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	Rotary Club of Whittlesey Venue Details Contact Person's Details The Falcon Hotel London Street Whittlesey Ivan Palmer 16a Ramsey Road  Whittlesey  Peterborough PE7 1DR Home Telephone: 01733 206622   Notes To encourage and foster the ideal of service to the community as a basis of worthy enterprise. Membership by invitation only Meetings 6.15pm for 6.30pm CCC Record Number: 0602120 Last Updated: 11/01/06

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. This photograph was taken in the 19th Century, and is from the front cover of "Millennium Memories of Whittlesey" one of two books, each containing over 40 photos, recording life in Whittlesey in the past. These books, published on behalf of the Whittlesey Society are available from Whittlesey Museum)