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31 relations: Amiens, British Army, Burke's Peerage, Burton, Neston, Cheshire, Charles John Stanley Gough, Commonwealth of Nations, Congreve baronets, Corbie, Cyril Maude, Distinguished Service Order, Edwin Lutyens, Eton College, Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts, Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, John Gough (VC), Legion of Honour, Longueval, Major (United Kingdom), Mentioned in dispatches, Military Cross, Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own), Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum, Stowe-by-Chartley, Summer Fields School, Victoria Cross, Walter Norris Congreve, West Felton, William Fraser (British Army officer), Winchester, Winifred Emery, World War I.
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.
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Burke's Peerage
Burke's Peerage Limited is a British genealogical publisher founded in 1826, when Irish genealogist John Burke began releasing books devoted to the ancestry and heraldry of the peerage, baronetage, knightage and landed gentry of the United Kingdom.
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Burton, Neston, Cheshire
For the Burton near Tarporley in Cheshire, see Burton, Gowy Burton is a village on the Wirral Peninsula, in the unitary authority of Cheshire West and Chester and the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England.
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Charles John Stanley Gough
General Sir Charles John Stanley Gough (28 January 1832 – 6 September 1912) was a senior British Indian Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, often known as simply the Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of 53 member states that are mostly former territories of the British Empire.
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Congreve baronets
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Congreve, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
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Corbie
Corbie is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Cyril Maude
Cyril Francis Maude (24 April 1862 — 20 February 1951) was an English actor-manager.
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Distinguished Service Order
The Distinguished Service Order (DSO) is a military decoration of the United Kingdom, and formerly of other parts of the Commonwealth of Nations, awarded for meritorious or distinguished service by officers of the armed forces during wartime, typically in actual combat.
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Edwin Lutyens
Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens, (29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era.
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Eton College
Eton College is an English independent boarding school for boys in Eton, Berkshire, near Windsor.
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Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts
Frederick Hugh Sherston Roberts VC (8 January 1872 – 17 December 1899), son of the famous Victorian commander Field Marshal Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, was born in Umballa, India, and received the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
Field Marshal Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts, (30 September 1832 – 14 November 1914) was a British soldier who was one of the most successful commanders of the 19th century.
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John Gough (VC)
Brigadier General Sir John Edmond Gough (25 October 1871 – 22 February 1915), known as Johnnie Gough, was a senior British Army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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Legion of Honour
The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.
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Longueval
Longueval is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
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Major (United Kingdom)
Major (Maj) is a military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines.
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Mentioned in dispatches
A member of the armed forces mentioned in dispatches (or despatches, MiD) is one whose name appears in an official report written by a superior officer and sent to the high command, in which his or her gallant or meritorious action in the face of the enemy is described.
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Military Cross
The Military Cross (MC) is the third-level military decoration awarded to officers and (since 1993) other ranks of the British Armed Forces, and used to be awarded to officers of other Commonwealth countries.
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Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
The Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) was an infantry rifle regiment of the British Army formed in January 1800 as the "Experimental Corps of Riflemen" to provide sharpshooters, scouts, and skirmishers.
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Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum
The Royal Green Jackets (Rifles) Museum is situated at Peninsula Barracks in Winchester, England.
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Stowe-by-Chartley
Stowe-by-Chartley is a village and civil parish in Staffordshire, England.
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Summer Fields School
Summer Fields is a fee-paying boys' independent day and boarding preparatory school in Summertown, Oxford.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest award of the British honours system.
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Walter Norris Congreve
General Sir Walter Norris Congreve, VC, KCB, MVO, DL (20 November 1862 – 28 February 1927) was an English Army officer in the Second Boer War and the First World War, and Governor of Malta 1924-1927.
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West Felton
West Felton is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.
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William Fraser (British Army officer)
Brigadier William Fraser (5 July 1890 – 11 November 1964) was a younger son of Lord Saltoun and served as a British Army officer in both world wars.
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Winchester
Winchester is a city and the county town of Hampshire, England.
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Winifred Emery
Winifred Emery (1 August 1861 – 15 July 1924), born Maud Isabel Emery, was an English actress and actor-manager of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Congreve
