Group    From 1749  To 1869

Sailors buried in the Devonport House burial ground

Categories: Armed Forces

"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."

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Sailors buried in the Devonport House burial ground

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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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Ronald Neil Stuart, VC

Ronald Neil Stuart, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 7 June 1917, age 30, while serving in the Royal Naval Reserve. "HMS Pargust disguised as a merchant ship, encountered an enemy submarine. The submarine was sunk an...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. Harvey

W. Harvey

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
C. E. P. Coupland

C. E. P. Coupland

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
William, 5th Viscount Howe

William, 5th Viscount Howe

A professional soldier who served with distinction in America, at both the siege of Louisburg and the capture of Quebec in 1759. He was Commander-in-Chief of the British Army during the first part ...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial