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Vikings / Danes

From History.org: "The Vikings' homeland was Scandinavia: modern Norway, Sweden and Denmark. ... What we call the Viking Age, and their relationship with England, lasted from approximately 800 to 1150 AD .... Their expansion during the Viking Age took the form of warfare, exploration, settlement and trade. ... From around 860AD onwards, Vikings stayed, settled and prospered in Britain."

The Vikings are also known as Danes or Norsemen. King Alfred fought the Vikings, as did King Athelstan and King Ethelred. The Dane, Canute, became King of England.

Having fought off a Viking invasion in the north King Harold immediately had to fight a Norman invasion in the south. And we all know how that turned out.

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Vikings / Danes

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Brentford Monument

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J. C. Harland

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

Thos. C. Hughes

Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

L. W. Pavour

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

Flying Officer Thomas Cambell Beswick

Thomas Cambell Beswick was born on 18 August 1920, the youngest of the three children of Thomas Beswick (1873-1961) and Mary Beswick née Cambell (1877-1932). His elder siblings were: Mary Beswick (...

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW2

1 memorial

H. Woods, Jnr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1

1 memorial

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Joseph Nollekens

Sculptor. Born and died in London, son of a Flemish painter.

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3 memorials

Rupert Brooke

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2 memorials

Robert Hubert

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1 memorial

Bryn Chegwidden

Person, Craft / Design, Wales

1 memorial

Adrian Stephen

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