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Richard I, Coeur de Lion landing at Jaffa (Joppa), September 1191, (c1880). Artist: William Heysham Overend

Richard I, Coeur de Lion landing at Jaffa (Joppa), September 1191, (c1880). Richard the Lionheart (1157-1199) was the eldest son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, and second Angevin (Plantagenet) king of England, (1189-1199). During the Third Crusade (1189-1192) Richard led the crusaders against the great Muslim leader, Saladin. Richard is reported to have jumped into the water crying Cursed for ever be he who follows me not! Richard held Jaffa until July 1192 when it fell to Saladin. Richard recaptured it on 31 July, and in September Richard and Saladin signed the Treaty of Jaffa guaranteeing a three-year truce

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Coronation Road, West Ham, will live up to its name, during Coronation, every house

Coronation Road, West Ham, will live up to its name, during Coronation, every house will be fully decorated and twenty- seven royal shields will adorn the road and celebrations will also be hed in the street. A well known Display organisation is supplying all decorations free, and today Coronation Road is closed to traffic to enable the residents to decorate their houses.
Photo shows residents of one of the houses of Coronation Road, starting putting up the decorations.
16th May 1953

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Admirals of the British Navy, WW1

The Sure Shield of Britain -- twelve Admirals of the British Navy on the outbreak of the First World War. They are: Rear Admirals Wemyss, Dudley De Chair, Warrender, King Hall, Limpus, Vice Admirals Startin and Lowry, and Admirals Callaghan, Jellicoe, May, Poe and Hedworth Meux. Date: August 1914

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