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Historical Sites related to the Life and Career of Benedict Arnold


  1. After the War: in England

Burial Place *

St. Mary's Church Battersea, Battersea Church Rd, London, England

On June 21, 1801, Arnold was buried in the crypt of this church. The building was constructed in 1777. The inscription on his grave reads, in part: "In this crypt lie buried the bodies of Benedict Arnold sometime general in the army of George Washington and of his faithful and devoted wife Margaret Arnold of Pennsylvania and of their loved daughter Sophia Matilda Phipps"

His obituary in Gentleman's Magazine of June 1801 consisted of the following:
"At his house in Gloucester Place, Brigadier General Arnold. His remains were interred, on the 21st, at Brompton. Seven mourning coaches and four state carriages formed the cavalcade."

For over two hundred years, Arnold's place of burial had been forgotten, until 1931, when John George Taylor"s book "Some New Light on the Later Life and Last Resting Place of Benedict Arnold and of His wife Margaret Shippen" was published, telling the story of how that author discovered the location.

See the church website at: http://www.stmarysbattersea.org.uk/Welcome.html

See this website for good photos of the memorials at the church: http://www.changesinlongitude.com/burial-location-of-benedict-arnold-in-london/
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From Find-a-Grave: The granite replacement marker installed in 2004. The dates have been corrected, and Arnold's wife is now shown as Margaret Shippen.
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From Find-a-Grave: The granite replacement marker installed in 2004. The dates have been corrected, and Arnold's wife is now shown as Margaret Shippen.

  • From Find-a-Grave: The old marker in the crypt.<br />
The date of 1801 at the top is Arnold's year of death. I assume the faint 1951 indicates the year this memorial was installed. The late Bill Stanley, a Norwich, CT historian and Arnold enthusiast, led an effort to replace this marker with a granite one. It was dedicated in 2004. He felt the dates could be mistaken as indicating Arnold lived from 1801-1951. He also wanted to further identify "Margaret Arnold" as Margaret "Peggy Shippen" Arnold.
  • From Find-a-Grave: The granite replacement marker installed in 2004. The dates have been corrected, and Arnold's wife is now shown as Margaret Shippen.
  • From Find-a-Grave: Another modern addition, a commemorative stained-glass window.<br />
This $1600 window was donated in 1976 by Mr. Vincent Lindner of New Jersey, USA. He formed the Benedict Arnold Society to restore Arnold's reputation.  See page 2 of this link for more detail on Mr. Lindner: <a href="http://arnoldsmarch.com/newsletters/Issue%2039.pdf">http://arnoldsmarch.com/newsletters/Issue%2039.pdf</a>
  • From Find-a-Grave: an exterior view of the church
  • This publicity photo was for sale on eBay in 2014. It shows Michael Caine and Shelley Winters posing at the original monument in the crypt of St. Mary's. Scenes from the 1966 movie "Alfie" were shot at the church.
  • This is the press release accompanying the previous photo.
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