Killed in action or died of wounds or disease.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Royal Marines killed in South Africa and China
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Royal Marines
The statue and the reliefs are by Jones with Jackson responsible for the arch...
Other Subjects
Field-Marshal, 1st Viscount Wolseley, Garnet Joseph
Field Marshal. Born Dublin. Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...
Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland
Phillis Wheatley
American writer who was the first African-American author of a published book of poetry. Her name can also be given as Phillis Wheatley Peters or Phyllis or Wheatly. Born in West Africa, she was s...
6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards
The 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was raised in 1941 in Caterham, Surrey. In June 1942 it set sail from Liverpool to Syria where it became part of 201st Guards Brigade. It had to guard the borde...
Commonwealth and African NHS staff
Around 40,000 nurses and midwives from around the Commonwealth, notably Africa and the Caribbean, came to the UK from its inception in 1948 to the mid-70’s to work in the fledgling NHS, which was f...
Janani Luwum
Anglican archbishop assassinated during the rule of Idi Amin, in Uganda.