Memorial: M969

Memorial in Greenwich, London commemorating Lieutenant James Berry RN d. 1930

Location

Royal Hospital Greenwich Cemetery (Pleasaunce), London, England

Transcript

'‘IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF / MARIA ANN / WIFE OF LIEUT. J.T. BERRY R.N. / WHO FELL ASLEEP / 12TH FEB. 1920 / AGED 80 YEARS / SHE HUNDERED FOR USEFULNESS, SHE HATH DONE / WHAT SHE COULD, HER END WAS PEACE, AND / HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN MOURN THEIR LOSS / ALSO OF THE ABOVE / JAMES THOMAS BERRY, LIEUT. R.N. / CURATOR OF THE R.N. MUSEUM FOR 17 YEARS / WHO CROSSED THE BAR 12TH SEPTEMBER 1930 / AGED 87 YEARS / “SAFE IN PORT”’

Details

Description: Headstone, lead letters.
Type: Headstone
Materials: Stone

People

Berry, James
Age: 87
Date of Death: 1930
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN; Curator
Organisation: Royal Naval Museum, Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Curator of Royal Naval Museum.
Bibliography: Hugh Meller 'London cemeteries: an illustrated guide and gazetteer' (Amersham, 1981) p. 244.
Recorder: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020
Photographer: Dr Pieter van der Merwe 2020

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters