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Naval and Military cemetery, Portland, Dorset, England

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

Extra

Recorder: R. & J.H. Perry 1987

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Church of St Mary Magdelene, Gillingham, Kent, England

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'

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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.

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  "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'",
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Cathedral of St Thomas of Canterbury, Portsmouth, England

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'

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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

Extra

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.

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Hove cemetery, Hove, Sussex, England

Hove, Sussex, place of burial of Admiral George Granville Randolphe d. 1907

Location

Hove cemetery, Hove, Sussex, England

Details

People

Randolph, George Granville
Age:
Date of Death: 16/5/1907
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Place of burial.
Bibliography: 'Dictionary of National Biography'.

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Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Memorial in the Liverpool Necropolis, commemorating Captain Thomas Forshaw d. 1855

Location

Liverpool Necropolis, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Captain Thomas Forshaw drowned October 1855 with the upsetting of a boat whilst attempting to land off Lagos, West Coast of Africa age 51'

Details

People

Forshaw, Thomas
Age: 51
Date of Death: 10/1855
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: From a MS in Liverpool Record Office. Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol. 8, p. 685. Liverpool Necropolis closed in 1898 and a public garden was later laid out on the site.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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    "recorder": "Captain J. P. Brand",
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All Saints Church, Campton, Bedfordshire, England

Tomb at All Saints Church, Campton, Bedfordshire, commemorating John Osborne d. 1628, Commissioner of the Navy under James I

Location

All Saints Church, Campton, Bedfordshire, England

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Chapel north of chancel
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 1655
Artists: John Stone

People

Osborne, John
Age: 79
Date of Death: 11/1628
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commissioner of the Navy
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sir John Osborne, knight, son of Peter Osborne, Treasurer's Remembrancer of the Exchequer and Commissioner of the Navy under James I. Married Dorothy, eldest daughter of Richard Borlee of Elsingham Hall, Essex. Dorothy died May 1638 aged 76.

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English Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Rest of the World

Memorial in the English Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands commemorating Commander Walter Percival Ogle RN d. 1891

Location

English Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Rest of the World

Transcript

'Walter Percival Ogle, R.N., ob. at Laguna, 27 July, 1891, a. 43.' {not exact].

Details

People

Ogle, Walter Percival
Age: 43
Date of Death: 27/7/1891
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Commander
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: G.S. Parry 'Notes and Queries' 1904, Series 10, vol.1, p. 442.

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  "transcript": "'Walter Percival Ogle, R.N., ob. at Laguna, 27 July, 1891, a. 43.' {not exact].",
  "content": "<p>Memorial in the English Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands commemorating Commander Walter Percival Ogle RN d. 1891</p>",
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St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Memorial at St Edmund’s Church, Southwold, Suffolk commemorating William Land, d.1874

Location

St Edmund's Church, Southwold, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'William Land, Trinity Pilot, died 12th March 1874, aged 68 years'

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Land, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 12/3/1874
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Trinity Pilot
Organisation: Trinity House

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan 1967

JSON

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  "transcript": "'William Land, Trinity Pilot, died 12th March 1874, aged 68 years'",
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Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Memorial in Aberystwyth commemorating William Griffiths d. 1850

Location

Parish church, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales

Transcript

'William Griffiths (Master Mariner) OTN d. 4th Feb 1850 aged 52'

Details

People

Griffiths, William
Age: 52
Date of Death: 4/2/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan

JSON

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St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Memorial at St George’s Church, Deal, Kent commemorating George Lawrence, RN d. 1807, Naval Storekeeper

Location

St George's Church, Deal, Kent, England

Transcript

'George Lawrence, Esq, October 31st 1807, in the 81st year of his age. Twenty-eight years Naval Storekeeper at Deal'

Details

Type: Gravestone

People

Lawrence, George
Age: 81
Date of Death: 31/10/1807
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Storekeeper
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: John Laker 'History of Deal' (Deal, 1917).

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters