Established in 1903 it continued until 1958 when all British naval reserve forces were amalgamated and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) was absorbed into the much larger Royal Naval Reserve (RNR).
The Wikipedia page for the Royal Naval Reserve gives an overview of the RNVR.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
This trophy was originally placed on the old quarter-deck (presumably constru...
Lovick Emilius Cooper was born in 1837, in Norwich, Norfolk, the son of the Reverend Thomas Lovick Cooper (1802-1892) and Emily Mary Swinfen Cooper née Durrant (1802-1838). On 29 November 1837 he w...
Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody was born on 1 May 1875 in Bermuda, the only child of Major General Sir John Macdonald Moody, Royal Marines (1839-1921) and Lady Isabella Moody née Mainwaring (1844-19...
Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, July 1847 until his death. Died at Greenwich.
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
The palace was built, as Bella Court, by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, regent to the child king Henry VI. When the king married Margaret of Anjou Humphrey fell out of favour and died in prison in 1...
Architect. He has won two London Festival of Architecture competitions in consecutive years: with the bench 'Here Lies Geoffrey Barkington' in 2018 and the parklet ‘Pavement Art Gallery’ in 2019. O...
Considered to be the world's first circus ring. Erected in 1769 on the site of what is now St Thomas's Hospital on the south side of Westminster Bridge Road. The showman Philip Astley, (from Britis...
Architectural sculptor. Born Westminster. Son of architectural sculptor Samuel Poole and brother of painter Samuel Jr. He studied with G. F. Watts and was a Studio assistant on Physical Energy. Pro...
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