Naval officer. Born Ireland, Co. Wicklow. "Royal naval biography; or, Memoirs of ..." has a full biography. Lieut-Governor of Greenwich Hospital, where he died.
The Greenwich monument has his name spelt "Farebrother" but all other sources have "Fairbrother".
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Rear-Admiral, Sir William Fairbrother Carroll, KCB
The names on the monument are of men whose claim to immortality is their role...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Military and political leader. Born at Ajaccio, Corsica. He trained as an officer in France and achieved prominence under the first French Republic. He led successful campaigns against the first an...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France
Our picture source and their Wikipedia page gives details about the origins of the regiment in 1756, the changes in its name - formally becoming the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1830 - and its battl...
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