Person    | Male  Born 5/10/1888  Died 22/4/1983

Sir Ralph Turner

Categories: Armed Forces, Education

Countries: India, Nepal, Pakistan

Sir Ralph Turner

Professor of Indian languages. Born Charlton, London. Officer in the 3rd Gurkha Rifles. Won Military Cross in Palestine. Died at home, Bishop's Stortford.

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Sir Ralph Turner

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Gurkha soldier

Unveiled by the Queen. Modelled by Jackson on the 1929 statue by Goulden in t...

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Boudicca / Boadicea / Boudica

Boudicca / Boadicea / Boudica

Queen of the Iceni.  When the Romans arrived in AD 43 her husband, Prasutagus, was ruling the Iceni, the people in East Anglia.  The Romans allowed him to continue his rule but when he died their a...

Person, Armed Forces, Nationalism, Seriously Famous

2 memorials
Herbert Gifford Harvey

Herbert Gifford Harvey

Junior Assistant 2nd Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website.  He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park...

Person, Armed Forces, Engineering, Tragedy, Ireland

1 memorial
Bomber Command crews

Bomber Command crews

During WW2 they flew over Germany at night to bomb first industial targets but later whole areas including civilian towns. Their average age was 22 and they went out night after night, knowing that...

Group, Armed Forces

2 memorials
Able Seaman Charles William Bushnell

Able Seaman Charles William Bushnell

Charles William Bushnell was born on 17 October 1901, his birth being registered in the 4th quarter of 1901 in the Lewisham registration district. He was baptised on 23 October 1901 at St Mary's Ch...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
F. C. Verrall

F. C. Verrall

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial