The Sales monument in Woolwich Old Cemetery
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The Sales monument in Woolwich Old Cemetery
Image: © Marathon Taken: 27 Jul 2013
Woolwich Cemetery is in two parts, west and east, divided by Rockliffe Gardens. This is the Old Cemetery to the west, founded in 1856 by the Woolwich Burial Board. They laid out the 12-acre site which was formerly part of Plumstead Common. This is near the bottom part of the cemetery with the gate leading out to King's Highway beyond. The trees on the far side of King's Highway are on the slope of Winn's Common, which is the eastern part of Plumstead Common. The monument in the foreground is to JOHN MATTHEW SALES, ENGINEER R.N. LATE IN CHARGE OF FLOATING FACTORY DEVONPORT WHO DIED 13TH MAY 1865 AGED 35 YEARS. The inscription also includes his daughter Sarah Ann who died almost exactly a year later aged 15 and was buried in Old Alresford Churchyard in Hampshire and his son John Samuel who died in 1883 aged 24 and was buried at Penzance.
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