Admiral. Born Staffordshire. 1740-4 circumnavigated the globe. Captured a Spanish galleon loaded with gold and silver (aren't they all?) and returned home a wealthy man. Died at home, Moor Par...
Person, Armed Forces, Exploring
Publisher and journalist. Born 39 Milk Street, Cheapside. At the age of twenty-one, he set up a publishing partnership which immediately had the opportunity to publish 'Uncle Tom's Cabin' by the th...
Person, Journalism / Publishing
Goldsmith modeller. Born Switzerland into a family of artists. Died Paris.
Person, Sculpture, France, Switzerland
The landings, also known as Operation Neptune, were the landing operations in Operation Overlord during WW2. The 'D' in D-Day doesn't stand for anything as it was used as a substitute for the actua...
Event, Armed Forces, War Memorial WW2, France, USA
St Pancras Vestry Clerk in the late 1800s. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man, and found our picture for us: Thomas Eccleston Gibb was born on 21 October 1838 in Liverp...
Person, Politics & Administration
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