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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British and Foreign Sailors' Society

British and Foreign Sailors' Society

Sailors’ Society is an international Christian charity working in ports across the world. After the Napoleonic Wars ended, the need for ships declined, and many former seafarers became destitute. ...

Group, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, Philanthropy

1 memorial
Corporal Charles Garforth, VC

Corporal Charles Garforth, VC

Soldier. Charles Ernest Garforth was born in Willesden Green. He was a corporal in the 15th (The King's) Hussars. On 23rd August 1914 at Harmingnies, France, he cut wire while under fire, enabling ...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
C. Bower

C. Bower

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John H. Barton

John H. Barton

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
F. Wilmot Page

F. Wilmot Page

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial