The British Navy is known as the Senior Service because it is the oldest of the British armed services (not because it was named after the cigarettes).
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
British Navy, officers & men who lost lives in submarines, WW1&2
Commemorated ati
National Submarine War Memorial
The bronze relief depicts, in cross section, the interior of a submarine in w...
Other Subjects
H. Arscott
Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Sapper Henry Arscott was born on 31 March 1881 in Hampstead, the younger son of William and Frances Arscott. His father was a house painter. The 1881...
Royal Arsenal Gatehouse
Also known as the Beresford Gate (after William Beresford, Master-General of the Ordnance and Governor of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich), and was formerly the main entrance to the Royal Ar...
A. Fisher
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Hyde Park Barracks / Knightsbridge Barracks
This site was first developed in 1795 for use by the Horse Guards. The barracks were designed by architect James Johnson and buildings were added up to 1803. (British History Online – 1st Barracks ...
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Shepherd's Bush Library - foundation stone
W12, Uxbridge Road, 7
The blue plaque is next to the lower right window of the building, and the foundation stone is on the right of the doorway. The Hunt and...
Jamestown Settlement
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas, and named by some as the place where the British Empire began.105 so-called 'adventurers' sailed in three ships, the 'Susan Constant', the 'D...
Heinrich Heine
German poet and essayist. Born Dusseldorf. Died Paris.
James "Bronterre" O'Brien
N1, Donegal Street, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson School
We originally photo’ed this plaque in 2009 on the previous building at this site. In September 2013 Rocker Ages sent this link showing t...
Hatch End Station
HA5, Station Approach
This (Wrenish style) building by Gerald Horsley was built in 1911 on the site of the first station opened in August 1842. Harrow Heritage...