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
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Ernest S. Phripps
Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Sir Owen Williams
NW3, Redington Road, 16
Left to right: Mackmurdo, Williams, Thornycroft. All in a similar design so presumably erected by the same organisation - possibly a form...
2 subjects commemorated
1 memorial
St Martin within Ludgate
The mediaeval church dates from 1174. Rebuilt in 1437 and then destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. Rebuilt by Christopher Wren 1680.
1 memorial
Abraham Davis
Alderman (of St Pancras Borough Council), property developer and pioneer of flats for ladies. A son of Polish immigrants, he and his 5 brothers prospered in property development, initially in East...
3 memorials
Tony Ray-Jones
W1, Gloucester Place, 102
Westminster City Council Tony Ray-Jones, photographer, 1941 - 1972, lived and worked here. Royal Photographic Society
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
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