Jacob Astley, 1st Baron Astley of Reading was a Royalist commander in the English Civil War. Born Norfolk. Served Charles I loyally and, when the cause was lost, retired to Maidstone.
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Sir Jacob Astley
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Chelsea Pensioner statue
Commissioned by the Royal Hospital Chelsea to commemorate the Second Millenni...
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Securicor PLC
Security company. Founded by Edward Shortt as Nightwatch Services. Originally, its employess rode bicycles and wore old police uniforms. In 2004 it merged with Group 4 Falck to become Group 4 Secur...
1 memorial
HMS Victory
HMS Victory was built in the Old Single Dock in Chatham's Royal Dockyard. From her website "she would gain renown leading fleets in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War a...
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
F. G. Hucker
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900. Died of fever at Pretoria.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Christopher Rahere Webb
Known professionally as Christopher Webb, he was a stained glass designer. Christopher Rahere Webb was a son of Edward Alfred Webb and a nephew of Sir Aston Webb. His middle name, Rahere, refers to...
1 memorial
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