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.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Admiral Adam Duncan
Commemorated ati
Other Subjects
Crimean War
War between Russia and an alliance of France, Germany, Britain, Turkey and the Kingdom of Sardinia. Major battles include those at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol, where they still occasionally find ...
Lt.-Col. John Lees Hall, MRCS, LRCP (FD)
Deputy Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1907-1915. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The BMJ, 1915 Aug 28; 2(2852): 351 carries an obituary: "L...
H. Mead
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Sidney Lewis
Soldier. He enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment in August 1915 at the age of twelve, and fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, then aged thirteen. In the 106th Machine Gun Company of the Mach...
Previously viewed
Jessie Craigen
Jessie Hannah Craigen was a working-class suffrage speaker. She was also a freelance (or 'paid agent') speaker in the campaigns for Irish Home Rule and the cooperative movement and against vivisect...
DLR extension to Lewisham - Lewisham
SE13, Lewisham DLR Station
On a cluttered wall, the plaque is the lower one on the right.
Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them