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
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
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John H. Growse
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Lance Corporal George Owen Moren
George Owen Moren was born on 4 August 1896, the third of the seven children of Nathaniel William Moren (1867-1946) and Louisa Moren née Woodall (1868-1938). His birth was registered in the 3rd qua...
USAAF - European HQ
The HQ of the United States Army Air Forces moved from London to Camp Griffiss in Bushy Park and then, following the success of D-Day, to France.
Captain Egerton Lowndes Wright, MC
Egerton Lowndes Wright was born on 15 November 1885 in Lytham, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Henry Lowndes Wright (1854-1940) and Alice Maud Wright née Eckersley (1861-1914). His W...
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Holborn Viaduct - Myddelton
EC4, Holborn Viaduct
The sculptor has a page about this statue and its creation with some interesting photos.
Loughton war memorial
IG10, King's Green
The quotation on the 1919 face comes from the Bible, Joshua 4:3, 6-7: "... and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of ...
172 subjects commemorated
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