Naval officer. 1799, in command of the Sanspareil, was crippled in an accident, and rendered unfit for active service. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1809 until his death.
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Captain William Browell
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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
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J. F. Collins
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Corporal Alfred Lee Hale
Alfred Lee Hale was born on the 13 January 1883 in St Pancras, Middlesex (now Greater London), a son of Joseph Hale (1844-1898) and Ellen Louisa Hale née Gaymer (1849-1899). His birth was registere...
Robert Baden-Powell
Army officer and founder of the boy scouts and girl guides. Born as Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell at 6 Stanhope Street, Paddington. His mother changed the family name to Baden-Powell after her hus...
Person, Armed Forces, Children, Community / Clubs, Seriously Famous, Afghanistan, India, Kenya, South Africa
Rear-Admiral, Sir Henry Hart, KCH
Naval officer. Born Sussex. Commissioner of Greenwich Hospital. See Indefatigable for more information, but one paragraph there is particularly relevant to Greenwich Hospital: "Following his reti...
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Great Conduit in Cheapside - blue
EC2, Cheapside, Tescos
The stone plaque is laid into the pavement.
JMW Turner - WC2
WC2, Maiden Lane, 21
There is a rather strange modern architectural sculpture in this courtyard (you can see the top of it to the left of our picture, behind ...
Ferdinand West VC
SW1, Victoria Embankment, Victoria Embankment Gardens
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1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Joseph Haydn
Composer of the Classical period - prominent and prolific. Born Austria as Franz Joseph Haydn. Aged 6 he was sent away to train as a musician. Worked primarily for the wealthy Esterházy family. ...
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