Naval officer. Â 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). Â 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. Â Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1816 to his death.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
All-women unit, affiliated to the TA, formed as the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and active in both nursing and intelligence work during WW1 and WW2. Â The original role was to ride horseback (hence "...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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