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Person    | Male  Born 1521  Died 11/4/1554

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Categories: Armed Forces, Execution

Sir Thomas Wyatt

Born near Maidstone, son of the poet of the same name. Opposed the marriage of Queen Mary to Phillip of Spain, he marched on London in 1554 with 4,000 men of Kent but, failing, on 6 February, to gain entry to the City at Ludgate, he turned towards Temple Bar but was forced to surrender. Beheaded on Tower Hill.

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Sir Thomas Wyatt

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Tower Hill Martyrs - list

{5 plaques, in total listing 27 names, each with their year of death, the fir...

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Chiswick War Memorial Homes

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Dudley Graham Johnson, VC

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Sir John French, 1st Earl of Ypres

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1 memorial
J. Richbell

J. Richbell

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War served, WW1
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F. C. H. Ellis

F. C. H. Ellis

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