Born in Massachusetts to Irish immigrants. Aged 8 his family moved to New Hampshire. Served in the British Army fighting the French and the native Americans. He created the Rogers' Rangers, who were trained for raiding and close combat behind enemy lines.
Came to London a few times, trying to resolve financial problems but he also succumbed to alcoholism and died a debtor in the Kings Bench Prison.
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Major Robert Rogers
Major Robert Rogers was a colonial farmer recruited from New Hampshire, Ameri...
In WW1 Harvey was in the 1/22nd (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Queen's). On 2 September 1918 north of Peronne, France, when the advance of his company was held up by machine...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
One of the (many) supposed origins of the word 'pom' for an Englishman, is that convicts were branded with the initials of 'Prisoner of Millbank'.
Potter, tile designer and novelist. Born 69 Gower Street as William Frend de Morgan, to the mathematician Augustus de Morgan. Lifelong friend of William Morris, he designed tiles, stained glass an...
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In 1943 Norwegian resistance commandos sponsored by the SOE raided the enemy-occupied Norsk hydro plant in the Telemark region of Norway. This successful raid sabotaged the machinery that was produ...
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