The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
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Maxim Gun
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Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer d...
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Fifth Army
The British Reserve Army was formed in May 1916 and renamed as the Fifth Army in October 1916. It formed part of the British Expeditionary Force which fought in France and Flanders during WW1. Co...
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Llewellyn Birch
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Sir William Stanley
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Highbury Corner traffic scheme
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Sir William Reid Dick
Born Glasgow. Reid was his mother's maiden name. Other work in London: 1936 - Boy with Frog fountain in Regent's Park and The Herald at 85 Fleet Street. Died at home in 16 Maida Vale in the house...
10 memorials
Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov Lenin
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6 memorials
Tonbridge Club
WC1, Cromer Street, 120
Foundation Stone laid by Raymond Denham Poland Esquire, master of the Worshipful Company of Skinners, 22 October 1932. Sir Horace Hamilt...
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