Naval officer.  Born Aberdeenshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital,Ìý1853 until his death.  75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower. Â
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Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB
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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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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Major William Napier, M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.S.I.
William Napier was born in 1893 in Down, County Down, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), one of the nine children of Alexander Napier (1855-1934) and Hester Mary Napier née Maxwell (1863-1920). In th...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
J. Maskell
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. Royal Field Artillery
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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