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Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington

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This patriotic committee of women, led by Lady Lavinia Spencer, ordered the Achilles statue unadorned.  It was the men that insisted on the covering.

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Countrywomen of the soldiers that fought with Wellington

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Achilles statue

Modelled on the statue of Dioscuri in Rome. A gay friend of ours is fond of ...

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citizens and senat of Berlin

citizens and senat of Berlin

Berlin has a mayor and an executive making up the Senat, similar to the Greater London Authority.

Group, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Germany

1 memorial
Chartered Institute of Journalists

Chartered Institute of Journalists

Created at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham as the National Association of Journalists.  Described on the Stead memorials as "journalists of many lands".

Group, Benefactor, Journalism / Publishing

1 memorial
Ifor Williams

Ifor Williams

At Annual report of the Royal Northern Hospital : 1946, in a "SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS" we found reference to "Capt. Ifor Williams’ Endowment Fund".  Possibly the son of the Welsh scholar Sir Ifor ...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial

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Robert Hill Hanna, VC

Robert Hill Hanna, VC

Awarded the VC for his heroism on 21 August 1917, age 30, while serving in the 29th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force. "He coolly led his men against a strong point, displaying courage and pe...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial