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 The grave of Sir Henry Goldfinch at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking. Picture by Androom (25 Jun 2009) |
Goldfinch, Henry |
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BORN 1781 - DIED 21 Nov 1854, London GRAVE LOCATION Woking, Surrey: Brookwood Cemetery (Plot 027) |
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Henry Goldfinch distinguished himself during the Napoleontic
Battles in the Peninsula and in France. He fought at the battles
of Talaverta (1809), Bussaco (1810), Vitoria (1813), Nive (1813),
Orthes (1814) and Toulouse (1814). In 1851 he became a Lieutenant-General of the Royal Engineers. In 1854 he was promoted to Colonel Commandant. He died in the same year and was the 26th person to be buried at the recently opened Brookwood Cemetery near Woking. His gravestone is now the oldest memorial of that cemetery. Sources • Lt General Goldfinch • Clarke, John M., London's Necropolis, A Guide to Brookwood Cemetery, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2004 |
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The grave of Sir Henry Goldfinch at Brookwood Cemetery, Woking. Picture by Androom (25 Jun 2009) |
