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Memorial: M2428

Memorial formerly in the Royal Naval Hospital burial ground, Greenwich, London commemorating Captain Thomas Colby RN d. 1804

Location

Royal Naval Hospital, Old Burial Ground (Nurses' Home), Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of / Thomas Colby retired captain / Royal Navy and one of the / Commanders of Greenwich Hospital / who died at Torrington, Devon / 21st September 1864 aged 82 years / and of Mary his wife who died at / Greenwich 3rd June 1860 aged 65 years / and was buried in the Royal Hospital / New Cemetery / "Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord"'

Details

Position: Mausoleum (interior south wall)

People

Colby, Thomas
Age: 82
Date of Death: 21/9/1804
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Hospital, Greenwich, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Destroyed in 1939-45 war. Transcription in PRO. Greenwich Hospital memorial Inscription 99618.

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