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Isleworth Cemetery
Isleworth Cemetery is a cemetery in Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, England. The cemetery is classified as full. The last formal burial service took place in the chapel building in the mid 1970s. The chapel and mortuary buildings were closed in the early 1980s. Following a forty year period of neglect, the buildings have recently been extensively refurbished by Hounslow Men's Shed. The chapels now operate as a community workshop as part of the UK Men's shed programme. Notable burials and memorials * Alice Ayres – English household assistant and nursemaid who is known for rescuing three nieces from a burning building at 194 Union Street, Southwark * George Manville Fenn – Author, editor and dramatist * James Montgomrey (d. 1883) – Brentford timber merchant and benefactor, and his family * Memorial to Thomas Pears – Descendant of Andrew Pears, founder of A & F Pears Ltd, the soap company. Thomas, age 29, died in the Titanic tragedy File:Alic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isleworth Cemetery
Isleworth Cemetery is a cemetery in Isleworth, London Borough of Hounslow, in west London, England. The cemetery is classified as full. The last formal burial service took place in the chapel building in the mid 1970s. The chapel and mortuary buildings were closed in the early 1980s. Following a forty year period of neglect, the buildings have recently been extensively refurbished by Hounslow Men's Shed. The chapels now operate as a community workshop as part of the UK Men's shed programme. Notable burials and memorials * Alice Ayres – English household assistant and nursemaid who is known for rescuing three nieces from a burning building at 194 Union Street, Southwark * George Manville Fenn – Author, editor and dramatist * James Montgomrey (d. 1883) – Brentford timber merchant and benefactor, and his family * Memorial to Thomas Pears – Descendant of Andrew Pears, founder of A & F Pears Ltd, the soap company. Thomas, age 29, died in the Titanic tragedy File:Alic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Montgomrey
James Montgomrey (1 September 1811 – 4 June 1883) ran a large timber mill in Brentford, Middlesex, that was in the family for 120 years. He also led the development of considerable infrastructure in the town to enhance public amenity. Life and family He was the eldest son of James Montgomrey Snr and his wife, Jane, who was the sister of inventor Sir Francis Ronalds and niece of nurseryman Hugh Ronalds of Brentford. After attending John Bullar's school in Southampton, he married Henrietta Sim in 1841 and had seven children. Their daughter Gertrude wed ship-builder Sir Charles Mark Palmer. James and Henrietta were buried in Isleworth Cemetery. A fountain was erected in James' honour in St Paul’s Recreation Ground in Brentford and there is a memorial to Henrietta in St Mary's Church, Twickenham. Timber mill The family's timber mill was located at Montgomrey's Wharf, close to the River Thames and with frontages on Brentford High Street, the River Brent and the Grand Junction Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, massa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fighting occurring throughout Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific, and parts of Asia. An estimated 9 million soldiers were killed in combat, plus another 23 million wounded, while 5 million civilians died as a result of military action, hunger, and disease. Millions more died in genocides within the Ottoman Empire and in the 1918 influenza pandemic, which was exacerbated by the movement of combatants during the war. Prior to 1914, the European great powers were divided between the Triple Entente (comprising France, Russia, and Britain) and the Triple Alliance (containing Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy). Tensions in the Balkans came to a head on 28 June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pears Soap
Pears transparent soap is a British brand of soap first produced and sold in 1807 by Andrew Pears, at a factory just off Oxford Street in London. It was the world's first mass-market translucent soap. Under the stewardship of advertising pioneer Thomas J. Barratt, A. & F. Pears initiated a number of innovations in sales and marketing. English actress and socialite Lillie Langtry was recruited to become the poster-girl for Pears in 1882, and in doing so she became the first celebrity to endorse a commercial product. Lever Brothers, now Unilever, acquired A. & F. Pears in 1917. Products under the Pears brand are currently manufactured in India and Saudi Arabia for global distribution. History Andrew Pears, the son of a farmer, was born around 1770 in Cornwall and moved from his native Mevagissey to London around 1787. He completed his apprenticeship in 1789, established a barber's shop in Gerrard Street in Soho and began to produce cosmetics, cosmetic products. At that time, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passengers Of The Titanic
A total of 2,208 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, RMS ''Titanic'', the second of the White Star Line's Olympic-class ocean liner, ''Olympic''-class ocean liners, from Southampton, England, to New York City. Partway through the voyage, the ship Sinking of the Titanic, struck an iceberg and sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912, resulting in the deaths of 1,503 people. The ship's passengers were divided into three separate classes determined by the price of their ticket: those travelling in first class, most of them the wealthiest passengers on board, included prominent members of the upper class, businessmen, politicians, high-ranking military personnel, industrialists, bankers, entertainers, socialites, and professional athletes. Second-class passengers were predominantly middle-class travellers and included professors, authors, clergymen, and tourists. Third-class or steerage passengers were primarily immigrants moving to the United States and Canada. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
