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HMS Victory

Categories: Armed Forces

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

1922 is the year that the Club took on its current name, though we don't know...

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W. Gillham

W. Gillham

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
Sir David Bruce

Sir David Bruce

Born Melbourne, Australia but the family returned to Scotland when he was 5 . Pathologist and microbiologist, investigated sleeping sickness.

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine, Australia, Scotland

1 memorial
Able Seaman Charles William Bushnell

Able Seaman Charles William Bushnell

Charles William Bushnell was born on 17 October 1901, his birth being registered in the 4th quarter of 1901 in the Lewisham registration district. He was baptised on 23 October 1901 at St Mary's Ch...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
E. E. Crayford

E. E. Crayford

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
Walter Osborne

Walter Osborne

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Ada House

E2, Pritchard's Road, Ada House

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