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Whittlesey Gardening Club Contact Person's Details: Mrs J Gilbert (Secretary),
Home Telephone: 01733 204948 Notes: To provide interest in gardening, variety of speakers and outings during the meetings. Every third Thursday of each month at St Johns Ambulance Headquarters, Plough Road, Whittlesey at 7.30pm. Last Updated: 15/11/2006
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Whittlesey's most famous son was Sir Harry George Wakelyn Smith, 1787-1860, a British general who servedin the Peninsula War, the war of 1812 and the Battle of Waterloo. In India he distinguished himself in the Sikh Wars, after which he was awarded a baronetcy for the victory at Aliwal in 1846.Whittlesey's famous Butter Cross built circa 1680.
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