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/
Read MoreOn 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/
From Find-a-Grave: The old marker in the crypt.
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.
