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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10th (Battersea) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

10th (Battersea) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment

Founded by the mayor and borough of Battersea. They fought in France and Italy and later disbanded (probably in 1918).

Group, Armed Forces, France, Italy

1 memorial
J. Jonas

J. Jonas

J. Lyons & Co. Ltd. staff member who died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. G. Parrott

A. G. Parrott

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
C. Lee

C. Lee

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

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lieutenant Ernest Harold Canning D.F.C.

Lieutenant Ernest Harold Canning D.F.C.

Ernest Harold Canning was born on 10 August 1895, the fifth of the seven children of Frederick George Canning (1860-1921) and Janet Canning née Barnes (b.1854). His birth was registered in the 3rd ...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland

Led the government of the under-age King Edward VI 1550-3, and on his death unsuccessfully attempted to install Lady Jane Grey and her husband (his son) Lord Guilford Dudley on the throne.  Execute...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Ivy Molly Bolton

Ivy Molly Bolton

Known as Molly. Bolton joined the Fabian Society in 1916, and became private secretary to Beatrice and Sidney Webb. She then became secretary of the Fabian Local Government and Research Bureau, an...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Arthur  William Batho
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Lewis Partnership

John Lewis Partnership

Retail group. Founded by John Spedan Lewis after his father John Lewis gave him control of the Peter Jones department store in Chelsea. All its employees (known as Partners) are co-owners. The comp...

Group, Commerce

4 memorials
H. T. Odden

H. T. Odden

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial