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
Commemorated ati
Burdett-Coutts Memorial Sundial
This elaborate piece of high Victoriana was designed by George Highton of Bri...
Other Subjects
Lieutenant Colonel Henry Stuart Townend, O.B.E., M.A.
Athlete, headmaster and politician. Born Henry Stewart Townend. In his youth he participated in athletics, and was a schoolboy hockey international. Retired from the army, as Lieutenant-Colonel, ...
Person, Armed Forces, Education, Politics & Administration, Sport / Games, Switzerland
1 memorial
F. N. B. Bennett
Pilot Officer Frank Norman Bartlett Bennett was born on 30 May 1919, the second of the three sons of Stanley Bartlett Bennett (1885-1966) and Nellie Bennett née Evans (1890-1970). His birth was reg...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
Rifleman J. Wheatley
A member of Jas. Shoolbred & Co. Ltd. who served in WW1 and returned. Queen's Westminster Rifles
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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