Vessel Loss

Memorial: M6289

Gravestone at Brompton Cemetery, London commemorating Captain Hugh Talbot Burgoyne VC, RN d. 1870 in the loss of HMS ‘Captain’

Location

Brompton Cemetery, London, England

Transcript

'IN / MEMORY OF / FIELD MARSHALL / SIR JOHN FOX BURGOYNE / DIED 7TH OCTOBER 1871 / COMMANDER OF THE TOWER OF LONDON / AND OF HIS CHILDREN / HUGH TALBOT BURGOYNE R.N., V.C. / LOST AT SEA / 7 SEPTEMBER 1870 / ANNE MARIA GRETTON / DIED AT HAYTY / 23 JUNE 1852 / AND HER SON HUGH J.D. GRETTON / DIED AT BOULOGNE SUR MER / 7TH SEPTEMBER 1889 AGED 37.'

Details

Type: Coped stone, cross
Vessel: HMS Captain

People

Burgoyne, Hugh Talbot
Age:
Date of Death: 7/9/1870
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Bibliography: David Harvey 'Monuments to Courage: Victoria Cross Headstones and Memorials' (1999)

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