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
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Henry James Freeman was born in 1887 in Peckham, a son of James Daines Freeman (1858-1925) and Annie Clementine Freeman née Johnson (1865-1955).His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1887 i...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Born in Firle, England, died in England. He was a British general and colonial governor in America whose mismanagement of the colonists contributed to the American Revolution. Click on the pictu...
