Charles Warne (1802-1887)[PLOT 30] English antiquarian and archaeologist specialising in prehistoric and ancient monuments of Dorset. Born in Dorset, with the poet William Barnes he was involved in protecting the Maumbury Rings which resulted in their statutory...

Horatia Nelson Johnson (1832-1890) [PLOT 26]Granddaughter of Lord Horatio Nelson. Horatia Nelson Johnson was the seventh of nine children born to Horatia Nelson (1801-1881), Lord Horatio Nelson's child by Emma Hamilton. Her father was the Rev. Philip Ward (1795-1859),...

Field Marshal Sir William Robert Robertson (1860-1933) [PLOT 28] Sir William Robert Robertson, 1st Baronet, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, DSO. Born 29th January 1860  was a British Army officer who served as Chief of the Imperial General Staff (CIGS) – the professional head of the...

Admiral Sir Arthur Cummings (1817-1893) [PLOT 35]Naval Officer. Sir Arthur Cumming KCB born 6th May 1817 was an officer of the Royal Navy. He was born in Nancy, France to Sir Henry John Cumming, a general in the British Army and received naval education at the Royal...

John Thomas Tiller (1854-1925) [PLOT 76]Originator of military precision dancing and the ‘Tiller Girls’. John Tiller always had a keen interest in music. He was always a perfectionist to the point where very few people could live up to his standards. At ten years old...

Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson d’Eyncourt (1868-1951) [PLOT 76]Naval Architect. Sir Eustace Henry William Tennyson d'Eyncourt, 1st Baronet KCB FRS born 1st April 1868 was a British naval architect and engineer. As Director of Naval Construction for the Royal Navy,...

Frederick Edward Hulme (1841-1909) [PLOT 83]Botanist. Frederick Hulme was known as a teacher and an amateur botanist. He was the Professor of Freehand and Geometrical Drawing at King's College London from 1886. His most famous work was Familiar Wildflowers which was...

Hugo Hirst (1863-1943) [PLOT 74]Industrial Engineer and founder of General Electric Company. Born near Munich, Hugo Hirsch became a naturalized British subject in 1883 and changed his surname to Hirst. He was co-founder of the General Electric Company plc, and in 1910...

Magdalena Cecilia Colledge (1920-2008) [PLOT 84]Olympic Skater. Magdalena Cecilia Colledge born 28th November 1920 was a British figure skater. She was placed eighth in the 1932 Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid. Aged 11 years and 73 days she competed in the women's...

Sir Owen Willans Richardson (1879-1959) [PLOT 8]Physicist.  He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1928 for his work on thermionic emission, which led to Richardson's law. Richardson was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England, the only son of Joshua Henry and Charlotte...