Memorial: M2387

Memorial at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Captain John Simpson RN d. 1849

Location

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

Transcript

'IN MEMORY OF / JOHN SIMPSON ESQUIRE / A CAPTAIN IN HER MAJESTY'S FLEET / AND SENIOR CAPTAIN OF THE / ROYAL HOSPITAL AT GREENWICH / WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE / FEBRUARY 20TH 1849 / AGE 83 YEARS. / ENTERED THE ROYAL HOSPITAL / SCHOOL 1778. IN 1781 WAS BOUND APPRENTICE TO THE SEA SERVICE / AND REMAINED ACTIVELY ENGAGED / UNTIL THE PEACE / HAVING GAINED/BY HIS MERIT, PROMOTION TO THE / RANK OF POST CAPTAIN: APPOINTED / 1842 A CAPTAIN OF THE HOSPITAL / IN WHICH HE WAS RESPECTED AND ESTEEMED. THE SUCCESS ATTENDING / HIS NAVAL CAREER WAS SUCH AS / COMMONLY ATTACHES TO THAT HIGH / MORAL RECTITUDE AND UNIFORM / STEADINESS OF CONDUCT BY WHICH / HIS COURSE THROUGH LIFE WAS EMINENTLY MARKED'

Details

Description: Stele, carved with three female figures, probably Faith, Hope and Charity, wreaths above.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Portland stone
Artists: Thomas Milnes

People

Simpson, John
Age: 83
Date of Death: 20/2/1849
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson 1981
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters