Aircraft designer and manufacturer. His company manufactured the Halifax bombers used in WW2.
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Frederick Handley Page
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Frederick Handley Page
Sir Frederick Handley Page, 1885 - 1962, aircraft designer and manufacturer l...
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Brymon Airways
Former airline co-founded by journalist Bill Bryce and racing driver Chris Amon. Based in Plymouth, it was the first British airline to use the De Havilland Canada Dash 7 short take-off and landing...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Battle of Britain
As part of WW2 the Germans set out to gain supremacy over the RAF in the British skies. This, the Battle of Britain, was the first time that a major campaign took place in the air. The Luftwaffe at...
5 memorials
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St Joseph's Almshouses
Roman Catholic almshouses, funded by Joseph and Mary Knight. Designed by Pugin, building began in 1847. 24 cottages were planned but only 18 built, in two blocks of 9, at the north-east corner o...
2 memorials
Rev. Alexander Raleigh
The 1865 Christian Witness and Congregational Magazine, Volume 1 reports that from September to October Raleigh opened an iron chapel in Croydon and a chapel in Maidstone. That publication also inc...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Joseph and Mary Knight
From Diocese of Westminster: After 1840 "They planned a Catholic foundation in the parish and purchased, for £5,000, two and a half acres of land which had formerly been the Wellington Cricket Grou...
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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
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