Memorial: M5059

Floor slabs in the Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich commemorating US citizens who served in the Royal Navy during the Second World War

Location

Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, London, England

Transcript

'15th JUNE 1941 / On this day came three citizens of / THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / The first if their countrymen to become Sea-Officers of / THE ROYAL NAVY / IN MEMORY OF THOSE AMERICANS / WHO, BETWEEN 1939-1941 / WHEN THE FATE OF GREAT BRITAIN / AND THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM / HUNG IN THE BALANCE / VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE IN / THE ROYAL NAVY', 'GURDAN BUCK / ALEX HENRY CHERRY / OSWALD BIRRELL DEITER / EDWARD MORTIMOR FERRIS / DAVID GIBSON / JACK EDWARD HAMPSON / GEORGE HOAGUE / WILLIAM PERKINS HOMANS / DRAPER LAURENCE KAUFFMAN / EDMUND WEBSTER KITTREDGE / CARL KONOW', 'DEREK ARMITAGE LEE / JOHN MATTHEW LEGGAT / PETER GREENE MORISON / JOHN STANLEY PARKER / CHARLES BURNHAM PORTER / HENRY FREMONT RIPLEY / EDWIN FAIRMAN RUSSELL / JOHN ALBERT STILWELL / WILLIAM ERWIN GIBSON TAYLOR / DAVID ARNOLD VAN EPPS'

Details

Description: Four inscribed marble slabs.
Type: Floor tablet
Position: Floor
Materials: Marble
Date Erected: 2001
Artists: Roger Francis

Event

1939-1945 Second World War

People

Parker, John Stanley
Age:
Date of Death: 18/10/1941
Cause of Death: War casualty
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Ripley, Henry Fremont
Age:
Date of Death: 2/12/1960
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RNVR
Organisation: Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Extra

Notes: Many of those commemorated survived the war and their dates of death are not presently recorded. DOSSIER.
Recorder: R.E. White; Mrs Charlotte Hammond

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters