Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, July 1847 until his death. Died at Greenwich.
Naval officer. Governor of Greenwich Hospital, July 1847 until his death. Died at Greenwich.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Admiral, Sir Charles Adam, KCB
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
The first organised training school was opened in 1907 at Peel House in Regency Street, Pimlico. Officer recruits undertook a four-week training course before being posted to their beat. Moved to H...
Thomas William Richard Henry Haskell was born on 1 February 1901 the second of the seven children of Thomas Henry Haskell (1879-1949) and Alice Maud Mary Haskell née Vidler (1873-1946). His birth w...
Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
Henry Daniel Aldred was born in Penge, Kent (now Greater London) the youngest of the five children of George Henry Aldred (1859-1930) and Caroline Aldred née Perry (1859-1913). His birth was regist...
An experiment by the London and Croydon Railway. Pumping stations were built which created a vacuum in a pipe laid between the rails. Each carriage had a piston that entered a slot in the tube, sea...
F.R.S. "the father of English clockmaking". Buried in Westminster Abbey.
The first ever official plaque was placed by the (Royal) Society of Arts on house number 16 in 1867 but the building was subsequently dem...
The 'courage' quote is from a speech Fawcett gave after the death of fellow suffrage campaigner Emily Davison.