Often shipmates and officers had the grave markers erected to mark the deaths of the crew members who died while in the port of Halifax.

As well, surgeons of a ship registered the deaths of crew members, including how the person died and where they were buried.

These reports were entered in the official register, with a detailed account sent quarterly to the Medical Director-General, Admiralty, England.

The following is a list of the flagships and their commanders who commemorated their lost crew members through erecting a monument in the Burying Ground.

There is a monument to eleven crew that died over a two-year period on HMS Wellesley at Halifax (1848–1850).

The ship was commanded by Captain George Goldsmith and was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald, North America and West Indies Station.

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Alexander Milne (Commander-in-Chief, North American Station at Halifax, 1860–64) erected a monument to his son and 14 other crew members who died over a period of 18 months on his flagship HMS Nile (1861).

6 January 1864: Commanded by Captain Robert Gibson, flagship of Vice-Admiral James Hope, North America and West Indies.

[12] In 1869, a monument to the four crew that died aboard flagship HMS Royal Alfred was created by Admiral of the Fleet Rodney Mundy (Commander-in-Chief, North American Station).

Admiral of the Fleet Rodney Mundy (Commander-in-Chief, North American Station) refurbished the original monument that was created for the seven who died in the Naval Hospital who served on HMS Shannon (1868).

Shortly after the frigate had been secured, Broke fainted from loss of blood and was rowed back to Shannon to be attended to by the ship's surgeon.

Lieutenant Bartholomew Kent, of Nova Scotia brought the first news of the British victory back to London.

There was a monument erected to the twelve crewmen of USS Chesapeake who died in the Halifax Naval Hospital (1966).

Captain James Lawrence died en route and was buried in Halifax with military honors.