Find A Grave - Hampshire

Buller, Redvers Henry [memorial] b. December 7, 1839 d. June 2, 1908
Zulu War Victoria Cross Recipient.
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Burgess, Guy Francis de Moncy b. April 11, 1911 d. August 30, 1963
Cold War Soviet Spy. Despite being a flamboyant drunk and open, notorious homosexual, he proved to be one of the Soviet Union's best spies at the beginning of the Cold War. Born in Davenport, England, his father was an high-ranking officer in the Royal Navy, and his mother an aristocrat. His wealthy, upper middle class background gave him admittance to Eton and later, to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. When his homosexuality got him dismissed from Dartmouth, he moved on to Cambridge, to...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
St John the Evangelist Churchyard, West Meon, Hampshire, England
Plot: Family plot
Campbell, Gordon b. January 6, 1886 d. July 3, 1953
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Surrey, England, he served as a Commander in the British Royal Navy. On February 17, 1917, Commander Campbell was in command of the HMS Farborough Q.5 in the North Atlantic, when he sighted a torpedo track. He altered course and allowed the torpedo to hit his Q.5 aft by the engine-room bulkhead. The ships party managed to get back under away convincingly and was followed by the German U-boat. When the submarine had fully surfaced and was within 100...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
All Saints Churchyard, Crondall, Hampshire, England
Carnarvon, Lord b. June 26, 1866 d. April 5, 1923
British Aristocracy. Adventurer. Born George Edward Stanhope Molyneux Herbert, at Highclere Castle, the son of Henry Howard Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon and Lady Evelyn Stanhope, and was styled Lord Porchester until inheriting the title of 5th Earl of Carnarvon at his father's death in 1890. He married Almina Victoria Maria Alexandra Wombwell in 1895. He was a sponser of horse races and an early advocate of automobile racing. An motor accident in 1901 severly damaged his health and it was...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Beacon Hill (Private Plot), Highclere, Hampshire, England
Plot: Overlooking the Castle Grounds
Chubb, Ralph b. February 8, 1892 d. January 14, 1960
British Poet, Printer, and Artist. He was born in Harpenden, Hertfordshire and he died at Fair Oak Cottage in Hampshire. He was influenced by Whitman, Blake, and the Romantics, and his work was the creation of a personal mythology, one that was anti-materialist and sexually revolutionary. His liberalised, nature based romantic view was set out in a homosexual and spiritualist manifesto 'An Appendix' and then in lithographic books such as 'The Sun Spirit' and 'The Secret Country'. Other of his...[Read More] (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Kingsclere Woodlands Cemetery, Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
Cochrane, Hugh Stewart b. August 4, 1829 d. April 23, 1884
Indian Mutiny Victoria Cross Recipient. He was a Lieutenant in the 86th Regiment (later The Royal Irish Rifles), British Army during the Indian Mutiny. His VC citation reads "On 1 April 1858 near Jhansi, India, when No. 1 company of the regiment was ordered to take a gun, Lieutenant Cochrane dashed forward at a gallop under heavy musketry and artillery fire, drove the enemy from the gun and kept possession of it until the company came up. He also showed conspicuous gallantry in attacking the...[Read More] (Bio by: derrick unwin)
Highland Road Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Copenhagen b. 1809 d. 1835
War Horse. Copenhagen, with Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington) on his back, spearheaded the attack against Napoleon at Waterloo which banished him to St. Helena for the remainder of his life. From morning until dark, this horse zig-zagged the battlefield while dodging shells and bullets from the French with the battle directed from his back. Upon Wellesley's return to England, he was accorded a hero's welcome. An...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Stratfield Saye House, Stratfield Saye, Hampshire, England
Cromwell, Richard b. September 4, 1626 d. July 12, 1712
Lord Protector of England and son of Oliver Cromwell. He served in the parliamentary army, sat in parliament (1654, 1656), and was a member of the Council of State (1657). In 1658 he succeeded his father as Lord Protector but he soon fell out with parliament, which he dissolved in 1659. He recalled the Rump Parliament of 1653, but found the task of ruling beyond him, and was forced to abdicate in 1659. After the Restoration of King Charles II to the throne (1660, Cromwell lived in France and...[Read More] (Bio by: Erik Lander)
All Saints Churchyard, Hursley, Hampshire, England
Curtis, Henry b. December 21, 1822 d. November 23, 1896
British Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Romsey, Hampshire, he became a Boatswain's Mate in the Royal Navy. On the June 18, 1855, during the Crimean War, immediately after the asault on Sebastapol, a soldier of the 57th Regiment was wounded in both legs and was sitting up and crying for help. At once, Henry Curtis, along with Henry Raby and John Taylor left the shelter of their battery works and ran forwards for seventy yards, across enemy ground, through heavy gunfire.They succeeded in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Kingston Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Plot: Plot 81, Row 10, Line 22
Danagher, John b. June 25, 1860 d. January 9, 1919
1st Boer War Victoria Cross Recipient. He was born in Limerick, and became a Trooper in Nourse's (Transvaal) Horse. On January 16, 1881 at Elandsfontein, during the first Boer War, he advanced, along with Lance-Corporal James Murray of the Connaught Rangers, for about five hundred yards, under heavy fire from about sixty of the enemy, to rescue two Privates (Byrne and Davis) of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, who had been wounded. Murray was himself shot, the bullet exiting near the spine, and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Plot: Section M, Row 1, Grave 6
Davies, Richard Bell b. May 19, 1886 d. February 26, 1966
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
Southampton Crematorium, Southampton, Hampshire, England
Day, Sidney James b. July 3, 1891 d. July 7, 1966
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Norwich, England, he served as a Corporal with the 11th Battalion, Suffolk Regiment, British Army. On August 26, 1917, at Hargicourt, France, Corporal Day was in command of a bombing section detailed to clear a maze of trenches still held by the enemy. While on the line his detail killed two German machine gunners and took four prisoners. Immediately after he returned to his section a stick bomb fell into a trench occupied by five men and one badly...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Milton Cemetery, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
de Lucy, Godfrey d. September 12, 1204
Bishop of Winchester 1189-1204, de Lucy planned & began the building of the retro-choir & chapels of the east end of Winchester Cathedral. (Bio by: Connie Nisinger)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
de Montijo, Eugenie b. May 5, 1826 d. July 11, 1920
Empress of the French, 1853 - 1870, and wife of Napoleon III.
St Michaels Abbey, Farnborough, Hampshire, England
Plot: In crypt behind the high altar
Denison, Michael b. November 1, 1915 d. July 22, 1998
British Actor. Considered by many to be the epitome of the quintessential English gentleman on screen. A pupil of Harrow, he first accquired the acting bug whilst at Oxford University. He married fellow Actor Dulcie Gray in 1939, a partership which would last for no less than 59 years, until his death in 1998. He made his screen debut that same year with an uncredited role in "Inspector Honleigh on Holiday" (1939). After serving with British Intelligence during World War Two, he began appearing...[Read More] (Bio by: s.canning)
St John the Evangelist Churchyard, Langrish, Hampshire, England
Plot: To left of church entrance.
Dickinson, Jimmy b. April 25, 1925 d. November 8, 1982
Professional Footballer. Born in Alton, he was recommended to Portsmouth Football Club by Eddie Lever, who taught him sport and mathematics. The Second World War, during which he served for three years in the Royal Navy, delayed the start of his career, but he made his debut in 1946 against Blackburn Rovers, wearing the No. 6 shirt. He remained with Portsmouth for the whole of his career and appeared for them in 764 league matches. This record stood until 1980, when John Trollope of Swindon...[Read More] (Bio by: Iain MacFarlaine)
Alton Cemetery, Alton, Hampshire, England
Doyle, Sir. Arthur Conan b. May 22, 1859 d. July 7, 1930
Author. He is best remembered as the creator of the fictional detective "Sherlock Holmes", which has become one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, he began practicing medicine in 1882, but was not a great success. While waiting for patients, he started writing short stories as a hobby, but his early writings earned him only pocket money. His first great success came with his first Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). In Holmes...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
All Saints Churchyard, Minstead, Hampshire, England
Plot: Under an oak tree, with wife
Eadred b. 923 d. November 23, 955
English Monarch. Born the second son of Eadward I by his third wife, Algifa. He succeeded to the throne in May 946 upon the murder of his brother. He was crowned king on August 16, 946 at Kingston-upon-Thames, London. In 947, Eric Bloodaxe led the Norsemen residing in Northumbria against Eadred. In 954 the Northumbrians expelled Eric, and Eadred regained control of the region after the battle of Stainemore. He provided...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Eadwig b. 941 d. October 1, 959
English Royalty. Born the eldest son of Eadmund, King of England and Alfgiva. He came to be known by the nickname of Edwy 'the Fair.' His mother died within his first three years and his father was stabbed to death three years after that. His uncle, Edred took the throne, but on the his death of Edred, Eadwig was chosen to be king as the oldest of the children in the natural line of the royal house. Within a year of his coronation, however, the country was divided peacefully, with Mercia and...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England
Plot: Old Minster
Edward I d. 924
King of Wessex. Born at Wantage Dorset, the second son of Aelfred, King of Wessex, known as "the Great," and Eahlwith, Princess of Mercia. He succeeded to the title of King of Wessex and Mercia in October 899; He was crowned King of Wessex and Mercia in May 900 at Kingston-upon-Thames, London. During his reign he and his sister, Ethelfleda of Mercia, fought constantly the influxes of the Danes. In 914, he secured the release of the Bishop of Llandaff who had been captured in a raid, after which...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
St Lawrence in the Square Churchyard, Winchester, Hampshire, England

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