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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L. F. Steel

L. F. Steel

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lance Corporal William James Creswick

Lance Corporal William James Creswick

William James Creswick was born on 26 August 1881 in Southwark, Surrey (now Greater London), the eldest of the nine children of William Creswick (1859-1904) and Ada Creswick née Camm (1861-1946). T...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Royal Arsenal Riverside Guardrooms

Royal Arsenal Riverside Guardrooms

Originally the two guardrooms flanked a grand staircase, which was the riverside entrance to Woolwich Arsenal. One has been converted into a restaurant.

Place, Armed Forces

1 memorial
F. C. Lyon

F. C. Lyon

Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. A. Valentine

W. A. Valentine

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial