Memorial: M2351

Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Captain Charles Burney RN d. 1887

Location

East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'IN SACRED MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN / CHARLES BURNEY / R.N., C.B., / SUPERINTENDANT OF / THE ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL / GREENWICH / FROM AUGUST 1870 / TO JUNE 1887. / DIED 17TH JUNE 1887 / AGED 61 YEARS. / THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET / THEY SHALL BE WHITE AS SNOW / THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON / THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL. / THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE / WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE / BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH IN THEE. / THIS STONE / WAS ERECTED BY / HIS FIVE SURVIVING CHILDREN / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A DEVOTED FATHER'

Details

Description: Lid horizontal. Stone lead letters.
Type: Gravestone

People

Burney, Charles
Age: 61
Date of Death: 17/6/1887
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital School, Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1988
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe

JSON

{
  "post_id": "5548",
  "id": "M2351",
  "location": "East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich, London, England",
  "transcript": "'IN SACRED MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN / CHARLES  BURNEY / R.N., C.B., / SUPERINTENDANT OF / THE ROYAL HOSPITAL SCHOOL / GREENWICH / FROM AUGUST 1870 / TO JUNE 1887. / DIED 17TH JUNE 1887 / AGED 61 YEARS. / THOUGH YOUR SINS BE AS SCARLET / THEY SHALL BE WHITE AS SNOW / THOUGH THEY BE RED LIKE CRIMSON / THEY SHALL BE AS WOOL. / THOU WILT KEEP HIM IN PERFECT PEACE / WHOSE MIND IS STAYED ON THEE / BECAUSE HE TRUSTETH IN THEE. / THIS STONE / WAS ERECTED BY / HIS FIVE SURVIVING CHILDREN / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / A DEVOTED FATHER'",
  "content": "<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Burney-Charles-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44552\" width=\"301\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Burney-Charles-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://memorials.rmg.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Burney-Charles-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" /></figure>\n\n\n<p>Gravestone at East Greenwich Pleasaunce, Greenwich commemorating Captain Charles Burney RN d. 1887</p>",
  "images": ["/uploads/2020/05/Burney-Charles-768x1024.jpg","/uploads/2020/05/Burney-Charles-225x300.jpg"],
  "categories": ["Uncategorised"],
  "details": {
    "description": "Lid horizontal. Stone lead letters.",
    "type": "Gravestone",
    "position": "",
    "materials": "",
    "dateErected": "",
    "artists": "",
    "vessel": ""  },
  "event": {
    "event":"",
    "date": "",
    "category": ""  },
  "people": [{"name":"Burney, Charles","age":"61","dateofdeath":"17/6/1887","causeofdeath":"Unknown/None","rankOccupation":"Captain RN","organisation":"Royal Hospital School, Royal Navy"}],
  "extra": {
    "notes": "",
    "bibliography": "",
    "recorder": "B. Tomlinson 1988",
    "photographer": "Dr Pieter van der Merwe"  }
}

Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters