Robert Gerald Aldin Wilson was born in 1889, the elder child of Robert Alexander Wilson (1856-1922) and Ellen Julia Wilson née Aldin (1867-1958). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1889...
Sergeant (Observer). Number 212112 in the Royal Air Force. Died in action aged 20. Buried in plot 1.C.24 Perreuse Chateau Franco British Cemetery, France.
Gas engineer. Born Friedrich Albrecht Winzer (Anglicised as Frederick Albert Winsor) in Brunswick, Germany. He studied the technology of gas street lighting in Paris. In London he founded the Gas L...
Writer, philosopher and feminist before her time. Born Primrose Street, Spitalfields. Her radical book "Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) in which she described marriage as "legal prostitu...
Person, Education, Gender Issues, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Denmark, France, Norway, Sweden
Field Marshal. Â Born Dublin. Â Served in the Indian Rebellion and the Crimean War. Led the attempt to relieve Khartoum. 1895 - 1900 Commander-in-Chief of the British Army. The very model of the 'Mod...
Person, Armed Forces, Africa, Burma, Canada, China/Hong Kong, Crimea, France, India, Ireland
Edward Woonacott was born on 14 January 1889, one of the five children of James Wonnacott (1867-1924 and Lavina Thomas Wonnacott née Beavis (1857-1924). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter ...
Egerton Lowndes Wright was born on 15 November 1885 in Lytham, Lancashire, the second of the four children of Henry Lowndes Wright (1854-1940) and Alice Maud Wright née Eckersley (1861-1914). His W...
Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats. Â A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died in Roquebrune, France.
Wing Commander, GC, secret agent in WW2, codename "The White Rabbit". Born 45 Balcombe Street. Brought up in France. Served in WW1. Served in WW2 initially in the RAF but then in February 1942 he j...
William Leonard York was born on 30 March 1886 in St John's Wood, Middlesex (now Greater London), the 3rd of the five children of William York (1854-1908) and Jane York nèe Taylor (1857-1892). His ...
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