Polar Exploration

Memorial: M5741

Memorial at Kensal Green Cemetery commemorating Robert McCormick d. 1890

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

[East side] 'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MARY /...OF ROBERT McCORMICK /...ROBERT McCORMICK...' [North Side] 'LOUISA...'

Details

Description: Chest tomb with gabled top.
Type: Tomb
Position: 16725/130/4
Materials: Marble

People

McCormick, Robert
Age: 90
Date of Death: 28/10/1890
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Naval surgeon; explorer
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Sinking to the south. Faint inscriptions. Located on the south side of the path behind the chest tomb of Lady Morrow. McCormick was a naval surgeon, explorer and naturalist, he served on various stations and accompanied the Antarctic expedition commanded by Captain Sir James Clark Ross in 1839.
Recorder: Lucy Saint, Eleanor Baugh

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