Memorial: M936

Memorial in Kensal Green Cemetery, London commemorating Sir William Beatty d. 1842

Location

Kensal Green Cemetery, Kensal Green, London, England

Transcript

'SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / SIR WILLIAM BEATTY / SURGEON R.N. /1773, 1842/ SURGEON TO ADL. LORD NELSON ON BOARD / HMS VICTORY AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, / AND WHOSE MORTAL REMAINS ARE INTERRED / BENEATH THE CHAPPEL NEAR THIS PLAQUE'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: Near Dissenter's Chapel
Materials: Marble

Event

Battle of Trafalgar

Event Date

1805

Event Category

1803-1815 Napoleonic War

People

Beatty, William
Age:
Date of Death: 1842
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Surgeon RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Surgeon in the Royal Navy. Attended Nelson at his death at Trafalgar in 1805. Actually interred beneath Anglican Chapel CAT.A/3465 / Vault 8
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 186.
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