Served in India and South Africa. He named Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape after his wife, who had died in India, and built a pyramid-shaped memorial to her there. He returned to England and married again but took his own life on the anniversary of Elizabeth's death. Buried at St Pancras Churchyard with her embalmed heart. Ahhh.
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General Sir Rufane Donkin, KCB, GCH
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Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
Other Subjects
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Sidney Murrell Portchmouth
Sidney Murrell Portchmouth was born on 21 November 1892 in Buckland, Berkshire, the eighth of the nine children of William Charles Portchmouth (1858-1923) and Frances Jane Portchmouth, née Gee (185...
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
6th Inniskilling Dragoons
Cavalry regiment in the British army. it was one of three regiments raised during the defence of Enniskillen in 1689. The name Inniskilling was used as it was the original name of the town. They se...
1 memorial
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