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3rd Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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London unit which served in WW1.

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3rd Battalion (Royal Fusiliers)

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London Troops War Memorial

Designed by Aston Webb with figures by Alfred Drury. The Duke of York who un...

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John Desmond Bernal, MA, FRS.

John Desmond Bernal, MA, FRS.

Crystallographer. John Desmond Bernal was born on 10 May 1901 in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, the eldest of the five children of Samuel George Bernal (1864-1919) and Elizabeth Bernal née Mil...

Person, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Science, Ireland

1 memorial
Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB

Admiral of the Fleet, Sir James Alexander Gordon, GCB

Naval officer.  Born Aberdeenshire.  Governor of Greenwich Hospital, 1853 until his death.  75 years in the navy, he was possibly the model for C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower.  

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Scotland

1 memorial
Archery practice

Archery practice

From the Norman period, at least, until the introduction of firearms in the 16th century, some version of the longbow was the long-distance weapon of choice.  The last recorded use in England seems...

Event, Armed Forces

4 memorials
Corporal Harold John Strangward

Corporal Harold John Strangward

Harold John Strangward was born on 30 January 1884 in Marylebone, London, the youngest of the six children of Robert Strangward (1840-1919) and Emily Strangward née Hawkins (1845-1905). His birth w...

Person, Armed Forces, Law, Transport, France, Wales

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Dambusters Raid

Dambusters Raid

An attack by Royal Air Force 617 Squadron on German dams using bouncing bombs designed by Barnes Wallis. The operation was led by Guy Gibson. Subject of the 1955 film The Dambusters for which Eric ...

Event, Armed Forces, Aviation

2 memorials