Event    From 1803  To 1815

Napoleonic wars

Categories: Armed Forces

Following the French Revolution France, under Napoleon, fought with most of Europe (primarily Britain, Spain, Russia and Austria) in various alliances for over a decade. The fighting spread as far as Egypt, North and South America. Napoleon was finally defeated by Britain, led by the Duke of Wellington, at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This left the British Empire as the strongest power throughout the world, for a time.

Some descriptions have the Napoleonic wars starting in 1793 with the Peace of Amiens providing a brief interlude in 1802-3, but this early period is more usually called the French Revolutionary wars. During these 22 years 1 in 6 British males over the age of 14 entered the services.

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Napoleonic wars

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Glaziers Hall

The Glaziers Hall The land in this area formed part of the site of the cloist...

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C. A. Drury

C. A. Drury

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
T. G. Lumsden

T. G. Lumsden

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. H. Childs

W. H. Childs

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. Dockree

W. Dockree

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
P. J. Charlier

P. J. Charlier

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Doris Morris

Doris Morris

Mother of Olive Morris.

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Messrs. Bennett

Messrs. Bennett

Builders active in 1896.

Group, Property

1 memorial
Mujibur Rahman

Mujibur Rahman

Born Bengal. Bangladeshi politician and statesman. Father of the Bangladeshi nation, popularly known as Bangabandhu (various spellings), Bengali for "Friend of Bengal". First President of Banglade...

Person, Nationalism, Tragedy, Bengal, Indian Sub-continent

1 memorial
William Strang

William Strang

Painter and etcher. Born  Dumbarton, aged 17 came to the Slade School of Art and stayed in London. Illustrated the works of John Bunyan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Rudyard Kipling. A Google image ...

Person, Art, Scotland

1 memorial
S. Brown

S. Brown

Died serving in WW1. Member of the parish of Saint Olave and Saint John Southwark.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial