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Memorial: M2378

Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich to the senior officers of the Hospital and to the Greenwich pensioners buried at this site 1749-1869

Location

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

Transcript

DUTY', 'LOYALTY', 'HONOUR', 'VALOUR', 'In Memory / OF THE GALLANT / OFFICERS AND MEN / OF THE ROYAL / NAVY AND MARINES / TO THE NUMBER OF / ABOUT TWENTY THOUSAND / FORMERLY INMATES OF / THE ROYAL HOSPITAL / GREENWICH WHOSE REMAINS WERE / INTERRED IN THIS CEMETERY / BETWEEN THE YEARS / 1749 AND 1869. / ERECTED BY THE ORDER OF THE / LORDS COMMISSIONERS / OF THE ADMIRALTY / 1892', 'CAPTAIN FRANCIS DANSAYS, R.N. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1754. / CAPTAIN BRODERICK HARTWELL, R.N. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1784. / CAPTAIN JAMES FERGUSON, R.N. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1805. / CAPTAIN JOHN BOURCHIER, R.N. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1808. / ADMIRAL THE RIGHT HON: SAMUEL / VISCOUNT HOOD G.C.B. / GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1816.', 'ADMIRAL SIR JOHN COLPOYS, / G.C.B. GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1821. / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS / BOULDEN THOMPSON BART., G.C.B. / TREASURER OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1828. / CAPTAIN WILLIAM BROWELL, R.N. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1831. / ADMIRAL SIR R. GOODWIN KEATS G.C.B. / GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1834. / THOMAS GREEVY ESQUIRE, M.P., / COMMISSIONER OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1838. / VICE-ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS MASTERMAN HARDY BART. G.C.B. / GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1839', 'ADMIRAL THE HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT STOPFORD, G.C.B. G.C.M.C. / GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1845. / ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES ADAM, K.C.B. / GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1853. / REAR-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM EDWARD PARRY, KT. D.C.L., F.R.S. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1855. / REAR-ADMIRAL SIR HENRY HART KT. K.C.H., / COMMISSIONER OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1856. / REAR-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM FAREBROTHER CAROLL, K.C.B. / LIEUT-GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1862. / ADMIRAL OF THE FLEET / SIR JAMES ALEXANDER GORDON G.C.B. / GOVERNOR OF GREENWICH HOSPITAL, / DIED 1869'

Details

Description: A square column with Britannia at the top, an anchor and flag at the base, It stands on an inscribed plinth with rope carved round the bottom. The inscription panels are flanked by pilasters carved with inverted torches, with tridents on the capitals.
Type: Free standing monument
Materials: Portland stone

People

Adam, Charles
Age:
Date of Death: 1853
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Bourchier, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1808
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Browell, William
Age:
Date of Death: 21/7/1831
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Caroll, William Farebrother
Age:
Date of Death: 1862
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Colpoys, John
Age:
Date of Death: 1821
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Dansays, Francis
Age:
Date of Death: 1757
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Ferguson, James
Age:
Date of Death: 1805
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Gordon, James Alexander
Age:
Date of Death: 1869
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral of the Fleet
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Greevy, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1838
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Hardy, Thomas Masterman
Age: 70
Date of Death: 20/9/1839
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Hart, Henry
Age:
Date of Death: 1856
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Hartwell, Broderick
Age:
Date of Death: 1784
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Hood, Samuel
Age:
Date of Death: 1816
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Keats, Richard Goodwin
Age:
Date of Death: 5/4/1834
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Parry, William Edward
Age:
Date of Death: 8/7/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Rear Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Stopford, Robert
Age:
Date of Death: 1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy
Thompson, Thomas Boulden
Age:
Date of Death: 3/3/1828
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Date of death of Sir Robert Stopford on the monument appears to be incorrect.
Photographer: B. Tomlinson
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