Person    | Male  Born 5/4/1795  Died 29/11/1857

Major General Sir Henry Havelock

Categories: Armed Forces

Countries: India

War dead, Other war i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in a war, not WW1 or WW2.

Born near Sunderland. Joined the army against his father's wishes. Served in India and the First Afghan War. Recaptured Cawnpore in the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Died in the recently relieved Lucknow, of dysentery. In 1859 (Henry) Havelock Ellis was named for the General, a distant relative.

2 years after he died, a distant relative was named for him and went on to become known as Havelock Ellis.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Major General Sir Henry Havelock

Commemorated ati

Havelock statue

This was the first statue ever to be made from a photograph. There is a copy ...

Read More

Other Subjects

Private Thomas Alfred Drabble

Private Thomas Alfred Drabble

Thomas Alfred Drabble was the eldest of the four children of Alfred Samuel Charles Drabble (1863-1937) and Jane Drabble née Curley (1863-1915), whose birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1890...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. T. Butler

A. T. Butler

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham

Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham

Charles John Klyberg was born on 29 July 1931, the son of Charles Augustine Klyberg (1890-1975) and Ivy Lillian Klyberg née Waddington (1891-1979). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 19...

Person, Armed Forces, Religion, Africa

1 memorial
J. Howes

J. Howes

Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.

Person, Armed Forces, South Africa

War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Cadet Edward Sylvester Blake

Cadet Edward Sylvester Blake

Edward Sylvester Blake was born on 31 December 1896 in Wilnecote, Warwickshire, the youngest of the three children of the Reverend James Edward Huxley Blake (1863-1933) and Beatrice Harriet Blake n...

Person, Armed Forces, Medicine

War dead, WW1
1 memorial