Boyd Alan Gatton

Boyd Alan Gatton

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Boyd Alan Gatton was born on 8 October 1962 in Paget, Bermuda and was educated at Saltus Grammar School in...

Person, Tragedy, Bermuda, USA

1 memorial
Captain Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody

Captain Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody

Rowland Harry Mainwaring Moody was born on 1 May 1875 in Bermuda, the only child of Major General Sir John Macdonald Moody, Royal Marines (1839-1921) and Lady Isabella Moody née Mainwaring (1844-19...

Person, Armed Forces, Bermuda, France, South Africa

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mary Prince

Mary Prince

First African woman to publish her memoirs of slavery. Born Bermuda.  The daughter of slaves, she was first sold aged 10 for £20. Eventually bought for $300 in 1818 by John Wood who moved his whole...

Person, Literature, Race Issues, Antigua, Bermuda

1 memorial
Sir Terence Rattigan

Sir Terence Rattigan

Playwright. Born Terence Mervyn Rattigan at 100 Cornwall Gardens, London. He achieved early theatrical success with his comedy 'French Without Tears' in 1936. This was followed by 'The Winslow Boy'...

Person, Seriously Famous, Theatre, Bermuda

1 memorial
Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere

Harold Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere

Newspaper owner. He and his brother Alfred, later Lord Northcliffe, developed the London Daily Mail and Daily Mirror. Born Hampstead. During the lead up to WW2 he was a strong supporter of Oswald M...

Person, Benefactor, Journalism / Publishing, Bermuda

4 memorials
Abolition of slavery

Abolition of slavery

The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act...

Event, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Africa, Australia, Bermuda, Caribbean Islands, Ceylon, Indian Sub-continent, Jamaica

10 memorials
Rhondelle Cherie Tankard

Rhondelle Cherie Tankard

United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Rhondelle Cherie Tankard was born on 3 January 1970 in Bermuda, a British Overseas Territory. She lived in...

Person, Tragedy, Bermuda, USA

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