Cazalet, Victor Alexander b. December 27, 1896 d. July 4, 1943 British Army Officer, Politician. He was born at 4 Whitehall Gardens in London, his father being of Huguenot descent and his mother of Scottish, and was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, which he represented at tennis, lawn tennis and racquets. In 1915, he joined the West Kent Yeomanry, transferring the following year to the 1st. Life Guards. In October 1917, he was awarded the Military Cross, following the Battle of Poelcappelle, four miles North East of Ypres. After the Armistice...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Gibraltar Cemetery, Gibraltar, Gibraltar Plot: Plot 1, Row A, Grave 5
Hawkesworth, John Leslie Inglis b. February 19, 1893 d. June 3, 1945 British Army General. He was educated at St. Bees School in Workington and at Queen's College, Oxford. In 1910, he married Helen Jane McNaughton, with whom he had one son. During the First World War, he was wounded twice and was made an Officer of the British Empire. In 1940, he was made a Commander of the British Empire, and became the Director of Military Training at the War Office. In 1943, he became a Commander of the Bath, was awarded the Distinguished Service Order, and was appointed to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Gibraltar Cemetery, Gibraltar, Gibraltar Plot: Plot 1, Row C. Grave 2
Kavanagh, Thomas Henry b. July 15, 1821 d. November 13, 1882 Recipient of the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, one of only five civilians in history to be awarded the VC. Gibraltar Cemetery, Gibraltar, Gibraltar Plot: Government of Gibraltar, ID Number 4567
Whiteley, John Percival d. July 4, 1943 British Politician, Army Officer. He was born in Ilkely, about twelve miles North-West of Leeds in Yorkshire, and was educated at Shrewsbury and at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich. He joined the Royal Artillery in 1916 but, ten years later, transferred to the Life Guards, and retired from the Army in 1928. In 1925, he had married Amy Beatrice Tetley, with whom he had three sons. In 1937, he was elected to the House of Commons as the Member for Buckingham, which, twenty-seven years later...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine) Gibraltar Cemetery, Gibraltar, Gibraltar Plot: Plot 1, Row A, Grave 5
b. December 27, 1896 d. July 4, 1943
b. July 15, 1821 d. November 13, 1882