Admiral. Born Shropshire. Whilst in the West Indies fighting the French, Benbow was in charge of a fleet of seven ships. During the fight, which lasted a few days, he sustained a broken leg from chain-shot. He fought on but only two of the other ships' captains supported his battle plans to his satisfaction so he court-martialled them sentencing two to death. Two months after his injury he died as a result at Port Royal, Kingston, Jamaica, and 5 months after his demise his death sentence on the two captains was carried out.
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Admiral John Benbow
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Denver Miner
Pilot Officer, 133 Eagle Squadron, American. The image, captioned "Denver 'Lucky' Miner", was kindly sent to us by Christine Miner, Denver's niece, along with the following information: Pilot Offi...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
1 memorial
G. G. Juilleratt
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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