Following is a list of sites in London associated
with the Military
- Admiralty Arch
- Alanbrooke, Field Marshal Viscount
- ALLENBY, Field Marshal Edmund Henry Hynman, Viscount (1861-1936),
- Lived here 1928-1936.
- Baldwin, Stanley 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley - Prime Minister
- Baldwin was prime minister three times, in between the World Wars. He dealt with labor unrest and a general strike in 1926, passing the Trade Disputes Act of (1927). He passed legislation ensuring complete adult suffrage in 1928 and dealt with the crisis
- Baldwin, Stanley 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley - Prime Minister
- Baldwin was prime minister three times, in between the World Wars. He dealt with labor unrest and a general strike in 1926, passing the Trade Disputes Act of (1927). He passed legislation ensuring complete adult suffrage in 1928 and dealt with the crisis
- Bartle Frere, General Henry Edward
- Battle of Britain Memorial
- Beatty, Admiral David, Earl
- BEATTY, David, Earl OM (1871-1936)
- Admirals lived here.
- BEAUFORT, Sir Francis (1774-1857),
- Admiral and Hydrographer, lived here.
- BLIGH, William (1754-1817),
- Navigator, Commander of the Bounty, lived here.
- BURGOYNE, General John (1722-1792),
- lived and died here.
- Canning George - Prime Minister
- He is remembered for and, in the most part credited with, the seizure of the Danish fleet off of Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars and the British military excursion into the Spanish peninsula. He died in office. Lived here.
- CARLILE, Wilson, Prebendary (1847-1942),
- Founder of the Church Army, lived here.
- Chillianwallah, Battle of
- CLIVE of India, Lord (1725-1774),
- Soldier and Administrator, lived here.
- COCHRANE, Thomas, Earl of Dundonald (1775-1860),
- Admiral lived here.
- Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew Browne , Viscount of Hyndhope
- DE GAULLE, General Charles,
- President of the French National Committee, set up the Headquarters of the Free French Forces here in 1940.
- Dowding, Lord Hugh - Air Chief Marshal
- DOWDING, Lord, Air Chief Marshall, (1882-1970),
- Leader of Fighter Command, lived here 1941-1951.
- Eden, Anthony - Prime Minister
- Eden became prime minister in April,1955. His term ended in 1956 after the failed military adventure to regain international control of the Suez Canal. He lived at 2 Lord North Street in 1924.
- FISHER, Admiral of the Fleet, Lord, OM (1841-1920),
- lived here as First Sea Lord 1905-1910.
- FITZROY, Admiral Robert (1805-1865),
- Hydrographer and Meteorologist, lived here.
- GAGE, Thomas (1721-1787),
- Commander of British Forces in North America, lived here.
- Gordon, General Charles George - of Khartoum
- Gort, John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, Field Marshal Viscount VC GCB CBE DSO MVO MC (1886–
- Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in France 1939–1940. He conducted the withdrawal of the BEF to Dunkirk in 1940, which paved the way for the legendary evacuation by the Royal Navy of 338,000 British and French troops. Later he m
- Hamilton, Lady Emma (nee Hart) - Bed demonstrations
- Emma Hart later to become Lady Emma Hamilton, Admiral Nelsons mistress, used to perform naked demonstrations of the workings of a celestial bed.
- Harris, Sir Arthur - Air Marshal Bomber Command
- HARRISON, John (1693-1776),
- Inventor of the Marine Chronometer, lived and died in a house on this site.
- Hatchards
- General book shop.
Piccadilly
- Hitch, Private Frederick, VC (1856-1913)
- hero of the Battle of Rorke’s Drift
- Jellicoe, Admiral Earl Sir John Rushworth
- JELLICOE, Admiral of the Fleet, Earl, OM (1859-1935),
- lived here.
- KITCHENER of Khartoum, Field Marshal Earl, KG (1850-1916),
- lived here 1914-1915.
- LAWRENCE, T.E. (1888-1935),
- Army officer. Lawrence of Arabia, lived here.
- Leadenhall
- General Market
Leadenhall
St.
- Mass War Grave
- Thousand of Scottish prisoners from the battle of Worcester in the Civil War were buried here.
- Merchant Navy and fishing fleets Memorial
- Minor, Dr William Chester
- On 17 February 1872 Dr George Minor, an American Army Officer living in London, shot and killed George Merrit for no reason here. He was found to be mad and sent to Broadmoor Asylum. During his time there he became one of the major writers and contributors to the Oxford English Dictionary.
- Montgomery, Field Marshal Viscount Alamein
- MONTGOMERY, Field-Marshal, Viscount, of Alamein (1887-1976),
- was born here.
- Mr Lloyds coffee house
- From 1688, ship captains, owners and merchants would gather at Mr Lloyds coffee house on Tower Street to get reliable shipping news and marine insurance. Lloyds of London had been born.
- NELSON, Horatio, Admiral Lord (1758-1805),
- lived here in 1797. Born 1758, fell at Trafalgar 1805.
- Nelson, Horatio, Admiral , Viscount , Duke of Bronte
- NELSON, Horatio, Admiral Lord (1758-1805),
- lived here in 1798.
- Nelson, Lord Horatio, Admiral , Viscount , Duke of Bronte
- OHIGGINS, Bernardo (1778-1842),
- General, Statesman and Liberator of Chile, lived and studied here.
- PEPYS, Samuel (1633-1703),
- Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty, lived here 1679-1688.
- PITT-RIVERS, Lieutenant General Augustus Henry Lane Fox (1827-1900),
- Anthropologist and Archaeologist, lived here.
- Portal, Charles Frederick Algernon, Viscount Hungerford, Air Marshal
- RAF Bommber Command Memorial
- RAGLAN, Lord Fitzroy Somerset , 1st Baron (1788-1855),
- Commander during the Crimean War, lived here.
- REITH, Lord (1889-1971),
- First Director-General of the BBC, lived here 1924-1930.
- ROBERTS, Earl Fredrick Sleigh (1832-1914),
- Field-Marshal, lived here.
- ROY, Major-General William (1726-1790),
- Founder of the Ordnance Survey, lived here.
- Royal Army Medical College (former)
- SALMOND, Sir John Maitland (1881-1968)
- Marshal of the Royal Air Force, RAF Commander, lived here 1928-1936
- Salvation Army
- The headquarters of the Salvation Army is a former ice rink, It seems little has been changed
- SAN MARTIN, José de (The Liberator) (1778-1850),
- Argentine Soldier and Statesman, stayed here.
- Slim, Field Marshal Viscount
- The Marine Broker
- Wine
bar - friendly owner who has put up with our riotous
behaviour as the evening wears on. Not so busy since the
new pubs sprung up.
Map
- The Old Admiralty
- United Nation General Assembley - Inaugural Meeting
- On the 10 January 1946 the General Assembley of the United Nations hald its inaugural meeting in the Methodist Central Hall opposite parliament.
- Vice Admiral William Bligh (Capt.)
- Waterloo, Battle of - Captured Guns
- Waterstones
- General book shop.
Piccadilly
(Former Simpsons store)
- WOLFE, General James (1727-1759),
- Victor of Quebec, lived here.
- WOLSELEY, Garnet, 1st Viscount (1833-1913),
- Field-Marshal, lived in this house.
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