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
Habsburg I., Karl Franz Joseph b. August 17, 1887 d. April 1, 1922 Austrian Emperor. Born at Persenbeug Castle, Austria, On October 21, 1911 he married Princess Zita de Bourbon-Parma. Upon the death of Emperor Franz Joseph I on November 21, 1916, he became Emperor of Austria during World War I. On December 30, 1916 he was crowned Apostolic King of Hungary in Budapest. He strove ceaselessly to bring an end to the war but his efforts were in vain. In 1918 he renounced his participation in the government of Austria-Hungary and in 1919 went into exile. In...[Read More] (Bio by: Matyas) Nossa Senhora do Monte Church, Funchal, Madeira Region, 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