In the 1800’s many changes were seen at the Tower of London. The Royal Mint moved out in 1810. In 1835 the Royal Menagerie moved to new accommodation in Regents Park and became London Zoo. The Tower of London still remained the Armoury of England, housing as it did the Office of Ordnance as well as, until […]
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This is not finished There were probably areas in the Tower in the Medieval period were food and Ale were produced. In these days a Pub would be a social meeting place not essential to life although this has not always been the case, and in the Tower surrounded by water that could not be […]
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Joseph Jackson (05), was a Yeoman Warder at the Tower from 27th October 1830 to his death 7th February 1841. Joseph Jackson was born on 23 February 1803 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. He enlisted 20th March 1820 into the Grenadier Guards. Discharged 1827 He had no medals He became a Yeoman Warder 27th October 1830, replacing Robert […]
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Yeoman Warder, Edmond Halley, (Although the Yeoman Warder records show his name as Edmond Hawley, might be spelling) the father of the astronomer Halley. The warder was murdered in 1684. In a statement in 1689 it implies that some people thought that his death was in some way related to the death of the Earl of Essex in […]
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James Forsyth, was a military Yeoman Warder at the Tower from 23rd October 1850 replacing a William White, he remained to his death in the tower on the 16 December 1853, and was replaced by John Douglas (58). He was born in 1803, in Halifax, Yorkshire, he died in the tower on the 16 October […]
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Rudolf Hess in the Tower of London Rudolf Hess parachuted into Scotland on the 10th of May, and was bought to the Tower 17th May 1941, he remained here for three days. When it come to the arrival of Hess at the Tower, there seemed to be more than one story, The Chief Yeoman Warder […]
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A Yeoman Warder from 1st April 1922 to 28th February 1935 He was born in 1874 in Inverness, Scotland, and enlisted in to the 2nd Battalion, Queens Own, Cameron Highlanders on the 26th March 1889, at the age of 15 years 11 months, in Inverness, Scotland, at 5ft 3in in height he was also very short, he […]
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I have no records of a Yeoman Warder Lockyer, he was a member of the Yeoman of The Guard, there are two Arthur Lockyers 1. Arthur Lockyer, Yeoman Guard from 1925 to 1957, a BSM in the Royal Garrison Artillery 2. Arthur Lockyer, Yeoman Guard from 1925, who was a Farrier Serge Major, in the […]
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William Coxe DCM, was a Yeoman Warder here in the Tower of London from the 8th June 1899 to his death in Ireland on the 18th June 1902. William was born 1851 in St Nicholas, Cork, Ireland, and, Enlisted on the 27th July 1870 into the 72nd Ross-shire Buffs (The Duke of Albany’s), On discharge he was the Garrison […]
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John Lund was a Yeoman Warder from 17th February 1831 (age 43), replacing James East, to his death 26 February 1861, when he was replaced by James Tuffin (43). John was born 1797, at Blandford, Dorset. and enlisted into the 17th (Duke of Cambridge Own) Lancers, on the 18th January 1821. He was discharged , […]
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