Person    | Male  Born 28/1/1784  Died 8/4/1862

Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB

Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB

Naval officer.  Born Ireland, Co. Wicklow.  "Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of ..." has a full biography.  Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, where he died.

The Greenwich monument has his name spelt "Farebrother" but all other sources have "Fairbrother".

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Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB

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Greenwich Royal Naval Hospital Old Burial Ground

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F. G. Brown

F. G. Brown

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sapper Samuel James Charman

Sapper Samuel James Charman

Samuel James Charman was born in Beckenham, Kent, one of the nine children of David Charman (1838-1912) and Sarah Charman née Wilson (184-1920), whose birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 189...

Person, Armed Forces, Transport, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
First London Brigade Royal Field Artillery

First London Brigade Royal Field Artillery

The officers, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the First London Brigade Royal Field Artillery who laid down their lives in the Great War. Based at Handel Street, Bloomsbury.

Group, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Rainbow Corner

Rainbow Corner

Club for the American forces in the UK during WW2. Also known as the American Red Cross Club. This is where those "oversexed, overpaid and over here" GIs hung out. From British History online: The...

Building, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Geoffrey Stewart

Geoffrey Stewart

Killed in action in France, serving with the Coldstream Guards. Son of Sir Herbert Stewart. Andrew Behan found the photo and has researched this man: Captain Geoffrey Stewart was born on 28 Octobe...

Person, Armed Forces, France

1 memorial