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HMS Victory

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HMS Victory

HMS Victory was built in the Old Single Dock in Chatham's Royal Dockyard. From "she would gain renown leading fleets in the American War of Independence, the French Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War. In 1805 she achieved lasting fame as the flagship of Vice-Admiral Nelson in Britain's greatest naval victory, the defeat of the French and Spanish at the Battle of Trafalgar. ... In 1922 she was saved for the nation and placed permanently into dry dock where she remains today." In Portsmouth.

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HMS Victory

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Hurlingham Yacht Club

1922 is the year that the Club took on its current name, though we don't know...

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E. J. Arnold

E. J. Arnold

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Oliver E. Jones

Oliver E. Jones

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geoffrey Stewart

Geoffrey Stewart

Killed in action in France, serving with the Coldstream Guards. Son of Sir Herbert Stewart. Andrew Behan found the photo and has researched this man: Captain Geoffrey Stewart was born on 28 Octobe...

Person, Armed Forces, France

1 memorial
G. J. Hockham

G. J. Hockham

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Houndsditch murders

Houndsditch murders

The story is well told at Times of Malta. The cutting equipment used in the robbery was supplied by Errico Malatesta.

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial