wife died June 1 1854, aged 52 years. David their son died May 10 1837 aged 4 years. Lewis, their son drowned at the same time as his father, aged 12 years. John their son died May 4 1854 aged 19 years. David their son drowned in Sydney, Australia February 1862 aged 22 years. Also Thomas their son drowned on his voyage in 'Gulf of Venice' March 1868 aged 37 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Churchyard Vessel: Sound Dewi, Gulf of Venice
People
Lewis, John Age: 36 Date of Death: 1841 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Lewis, Lewis Age: 12 Date of Death: 1841 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Lewis, Thomas Age: 37 Date of Death: 1868 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
Wall monument at Canterbury Cathedral commemorating Vice Admiral Sir George Rooke, Vice-Admiral of England RN d. 1709
Location
Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent, England
Transcript
'I.M.S. / GEORGII ROOKE Militis / GUILIELMI ROOKE Militis filii / ANGLIAE VICE-ADMIRALLI / Oh quantum est historiae in isto Nomine / At Quantillum Hic Titulus potis est Enarrare! / Profugientibus ex Acie GALLIS Ao MDCXCII / Ipse aperta Cymbula, / Immistus Tormentorum Globis, / Imbribusq. Gladium, / Tot GALLIS testibus credite Posteri / Ultrices Primus Flammas aptans, / Naves Bellicas XIII, juxta La HOGUE combussit / Compositis dehinc inter SUEVUM & DANUM / Summo Consilio & Justitia Discordiis; / A pacato Septentrione, ad Meridiem se Convertit. / Iterumq. Exusta aut Capta a VIGONEM / Tota Praesidiatrice Hostium Classe, / Atq. onerariis immensae Molis Argento foetis / In Patriam feliciter adductis, / Opimam Praedam Fide Integgerimo / In Ararium Publicum deportavit / GIBRALTARIUM copiis Navalibus / Paucioribus Horis cepit, / Quam Postea Mensibus irrito Conatu / Justus Obsidebat Exercitus, / Et eadem fere Impressione / Instructissimam GALLORUM Classem / Inferior multo Viribus / Consilio et Fortitudine longe Superior / Non denuo in Aciem prodituram, Profligavit, / Sic CAROLUS III ad solium /Sic HISPANIIS ad Libertatem / Sic EUROPAE ad Pacem / viam aperuit / His atq. aliis exantiatis Laboribus / HEROI CHRISTIANO / Ob Egregiam in ECCLESIUM Pietatem, / Ob Fidem GULIELMO MAGNO / & ANNAE OPTIMAE / Sanctissime semper Praestitam; / Ob Nomen BRITANNICUM per Terrarum Orbem / Amplificatum et Decoratum; / Non Titulos superbos, / Non Opes invidiosas, / Nec inanes Vulgi plausus / Sed Optimae Mentis Conscientiam, / Bonorum Amorem Omnium/Otium in Paternis sedibus / Et Mortem in CHRISTO concessit DEUS / Obiit XXIV die Januarii Anno Aetatis suae LVIII Christi MDCCVIII / Uxores Habuit Tres / Mariam Howe de Cold Berwick in Agro Wilton / Mariam Luttrel de Dunster Castle in Agro Somerset / Cath. Knatchbull de Mersham Hatch in Agro Cantiano /Quarum ex secunda GEORGIUM Filium Unicum Reliquit / H.M. Gul. Brodnam & Sam Milles Armigeri. T.C.P.'
[Sacred to the memory of Sir George Rooke, knight, son of William Rooke, knight, Vice-Admiral of England. Oh! How much history is that name! And how little this epitaph can tell. The French flying in the fight in the year 1692, he, in an open boat, amidst showers of great and small shot, and the swords of so many French, (a deed scarce credible by posterity) having first prepared the fireships, burnt thirteen ships of war near La Hogue. Afterwards the difference between the Swedes and Danes being happily and justly settled by his advice, he left the North and returned southward, where the whole enemy fleet protecting a convoy were either burned or taken at Vigo. He safely brought to England the galleons, ships of immense burden, laden with treasure, and with the utmost integrity lodged it all in the Public Treasury. He took Gibraltar with the fleet, in fewer hours than a regular army vainly besieged it months. With the same success, his navy being as much inferior in strength as it was superior in conduct and courage, he put to flight the whole French fleet in one memorable battle, being largely inferior in number of men, but largely superior in wisdom and courage. The French though well-equipped did not again risk a battle, thus he opened to Charles III the way to the throne of Spain, for the greater Freedom and Peace of Europe. After this and many other exhausting labours, in return for his admirable piety, his steadfast loyalty to King William and Queen Anne, for having made renowned and respected the name of Britain through all lands, God rewarded the Christian Hero, not with arrogant titles, neither with envious flattery nor with the empty applause of the mob but with the pure, peaceful, conscience of a noble mind, the love of all good and worthy men, rest in his ancestral home and death in Christ. He passed away on 24 January 1708 AD at the age of 58. He had had three wives: Mary Howe of Cold Berwick in the county of Wiltshire. Mary Luttrell of Dunster Castle in the County of Somerset and Catherine Knatchbull of Mersham Hatch, Kent. He had his only son George by his second wife. H. M. William Broadnam and Sir Sam Milles, Esquires T.C.P.]
Details
Description: Long bust of Rooke in armour and wig with draped curtains behind. The bow of a warship in relief protrudes on either side of the inscription tablet below. Architectural surround with pilasters on either side, armorials on top. Type: Wall monument Position: Chapel of St Michael Materials: Marble Artists: Edward Stanton
People
Rooke, George Age: 58 Date of Death: 24/1/1709 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Translation: Silvia Bozzato (modern year for date of death given). Sir George Rooke is buried in St Paul's Church, Canterbury. A statue of Rooke was erected in Gibraltar in 2004.
Bibliography: John Newman 'Buildings of England: North East and East Kent' (Harmondsworth, 1983) p. 210; John Le Neve 'Monumenta Anglicana', vol. iv, p. 147 (London, 1718). Recorder: B. Tomlinson Photographer: B. Tomlinson
Wall tablet at St Alphege Church, Greenwich commemorating Frederick Lanchester d. 1835
Location
St Alphege Church, Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / FREDERICK LANCHESTER / WHO DIED ON BOARD THE SHIP MARQUIS OF HASTINGS / OFF MADAGASCAR ON THE VOYAGE TO BOMBAY / ON THE 1ST DAY OF OCTOBER 1835 / AGED 37 YEARS / DEEPLY LAMENTED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS'
Plaque in Burton in Wirral, Cheshire dedicated to Andrew Boyd d. 1874
Location
St Nicholas Church, Burton in Wirral, Cheshire, England
Transcript
'Andrew Boyd Baird of Paisley who died at sea May 22nd 1874 aged 31 years. Erected by the owners of the barque Maravilla of Liverpool of which he had command previous to his death'
Details
Type: Plaque Vessel: Maravilla
People
Baird, Andrew Boyd Age: 31 Date of Death: 22/5/1874 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Bibliography: David Saunders 'Maritime Memorials & Mementoes' (Yeovil, 1996), p. 32.
Wall monument in Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, commemorating Joseph Edmonds d. 1794, James Edmonds d. 1794, and John Edmonds d. 1794
Location
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Swanage, Dorset, England
Transcript
'Sacred to the Memory of / JOSEPH EDMONDS / Commander of the DEFIANCE of 24 Guns / Whose Bravery in conquering a French / Ship of Superior Force in 1758 was / generously rewarded by the Underwriters and Merchants of the City of LONDON / He died at Swanage 26th September 1794 / Aged 74 Years / And PRISCILLA his Wife an affectionate Mother / to their Children she died 11th March 1801 Aged 75 / The Monument Placed here as a testimony / of Filial Affection and Gratitude. / To the Memory of / JAMES Eldest son of / JOSEPH & PRISCILLA EDMONDS / Commander of the NEW ALBION / Died at Jamaica 5th July 1794 / Aged 53 Years / Also of / JOHN Youngest Son of / the said JOSEPH & PRISCILLA / Commander of the DORSET / Who was killed Gallantly defending his Ship / against the French off the Island of Cuba / 21 October 1794 / Aged 29 Years'
Details
Description: Sarcophagus flanked by cherubs, with relief of naval engagement on the front placed above the inscription tablet. The family arms on an obelisk-shaped backing plate above the sarcophagus. Type: Wall monument Vessel: Defiance, Dorset, New Albion
Event Category
1793-1802 French Revolutionary War
People
Edmonds, Joseph Age: 74 Date of Death: 26/9/1794 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Edmonds, James Age: 53 Date of Death: 5/7/1794 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Edmonds, John Age: 29 Date of Death: 21/10/1794 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Organisation:
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Notes: Monument removed from old church. Bibliography: 'An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset'' vol. iii, part 2, p. 292 (London, 1970); J.D. Spinney 'Some Naval Memorials in Dorset', 'Mariner's Mirror' vol. 73, p. 193 (Greenwich,1987). Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Gravestone in Portland, Dorset, dedicated to William Rundle d. 1886
Location
Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England
Transcript
'In / memory of / WILLIAM HENRY RUNDLE / late of / HMS Boscawen / son of / John and Eliz'th Rundle / of Lelant Cornwall / who died Nov'r 10th 1886 / Aged 16 1/2 years'
Details
Type: Gravestone Position: Church of England (old) 315 Vessel: HMS Boscawen
People
Rundle, William Henry Age: 16 1/2 Date of Death: 10/11/1886 Cause of Death: Unknown/None Rank / Occupation: Organisation: Royal Navy
Memorial at Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent commemorating Michael Austin, RN Boatswain d. 1844 and George Daysh Austin, Assistant Surgeon RN d. 1836
Location
Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent, England
Transcript
'Sacred / to the memory of / Thomas Fitzherbert Austin / son of Michael & Mary Ann Austin / who departed this life / 28 June 1825 / aged 14 years. / Also John William Rawlinson / son of / the Revd John Samuel Rawlinson decd / 21st August 1826, Aged 11 months and 13 days. / Jane Fitzherbert Austin / Daughter of the above / Michael and Mary Ann Austin / Died June 29th 1827 AET 18 / Mary Ann Austin / Mother of the above Thomas and Jane, / Died on the 10th December 1829 / Aged 51 years / Also of George Daysh Austin / Assistant Surgeon of H.M. Mary and member of / The Royal College of Surgeons, London / son of the above / Michael and Mary Austin, / who died 6th June 1836 aged 27 years / also of Mr Michael Austin / who died 1st June 1844, aged 72 years'
Details
Position: Churchyard Vessel: HMS Mary
People
Austin, Michael Age: 72 Date of Death: 1/6/1844 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Boatswain Organisation: Royal Navy Austin, George Daysh Age: 27 Date of Death: 6/6/1836 Cause of Death: Unknown / None Rank / Occupation: Assistant Surgeon Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Bibliography: Graham Dean and Keith Evans 'Nelson's Heroes' (Norwich, 1994) p. 23; Rear Adm J.A.L. Myers 'The rating's son who became an admiral', 'The Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society' vol. 39, pp. 268-9.
Window in Portsmouth Cathedral dedicated to Admiral Bertram Ramsay d.1945
Location
Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England
Transcript
[Left] 'IN MEMORY OF ADMIRAL / SIR BERTRAM RAMSEY / KILLED IN ACTION 1945 WHO / COMMANDED THE SEABOURNE FORCES / AT DUNKIRK 1940' [Right] 'AND NORMANDY 1944 / HERE ARE REMEMBERED / ALSO THOSE UNDER HIS / COMMAND WHO WERE KILLED / DURING THESE OPERATIONS'
Details
Type: Window Position: Lower windows of transept
Event Category
1939-1945 Second World War
People
Ramsay, Bertram Home Age: 61 Date of Death: 2/1/1945 Cause of Death: War casualty Rank / Occupation: Admiral Organisation: Royal Navy
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Notes: Born 1883. Commanded sea-bourne forces at Dunkirk 1940 and Normandy 1944. Buried at St German en Laye near Paris. He was killed in a fatal plane crash in 1945.
