Memorial: M2403

Memorial formerly at the Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground commemorating Admiral Sir Robert Stopford d. 1847

Location

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

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Admiral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford GCB GCMG / Vice Admiral of the United Kingdom / Master and Governor of Greenwich Hospital who / died at Richmond on 25th June 1847 / in the 80th year of his age and is interred / in the vault beneath / He served his country zealously and was a pattern / of true piety and Christian benevolence'

Details

Position: Mausoleum

People

Stopford, Robert
Age: 79
Date of Death: 25/6/1847
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Vice Admiral
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1935-45 War. Inscription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital Memorial inscriptions. 99618.

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