During WW1 Crystal Palace was used as a training establishment for the Royal Navy. It was officially known as H.M.S. Victory VI, and informally as HMS Crystal Palace. 125,000 officers and men were trained here.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
H.M.S. Victory VI
Commemorated ati
HMS Crystal Palace
This trophy was originally placed on the old quarter-deck (presumably constru...
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Gulf War
The US, backed by the UN, invaded Iraq in response to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait.  Not to be confused with the Iraq War, March 2003 - December 2011 when the US invaded Iraq again.
Serjeant James Beaconsfield Nightingale
James Beaconsfield Nightingale was born on 19 April 1892 in Horley, Surrey, the fourth of the seven children of James Nightingale (1863-1941) and Alice Mary Nightingale née Potter (1861-1928). His ...
H. G. J. Burton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
H. Arscott
Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Sapper Henry Arscott was born on 31 March 1881 in Hampstead, the younger son of William and Frances Arscott. His father was a house painter. The 1881...
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