Died as a result of serving in the Russian War 1854-6. 17th Lancers.
His name appears on a memorial in Monkleigh, Devon: "Sacred to the memory of Augustus Saltren Willett, eldest son of John Saltren Willett, of Petticombe in this parish, major of the 17th Lancers with which regiment he served at the battle of Alma and died of cholera in the Crimea October 22nd 1854, aged 57 years."
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Major Augustus Saltren Willett
The inscription was written by the Rev. T. W. Weare, Under-Master of Westmins...
Killed while serving with the 1st Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment) in the Korean War, July 1952 to August 1953.
Second wife and widow of the poet T.S. Eliot. Born Esmé Valerie Fletcher. From the age of 14 she determined to meet Eliot and when she left school she told her headmistress tht she wanted to become...
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