Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Brian McLauchlin, surgeon d. 1820
Location
Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England
Transcript
'Beneath this tablet are deposited / the mortal Remains of / Brian McLauchlin Esq / surgeon of Greenwich Hospital / who departed this Life / in hope and expectation of a Better / on the...day of April 1820 age 4...years / to whose enlightened mind and unwearying efforts / the Medical Officers of the Navy / are indebted / For the formation and establishment of / the Supplimentary Fund / for the benefit of their widows and orphans / and in whom/the Medical Profession lost a valuable... / [to] his acquaintances, a steady and disinterested friend / the poor a kind and liberal benefactor / The memory of the just is Blessed. Proverbs X' [west face] 'Sacred to the memory of / Mary Elizabeth wife of Brian McLauchlin..'
Details
Type: Memorial
Position: In enclosure
People
Age:
Date of Death: 4/1820
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich