From the Marine Society: "Founded with the aim of providing men to fight in the King's ships as Britain faced war with most of Europe, The Marine Society was the world's first charity dedicated to seafarers." Founded by Jonas Hanway (1712-1786), a trader, who feared that he would lose his men to the navy, so he set up the Society to recruit and train more sailors. Jonas also a governor of the Foundling Hospital and the first Londoner to carry an umbrella. See Radio Taxis for more on this eccentric man.
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Marine Society
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Marine Society
Site of the King's Arms Tavern where the first meeting of the Marine Society ...
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8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles)
8th (City of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Post Office Rifles), was formed on 1 April 1908 by the amalgamation of regiments under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. Their Wikipe...
1 memorial
Trooper Simon Andrew Tipper
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this soldier: Born Kidderminster, Worcestershire. In June 1982 he married Louise Croxson in Wandsworth. He died at the scene of the Hyde Park bo...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Fred Almos
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War served, WW2
1 memorial
H. H. Lewis
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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Lord Nelson - New Bond Street 103
W1, New Bond Street, 103
Horatio, Lord Nelson, 1758 - 1805, lived here in 1798. London County Council
1 subject commemorated,
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