Find A Grave - Guildford

Abbott, Sir. James b. March 12, 1807 d. October 6, 1896
British Military Figure. His actions led to the outbreak of the 2nd Anglo-Sikh War. He trained at the military college of the East India Company at Addiscombe, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Bengal artillery in 1823. In 1830 he took part in Sir John Keane's invasion of Afghanistan, and in 1842 was made assistant to the British Resident at Indore. In 1846 he became commissioner for settlement of the Punjab boundaries, before becoming Resident's assistant at Hazara in 1848...[Read More] (Bio by: js)
Guildford Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England
Babtie, William b. May 7, 1859 d. September 11, 1920
Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Dumbarton, Scotland, he was a surgeon serving as a Major in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army. In actions at Colenso, South Africa, on December 15, 1899, Major Babtie tended to the wounded men of the 14th and 16th Batteries of the Royal Field Artillery. Under heavy fire he rode out to where the wounded lay and attended them. Even when his horse was shot from underneath him, he continued to assist the wounded and also carried a wounded officer...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Stoke Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England
Carpenter, Edward b. August 29, 1844 d. June 28, 1929
Author, Poet. Born in Brighton on the South coast of England at 45 Brunswick Square to a comfortable, middle-class family. Son of Lieutenant Charles Carpenter, he was from a long line of naval officers. Both grandfathers and his brother was Commander Alfred Carpenter, father of Vice-Admiral Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter. One of ten children in his teenage years he was the only son with six sisters his brothers being...[Read More] (Bio by: D C McJonathan-Swarm)
Guildford Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England
Carroll (Dodgson), Lewis (Charles Lutwidge) b. January 27, 1832 d. January 14, 1898
Author. Carroll was the third child born to a family of eleven children. From a very early age he entertained himself and his family by performing magic tricks and marionette shows, and by writing poetry for his homemade newspapers. In 1846 he entered Rugby School, and in 1854 he graduated from Christ Church College, Oxford. He was successful in his study of mathematics and writing, and remained at the college after graduation to teach. His mathematical writings include An Elementary Treatise...[Read More] (Bio by: Jelena)
Guildford Cemetery, Guildford, Surrey, England
Garcia II., Dr. Manuel b. March 17, 1805 d. July 1, 1906
Opera Singer, Teacher, Medical Pioneer. The child of one noted singer and the elder brother of two more, he is remembered as probably the premiere vocal pedagogue of the 19th. century. Born Manuel Patricio Rodriguez Garcia in Zafra, Spain, he received early voice training from his father, the legendary tenor Manuel Garcia. Though not destined to gain the performing renown of his sisters Maria Malibran and Pauline Garcia-Viardot he was a baritone of note, his roles including Figaro in Rossini's "...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)
Sutton Park St Edward the Confessor Churchyard, Guildford, Surrey, England
Karloff (Pratt), Boris (William Henry) b. November 23, 1887 d. February 2, 1969
Actor. Born William Henry Pratt in Victorian England, Boris Karloff was a truly gentle person who nevertheless left us a memorable legacy of screen horrors. After more than 70 unremarkable films, he was tapped to play the "monster" in "Frankenstein" in 1931, and made the character his imperishable own. In 1932 he was "The Mummy;" in 1935, he returned to his earlier role in "The Bride of Frankenstein," possibly a greater movie than the original. He went on to roles in innumerable films, plays...[Read More] (Bio by: Portia)
Guildford Crematorium, Guildford, Surrey, England
Plot: Garden of Remembrance, his name is on a marker under a rosebush. Plot 2, on the left hand side as yo
Lister, Moira b. August 6, 1923 d. October 27, 2007
Actress, Theatre Personality. Lister was an accomplished actress often cast in patrician roles. Lister was given acting lessons as a child, and made her début with the University Players of Johannesburg at the age of six. In 1936 she appeared with Sir Seymour Hicks in "Vintage Wine," and Hicks was so impressed that he invited her to appear with him in a play in the United Kingdom. She then made her London début, aged 14, in the play "Post Road" at Golders Green Hippodrome, before returning to...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Sutton Park St Edward the Confessor Churchyard, Guildford, Surrey, England
Memorial, War
Located on the Guildford Castle grounds, the memorial was erected in honor of all whom served in World Wars I and II. The memorial has four large panels, the outer pillars contains 440 names of those local people who gave their lives in World War I. A central pillar was added to the memorial and dedicated to World War I veterans, in 1921. In 1952, four smaller panels with 202 names was added of those locals who gave their lives in World War II. The monument is also the site of the annual...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Guildford War Memorial, Guildford, Surrey, England
Roupell, Lieut. George Rowland Patrick b. April 7, 1892 d. March 4, 1974
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Guildford Crematorium, Guildford, Surrey, England
Stedman, Dr. James b. 1788 d. 1861
Mayor of Guildford, Surrey, England, three times.
Holy Trinity Church, Guildford, Surrey, England

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