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Giro

Categories: Animals

Countries: Germany

Animal

The dog of the German Ambassador, von Hoesch. Died from accidental contact with an exposed wire. Some say Giro was an Alsatian, other a terrier.

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Giro

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Giro & von Hoesch

"Giro", Ein treuer begleiter! London im februar 1934, Hoesch {a true compani...

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Stables at Camden Goods Depot

Stables at Camden Goods Depot

The excellent Camden Railway Heritage Trust tells you all you need to know about this Goods Depot.  The horses and stables have their own page from which our picture comes.

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horses killed and injured in the terrorist bombing at Hyde Park

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Max Nicholson

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Pioneering environmentalist, ornithologist and internationalist, a founder of the World Wildlife Fund, initiator of the Jubilee Walkway. Father of Piers Nicholson, sundial designer. Born Ireland a...

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Veterinary History Society
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Colonel William Gillum

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Born Winchester. Lost a leg in the Crimean War. Fellow Tottenhamite and brother-in-law to Peter Paul Marshall, one of the founders of William Morris's Firm. Gillum was an important patron of the Fi...

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Norman Cairns Robertson

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Brother to Laurance Grant and William Alexander.  From Ali-Berko: "Norman Cairns Robertson .... joined the Inns of Court Officers Training Corps in 1914 and was commissioned Captain in the 2nd. Bat...

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1 memorial