Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital. Died at Ems, Germany, where he had gone for medical treatment.
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Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Soldier. Born Cecil Harold Sewell in Greenwich. On 29th August 1918 at Fremicourt, France, he was in command of a section of Whippet light tanks. He crossed open ground under heavy machine-gun fire...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. William Albert Victor Fisher was born on 1 November 1896 and his birth was registered in the 1st quarter of...
Formed, in concept at least, on 18 June 1940 in de Gaulle's 'Appeal of 18 June' speech. Free French units operated as auxiliary forces to the British Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, the Royal...
Also known as the Beresford Gate (after William Beresford, Master-General of the Ordnance and Governor of the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich), and was formerly the main entrance to the Royal Ar...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
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