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Greenwich roundels - Howe

Photograph by: London Remembers

Photograph by: London Remembers

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Howe

Site: Greenwich roundels (13 memorials)

SE10, King William Walk, Discover Greenwich (Royal Naval College, Pepys Building)

The roundels on the north, river-facing, frontage are occupied by, left to right: Anson, Drake, Cook, Howard, Blake, Benbow, Sandwich, Rodney, Duncan, Collingwood, Howe, Nelson, St Vincent. The reason for this particular sequence is obscure to us; it's certainly not by date of birth or death. Any ideas?

The building, Listed Grade II, was built as the Royal Naval College, Pepys Building, in two phases: 1874-5 by Colonel Clarke RE, then 1882-3 by General Pudsey RE.

This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Greenwich roundels - Howe

Subjects commemorated i

Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Naval officer. Born London. Served in the American War of Independence and F...

This section lists the other memorials at the same location as the memorial on this page:
Greenwich roundels - Howe

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Greenwich roundels - Anson

Anson

Greenwich roundels - Benbow

Benbow

Greenwich roundels - Blake

Blake

Greenwich roundels - Collingwood

Collingwood

Greenwich roundels - Cook

Cook

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