1st Lord Haig. Born Edinburgh into the whisky family. Senior commander during WW1. Initially nicknamed "butcher of the Somme", but then popular before his death. He has since been criticised for mismanagement of some of the major battles in France. First president of the British Legion. Died 21 Prince's Gate. This photo shows his statue in Edinburgh Castle.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Lord Douglas Haig
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Cavalry Memorial
Unveiled in its original location, at Stanhope Gate by the Dorchester Hotel, ...
Hornsey British Legion
This double plaque is under the window on the left. Sir Philip Sassoon was AD...
Other Subjects
Able Seaman Arthur Alfred Griffin
Arthur Alfred Griffin was born on 5 December 1904, one of the eleven children of George James Griffin (1859-1921) and Sarah Ann Griffin née Steel (1868-1951). His birth was registered in the 4th qu...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Cuthbert Bromley, VC
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 36, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "[Despite] deadly fire from hidden machine guns and being severely wounded he continued to lead h...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bdsm. Keith John Powell
Born Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Married with two children he died, aged 24 years, and was buried in Plot E.114, Rawmarsh Cemetery, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. Killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb.
1 memorial
Sergeant Frederick William Lloyd
Frederick William Lloyd was born circa 1890/1891. He was a Sergeant in the Royal Marine Police, service number CH/RMP/X 439, when he died, aged 50 years, as a result of enemy action whilst on duty...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Sapper Maycock
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Somewhat difficult to trace this chap with an...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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Christ’s Hospital School - sculpture - back
EC1, Newgate Street
"On Quitting School" (sometimes "On Leaving School") is a sonnet by Coleridge, aged 18, dedicated to saying goodbye to Christ's Hospital ...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dante Alighieri
Italian poet, writer, and philosopher. Unusually for the time he wrote in Italian rather than Latin. His Divine Comedy is widely considered one of the most important poems of the Middle Ages and th...
2 memorials
St Olav's Church - 1977
SE16, St Olav's Square, St Olav's Church
St Olav's Church was designed by John Love Seaton Dahl. Crown Prince Olav was present at the laying of the foundation stone, 1926, and th...
1 subject commemorated
Henry Cotton
Golfer. Born Thomas Henry Cotton in Holmes Chapel, (then known as Church Hulme), near Congleton, Cheshire. He won the Open Championship in 1934, 1937 and 1948, becoming the leading British player o...
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
403 memorials
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