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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George Thomas Dorrell, VC, MBE

George Thomas Dorrell, VC, MBE

Soldier. Born George Thomas Dorrell in Paddington. Wikipedia informs that he joined the army at the age of fifteen and first served in the Second Boer War. On 1st September 1914, at Néry, France, d...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium, France, India, South Africa

War served, WW1
3 memorials
E. J. Aley

E. J. Aley

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Sinnott VC

John Sinnott VC

Soldier. Born in Wexford, Ireland. He was a lance corporal in the 84th regiment of the British army. On 8th October at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, he and two other soldiers went out to rescue...

Person, Armed Forces, India, Ireland

War served, Other war
1 memorial
Lieutenant John Augustus Harman

Lieutenant John Augustus Harman

John Augustus Harman was the eldest of the four children of John Eustace Harman (1861-1927) and Ethel Frances Harman née Birch (1863-1934). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1893 in th...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
J. Eames, Jnr.

J. Eames, Jnr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial

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Civilian deaths in London caused by enemy action

Civilian deaths in London caused by enemy action

This page brings together all the memorials that we have for civilians killed in London by acts of war, including terrorism. It is related to a very interesting campaign for a Citizens Memorial "to...

Group, Tragedy

109 memorials
James Hoppey

James Hoppey

Chair, General Purposes Committee

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
St Mary Moorfields

St Mary Moorfields

Catholic church built by architect John Newman in 1820. Replaced in 1902 by the church of the same name in the north section of Eldon Street.From the church's website: "As the permanent seat of the...

Building, Religion

1 memorial
Owen Whitaker

Owen Whitaker

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Albert Arundel Holmes
War dead, WW1
1 memorial