Naval officer.  1799, in command of the Sanspareil, was crippled in an accident, and rendered unfit for active service. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1809 until his death.
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Captain William Browell
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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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Army Cadets
Summarised from Army Cadets: In 1859 the Volunteers were formed (forerunner to the Territorial Army).  Some Volunteer units formed Cadet Companies.  1860 Octavia Hill, assisted in the formation of ...
1 memorial
E. Greeb
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Richard Savage, fourth Earl Rivers
Governor of the Tower of London, soldier who fought in Ireland for William III and notorious womanizer. Birth date uncertain. Died at home at Ealing Grove, Middlesex.
1 memorial
Royal Brass Foundry
The Woolwich riverfront had been used as a dockyard and arms store for decades so having the foundry here made sense. Its construction was in response to a fatal explosion at Bagley's Foundry, just...
2 memorials
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