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Crowdy Head Light Detail is located on Bodmin Moor near Camelford in North Cornwall
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Crowdy may refer to: People *Edith Frances Crowdy CBE (1880-1947) was the Deputy Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service. *Joseph Crowdy CB (born 19 November 1923) is a retired English soldier and military doctor, a former Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College *Rachel Crowdy DBE (1884-1964) was an English nurse and social reformer. *William Saunders Crowdy (August 11, 1847 – August 4, 1908) was an American soldier, preacher, entrepreneur, theologian, and pastor Places *Crowdy Bay National Park is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 271 km northeast of Sydney *Crowdy Reservoir Crowdy Reservoir is located on Bodmin Moor near Camelford in north Cornwall. It is currently managed, jointly by the South West Lakes Trust and South West Water. There is public access to the reservoir away from the nature reserve. The reservoi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edith Frances Crowdy
Edith Frances Crowdy CBE (25 August 1880 – 23 July 1947) was the deputy director of the Women's Royal Naval Service, and served as the first general secretary of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. She was born on 25 August 1880 at 79 Victoria Road, Wandsworth, London, one of the four daughters of solicitor James Crowdy and his wife, Mary Isabel Anne ( Fuidge). Of her sisters, Dame Rachel Crowdy was Principal Commandant of Voluntary Aid Detachments in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1919, and Isabel Crowdy, OBE, was the Assistant Director Inspector of Training, Women's Royal Navy Service from 1918. Her brother, James Fuidge Crowdy, MVO, was Assistant Secretary to the Governor General of Canada The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, t .... Edith's remaining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Crowdy
Major-General Joseph Porter Crowdy FRIPH (19 November 1923 – 28 June 2009) was a British soldier and military doctor, and Commandant of the Royal Army Medical College. He was an Honorary Physician to H. M. the Queen, 1981–1984. Background and education The son of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles R. Crowdy, by his marriage to Kate Porter, Joseph Porter Crowdy was educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk (1933–1942), and the University of Edinburgh (1942–1947). He took the degrees of MB and BCh in 1947, a Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene in 1956, and finally in 1957 Diplomas in Public Health and in Industrial Health.Major-General Joe Crowdy (obituary) in '' |
Royal Army Medical College
The Royal Army Medical College (RAMC) was located on a site south of the Tate Gallery (now known as Tate Britain) on Millbank, in Westminster, London, overlooking the River Thames. The college moved from the site in 1999 and the buildings are now occupied by the Chelsea College of Arts. The area around the college including the Tate, former military hospital and other adjacent areas is a conservation area.Millbank Conservation Area – Westminster City Council, January 2005, accessed 6 August 2012 The former college buildings are now . History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rachel Crowdy
Dame Rachel Eleanor Crowdy, Mrs Thornhill, DBE (3 March 1884, Paddington – 10 October 1964, Outwood, Surrey) was an English nurse and social reformer.Alice Prochaska‘Crowdy, Dame Rachel Eleanor (1884–1964)’ rev. ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004 ;online edn, Oct 2008, accessed 7 Nov 2010 She was Principal Commandant of Voluntary Aid Detachments in France and Belgium from 1914 to 1919 and Chief of the Department of Opium Traffic and Social Issues Section of the League of Nations from 1919 to 1931.'Dame Rachel Crowdy', ''The Times'', 12 October 1964, pg. 12 She was an active member of the British National Committee for the Suppression of the White Slave Trade. She was made an honorary Doctor of Laws in 1927. Life A daughter of James Crowdy, a solicitor from Kensington, and Mary Isabel Anne ( Fuidge), Rachel Crowdy trained as a nurse at Guy's Hospital. She met Katharine Furse in 1911, volunteering to serve as a Red Cross nurse in c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Saunders Crowdy
William Saunders Crowdy (August 11, 1847 – August 4, 1908) was an American soldier, preacher, entrepreneur, theologian, and pastor. As one of the earliest Black Hebrew Israelites Black Hebrew Israelites (also called Hebrew Israelites, Black Hebrews, Black Israelites, and African Hebrew Israelites) are groups of African Americans who believe that they are the descendants of the ancient Israelites. Some sub-groups believ ... in the United States, he established the ''Church of God and Saints of Christ'' in 1896 after he claimed to have had visions telling him "That blacks were descendants of the twelve lost tribes of Israel." Early life In 1847, William Saunders Crowdy was born into slavery at the Chilsy Hills Farm, a plantations in the American South, plantation in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. His father was Basil Crowdy, a deeply religious man who oversaw the drying of clay for the plantation's brick kiln. His mother, Sarah Ann, was a cook, which often got her access to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowdy Bay National Park
Crowdy Bay is a national park in New South Wales, Australia, 271 km northeast of Sydney. It is a great seaside retreat, close to Port Macquarie, offering hiking trails, coastal picnics, fishing, and great opportunities to observe wildlife. The biodiversity in the park is very rich. Here you can see many types of plants and animals. These are White-bellied sea eagles ''(Haliaeetus leucogaster)'', Brown striped frog ''(Limnodynastes peronii)'', Lace monitor ''(Varanus varius)'', Black sheoak ''(Allocasuarina littoralis)'', Grass tree ''(Xanthorrhoea spp.)'', and others. See also * Protected areas of New South Wales The Protected areas of New South Wales include both terrestrial and marine protected areas. there are 225 national parks in New South Wales. Based on the Collaborative Australian Protected Area Database (CAPAD) 2020 data there are 2136 separat ... References National parks of New South Wales Protected areas established in 1972 Bays of New Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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