Formed to establish British settlements in New Zealand. 5 May 1839 despatched the survey ship Tory to begin the colonisation of New Zealand on the Wakefield Plan.
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New Zealand Company
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Colonisation of New Zealand
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Thomas Tadman
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
J. W. Fairholme
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Captain, Sir John Franklin
Born Lincolnshire. Royal Navy. Governor of Tasmania 1836-43. where there is also a statue. Left England in 1845 leading an expedition of 2 ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, to voyage the last unnav...
3 memorials
1 memorial
Henry F. Collins
Role on the lost expedition: Officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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Norwegian Government-in-exile
The Norwegian government and parliament refused to accept a German ultimatum to form a new government under Nazi control. King Haakon VII and his son Crown Prince Olav were forced to leave Norway a...
1 memorial
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
Harold Wilson, Prime Minister
Baron Wilson of Rievaulx. Prime Minister 1964-70 and 1974-6.
4 memorials
Handley Page V1500 bomber crash
The aircraft had taken off from Cricklewood Aerodrome. At an altitude of approximately 700 to 800ft, all four of the engines were heard to stop, sending it crashing to the ground and catching fire....
1 memorial
Harold Victor Sheehy
Harold Victor Sheehy was born on 16 October 1900, his birth being registered in the 4th quarter of 1900 in the Reading Registration District, Berkshire. On 6 August 1922 he married Ellen Louisa Ad...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
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