Buckley, Cecil William b. October 7, 1830 d. December 7, 1872 Crimean War Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant in the British Royal Navy. On May 29, 1855, in the Sea of Azov, Crimea, Lieutenant Buckley of the HMS Miranda with another officer and a Gunner, volunteered to land at a beach where the Russian Army were in strength. Once on shore they met considerable enemy opposition, but managed to set fire to corn stores and ammunition dumps, destroying enemy equipment. On June 3, Lieutenant Buckley carried out another raid with a...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith) English Cemetery, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
Langerhans, Paul b. July 25, 1847 d. July 20, 1888 Scientist. Born in Berlin, he began his studies at the University of Jena in 1865 and later at the University of Berlin. In 1868, while still a medical student, he published an important paper describing the dendritic cells, which play an important immunological role in the human skin; they are now called Langerhans cells. His most famous achievement was the discovery of the pancreatic islets (1869), where insulin and other hormones are produced; these also bear his name. After the Franco-...[Read More] (Bio by: Rogério Monteiro) English Cemetery, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
b. October 7, 1830 d. December 7, 1872