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Yeoman Warder William Swain
Posted on August 11th, 2022 in Battle Waterloo, Coldstream Guards, Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Military Yeoman Warder, Waterloo Medal, Yeoman Warder
William Swain ( On the Yeoman Warders wall it shows a Swaine) was a Yeoman Warder here at the Tower from 31 August 1837 replacing Richard East, to his death on the 2 March 1841, when he was replaced by Samuel Manners (27) He was born 1792 in Witham, Essex, and enlisted into the Coldstream Guards, […]
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William Augustas Robinson 152
Posted on February 2nd, 2019 in 1911 Coronation Medal, 7 Tower Green, Egypt Medal, Houses Occupied, Khedive Star, Leggs Mount, Middle Tower, Military Yeoman Warder, Nile Clasp
William Augustas Robinson (152), who was a Yeoman Warder here at the Tower from 5thJuly 1902 to 21stApril 1926. William was born on 21 April 1860 in Shankill, Antrim, to Ellen Reid and William Augustus Robinson, he joined the Cameron’s (Queens Own) Cameron Highlanders on the 8thNovember 1876, Army Number 1053. Discharged as 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 May
Posted on August 11th, 2022 in Battle Waterloo, Grenadier Guards, Military Yeoman Warder, Yeoman Warder
John May was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London from 21st May 1827 replacing Stephen Claddis, to his death on the 23rd October 1855, and he was replaced by Henry Hughes (61), some 28 years as a Yeoman Warder. It may be worth remembering that When Sir Arthur Wellesley The Duke of Wellington […]
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Yeoman Warder John Hayward 41
John Andrew Hayward (41) was a Yeoman Warder here at the Tower of London from 25 August 1847 replacing Thomas Rowley (39) to 5 January 1881, when he was replaced by John Power (110). When John Andrews Hayward was born in 1806 in Walsham Le Willows, Suffolk, his father, John (born 1779 – died 1852), […]
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Yeoman Warder John Farrow
Posted on August 11th, 2022 in Military Yeoman Warder, Yeoman Warder
John FARROW (96) was a Yeoman Warder from 1873 to 1896
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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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Yeoman Warder William Mathews
Posted on August 14th, 2022 in 11 Regiment of Foot, Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, Military Yeoman Warder, Storehouse Fire 1841, Yeoman Warder
William Mathews (21) was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London, from 29 December 1838 replacing Robert Rowe until his death 19 January 1859, when he was replaced by Thomas Darling (69). William was born in 1780 in Mountmellick, Laois (Queens), Ireland, and enlisted into the 11th Regiment of Foot 17 July 1811 (Aged 32) […]
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