From Cornwall. A colonel in Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary army. Buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II was restored to the throne he ordered the disinterment of the bodies of Oliver Cromwell and his supporters, including Boscawen, and their reburial in an unmarked pit in St Margaret's churchyard, Westminster.
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Col. Nicholas Boscawen
Commemorated ati
Reburied parliamentarians
When Charles II was restored to the throne he issued Royal Warrant, dated 9 S...
Other Subjects
Captain William Bligh
Naval officer and colonial governor. Born in Plymouth. He served under Captain James Cook and was chosen to command the Bounty on a voyage to Tahiti to collect bread-fruit plants. On the return jo...
Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Seriously Famous, Australia
3 memorials
Alfred Joseph Richards VC
Soldier,. born in Plymouth. He was a sergeant in the 1st Battalion, the Lancashire Fusiliers. On 25th April at Gallipoli, Turkey, soldiers landing on the beach faced fire from hidden machine guns c...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Gerald Clarkson
Founding Master of the Worshipful Company of Firefighters. Buckingham Covers has a short biography.
1 memorial
Pioneer John Henry Thomas Gast
John Henry Thomas Gast was born on 17 October 1880 in Marylebone, Middlesex (now Greater London), the son of Thomas Hunt Gast (1863-1923) and Mary Jane Gast née Beels (1849-1905). His birth was reg...
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer
Born Colchester. Fought in both world wars. Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1955–8. Chief military adviser during the Suez Crisis. Colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1963 and Colonel of the...
1 memorial
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