Images Dated 2009 October

Battle of Cable Street mural K031532

FORMER ST GEORGE'S TOWN HALL, 236 Cable Street, Tower Hamlets, London. Mural on end wall commemorating the Battle of Cable Street. Wall painting

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Street Art

St Sidwells Church, Exeter 1942 BB42_03938

EXETER, Devon.The remains of St Sidwell's Church on Sidwell Street after bomb damage during the Exeter blitz, photographed by Margaret Tomlinson in 1942. This church was built on the site of a medieval chapel in 1812-13 in the Gothic style. A bomb fell at 2.43 am on the morning of 4th May 1942 destroying most of the building. A replacement church in local brick was built in 1957-58

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Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick N070675

APSLEY HOUSE, London. Frederick William Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1771-1815) c.1813-15. German school. WM 1553-1948. A veteran of the Prussian army, who had fought many wars with the French since 1789. He briefly inherited the Duchy in 1806, but in 1807 it was seized by the French. In 1809 with the resumption of hostilities he established a Brunswick corps - wearing black in mourning for their occupied Duchy. He finally regained his Duchy in 1813. In 1815, as a Major-General, he led a fresh contingent in the Hundred Days campaign, but was killed by a gunshot at the Battle of Quatre Bras on 16th June, while leading his troops. He died two days before the Battle of Waterloo

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