Netherlands Merchant Navy
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Kapiteinsjongen Tamin
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Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park war memorial
The tablets are numbered with roman numerals: I - XVI. Panels 1-10 carry 198...
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René Descartes
Philosopher, mathematician, and writer who spent most of his adult life in the Netherlands.
Rembrandt van Rijn
Born Netherlands. Painted a lot of self-portraits. Died Amsterdam. As far as we can tell he never left his home country.
Amsterdam 700th Anniversary
The largest city in the Netherlands. It is officially the capital city, Den Haag (The Hague) is just the seat of government. Famous for its canals, rich cultural heritage and its red light district...
Jan Verbruggen
Master gun-founder and artist. Born at Enkhuizen in the Netherlands. After an unsuccessful attempt in 1763, he and his son Pieter were appointed master founders at the Royal Arsenal Woolwich in 177...
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William Rhodes-Moorhouse, VC
Airman. Born William Barnard Moorhouse (later adding his mother's maiden name), at Rokeby, Yorkshire. He took flying lessons, and was the first to cross the English Channel, from Douai to Ashford, ...
Lee Rigby Foundation
A charity which was founded by Lyn and Ian Rigby after the murder of their son Fusilier Lee Rigby. It comprises a lodge where people can get away from the pressures of the outside world, and begin ...
Lehmann Gluckstein
Asher Lehmann Meyer Gluckstein was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. HIs family chose the surname Gluckstein (lucky stone) when living under Napoleonic rule in Bremen (now in Germany). As a you...
James Butler RA
One of Britain's foremost figurative sculptors. Born New Cross. Interestingly, his stevedore father built his childhood home in West Malling, Kent. Appointed MBE in 2009. Our information comes fro...
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