Henry Clare Duncan
1 portrait of Henry Clare Duncan
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Henry Clare Duncan
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, March 1934
6 5/8 in. x 4 5/8 in. (169 mm x 118 mm) image size
Commissioned, 1934
Photographs Collection
NPG x167304
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- Walter Stoneman (1876-1958), Photographer. Artist or producer associated with 18527 portraits, Sitter in 8 portraits.
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Sir Stafford Cripps represents the miners of Gresford Colliery in Wrexham at an inquiry into the recent gas explosion and fire which killed 263 miners, and three rescue workers in one of the worst mining disasters in British history.Art and science
Percy Shaw invents 'Cat's eyes'. The development of road reflectors increased safety on the roads at night and proved to be particularly useful during the wartime blackout. They are still used today.Dylan Thomas published his first volume of poetry, 18 Poems.
International
Stalin and Hitler consolidate dictatorial power by 'purging' their opponents. In the Soviet Union, members of the Communist Party and particular sectors of society such as the intelligentsia were targeted in the 'Great Purge', while in Germany Hitler murdered hundreds of potential opponents in the SA during the 'Night of the Long Knives'.Thousands in the USA are forced to flee their homes to escape the Dust Bowl storms.
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LADY DUDLEY-WILLIAMS
14 January 2020, 16:28
HENRY CLARE DUNCAN
(later Major General H. C. Duncan C.B., D.S.O., O.B.E.)
born Dublin 12th July 1876 (son of Lieut. General John Duncan, Royal Dublin Fusiliers)
married 3rd July 1903 Edith Irene Campbell (daughter of Major General Robert Byng P.P. Campbell C.B., Queen’s Corps of Guides)
1897 Durham Light Infantry
1901 9th Gurkha Rifles
1910 -1912 Quetta Staff College
War Service - Suez Canal Defence Force and Mesopotamia
1921 -1923 Commanded 1/9th Gurkha Rifles
1924 – 1933 on staff and later commanded 4th Quetta Brigade - Zhob Brigade and Delhi Brigade
1932 Major General
1933 Retired from Army