Promoted to Major-General after his service at Abu Klea, Sudan.
Born at Sparsholt, Hampshire. Died travelling from Khartoum to Korti and was buried near the wells at Jakdul.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir Herbert Stewart
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Herbert Stewart monument
The medallion was sculpted in 1886. Chelsea says: "It appears to be based on...
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Royal Naval Dockyard / Royal Victoria Dockyard
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...
A. J. Potter
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
13 London firemen & women & 21 Beckenham firemen killed
32 firemen and 2 firewomen, including: Hilda Dupree, Winifred Peters, three crews from Beckenham along with several other more local crews from Hackney and Homerton. More information at Firemen Re...
French Resistance / The Maquis
French resistance fighters in WW2. 470 SOE agents were sent on sabotage missions to occupied France where they fought with networks of French resistance fighters who played an important part in the...
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George MacDonald
Poet, novelist and Christian minister. Born Aberdeenshire. Works include: 'At the Back of the North Wind', 'Lilith'. Influenced: C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, W. H. Auden, Tolkien. Died at Ashtead...
Thomas Jefferson
American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States 1801-9. During his lifetime he owned over 600 slaves. For a...
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