CRAVE OF WILLIAM BLIGH
Mr. Algernon Ash ton, whose hobby is the visiting of the tombs of the famous, writes to the London "Daily Chronicle":— "It is just 50 years since I first visited the tomb of William Bligh, one of England's most celebrated navigators (1754----1817), who lies buried in the old churchyard of Lambeth. It was then in quite a satisfactory condition, but recently I found that the interesting inscription had become almost undecipherable, and the whole fine and elaborate monument is now in a sad state of neglect. Could it not be thoroughly restored?" Admiral AVilliam Bligh is celebated in ocnuection with the mutiny of the Bounty, of which he was a commander. On 28th April, 17S0, Bligh, with 18 men, was cast adrift in an open boat, while the mutineers turned back to Tahiti, and ultimately settled on Piteairn Island.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 5
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143CRAVE OF WILLIAM BLIGH Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 141, 11 December 1929, Page 5
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