Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape after his wife, who had died in India, and built a pyramid-shaped memorial to her there. He returned to England and married again but took his own life on the anniversary of Elizabeth's death. Buried at St Pancras Churchyard with her embalmed heart. Ahhh.
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General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH
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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
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Foreign nationals at the Battle of Trafalgar
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Lieutenant Frederick Reginald Hart, MC
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Barber Beaumont
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31 (City of London) Signal Regiment
A Territorial Army regiment in the Royal Corps of Signals. It was formed to provide Strategic Communications to a NATO Headquarters.
William Sebright
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English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts,...
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