Memorial: M2389

Gravestone at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant William Rivers RN d. 1856

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground (nurses home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of/Lieut William Rivers RN, / who died / on the 5th December 1856 / aged 68 / he was / 50 years a Lieutenant in the / Royal Navy / served in three engagements and / lost his leg on board HMS Victory / at Trafalgar / was the first adjutant appointed to / Greenwich Hospital / the duties of which office he / faithfully performed / for 27 years / also of/Emma and Elizabeth Clay / daughters of the above / who died at Greenwich Hospital / the former on the 10th December 1828 / and the latter / on the 16th March 1831 / Both aged 13 years'

Details

Type: Gravestone

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Rivers, William
Age: 68
Date of Death: 5/12/1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: PRO Greenwich Hospital memorial inscriptions 99618. Commissioned as lieutenant in 1806. Rivers lost a leg at Trafalgar.

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