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 married again but took his own life on the anniversary of Elizabeth's death. Buried at St Pancras Churchyard with her embalmed heart. Ahhh.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH
Commemorated ati
Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
Other Subjects
Lieutenant Hugh Reginald Baldwin
Hugh Reginald Baldwin was born on 4 March 1898, the second of the three children of Edward Thomas Baldwin (1847-1937) and Emily Henry Louise Stoker (1866-1936). His birth was registered in the 1st ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
Lieutenant Lovick Emilius Cooper
Lovick Emilius Cooper was born in 1837, in Norwich, Norfolk, the son of the Reverend Thomas Lovick Cooper (1802-1892) and Emily Mary Swinfen Cooper née Durrant (1802-1838). On 29 November 1837 he w...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
ORP Piorun
Former Destroyer in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
1 memorial
R. H. Galliford
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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