Person    | Male  Born 6/8/1763  Died 5/1/1827

Frederick, Duke of York

Categories: Armed Forces, Royalty

Born St James's Palace, the second and favourite son of George III. Card gambler. Fought a duel on Wimbledon Common. Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1795 - 1809 and 1811 - 1827. Died, heavily in debt, at the duke of Rutland's house, Arlington Street.

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Frederick, Duke of York

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Duke of York's column

Bronze statue by Westmacott of "The Grand Old Duke of York" of nursery rhyme ...

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Mary Anne Clarke

Mary Anne Clarke, 1776 - 1852, mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York, li...

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C. Edward Bateman

C. Edward Bateman

Flight Lieutenant Charles Edward Bateman. From the American Air Museum in Britain website we know that he lived in San Gabriel, California, USA, and that he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Res...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant George Henry Weinel

Second Lieutenant George Henry Weinel

George Henry Weinel was born on 24 December 1884, the youngest of the nine children of Philip Jacob Weinel (1843-1902) and Ellen Weinel née Shepperdson (1842-1908). His birth was registered in the ...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bengal Engineers

Bengal Engineers

Part of the force commanded by Havelock.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Issy Smith, VC

Issy Smith, VC

Born Ishroulch Shmeilowitz (other spellings are available), to parents residing in Egypt, Smith travelled to Britain as a child stowaway, grew up in Manchester and first volunteered to serve in the...

Person, Armed Forces, Australia, Egypt

War served, WW1
2 memorials
Alfred Wilcox, VC

Alfred Wilcox, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 12 September 1918, age 33, while serving in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. "When his company was held up, on his own initiative he rushed ahea...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial