Event    From 5/2/1810  To 24/8/1812

siege of Cadiz

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Spain

Part of the Peninsular Wars which were part of the Napoleonic Wars. The French besieged Cadiz, where the Spanish government was based, and the Portuguese and British assisted the Spanish. On  22 July 22 1812 Wellesley beat the French at Salamanca which caused them to withdraw and so the Cadiz siege was over.

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siege of Cadiz

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Cadiz Memorial

On their withdrawal the French deliberately destroyed their cannons. The Spa...

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B. Hancock

B. Hancock

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
A. E. G. Giles

A. E. G. Giles

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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 n...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Ireland

1 memorial
Captain George Sampson Elliston

Captain George Sampson Elliston

Born Ipswich. Trained as a barrister. In WW1 he served in the Royal Army Medical Corp and rose to be captain. He was awarded a Military Cross on 3 June 1918. 1929 became a Member of the Corporation...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Thos. C. Hughes

Thos. C. Hughes

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Albert Maurice Deane Robertson

Albert Maurice Deane Robertson

Warden of the Carpenters Company in 1956.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial