1st Lord Haig. Born Edinburgh into the whisky family. Senior commander during WW1. Initially nicknamed "butcher of the Somme", but then popular before his death. He has since been criticised for mismanagement of some of the major battles in France. First president of the British Legion. Died 21 Prince's Gate. This photo shows his statue in Edinburgh Castle.
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Lord Douglas Haig
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Cavalry Memorial
Unveiled in its original location, at Stanhope Gate by the Dorchester Hotel, ...
Hornsey British Legion
This double plaque is under the window on the left. Sir Philip Sassoon was AD...
Other Subjects
Captain Broderick Hartwell
Naval officer. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. We think this is Broderick Robert Hartwell - born Ireland, with the dates we've given.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Pilot Officer Joseph Ellsworth Durham
Joseph Ellsworth Durham was born on 16 August 1915 in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas, USA, the only son and the fourth of the five children of Joseph Ellsworth Durham (1884-1981) and Lydia ...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Norman Charles Achille Negretti
From the oundle-heritage.daisy.websds.net website we learn that Norman Charles Achille Negretti was the third and youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. H. P. J. Negretti of Frognal, Hampstead, where he was ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
G. Linklett
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Martin Spencer
Swan Marker and Barge Master of the Vinters Company c.2006-7. Modelled for the figure in the Vintners statue. Deceased by 2023.
1 memorial
Southgate District Civic Trust / Southgate Civic Trust / Southgate Voice
Founded in response to the threat to demolish the Georgian cottages on Southgate Green. In 1993 its name was changed to Southgate District Civic Trust, in order to reflect the wider area of its int...
4 memorials
1 memorial
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