The first portable automatic machine gun. In the 1888 photograph the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) is firing with Maxim standing behind.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Maxim Gun
Commemorated ati
Sir Hiram Maxim and his gun
Greater London Council Sir Hiram Maxim, 1840 - 1916, inventor and engineer d...
Other Subjects
G. H. Lovelock
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Squadron Leader Frank Allen Binks
Frank Allen Binks was born on 17 May 1917 in Columbo, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka), a son of Harry Binks and Gladys Eleanor Binks née Allen. Much of the information about the man can be found on the Roy...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Arthur F. Bowditch
Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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