The fact that he is commemorated in the Greenwich Cemetery indicates that he died at home in the U.K. The fact that he is commemorated on a screen wall indicates that he had, and still has, an individual grave somewhere in the cemetery. That grave will now be unmarked but it should be possible to locate it if there is still a burial register on site.
The C.W.G.C. in their wisdom, decided that the upkeep of individual graves in large urban cemeteries was too costly and commissioned screen wall memorials to commemorate the dead.
Here is a similar example from the Lambeth Cemetery, which I visited many years ago to find Albert Sullivan's grave. The headstone is now gone and his name has been added to the screen wall. With the help of the cemetery staff, I was able to locate his original grave.
Last edited by High Wood; 01-10-21 at 10:46 AM.
Reason: Adding photographs.
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