Memorial: M2429

Memorial formerly at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich to Captain William Edge RN d. 1842

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred / to the memory of / Captain William Edge R.N. / who was for a period of 33 years / one of the Captains / of the Royal Naval Hospital Greenwich / and eighty one years in the Royal Navy / Born July 7th 1751 died July 21st 1842 / aged 91 years / Also of Eleanor wife of the above who died 2nd August 1830 / whose remains are also deposited in the vault below'

Details

Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)

People

Edge, William
Age: 91
Date of Death: 21/7/1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in the 1939-45 War. Transcription in PRO. 'Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions' 99618.

JSON

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