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Memorial: M6618

Plaque on the mausoleum in the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, commemorating Vice-Admiral Thomas Masterman Hardy d. 1839

Location

Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich, London, Engand

Transcript

'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN / HARDY Bt, GCB / Vice Admiral of the Blue / 1769-1839 / Flag-captain and friend of / Horatio Viscount Nelson / Governor of Greenwich Hospital / 1834-1839 / Hic jacet sepultus / England expects that every man / will do his duty'

Details

Description: Plain wall tablet with peaked top.
Type: Wall plaque
Position: Wall of mausoleum

People

Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Age: 70
Date of Death: 20/9/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral. Governor of Greenwich Hospital
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: Peter Hore 'Nelson's Band of Brothers: Lives and Memorials' p. 21 (Barnsley, 2015).

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