Memorial: M2433

Memorial formerly at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain Thomas Dickinson RN d. 1854

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Captain Thomas Dickinson R.N. / He was actively employed in the service of his country / during the late war from 1796 to 1815 / was engaged at the reductions of the Islands / of St Lucia and Trinidad / at Trafalgar / at San Sebastian and capture / of the French Frigate 'La Trave' / and was twice severely wounded / He was afterwards more peacefully though not less zealously / employed on the coast of South America / where his talents, ingenuity and perseverance / in raising the treasure sunk in / H.M.S. 'Thetis' / triumphed over the greatest difficulties / He was subsequently one of the Captains of the Royal Hospital Greenwich / and departed this life in the humble hope of a better / Through our Lord Jesus Christ 30th July 1854 aged 68'

Details

Position: Mausoleum (interior, east wall)
Vessel: HMS Thetis

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Dickinson, Thomas
Age: 68
Date of Death: 30/7/1854
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions PRO 99618.

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters