Admiral. Born Dundee. Defeated the Dutch fleet at Camperdown in 1797. This was a major and important victory in the war with France and Duncan was much honoured with titles and lands. Died at The Inn, Cornhill-on-Tweed, while travelling to Edinburgh.
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Admiral Adam Duncan
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W. Montgomery
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Great fire of Tooley Street
From the picture source website: "The fire started in consignment of jute stored at Scovell's warehouse at Cotton's Wharf. This was the biggest of all the peacetime fires in the port: it raged for ...
Captain George Sampson Elliston
Born Ipswich. Trained as a barrister. In WW1 he served in the Royal Army Medical Corp and rose to be captain. He was awarded a Military Cross on 3 June 1918. 1929 became a Member of the Corporation...
Sapper McLaren
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Sapper Edward McLaren was born about 1918 in ...
Joseph Frederick Oscar Bryant
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. Joseph Frederick Oscar Bryant was born on 29 December 1885, one of the ten children of William Henry Bryant...