Thomas Henry Sage

male, deceased (1945)
World War I, British, British Army soldier, private, ypres, English
Thomas Henry Sage (8 December 1882-20 July 1945) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for...

Josse de Corte

male, deceased (1679)
Queen of Heaven expelling the Plague, Baroque sculptor, Santa Maria della Salute, flemish, Italian, ypres
Josse de Corte (1627-1679) was a Baroque sculptor, born in Ypres, but mainly active in Venice after 1657. He is also known as "Giusto Cort" or...

Godfrey Henschen

male, deceased (1681)
Jesuit, belgian, ghent, ypres, limburg, Bollandist
Godfrey Henschen (born at Venray, Limburg, 21 June1601; died at Antwerp, 11 September1681) was a Belgian Jesuit hagiographer, one of the first...
Neville Stuart Talbot

Neville Stuart Talbot

male, 130 years old
Anglican, Second Boer War, Edward Stuart Talbot, Lord Lyttelton, Community of the Resurrection, Keble College, Oxford…ypres
Neville Stuart Talbot was born at Keble College, Oxford on 21 August 1879 and died on 3 April 1949. He was a bishop in the Church of England. He...

Alfred Joseph Knight

male, deceased (1960)
World War I, Post Office Rifleman, First World War, Victoria Cross, Second Lieutenant, Army Officer…ypres
Alfred Joseph Knight, VC, MBE, (August 24, 1888 in Birmingham - December 4, 1960, also in Birmingham) was an English recipient of the Victoria...

Walter Lyon

male, deceased (1915)
9th Battalion Royal Scots, Killed in action, World War I, British, Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford, World War I poet…ypres, Second Battle of Ypres, Easter at Ypres
Walter Scott Stuart Lyon Son of Walter F. K. and Isabella R. Lyon, of Tantallon Lodge, North Berwick. One of the war poets. He was one of five...
Charles Merritt

Charles Merritt

male, deceased (2000)
World War I, Dieppe, France, Dieppe, Progressive Conservative Party of Canada MP, First World War, Victoria Cross…ypres
Charles Cecil Ingersoll Merritt, VC (November 10, 1908 - July 12, 2000) was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most...

Harold Bache

male, deceased (1916)
Worcester, blue, cambridge university, footballer, World War I, British…ypres
Harold Godfrey Bache (20 April 1889 - 15 February 1916) was an English sportsman. He played 20 first-class matches between 1907 and 1910, 17 of...

John Harald Rhodes

male, deceased (1917)
Killed in action, World War I, Fontaine Notre Dame, Lance-Sergeant, The Guards Regimental Headquarters, British World War I killed in action…ypres
John Harald Rhodes (May 17, 1891 – November 27, 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for ga...
Joseph Tilly

Joseph Tilly

male, deceased (1906)
mathematician, Jules Hoüel, fifth postulate, parallel postulate, military science, Military…ypres
Joseph Tilly (August 16, 1837-August 4, 1906) was a Belgian military man and mathematician. He was born in Ypres, Belgium. In 1858, he became a...