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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A. Wilds
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
A. R. Thirlwell
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Wilfred Owen
Poet and soldier. Born Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, near Oswestry, Shropshire. In 1915 he enlisted in the Artists Rifles Officers' Training Corps, eventually being commissioned as a second lieutenan...
Person, Armed Forces, Poetry, Seriously Famous, France, Scotland
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
World War 1
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402 memorials
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EC4, Queen Victoria Street
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1 subject commemorated
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