Anne Georgiana Embrance Richards
Ann Georgiana Embrance Field was born on 1 August 1818 in France, the daughter of James Field (b, circa 1787) and Mary Jane Field née Cheek (1788-1851). On 14 January 1846 she married Frederick Ri...
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Richier
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. 4th Reg. d'Artillerie de Campagne (the French Army 4th Regiment Field Artillery)
War served, WW1
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Charles Ricketts
Charles de Sousy Ricketts. Artist, illustrator, author. Half French he was born in Geneva and brought up in Switzerland, London, France. He met his life partner, Charles Shannon, on his 16th birthd...
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Arthur Rimbaud
French poet. Born Charleville, Ardennes, France. Aged 16, ran away to Paris where he was promptly arrested for fare dodging. Back home he tried writing to the much older Verlaine, his favourite poe...
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Jules Rimet
Football administrator. Born in eastern France. Initially a lawyer, in 1897 he started a sports club called Red Star which did not discriminate against individuals on the basis of class. He was inv...
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Earl Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar
British field marshal, served in India and the Boer War. Born India to an Irishman who was serving there at the time. Â Considered himself Anglo-Irish even though he lived at Ascot. Â 1901 - 4Â Comman...
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George Arthur Roberts
Soldier, fireman and community leader. Born in Trinidad, he was one of the first Black men to join the British Army. In WW1, he earned a reputation for throwing bombs back over enemy lines and was ...
Person, Armed Forces, Community / Clubs, Emergency Services, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands, France, Turkey
War served, WW2
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Auguste Rodin
Sculptor. Born Paris. His works include: Â the Thinker, the Kiss. Â Regularly visited England from 1900 on and in 1914 he donated some significant pieces of his work to Britain. Died at home, Paris.
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Henry, Earl of Romney
Politician and army officer. Born Henry Sidney (or Sydney) in Paris. Entered parliament in 1679 and was one of the group known as 'The Immortal Seven', who invited William of Orange to take the thr...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, Ireland, Netherlands
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Private Charles James Rooke
Charles James Rooke was born on 22 April 1894 at 15 St Marks Road, Kennington, London, one of the ten children of James Rooke (1845-1899) and Emma Eliza Rooke née Thorn (1852-1929). His birth was r...
War dead, WW1
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