Admiral. Born Staffordshire. 1740-4 circumnavigated the globe. Captured a Spanish galleon loaded with gold and silver (aren't they all?) and returned home a wealthy man. Died at home, Moor Park, Hertfordshire. Description of his voyage, from the cat angle, at English Buildings.
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Admiral George Anson
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John Sinnott VC
Soldier. Born in Wexford, Ireland. He was a lance corporal in the 84th regiment of the British army. On 8th October at Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, he and two other soldiers went out to rescue...
War served, Other war
1 memorial
Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
Field Marshal. Born Glasgow as Colin Macliver but his maternal uncle financed his education so he took his surname, Campbell. Rose through the army ranks, fought at the Crimea and as Commander-in-C...
1 memorial
General John Burgoyne
Army officer, politician and playwright. Born at Park Prospect, Westminster. He entered the army in 1740 and in the Seven Years War he captured Valencia de Alcantara. During the Saratoga Campaign i...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Theatre, Canada, Ireland, Spain, USA
1 memorial
H. P. Hindle
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Hugh Cecil Benson
Hugh Cecil Benson was born on 3 July 1883 in London at 16, Young Street, Kensington Square, the elder son of Cecil Foster Benson (1857-1934) and Constance Mary Benson née O'Neill.(1860-1935). His b...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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1 memorial
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George Bentham
Botanist. Born in Stoke, near Plymouth. His family moved to St Petersburg in 1805, where he becam proficient in several languages. In France he studied at the universities of Tours and Montpelier. ...
1 memorial
Lewisham pump
SE13, Lewisham High Street
{On the plaque:} This pump was made by George Turner of Dorset Street, Fleet Street in the 1830's and erected, it is thought, for the res...
3 subjects commemorated,
2 creators
Abbot Laurence Soper
Searching for a picture we were shocked to find the picture source website where we learn that Soper was, in September 2012, wanted by the police " in connection with allegations of {historic} sexu...
1 memorial
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