Person    | Male  Born 6/8/1763  Died 5/1/1827

Frederick, Duke of York

Categories: Armed Forces, Royalty

Born St James's Palace, the second and favourite son of George III. Card gambler. Fought a duel on Wimbledon Common. Commander-in-Chief of the British Army, 1795 - 1809 and 1811 - 1827. Died, heavily in debt, at the duke of Rutland's house, Arlington Street.

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Frederick, Duke of York

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Duke of York's column

Bronze statue by Westmacott of "The Grand Old Duke of York" of nursery rhyme ...

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Mary Anne Clarke

Mary Anne Clarke, 1776 - 1852, mistress of Prince Frederick, Duke of York, li...

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J. W. Bell

J. W. Bell

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
L. R. Mallinder

L. R. Mallinder

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Knights Templar

Knights Templar

The seal of the Knights incorporated the image of a horse with two riders, the Knights originally being too poor to have a horse each.   By papal decree the Knights Templar were dissolved in 1312 a...

Group, Armed Forces, Religion, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Admiral Richard Howe, 1st Earl Howe

Naval officer.  Born London. Served in the American War of Independence and French Revolutionary Wars.  Died at home in Grafton Street.  William, 5th Viscount Howe was his younger brother.

Person, Armed Forces

1 memorial
Admiralty of the Maze

Admiralty of the Maze

Admiraliteit Op de Maze, Dutch for Admiralty of the Maze, also known as the Admiralty of Rotterdam, the most ancient of the 5 Admiralties in the Dutch Republic.

Group, Armed Forces, Netherlands

1 memorial