Admiral and hydrographer (map making for sailors). Developed the Beaufort Scale (for winds) in 1805. Born Co. Meath, Ireland. He kept journals, written in code, and these reveal that, as a widower in his sixties, his relationship with his sister, always close, became incestuous for three years, until he married again, to his step-niece. Died Brighton.
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Sir Francis Beaufort
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Sir Beaufort
London County Council Sir Francis Beaufort, 1774 - 1857, Admiral and hydrogr...
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Colvyn Hugh Haye, CBE
Colvyn Hugh Haye was born on 7 December 1925 in Tundla, Uttar Pradesh, India, a son of Colvyn Hugh Haye (1895-1969) and Avis Rose Haye née Kelly. He was educated at the Oak Grove School, Jharipa...
Person, Armed Forces, Education, Politics & Administration, Australia, China/Hong Kong, India, Scotland
1 memorial
Spitfire aircraft
From our Picture source: "Produced in greater numbers than any other British combat aircraft before or since the War, 20,341 Spitfires were built in 22 different variants (excluding the navalised S...
5 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lt.-Col. John Lees Hall, MRCS, LRCP (FD)
Deputy Commissioner in the St John Ambulance Brigade, No. 1 District Metropolitan Corps, 1907-1915. Knight Grace in the Order of St John. The BMJ, 1915 Aug 28; 2(2852): 351 carries an obituary: "L...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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El Alamein stone
HA1, Station Road , Harrow Council Buildings
In our photo (looking south): the El Alamein stone is between the two nearest trees, and the Burma Star Association plaque is on the wall...
3 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester and inherited the title on his death in 1974. Grandson of George V, and son of Princess Alice. Patron of the Silver Jubilee Walkway Trust. 1975 honou...
15 memorials
Amy Johnson
NW2, Hendon Way, Vernon Court
This is a really horrible road, noisy with polluted air in an area we don't know well. We took our photos and looked at the map on our ph...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Dieter Bock
Hans-Dieter Bock, or Dieter Bock, was born on 3 March 1939 in Dessau, the capital of the Free State of Anhalt. (This later became the German Democratic Republic and is now Germany). Having fled wi...
4 memorials
Sapper Maycock
Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Somewhat difficult to trace this chap with an...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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