From near this place on July 26th 1643. Colonel Henry Washington attacked the Parliamentary defences between Royal Fort and Brandon Hill. with a small force he effected "Washingtons Breach" (at the present junction of Park Row and Park Street) through which the royalist troops entered Bristol and compelled its capitulation. He was the grandson of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave and a collateral ancestor of George Washington (1732-1799) first President of the United States of America. Erected in 1931 by the Bristol Branch of the Geographical Association.

, Bristol, United Kingdom

The Fourteenth Army 1942-1945 This plaque commemorates the men and women of the fourteenth army, 1942-1945, led by Bristol-born Field Marshal Sir William ("Uncle Bill") Slim, the 1st Viscount Slim of Bishopston and Yarramulla, KG, GCB, GCMG, GCVO, GBE, DSO, MC, (1891-1970). Known as "The Forgotten Army", they defeated the Japanese invasion of India in 1944 and liberated Burma in 1945. This was Britain's largest and most diverse army comprision many nationalities and faiths. They fought for the cause of freedom. This plaque was commissioned and supported by the Burma Plaque Commemorative Appeal Committee, The Cultural Palace, Ray King and the Burma Star Association, Friendship Global, TocH, Gurkha Veterans Foundation, Sikh Resource Centre, the John James Bristol Foundation, Veterans donations, Bristol City Council, the Bristol Commonwealth Society and Living Easton.

Adjacent to the Cenotaph in the Centre, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim
(1891-1970) Field-Marshal

Dr Beryl Corner (1910-2007) Pioneer Paediatrician Lived here 1932-1983

Elton House, Rodney Place, Bristol, United Kingdom

Emily Sturge 1847 – 1892 Elizabeth Sturge 1849 – 1944 Emily Sturge, co-founder of Redland High School for Girls, and founding member of the first Bristol Women’s Suffrage Society. Elizabeth Sturge, Vice-President and Council member of Redland High School for Girls, helped to create better housing for working people. Founded in 1882, the school stood on this site until 2016 when it merged with The Red Maids’ School to form Redmaids’ High School.

Redland Court Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Elizabeth Sturge
(1849-1944) pioneer in womens suffrage and education for girls and young women

Emily Sturge
(1847-1892) benefactor

Maggie Shapland BEM 1946-2020 Database Consultant, Conservationist, Author, Automobilist Restored this garage 1978

97 Princess Victoria Street, Bristol, United Kingdom

Dame Agatha Christie (Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller) Author was married to Captain Archibald Christie, RFC on Christmas Eve in 1914 at Emmanuel Church on this site

Emmanuel Court, Guthrie Road, Bristol, United Kingdom

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Dame Agatha Christie DBE
(1890-1976) detective novelist

Eleanor Addison Phillips 1874 – 1952 Founder President of the Venture Club 1920, by invitation of Bristol Rotary The world's first organisation to encourage women in civic, social and economic life. Known as a Category Club; merging with Soroptimist International in 1930. Headmistress, Clifton High School 1908 – 1933

Clifton High School, Bristol, United Kingdom

Lord Macaulay Historian Poet Statesman (whose mother was a Bristolian) lived in this house in 1852. Born 1800. Died 1859.

16 Caledonia Place, Bristol, United Kingdom

Susanna Morgan 1772-1856 Social Reformer Lived here 1801-1832

1 Gloucester Row, Bristol, United Kingdom