Naval officer. On 15 February 1783 he was court-martialled, along with his officers and crew, on the Warspite in Portsmouth harbour for having lost the ship the Hector. They were all honourably acquitted. RN Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Died aged 61 as a result of a wound received 35 years previous which had never been “perfectly cured”.
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Captain John Bouchier
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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground
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A. Eldridge
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Operation Overlord
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North West Europe including the Normandy D-Day landings.
W. Senper
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
H. Prior
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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William Edward Forster
Born Dorset. Member of Parliament for Bradford, 1861- 1886, where there is another statue of him. Educational reformer. Died at 80 Eccleston Square.
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