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Vikings / Danes

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden

Vikings / Danes

From History.org: "The Vikings' homeland was Scandinavia: modern Norway, Sweden and Denmark. ... What we call the Viking Age, and their relationship with England, lasted from approximately 800 to 1150 AD .... Their expansion during the Viking Age took the form of warfare, exploration, settlement and trade. ... From around 860AD onwards, Vikings stayed, settled and prospered in Britain."

The Vikings are also known as Danes or Norsemen. King Alfred fought the Vikings, as did King Athelstan and King Ethelred. The Dane, Canute, became King of England.

Having fought off a Viking invasion in the north King Harold immediately had to fight a Norman invasion in the south. And we all know how that turned out.

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Vikings / Danes

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Brentford Monument

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Colonel Sir Neil Gordon Thorne OBE

Colonel Sir Neil Gordon Thorne OBE

Trustee of The Memorial Gates Trust. In addition to our Picture Source and his Wikipedia page, our research shows that Colonel Sir Neil Gordon Thorne, OBE, TD, DL, was born on 8 August 1932 the so...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Men of Twickenham who died in WW1 & WW2

Men of Twickenham who died in WW1 & WW2

Armed forces victims of both world wars.

Group, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial
W. J. Maynard

W. J. Maynard

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
H. W. Smith

H. W. Smith

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
General Wladyslaw Sikorski

General Wladyslaw Sikorski

Prime Minister of the war-time London-based Polish Government and Commander-in-Chief of the Polish armed forces.In his 1970 play, Soldiers, Rolf Hochhuth accuses Churchill of murdering Sikorski. Fo...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Poland

2 memorials