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Greenwich roundels - St Vincent

Greenwich roundels Greenwich roundels - St Vincent
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St Vincent

Site: Greenwich roundels (13 memorials)

SE10, King William Walk, Discover Greenwich

The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Rodney, Duncan, Collingwood, Howe, Nelson, St Vincent.  The reason for this particular sequence is obscure to us; it's certainly not by date of birth or death.  Any ideas?

The building, Listed Grade II, was built as the Royal Naval College, Pepys Buidling, in two phases: 1874-5 by Colonel Clarke RE, then 1882-3 by General Pudsey RE.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Greenwich roundels - St Vincent

Subjects commemorated i

John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent

Naval officer, administrator and trainer. Born Staffordshire.  Defeated the S...

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Greenwich roundels - St Vincent

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