Soldier who fought in the Wars of the Roses. Born Lancashire. Originally a Yorkist, he switched sides and in 1485 fought at Bosworth Field for Tudor Henry VII, for which he was appointed Lord Chancellor. But he was accused of treasonable support of Perkin Warbeck and beheaded on Tower Hill.
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Sir William Stanley
Commemorated ati
Tower Hill Martyrs - list
{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...
Other Subjects
Lieutenant Frank Robson Best
Lieutenant in the 1/4th (Territorial) Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. Killed in action, aged 21. He is buried in plot B. 72 at the Authuile Military cemetery on the Somme. Frank ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Brigadier Andrew Henry Parker Bowles, OBE
Born into an elite horsey family, close to the royals. 1960 commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards and stayed in the mounted services for much of his military career, based at Hyde Park Barracks....
1 memorial
Lieutenant Lovick Emilius Cooper
Lovick Emilius Cooper was born in 1837, in Norwich, Norfolk, the son of the Reverend Thomas Lovick Cooper (1802-1892) and Emily Mary Swinfen Cooper née Durrant (1802-1838). On 29 November 1837 he w...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Christopher Rahere Webb
Known professionally as Christopher Webb, he was a stained glass designer. Christopher Rahere Webb was a son of Edward Alfred Webb and a nephew of Sir Aston Webb. His middle name, Rahere, refers to...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial