2,162 officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the Brigade of Guards fell during the Crimean war.
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Field-Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Garnet Joseph
Field Marshal. Born Dublin. Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...
Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland
Old boys of Westminster School
Those who died serving in the Crimean War and Indian Rebellion.
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 ...
John Joseph Sims, VC
Soldier. A private in the 34th Regiment of Foot. On 18th June 1855 in Sebastopol, he went out under heavy fire in broad daylight and brought in wounded soldiers from outside the trenches. For his a...
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Hyde Park Barracks - Somerset and Raglan
SW7, Kengsinton Road, Hyde Park Barracks - Officers' Mess
These two must be Somerset and Raglan but which is which we can't tell you.
William Oxtoby, A.M.I.C.E.
Appointed Surveyor/Engineer for the Borough of Camberwell c.1898. William Oxtoby was born on 7 February 1862 in Hull, Yorkshire. He was the fourth of the five children of Robert Oxtoby (1823-1874)...
H. E. Cockell
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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EC1, Edward Street
This garden acquired its name due to its popularity as a lunchtime garden with workers from the nearby General Post Office (long gone). ...
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