FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan. Commander in the Crimean War 1853 - 56. It is generally thought to have been his overall incompetence that led to the disaster of the Charge of the Light Brigade. Died of dysentery and disappointment at the failure of the Siege of Sebastopol. His body was brought back to England and buried at Badminton, where he was born.
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Lord Raglan
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Hyde Park Barracks - Somerset and Raglan
These two must be Somerset and Raglan but which is which we can't tell you.
Lord Raglan
Lord Fitzroy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan, 1788 - 1855, Commander during the Cr...
Westminster School - old boys fallen in Crimean War & Indian Rebellion
The inscription was written by the Rev. T. W. Weare, Under-Master of Westmins...
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Edward Gummer
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PC Gary Toms
From Police Memorial Trust: "PC Gary Toms and a colleague were in a marked police car in Ashlin Road, Stratford when they began to follow a car that had been reported as being used in a burglary in...
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Ward in the former Middlesex Hospital, dedicated to the treatment of patients suffering from HIV/AIDS. When the epidemic began in the early 1980s, there was much misunderstanding about the nature ...
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Brown Lenox & Co
Created as Brown & Co, by Samuel Brown, a Naval Captain. Became Brown Lenox & Co in 1828 following Brown going into partnership with his cousin, Samuel Lenox in 1806. The West Ferry Road ...
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Tessa Hunkin
A member of the talented Hunkin family (brother Tim, mother Sally). 1989 Joined Emma Biggs at the Mosaic Workshop. 2011 she set up the Hackney Mosaic Project. We were surprised to see on her websit...
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