Memorial: M2356

Gravestone in East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, commemorating Lieutenant Stanley A B Burney RN d. 1878 in the loss of HMS ‘Eurydice’

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'IN SACRED MEMORY OF / CATHERINE THE BELOVED WIFE OF / COMMANDER CHARLES BURNEY / R.N. C.B. / DIED 11TH MAY 1882 / AGED 55 / ALSO IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / THREE SONS OF THE ABOVE CHARLES WILLIAM DUNCAN / BORN 4TH DECEMBER 1851 / DIED 15 JUNE 1862. / ERNEST HENRY / BORN 23 JULY 1850 / DIED 7TH MARCH 1887. / STANLEY A. B. BURNEY / LIEUTENANT R.N. / BORN 21ST JANUARY 1855 / LOST BY THE FOUNDERING OF H.M.S. EURYDICE / OFF THE ISLE OF WIGHT / 24 MARCH 1878. / AND THERE SHALL BE NO MORE / DEATH NEITHER SORROW OR CRYING / NEITHER SHALL THERE BE ANY MORE / PAIN FOR THE FORMER THINGS / ARE PASSED AWAY'

Details

Description: Flat stone.
Type: Ledger
Materials: Stone
Vessel: HMS Eurydice

People

Burney, Stanley A. B.
Age:
Date of Death: 24/3/1878
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: E.H. Verney 'The last four days of the Eurydice' (Portsmouth, 1879) pp. 56-63 (list of ship's company).
Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters