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Tredworth Road Cemetery
Tredworth Road Cemetery, sometimes known as Gloucester Old Cemetery, is a cemetery in Gloucester, England, that is run by Gloucester City Council. In addition, it contains over 250 war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The cemetery chapel is a grade II listed building with Historic England. Location The cemetery is located in Tredworth Road and Cemetery Road and occupies 35 acres. The Sudbrook crosses the northern part of the area. History A burial board was formed for the city of Gloucester in 1856 and the Tredworth Road Cemetery opened in 1857 after which the dead of the city ceased to be interred in the old city churchyards formerly used for that purpose.''Civil Cemeteries and Burial Boards'' Gloucestershire Archives, 2013. The cemetery was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tredworth Road Cemetery
Tredworth Road Cemetery, sometimes known as Gloucester Old Cemetery, is a cemetery in Gloucester, England, that is run by Gloucester City Council. In addition, it contains over 250 war graves maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The cemetery chapel is a grade II listed building with Historic England. Location The cemetery is located in Tredworth Road and Cemetery Road and occupies 35 acres. The Sudbrook crosses the northern part of the area. History A burial board was formed for the city of Gloucester in 1856 and the Tredworth Road Cemetery opened in 1857 after which the dead of the city ceased to be interred in the old city churchyards formerly used for that purpose.''Civil Cemeteries and Burial Boards'' Gloucestershire Archives, 2013. The cemetery was originally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nonconformist (Protestantism)
In English church history, the Nonconformists, also known as a Free Church person, are Protestant Christians who did not "conform" to the governance and usages of the established church, the Church of England (Anglican Church). Use of the term in England was precipitated after the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in 1660, when the Act of Uniformity 1662 renewed opposition to reforms within the established church. By the late 19th century the term specifically included other Reformed Christians ( Presbyterians and Congregationalists), plus the Baptists, Brethren, Methodists, and Quakers. The English Dissenters such as the Puritans who violated the Act of Uniformity 1559 – typically by practising radical, sometimes separatist, dissent – were retrospectively labelled as Nonconformists. By law and social custom, Nonconformists were restricted from many spheres of public life – not least, from access to public office, civil service careers, or degrees at university â ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Medland
James Medland (3 February 1808 - 18 June 1894) was county surveyor for Gloucestershire from 1857–89 in which capacity he designed many of Gloucester's public buildings such as the grade II listed Tredworth Road Cemetery chapel (1857). Early life James Medland was born in Newington, Surrey, on 3 February 1808 in what is now part of the London Borough of Southwark. Career Medland was a pupil of the York architect James Pigott Pritchett. He worked in the office of Samuel Whitfield Daukes in Gloucester and after Daukes left in the late 1840s he was in partnership with J. R. Hamilton. He was in partnership with A. W. Maberly, a former pupil of Daukes, from 1854 to 1868. Medland and Maberly designed many of Gloucester's public buildings. In 1857 they were responsible for the Gothic style chapel at Tredworth Road Cemetery, built to a symmetrical design with parallel chapels for Anglicans and Nonconformists joined by a central carriageway. It is a grade II listed building with His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire Notes And Queries
''Gloucestershire Notes and Queries'' was an illustrated quarterly magazine of the history and antiquities of Gloucestershire published from 1879 under the editorship of the Reverend Beaver Henry Blacker (1821–90)."In memoriam" by William George, ''Gloucestershire Notes and Queries'', Vol. V. Part I, February–March 1891, pp. 1-3. The first volume was published in 1881. After the death of Blacker, the editor was the solicitor, , and publisher, William Phillimore Watts Phillimore
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Monumental Brass
A monumental brass is a type of engraved sepulchral memorial, which in the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional monuments and effigies carved in stone or wood. Made of hard latten or sheet brass, let into the pavement, and thus forming no obstruction in the space required for the services of the church, they speedily came into general use, and continued to be a favourite style of sepulchral memorial for three centuries. In Europe Besides their great value as historical monuments, monumental brasses are interesting as authentic contemporary evidence of the varieties of armour and costume, or the peculiarities of palaeography and heraldic designs, and they are often the only authoritative records of the intricate details of family history. Although the intrinsic value of the metal has unfortunately contributed to the wholesale spoliation of these interesting monuments, they are still found in remarkable profusion in England, and they were at one time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Haines (archaeologist)
Herbert Haines (1 September 1826 – 18 September 1872) was an English archaeologist. Life Haines, son of John Haines, surgeon, of Hampstead, was born on 1 September 1826. He was educated at the College School, Gloucester, and went to Exeter College, Oxford in 1844, where he proceeded B.A., 1849, M.A. 1851. In September 1849, Haines was licensed to the curacy of Delamere, Cheshire. On 22 June 1850, he was appointed by the dean and chapter of Gloucester Cathedral to the second Mastership of his old school, the College School, Gloucester. This post he retained till his death, and on two occasions during vacancies in 1853–54 and in 1871 acted for some time as headmaster. In 1854 he was appointed chaplain to the Gloucester County Lunatic Asylum, and in 1859 became also chaplain of the newly opened Barnwood House Asylum near Gloucester. Haines died, after a short illness, on 18 September 1872, and was buried in the Gloucester cemetery. A monumental brass bearing his effigy was plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Blinkhorn
Robert Blinkhorn (c. 1814 – 31 October 1888) was a prominent Gloucester businessman and local political figure. Career Robert and his wife Eleanor were both born in Maidstone, Kent and moved to Gloucester later. He established the ''Blinkhorns'' drapery store in Gloucester's ''Eastgate Street'' in 1843 which grew to be an important local business but eventually ceased trading in 1953 on its sale to ''F. W. Woolworth & Co.'' He was a director of the Gloucester Railway Carriage and Wagon Company at the time of his death and an Alderman An alderman is a member of a municipal assembly or council in many jurisdictions founded upon English law. The term may be titular, denoting a high-ranking member of a borough or county council, a council member chosen by the elected members t ... of the City of Gloucester. Death Robert Blinkorn died on 31 October 1888. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) ( mi, Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "The Warriors of the Sky of New Zealand"; previously ', "War Party of the Blue") is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force. It was formed from New Zealand elements of the British Royal Air Force, becoming an independent force in 1923, although many RNZAF aircrew continued to serve in the Royal Air Force until the end of the 1940s. The RNZAF fought in World War II, Malaya, Korean War, Vietnam and the Gulf War as well as undertaking various United Nations peacekeeping missions. From a 1945 peak of over 1,000 combat aircraft the RNZAF has shrunk to a strength of around 48 aircraft in 2022, focusing on maritime patrol and transport duties in support of the Royal New Zealand Navy and the New Zealand Army. The RNZAF's air combat capability ended in 2001, under the Fifth Labour Government with the disbanding of the A-4 Skyhawk and Aermacchi MB-339 based squadrons. The Air Force is led by an Ai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Canadian Air Force
The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF; french: Aviation royale canadienne, ARC) is the air and space force of Canada. Its role is to "provide the Canadian Forces with relevant, responsive and effective airpower". The RCAF is one of three environmental commands within the unified Canadian Armed Forces. As of 2020, the Royal Canadian Air Force consists of 12,074 Regular Force and 1,969 Primary Reserve personnel, supported by 1,518 civilians, and operates 258 manned aircraft and nine unmanned aerial vehicles. Lieutenant-General Eric Kenny is the current commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force and chief of the Air Force Staff. The Royal Canadian Air Force is responsible for all aircraft operations of the Canadian Forces, enforcing the security of Canada's airspace and providing aircraft to support the missions of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Canadian Army. The RCAF is a partner with the United States Air Force in protecting continental airspace under the North American Aerospac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Air Force
The Polish Air Force ( pl, Siły Powietrzne, , Air Forces) is the aerial warfare branch of the Polish Armed Forces. Until July 2004 it was officially known as ''Wojska Lotnicze i Obrony Powietrznej'' (). In 2014 it consisted of roughly 16,425 military personnel and about 475 aircraft, distributed among ten bases throughout Poland. The Polish Air Force can trace its origins to the second half of 1917 and was officially established in the months following the end of World War I in 1918. During the invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany in 1939, 70% of its aircraft were destroyed. Most pilots, after the Soviet invasion of Poland on September 17, escaped via Romania and Hungary to continue fighting throughout World War II in allied air forces, first in France, then in Britain, and later also the Soviet Union. History Origins Military aviation in Poland started even before the officially recognised date of regaining independence (11 November 1918). The very first independent units of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloucestershire Regiment
The Gloucestershire Regiment, commonly referred to as the Glosters, was a line infantry regiment of the British Army from 1881 until 1994. It traced its origins to Colonel Gibson's Regiment of Foot, which was raised in 1694 and later became the 28th (North Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot. The regiment was formed by the merger of the 28th Regiment with the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot. It inherited the unique distinction in the British Army of wearing a badge on the back of its headdress as well as the front, a tradition that originated with the 28th Regiment after it fought in two ranks back to back at the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. At its formation the regiment comprised two regular, two militia and two volunteer battalions, and saw its first action during the Second Boer War. Before the First World War, the regiment's four auxiliary battalions were converted to three Territorial Force battalions and a Special Reserve battalion, and a further 18 battalio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Of Sacrifice
The Cross of Sacrifice is a Commonwealth war memorial designed in 1918 by Sir Reginald Blomfield for the Imperial War Graves Commission (now the Commonwealth War Graves Commission). It is present in Commonwealth war cemeteries containing 40 or more graves. Its shape is an elongated Latin cross with proportions more typical of the Celtic cross, with the shaft and crossarm octagonal in section. It ranges in height from . A bronze longsword, blade down, is affixed to the front of the cross (and sometimes to the back as well). It is usually mounted on an octagonal base. It may be freestanding or incorporated into other cemetery features. The Cross of Sacrifice is widely praised, widely imitated, and the archetypal British war memorial. It is the most imitated of Commonwealth war memorials, and duplicates and imitations have been used around the world. Development and design of the cross The Imperial War Graves Commission The First World War introduced killing on such a mass scale th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
