Naval officer. On 15 February 1783 he was court-martialled, along with his officers and crew, on the Warspite in Portsmouth harbour for having lost the ship the Hector. They were all honourably acquitted. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Died aged 61 as a result of a wound received 35 years previous which had never been “perfectly cured”.
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Captain John Bouchier
Commemorated ati
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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Private Henry Charles Winder
Henry Charles Winder was born in Deptford, Kent, one of the eleven children of John Winder (1850-1925) and Eliza Winder née Osborn (1854-1916). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1893 i...
Private William Henry John Pyne
William Henry John Pyne was born on 27 July 1908 in Bethnal Green, London, a son of William Pyne (1880-1969) and Amelia Jane Pyne née Russell (1884-1966). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarte...
Maxim Gun
The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
Rifleman W. H. Dash
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. Queen's Westminster Rifles
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