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Memorial: M2427

Memorial formerly at Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground, Greenwich commemorating Lieutenant Josiah Dornford RN d. 1855

Location

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

Transcript

'In memory of Josiah Dornford / 55 years Lieutenant in the Royal Navy / who departed this life in the hope of a joyful resurrection on the / 2nd March 1855 aged 71 years'

Details

Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)

People

Dornford, Josiah
Age: 71
Date of Death: 2/3/1855
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war transcription in Public Record Office. Greenwich Hospital Memorial Inscriptions 99618.

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