Naval officer. While attempting to control the 1797 Spithead mutiny, Colpoys ordered the shooting of his own crew thus causing the death of several men (we can't find an exact number). Not surprisingly his men refused to serve under him again and he was removed from active duty, although this might voluntarily have been in train anyway due to ill health. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1816 to his death.
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Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Nicholas Taylor was born on 28 May 1949 in Lynton, Devon, the eldest of the three children of Henry Thomas Taylor (1913-1992) and Edith Peggy Taylor née Colvin (1921-1990). His birth was registered...
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 20 November 1914, age 29, while serving in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry. "As a stretcher bearer he spent the day rescuing many comrades, during this actio...
Frederick Reginald Hart was born on 17 January 1894 in Marylebone, the second of the three children of Frederick Hart (1867-1947) and Lizzie Maria Hart née Sapseid (1867-1956). His birth was regist...
Executed for regicide. In the civil war he fought on the side of Parliament against King Charles I. Close to Cromwell, he was elected to the Long Parliament, sat as a judge in the King's trial and...
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