A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.
Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
A member of the Executive Committee for the Great Exhibition 1851.
Born Kinglassie, Fifeshire. Soldier, Fellow of the Royal Society (of Science) and Governor of Bermuda, Barbados & Malta.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir William Reid
Designed by Joseph Durham with modifications by Sydney Smirke. Inaugurated by...
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Awarded the VC for his heroism on 31 August 1918, age 21, while serving in the Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment). "Twice he attacked machine gun posts, putting the first out of action and...
Army officer. Born Kent. The family moved to Greenwich around 1738 and James Wolfe continue to live there. Victorious in the 1759 Battle of Quebec, against the French. Killed in the battle. B...
An information board “Docklands Heritage – Deptford River Walk” gives a good introduction to the area so we have transcribed it. “For at least five centuries Deptford’s history was bound up with t...