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.
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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...
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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Frederick John Shirley Chapman
Flight Lieutenant Frederick John Shirley Chapman was born on 11 February 1915 and his birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1915 in the Penzance registration district, Cornwall. The 1934 UK M...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
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Holly Park Church
N4, Holly Park, Holly Park Methodist Church
Below two of the ground floor windows, on the stone window surrounds, are carved about 15 sets of initials (including E. K. G.; F. E.; K....
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Mabey & Co
Mapping Sculpture explains that this was "Active: 1878 - 1900" and "A successful business run by three generations of the same family: James Mabey (1812-83), Charles Henry Mabey (1836-1912) and Cha...
1 memorial
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
415 memorials
Homer
Ancient Greek poet. Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey, which date from somewhere in the range 9th - 7th century BC.
5 memorials
A. Bell Booksellers
On 1 September 1773 A. Bell Booksellers published a volume of poems by Phillis Wheatley. At this time book publishers and sellers were often the same people.
1 memorial
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