"Gallant officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines to the number of about twenty thousand, formerly inmates of the Royal Hospital Greenwich, whose remains were interred in this cemetery between the years 1749 and 1869."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sailors buried in the Devonport House burial ground
Commemorated ati
Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Other Subjects
R. Wiles
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Arthur James Pullen
Arthur James Pullen was born on 15 March 1882, the youngest of the six children of William Arthur Pullen (1842-1891) and Sarah Pullen née Kragh (1849-1903). The birth of Arthur Pullen was registere...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. J. Oudinot
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Rifleman Andrew Duncan Tait
Andrew Duncan Tait was born on 12 December 1897 the second of the five children of Andrew Tait (1866-1954) and Alice Jane Tait née Brookman (1864-1955). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood
Hero. R.A.F (South African Artillery). On 27 December 1919 he dived into the Thames from the upstream footway of Hammersmith Bridge and saved a drowning woman. He contracted tetanus as a consequenc...
1 memorial
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1 memorial
E. J. Blanchflower
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Robert Seaward
NW3, Haverstock Hill, Belsize Park tube station
We can find no information about the "facilities" behind this green door. Can someone help?
1 subject commemorated
Thomas Tallis
Composer. His early life is sketchy. His first known appointment was in 1532 as the organist for Dover Priory (now Dover College). In 1575 Queen Elizabeth I, granted him and William Byrd a monopoly...
2 memorials
Stella Newton
Fashion designer and dress historian, who brought the history of fashion to bear on art history and the dating of paintings. She designed for the theatre and for fashion, having her own shop in the...
1 memorial