Person    | Male  Born 1830  Died 1916

Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S.

Categories: History

Countries: Arctic & Antarctic, Peru

12 years President of the Royal Geographic Society. Born at Stillingfleet, Yorkshire. Drowned crossing a river in Peru.

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Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S.

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Markham

This monument in the memory of Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., F.R.S. & 12 ...

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Thomas Park F.S.A.

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Sir Leonard Woolley

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Merged with the Heritage Foundation.

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National Railway Heritage Awards

National Railway Heritage Awards

From their website: "We are the only Awards body dedicated to encouraging and rewarding best practice in the restoration and continued upkeep of our rich heritage of railway and tramway buildings a...

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This quality plaque. the first to be erected on the site, was subsequently stolen in February 2010. We got there too late so must thank G...

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Charles Grant

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Charles Dickens

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Serjeant Percival John Redgell

Serjeant Percival John Redgell

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Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial