Crapper, Thomas (bap. 1836, d. 1910), plumber, was born at Thorne, Yorkshire, and baptized on 28 September 1836 at St Nicholas's Church, Thorne, the fourth of five sons of Charles Crapper, steamboat captain, and his wife, Sarah. The claim that, aged eleven, he walked the ...
Article
Crapper, Thomas (bap. 1836, d. 1910), plumber
Anita McConnell
Image
Crapper, Thomas (bap. 1836, d. 1910)
Maker: Edith Bertha Crapper
In
Thomas Crapper (bap. 1836, d. 1910) by Edith Bertha Crapper V&A Images, The Victoria and Albert Museum; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London
Article
Patch, Henry John [Harry] (1898–2009), soldier and plumber, and longest surviving British veteran of the First World War
Peter Parker
Patch, Henry John [Harry] (1898–2009), soldier and plumber, and longest surviving British veteran of the First World War, was born on 17 June 1898 at Fonthill Cottage, Combe Down, Somerset, the youngest of three sons (there were no daughters) of William John Patch (1863–1945)...
Image
Patch, Henry John (1898–2009)
Maker: Peter Macdiarmid
In
Henry John Patch (1898–2009) by Peter Macdiarmid, 2008 [with Henry Allingham (left) and William Stone (right), Armistice Day service, 2008] © Getty Images
