William Daniell
Artist and engraver of Indian scenes. Orphaned early, he was adopted by his uncle, Thomas Daniell, a landscape painter, and taken as his assistant to Indian, returning to London in 1794. Died at ho...
1 memorial
Frank A. de Pass, VC
Soldier. Born Frank Alexander de Pass in Kensington. He was a lieutenant in the 34th Prince Albert Victor's Own Poona Horse Regiment in the Indian Army. On the 24th November 1914, he entered a Germ...
War dead, WW1
4 memorials
Jayaben Desai
Trade Unionist and teacher. Born as Jayaben Suryakant Patel in Dharmaj, Gujarat, India. She moved with her husband to Tanganyika (now Tanzania), but was forced to leave for Britain following the co...
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General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH
Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape after his wife, who had died in India, and built a pyramid-shaped memorial to her there. He returned to England and mar...
1 memorial
George Thomas Dorrell, VC
Soldier. Born George Thomas Dorrell in Paddington. Wikipedia informs that he joined the army at the age of fifteen and first served in the Second Boer War. On 1st September 1914, at Néry, France, d...
War served, WW1
2 memorials
Lord Dufferin
Full title: The Most Honourable Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, KP, GCB, GCSI, GCMG, GCIE, PC . Born via Maggio, Florence, Italy, died at home at Helen...
Person, Politics & Administration, Canada, India, Ireland, Syria
1 memorial
Henry Ryland Dyer
Senior Assistant 4th Engineer on the RMS Titanic. A full résumé of his life can be found on the Encyclopedia Titanica website. He is also commemorated on the Engineers Memorial, Andrews East Park, ...
1 memorial
Richardson Evans
Civil servant, journalist and author. He served in the Indian Civil Service, for North-Western Provinces from 1867 to 1876, after which he worked in London as a journalist. From the 1880s onwards, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Journalism / Publishing, Belgium, India
1 memorial
Major-General Sir George Joseph Hamilton Evatt, KCB
George Joseph Hamilton Evatt was born on 11 November 1843 in Dublin, Ireland, the eldest child of Captain George Joseph Evatt of the 70th (Surrey) Regiment of Foot (1813-1858) and Mary Anne Evatt n...
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Robert Finch
Robert Gerard Finch was born on 20 August 1944 in Ootacamund, India. (Now frequently known as Ooty but officially called Udhagamandalam, it is a town in the Nilgiri Hills). He was the son of Brigad...
2 memorials
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