In the midst of the 100 year war between France and England Edward III had the city of Calais besieged and starved. His terms were that six of the principal citizens should surrender themselves, stripped of their finery, ropes around their necks and carrying the keys to the city and to the castle. They expected death but Edward’s queen, Philippa of Hainault, persuaded him to spare them.
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Burghers of Calais
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Burghers of Calais
Created for the town square in Calais following France's devastating defeat i...
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Frederick Richard Hubble
Second Lieutenant. Number M2/177543. Served in the Motor Transport section of the Army Service Corps. Died aged 37 and buried in plot V.D.27 of Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Voltaire Foundation
The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford, publishing in the area of the Eighteenth century, especially the French Enlightenment.
1 memorial
10th (Battersea) Battalion, Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment
Founded by the mayor and borough of Battersea. They fought in France and Italy and later disbanded (probably in 1918).
1 memorial
Oscar Wilde
Born in Dublin as Oscar Fingal O'Flaherty Wills Wilde. 'Importance of Being Earnest', 'Picture of Dorian Gray', etc. A flamboyant aesthete, he may have been Grossmith's model for the character Bunt...
Person, Gender Issues, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France, Ireland
7 memorials
Lieutenant Ralph Charles Fairbairn Cotton
Ralph Charles Fairbairn Cotton was born on 16 January 1883 in Sydenham, Kent (now Greater London), one of the three children of Stephen Fairbairn Cotton (c.1857-1929) and Carrie Henrietta Maria Cot...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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