Yeoman Warder James Tuck
Posted on April 5th, 2021 in Military Yeoman Warder, Yeoman Warder
Yeoman Warder (YW) James John Tuck (145) was a Yeoman Warder here at the Tower of London from 12 May 1898 replacing Stephen Sweeney (81) to his death 1 February 1909, when he was replaced by William O’Donoughue (162). James was born Abt 1854 and enlisted on the 8 September 1872 into the Rifle Brigade, […]
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Thomas Anderson
Posted on April 6th, 2021 in WW2
Thomas Norman Percy Anderson, was on duty as the Tower of London electrician during 1940, and went to post a letter to his family and was killed by a German Bomb at the West Gate 8 December 1940. Thomas Norman Percy ANDERSON known as ‘Norman” was born on 15 December 1897 in Newcastle Upon Tyne, […]
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Yeoman Warder Frederick Robert Binskin 130
Posted on April 6th, 2021 in Military Yeoman Warder
Frederick was a Yeoman Warder here at the Tower from 1890 to 1920. Frederick was born in the parish of Saint Paul’s Maidstone, Kent, in July 1846 and, enlisted on the 25 July 1865, at the age of 19, for 12 years service with the 2nd Dragoon Guards at London. For this he received a […]
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Yeoman Warder William Appleton
William Appleton (150) was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower from 20 April 1902 to his death 9 October 1908 Born: 1856 abt. Sonning, Reading, he was already a member of the Royal Berkshire Militaria when he enlisted into the Army on the 7 June 1875, joining the Royal Engineers Army Number 13001. He saw action in […]
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Yeoman Warder John Leblique
Posted on April 7th, 2021 in Military Yeoman Warder, Yeoman Warder
John Leblique (119) was a Yeoman Warder here from the 20th November 1886, to his death in Brass Mount Battery on 19 April, 1902, (15 years). John was born 1838 in Lille, France, his father Guillame Liblique (b 1805 in Strasburgh) his mother Maria nee Kirschner (b 1810 Strasburgh and d April 1887 in Gateshead, […]
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Yeoman Warder William John McStea 66
Posted on April 12th, 2021 in Military Yeoman Warder, Yeoman Warder
William John McStea (66) was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London from the 8 June 1857 replacing Christopher Bond (64), to his death in Shepards Bush, 24 April 1900, he was replaced by Yeoman Warder Frederick Withers (148). William was born in Aug 1813, in the Shankill, Lurgan, Armagh, Ireland, he enlisted in the […]
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