Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC (11 April 1832 – 8 May 1907) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious...
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Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver is a recoil-operated automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC and produced...
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George Fosbery Lyster FRSE (1821–1899) succeeded John Hartley as Engineer in Chief to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board. He is usually referred to as...
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Fosbery may refer to: Fosbery, Manitoba until 1897, former name of Laurier, Manitoba The Webley-Fosbery Automatic Revolver George Vincent Fosbery (1832–1907)...
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400 yd (270 to 370 m). The ball and shot gun was invented by Colonel George Fosbery, who in 1885 took out the English patent (patent number 7565) for a...
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Mersey Docks and Harbour Board from 1897, when he succeeded his father, George Fosbery Lyster, until his retirement in 1913, when he was honoured with the...
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fierce hand-to-hand fighting that saw two Victoria Crosses awarded, to George Fosbery and Henry Pitcher. It fell to the Pashtuns three times in the next four...
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acquired by the Liverpool Dock Trust. Harrington Dock was enlarged by George Fosbery Lyster between 1875-83 and the new Harrington Dock was opened in 1882...
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east, with the southern branch mostly filled in. The dock was built by George Fosbery Lyster between 1874 and 1882. During its construction, the dock was...
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Docks and Harbour Board engineering department under Chief Engineer George Fosbery Lyster. In 1879, he won scholarships to study mathematics at Owen's...
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