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...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. J. Lowe
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
W. E. Wright
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Donald Spero Camelare
Donald Spero Camelare was born on 2 March 1898 the elder child of Spero Camelare (1861-1943) and Annie Mary Camelare née Smith (1870-1958). On 5 June 1898 he was baptised at St Mary's Church, Bryan...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
B. Isaacs
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Freemason VCs - W8 - Myles, Neame, Nelson, Pitcher
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
War dead, War served | WW1
5 subjects commemorated
5 subjects commemorated
Sir Ronald A. Fisher
Statistician, geneticist and evolutionary biologist. Born in East Finchley. His family moved into Hill House in 1896 but in 1906 his father lost his fortune and the family moved to Streatham.In 1...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Count Simon Woronzow
Ambassador. Born Moscow into an old aristocratic family in the Crimea. The third count Woronzow. Russian Ambassador to the UK, 1784 – 1806 (his brother Alexander, having preceded him in that role, ...
1 memorial
Freemason VCs - W3 - Gee, Gort, Gosling, Grimbaldeston
WC2, Great Queen Street, Freemasons' Hall
The Freemasons commissioned this memorial to mark the 300th anniversary of The United Grand Lodge of England in 2017 and the centenary of...
War served | WW1
5 subjects commemorated
5 subjects commemorated
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