Naval officer. While attempting to control the 1797 Spithead mutiny, Colpoys ordered the shooting of his own crew thus causing the death of several men (we can't find an exact number). Not surprisingly his men refused to serve under him again and he was removed from active duty, although this might voluntarily have been in train anyway due to ill health. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1816 to his death.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
A guild of knights, whose role may have been to defend London from attack from the east. The book "London, 800-1216: The Shaping of a City By Christopher Nugent Lawrence" has a go at explaining w...
John (Jack) John Henry Stephen Dimmer was born at 37 Gloster Street, South Lambeth. Following action at Klein Zillebeke, Belgium, Dimmer learned of his VC reading a British newspaper whilst recover...
John Chapman was born circa 1887 in Middleton St George, Durham, the second of the four children of John George Chapman (1860-1941) and Florence Gertrude Chapman née Bent (1863-1950). On the 1891 c...
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