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HMS Victory

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HMS Victory was built in the Old Single Dock in Chatham's Royal Dockyard. From her website "she would gain renown leading fleets in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. In 1805 she achieved lasting fame as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Nelson in Britain's greatest naval victory, the defeat of the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar. ... In 1922 she was saved for the nation and placed permanently into dry dock where she remains today." In Portsmouth.

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HMS Victory

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Hurlingham Yacht Club

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Colonel Algernon Sidney

Colonel Algernon Sidney

Opponent of King Charles II.  Born Baynard's Castle.  Exiled in Rome.  Returned in 1677 and was implicated in the Rye House Plot.  Beheaded on Tower Hill.

Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Politics & Administration, Italy

1 memorial
The Reverend Reginald Herman Tribe

The Reverend Reginald Herman Tribe

Reginald Herman Tribe was born on 26 May 1881 in Chatham, Kent, the eldest of the four children of Herman Thomas Bedingfield Tribe (1855-1894) and Alice Mary Tribe, née Holder (b. c1860). His birth...

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Religion

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
D. P. Moore

D. P. Moore

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS

Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS

Naval officer and arctic explorer.  Born Bath.  The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole."  Lieut-Governor of Greenw...

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
J. W. Dudley

J. W. Dudley

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Lewisham war memorial

Lewisham war memorial

SE13, Lewisham High Street

The Lewisham War Memorials website says that the inscription on the main memorial reads: 'To the memory of Lewisham heroes 1914 - 1918 an...

5 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Emma Trotter

Emma Trotter

Married to Robert Trotter and widowed in 1877.  See Robert's page for more information.

Person, Benefactor, Friend / family

1 memorial
J. Amos

J. Amos

Serviceman killed in WW1

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
The Goon Show

The Goon Show

Radio comedy show, originally broadcast as 'Crazy People' The first scripts were co-written by Spike Milligan and Jimmy Grafton. The pressure of writing eventually contributed to Milligan's mental ...

Event, Humour, TV & Radio

3 memorials
Will Self

Will Self

Novelist and journalist. Born William Woodard Self in Westminster. He is the author of ten novels, five collections of shorter fiction, three novellas, and five collections of non-fiction writing. ...

Person, Journalism / Publishing, Literature

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