Person    | Male  Born 17/5/1923  Died 24/10/2015

Sir Michael Beetham

Categories: Armed Forces

Marshal of the Royal Air Force, GCB, CBE, DFC, AFC, President of the Bomber Command Association. Born London.

He died, aged 92 years, on 24 October 2015 in Fakenham, Norfolk, according to his obituary.

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Sir Michael Beetham

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Bomber Command Memorial

The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...

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D. W. Evans

D. W. Evans

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Major General G. M. G. Swindells

Major General G. M. G. Swindells

Born Cheshire.  National President of The British Korean Veterans Association from 2006. A strong swimmer, but drowned off the coast of Elba while on holiday. Obituary.

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Gunner Charles William Lewis

Gunner Charles William Lewis

Charles William Lewis was born on 2 November 1884, a twin child of Charles Lewis (1855-1926 and Elizabeth Ann Lewis née Prior (b.1848). His twin sister was Elizabeth Beatrice Lewis (1884-1973) and ...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
B. G. Wiseman

B. G. Wiseman

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Sir Ralph Abercromby

Sir Ralph Abercromby

Soldier and politician. Born Clackmannanshire, Scotland. Lieutenant-general in the army. Served in the Napoleonic Wars. Died following a hit at a battle, a victory, near Alexandria.

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Egypt, Scotland

1 memorial

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Wellclose Square, E1

Wellclose Square, E1

This down at heel backwater to the east of the Tower of London, has an unexpectedly rich history. The area around it was generally known as Wellclose and in 1686 it became part of the Liberty of th...

Place, Architecture

1 memorial
Albert Bridge

Albert Bridge

Designed and built by Rowland Mason Ordish, as an Ordish-Lefeuvre system modified cable-stayed bridge. It proved to be structurally unsound, so between 1884 and 1887 Sir Joseph Bazalgette incorpora...

Building, Transport

3 memorials
Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell

Campaigner for human rights, gay freedom and social justice. Co-founder of Outrage!. Born Australia and began his campaigning there. To avoid conscription he moved to London in 1971 and here began ...

Person, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, Australia

1 memorial
Henry the Navigator statue

Henry the Navigator statue

SW1, Belgrave Square, Opposite West Halkin Street

The origin of the statue is mysterious, as it was erected more than fifty years after the sculptor's death. Wikipedia says it was made in...

1 subject commemorated, 2 creators