Infantry regiment. It was founded to oppose King James II and the forthcoming war with France, and saw action in many later conflicts. During World War I, several writers, including Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves saw service with the regiment. In 2006, it merged with the Royal Regiment of Wales, to become the Royal Welsh.
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23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Arthur James Austen-Cartmell was born on 24 April 1893, the eldest of the three children of James Austen Cartmell (1862-1921) and Mary Affleck Cartmell née Peacock (1860-1906). Civil Registration B...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Originally an association of tailors. Owns the Merchant Taylors' School.
Second son of Simon in the parish of St John Clerkenwell. Active in 1714.
Sculptor resident in Bow. Studied at St. Martin's School of Art. Her philosophy is to 'take art out of the galleries and out onto the streets', and has probably more original permanent sculptures o...
Tobacco retailer which become the largest tobacco sellers in the UK, with over 140 retail outlets. Samuel Gluckstein (1821-73) was born in Rheinberg, Prussia (now Germany) on 4 January 1821, the s...
Furniture designer and retailer. Born at Crouch End. Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art before joining the family firm which ran the Heal & Son department store. He designed the simple, st...
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