Person    | Male  Born 1590  Died 15/6/1655

Sir William Constable

Sir William Constable

From Yorkshire. MP for Scarborough and then Knaresborough. Colonel of a regiment of foot in Cromwell's Parliamentary army, governor of Gloucester and one of the signatories to the death warrant of Charles I. Buried Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Constable, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.

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Sir William Constable

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Reburied parliamentarians

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W. L. Sutton

W. L. Sutton

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
Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood

Lieutenant Charles Campbell Wood

Hero. R.A.F (South African Artillery). On 27 December 1919 he dived into the Thames from the upstream footway of Hammersmith Bridge and saved a drowning woman. He contracted tetanus as a consequenc...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy, South Africa

1 memorial
J. F. Collins

J. F. Collins

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
Col. Humphrey Mackworth

Col. Humphrey Mackworth

Appointed governor of Shrewsbury in 1645 and was a colonel in Cromwell's Parliamentary army. Died in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he order...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
2nd London Divisional Royal Engineers

2nd London Divisional Royal Engineers

London unit which served in WW1.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial