Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Died at Ems, Germany, where he had gone for medical treatment.
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Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS
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Ernest Fulford was born on 5 July 1890 in Islington, London, the youngest of the three children of John Philip Fulford (1856-1938) and Isabelle Ann Fulford née Lee (1850-1895). His birth was regist...
Richard Ferguson Cummins was born on 29 November 1919 in Govan, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. In May 1936 he was appointed as a Postman Messenger in Glasgow and on 17 August 1938 he was promoted...
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 25 April 1915, age 38, while serving in the Lancashire Fusiliers. "Captain Willis and three companies and the Headquarters of the Battalion were west of Cape Helle...
Victor Edmund Bloye was born on 13 August 1920 in St Pancras, London, the youngest of the four children of Herbert Edmund Bloye (1886-1959) and Elsie Mary Bloye née Atherton (1892-1976). His birth ...
Soldier. Born Brian Turner Tom Lawrence in Bewdley, Worcestershire. He was a sergeant in the 17th Lancers, Duke of Cambridge's Own. On 7th August 1900 when on patrol duty, he and a private Hayman ...
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