George and Kittie Calderon 1905
The entrance to Fort Brockhurst (picture from Britain’s Past)
Monarch Butterfly Madeira
Book sent to George Calderon in Russia by his mother, Christmas 1895.
George Calderon, 1912
Patrick Miles in his summer house, 11 December 2016
Figure from Gauguin’s 1899 painting ‘Tahitian Women with Mango Blossoms’ (left); George Calderon’s pencil sketch ‘Manu’ (right)
A happy memory of Trinity College: undergraduates breakfast together in Downy V. Green, p. 77.
Colonel Sir Walter Coote Hedley c. 1920
George Calderon c.1901
Captain of the 11
Unpublished watercolour by George Calderon, Tahiti 1906
K.N. Das Gupta and Margaret Mitchell in an Indian Dramatic Society production of The Maharani of Arakan, 1913?
Sir Richard Vincent Sutton c. 1913
Jean Ryckaert, May 1916.
Frontis piece by Frank Calderon
Basic form of the Calderon coat of arms
Christmas 1901 Cartoon by George Calderon
Michel and Vera Fokine in “Scheherazade”, 1914 (The Music And Theatre Library of Sweden, creative commons)Recent Comments
- Patrick Miles on 4 June 1915: The Third Battle of Krithia You and your brothers have been on a great journey, Stuart, both literally and metaphorically... I'm sure it has given you much. Mrs Calderon planned twice, I think, to... (June 10, 2025 at 9:30 pm)
- Stuart Randall on 4 June 1915: The Third Battle of Krithia Thank you for your kind words, Patrick. On Wednesday morning, I reminded my three brothers that the 110th anniversary of the battle was upon us, and pointed them towards this... (June 7, 2025 at 9:07 pm)
- Patrick Miles on 4 June 1915: The Third Battle of Krithia Thank you for leaving this wonderful comment. I am so moved: you have brought the very spot almost unbearably close on this the 110th anniversary. Like George Calderon, your... (June 6, 2025 at 9:34 pm)
- Stuart Randall on 4 June 1915: The Third Battle of Krithia Thank you so much for putting this online. My great-uncle, Private William Pitt, served with the 4th Btn. Worcestershire Regiment. He was posthumously mentioned in despatches... (May 21, 2025 at 5:29 pm)
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