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he was buried in St Paul's Cathedral

Uhlans checked by barbed wire near Liege

The Bishop of Winchester's palace

no matter how much the French were to invest in their navy

St Mary's Roman Catholic Church

Samuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer mb-code SF22982 he was buried in StSamuel Plimsoll, British politician and social reformer, c1890. Known popularly as 'the sailor's friend' because of his championing of sailors' interests, Plimsoll (1824 1898) was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1868 1880. He is best remembered for his role in the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876 and for the 'Plimsoll Mark' on ships which is named for him. A lithograph from The Modern Portrait Gallery, Cassell, Petter and Galpin,