Tag Archives: Duke of Wellington

Veteran of Albuera and New Orleans who policed the Cape

Posted on May 25, 2025 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: A house in Addiscombe became the final home for a much-travelled old soldier, who fought in Wellington’s armies in Spain and France, and for 36 years served as a police chief in a frontier colony in South Africa, … Continue reading →

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Philp gets a Tory top job to provide a never-ending punchline

Posted on November 5, 2024 by insidecroydon

Our political editor, WALTER CRONXITE, on a Parliamentary appointment that has had Westminster watchers rolling around in laughter Chris Philp, the Croydon South Conservative MP notorious as “the nose in search of a bum”, has finally landed a prize for … Continue reading →

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Kelly’s heroics and the tale of a soldier’s hard life and death

Posted on May 14, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: One of the feted heroes in Wellington’s army made a home in Croydon but, as DAVID MORGAN explains, his duties took him far from his wife and family “Daddy! Daddy! Tell us again the story of what you … Continue reading →

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Gravestone destruction erases link to Royal Waggon Train

Posted on May 7, 2023 by insidecroydon

SUNDAY SUPPLEMENT: One of the casualties of the churchyard vandalism at Croydon Minster last month was the gravestone of an old soldier who served in the Napoleonic Wars. DAVID MORGAN looks at the service of John Kennedy and two other … Continue reading →

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