Event    From 1642  To 1651

English Civil War

The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Parliamentarians ("Roundheads") and Royalists ("Cavaliers"), mainly over the manner of England's governance and issues of religious freedom. Important figures and events: Charles I, Long Parliament, Charles II, Oliver Cromwell.

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English Civil War

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Brentford Monument

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S. B. Maynard

S. B. Maynard

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Captain John Chapman

Captain John Chapman

John Chapman was born circa 1887 in Middleton St George, Durham, the second of the four children of John George Chapman (1860-1941) and Florence Gertrude Chapman née Bent (1863-1950). On the 1891 c...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. G. Bullen

A. G. Bullen

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Causton

W. J. Causton

Secretary of the British Legion Hornsey in 1929.

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB

Admiral, Sir John Colpoys, GCB

Naval officer.  While attempting to control the 1797 Spithead mutiny, Colpoys ordered the shooting of his own crew thus causing the death of several men (we can't find an exact number).  Not surpri...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial