Group    From /1/1800  To 1/1/1966

Rifle Brigade

Formed initially as the 'Experimental Corps of Riflemen' it became the 'Rifle Corps' and then the '95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)'. In 1816 it became the Rifle Brigade. Unusually the soldiers wore green uniforms rather than red and on 1 January 1966 it merged with other corps to become the Royal Green Jackets.

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Rifle Brigade

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Rifle Brigade - WW1 and WW2

There are 3 statues on this memorial: to the left - a rifleman of 1806; to th...

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Friends of the Royal London Hospital

Friends of the Royal London Hospital

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The Brentham Society

The Brentham Society

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1 memorial
English Hedonists

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7 memorials
Institute of Making

Institute of Making

A multidisciplinary research club based at University College London. Its work focuses on hands-on research into materials and making from many different perspectives. It was founded by Mark Miodow...

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1 memorial

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J. Terry

J. Terry

251059 Private Lancashire Hussars

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
King Haakon VII

King Haakon VII

Born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel in Charlottenlund Palace, near Copenhagen. Known as Prince Carl of Denmark, he became the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the uni...

Person, Royalty, Denmark, Norway

2 memorials
William Henry Morris

William Henry Morris

Active in 1956. Son of Anna and Samuel. William Henry Morris was born on 24 December 1895 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, the elder son of Samuel Morris (1872-1950) and Anna Morris née Jacob-Furmansky (1...

Person, Benefactor, Friend / family

1 memorial
George Jarratt, VC

George Jarratt, VC

Born and brought up in Kennington, he worked as a junior clerk in Beefeater's gin distillery. He had been living in Southgate with his wife Gertrude and baby daughter Joyce. Corporal George Jarrat...

Person

War dead, WW1
2 memorials