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Thomas Smith MemorialTHOMAS GILBERT SMITH The Smith Memorial Seat, beside the A35 road, near Sidford, Devon, England. He fell from his bicycle here and died. Then it thundered. Date: 1848 - 1904
Minster Lovell HallThe ruins of Minster Lovell Hall, Cotswolds, Oxfordshire, England. It was built by Lord William Lovell in the 1440s. Legend has it that he died in a secret room in the hall. Date: mid 15th century
Ferdinand Bubna-LittizFERDINAND graf BUBNA-LITTIZ Bohemian military, commander in Lombardy, died in Milano - this is presumably him on his deathbed. Date: 1768 - 1825
Tower Bridge 1939The famous Tower Bridge, a bascule bridge, London, was designed by Horace Jones, who died in 1887, before it was completed. Sir John Wolfe- Barry completed it in 1894. Date: built 1886 - 1894
Paul Feval PhotoPAUL FEVAL French popular novelist who died insane : photographed in 1868. Date: 1817 - 1887
Newark Castle, Notts. dating from the 12th century, in which King John is reputed to have died in 1216. Withstood 3 sieges in the Royalist cause in the English Civil War. Date: 12th century
Sheen Lodge, Richmond, 1892Sheen Lodge, Richmond, where Sir Richard Owen died in 1892. Date: 1892
Memorial to first Portuguese soldier killed in action, WW1Memorial to Antonio Goncalves Curado (1894-1917) of the 12th Company, 28th Infantry Regiment, who died in Flanders during the First World War
Britannia mourns the death of Queen VictoriaFront-cover of The Sphere showing Britannia mourning the loss of Queen Victoria who died on the 22nd January 1901. Date: 1901
Lord Kitchener, headlines announcing his deathNewspaper headlines on a large poster, announcing the death by drowning of Lord Herbert Kitchener (1850-1916). He died when HMS Hampshire, on which he was travelling
Funeral of Max Immelmann, Douai, France, WW1Scene at the state funeral of Max Immelmann (1890-1916), German air ace who died in action during the First World War. The funeral was held in Douai, northern France. Date: 22 June 1916
Field of Remembrance, St Margarets, Westminster, LondonField of Remembrance, St Margaret s, Westminster, London, where crosses were planted to remember those who died in the First and Second World Wars. Date: circa 1955
Oberleutnant Max Immelmann, German air aceOberleutnant Max Immelmann (1890-1916), German air ace famous for his dogfight tactics. He died in a crash at Sallaumines, northern France, on 18 June 1916. Date: 1914-1916
Ludwig HoeltyLUDWIG HEINRICH CHRISTOPH HOELTY German writer who died at age 28 Date: 1748 - 1776
Felix Faure PhotoFRANCOIS-FELIX FAURE French statesman, President from 1895 (he died in office). Date: 1841-1899
Elegy on a Mad Dog" The man recovered of the bite; The dog it was that died." Published: late 19th century
Dudley / Georgina 1890GEORGINA, COUNTESS OF DUDLEY Daughter of Thomas Moncreiffe, 7th Bt; married (as 2nd wife) 1st Earl of Dudley in 1865 (he died in 1885) Date: -
Charles Victor LeclercCHARLES VICTOR EMMANUEL LECLERC - French military, married Maria Bonaparte, Napoleons sister. Defeated Toussaint - Louverture in Haiti in 1802, died of fever Date: 1702 - 1802
Jane Seymour / ColburnJANE SEYMOUR 3rd wife of Henry VIII; died in childbirth; mother of Edward VI Date: 1509 - 1537
Robert BraggeROBERT BRAGGE Art dealer and connoisseur, depicted studying a book. Date: DIED BEFORE 1787
Gonville BromheadGONVILLE BROMHEAD Military : second-in-command at Rorkes Drift, (Zulu-British war, January 1879) when he won a VC : later in India where he died of typhoid. Date: 1845 - 1892
Thomas William BowlbyTHOMAS WILLIAM BOWLBY - English journalist who after a varied career became the Times correspondent in China; he died from harsh treatment when captured by a Tartar general. Date: 1817 - 1860
Louis, Son of Louis XVLOUIS, DAUPHIN Family tree of Louis of France, son of Louis XV and father of Louis XVI.He died before his father did and therefore, was never king. Date: 1729 - 1765
Francisco Borgia - 3Saint FRANCISCO DE BORGIA Spanish noble and churchman at court of Carl V, when his wife died became a Jesuit, General of the order sending missions to America. Canonised. Date: 1510 - 1572
Turner / Cheyne WalkJMW TURNER House in Cheyne Walk, Chelsea, where the artist died on 19 December 1851 Date: 1775 - 1851
Wagner / DeathplaceRICHARD WAGNER Palazzo Vendramin, Venice, where the German composer died on 13 February 1883 Date: 1813 - 1883
Victorian widow, Mrs Lort ManselA Victorian widow, Mrs Lort Mansel, who came from an old Welsh family. Seen here in black dress and white bonnet, with a book in her hand
Temple of Fame, Barrackpore, IndiaThe statue of King George V in front of the Temple of Fame at Barrackpore, near Kolkata (Calcutta), India. The Temple was built in the early 19th century in memory of 24 British officers who died in
The exact spot Admiral Nelson fellThe exact spot at which Admiral Horatio Nelson fell during the Battle of Trafalgar on 21st October 1805 is marked on the deck of HMS Victory by this small brass plaque
Shakespeares place of death, Stratford upon AvonA view of New Place, in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, where Shakespeare died in 1616. Seen from the garden
The Fall of the Kings HorseThis photograph shows the fall of the Kings horse at the 1913 Derby. The fall was caused by Emily Davison who ran infront of the horse and subsequently died from her injuries
Lear / Nonsense / Cape HornThere was an Old Man of Cape Horn, who wished he had never been born; so he sat on a chair, till he died of despair, that dolorous Man of Cape Horn
Prince Leopold of Battenberg, later Lord Leopold Mountbatten (1889-1922), second son of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg
Mrs Thomas HardyEmma Gifford, first wife of Thomas Hardy. She died in 1912, inspiring Hardy to write some of his most moving love poems
Prince Sigismund of Prussia 1865Prince Sigismund of Prussia, third son and fourth child of the Crown Prince and Princess Frederick of Germany (Princess Victoria - Vicky - of Great Britain) born 1864
Prince Charles Edward of Albany, Duke of Saxe-CoburgPrince Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1884-1954) in German military uniform during World War I. When the Duke of Saxe-Coburgs son Alfred died in 1899
The Wales family in mourningAlexandra, Princess of Wales with her four children, from left; Princess Maud, Alexandra, Princess Louise (standing), Prince George and Princess Victoria
Prince Leopold, 1872Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) photographed in 1872. Leopold was the fourth son and eighth child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Queen Victoria with Princess EnaQueen Victoria with her youngest granddaughter, Princess Ena of Battenberg (1887-1969), only daughter of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holsteins funeral on 1st November 1917. Prince Christian (1831-1917)was the husband of Princess Helena and died at home in London on the 28th October 1917
Prince Leopolds engagementPrince Leopold, Duke of Albany (1855-1884) and his future wife, Princess Helen of Waldeck-Pyrmont in 1881. The fourth son and eight child of Queen Victoria
Charles Edward, 2nd Duke of Albany, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1884-1954), as a member of the Borussia Corps of Bonn University in about 1904
Queen Sophie of the Hellenes and granddaughter AlexandraQueen Sophie of Greece holding her granddaughter Alexandra in 1921. The Queen wears mourning here for her son Alexander, the babys father, who died five months before the child was born
Prince Nicholas of Romania (1903-1978), in about 1928. Nicholas was Queen Marie of Romanias second son and the grandson of Prince Alfred of Edinburgh. He attended Eton and served in the British Navy
Prince John of Wales (1905-1919), youngest son of King George V and Queen Mary, pictured here wearing a dress. Until after the First World War it was normal to dress small boys
Portrait of Princess Alice Maud Mary (1843-1878), Grand Duchess of Hesse, third child and second daughter of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
Bellew as RomeoHAROLD KYRLE BELLEW English actor, born in Lancashire, in the role of Romeo in Shakespeares Romeo and Juliet. Died in Utah
Portrait of The Duchess of Kent, Mother of Queen VictoriaPortrait of H.R.H. The Duchess of Kent, mother of Queen Victoria, an engraaving after the portrait by Winterhalter. Formerly Victoria of Saxe-Coburg