There is some confusion over the spelling of the surname this man's family. It has been recorded variously as Room, Rooms and Roome. Charles Henry Room was born on 7 May 1880, one of the five chil...
Soldier in the Royal Irish Fusiliers killed in France. Andrew Behan has researched Rose: Lance Corporal Edgar Cecil Rose was born in August 1891 in the parish of St Mary's, Paddington, the son of ...
Artist. Born at 4 Spring Bank, Bradford, Yorkshire. He studied at the Slade School of Art in London, and at the Académie Julian in Paris, where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler a...
Art collector, politician and philanthropist. Â Austrian nobleman born Paris, France, into the banking family. He was the sixth of the eight children of Baron Anselm Salomon von Rothschild (1803-187...
Person, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Austria, France, Germany
Entertainer and cinema manager. Born Edward Cyril Hawken Rowland in Plymouth. He appeared as a music hall comedian in London before joining the army. During World War I, he served in France with th...
Charles Frederick Rowley was born in 1886 in Peckham, Surrey (now Greater London), the eldest of the twelve children of Charles William Rowley (1859-1934) and Alice Agnes Jessie Rowley, née Lynn (1...
The history of the Royal Marines that were formed on 28 October 1664 and whom are still serving to the present day can be found on their Wikipedia page. In 1804 the Royal Marine Artillery (RMA) w...
Group, Armed Forces, Belgium, China/Hong Kong, Egypt, France, Japan, South Africa, Turkey
The battalion was formed in Lewisham and fought in France and Italy. It was disbanded at the end of the war. The Royal West Kent Regiment had been in existence since 1881. In 1961 it was amalgamate...
Henry Francis Rush was born on 10 September 1886, a son of Daniel William Rush and Emma Rebecca Rush née Wood. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1886 in the Bethnal Green Registration ...
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