Member of Lincoln's Inn.
Squadron Leader Roger Joyce Bushell was a South African aviator in the British Royal Air Force. He masterminded the famous "Great Escape" from Stalag Luft III in March 1944, but was one of the 50 escapees to be recaptured and subsequently shot and murdered by the Nazi German Gestapo secret police.
Bushell was the basis for the character "Roger Bartlett" in the film The Great Escape (1963), played by actor Richard Attenborough.
Source: Wikipedia.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Roger Joyce Bushell
We have never seen so many Cecils, Cyrils and Cuthberts on a war memorial, le...
South African financier, b. London as Barnett Isaacs. Competitor of Cecil Rhodes in the South African diamond world. Entered politics in the Cape. His son Woolf became a successful racing driver an...
Frederick Haver was born in October 1881 the eldest of the 12 children of Robert John Haver (1858-1904) and Eliza Haver née Jarman (b.1859). His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1881 in t...
Person, Armed Forces, Belgium, India, Pakistan, South Africa
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Ruler of the Zulu kingdom. Born Cetshwayo kaMpande at Mlambongwenya. His birth year is approximate. Succeeded as king on 1st September 1873. His refusal to disband his army as demanded by the Briti...
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