General Sir Richard Nelson "Windy" Gale, was a senior officer in the British Army who served in both world wars. In the First World War he was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 whilst serving as a ju
Gale in 1944
Brigadier Gale (left) in conversation with Lieutenant Colonel Ernest Down (third from right), CO of the 1st Parachute Battalion, during an inspection of Down's battalion at RAF Ringway, 1941.
Major-General Richard Gale talking to troops of the 5th Parachute Brigade, in front of an Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle, June 1944.
Major-General Richard Gale, GOC 6th Airborne Division, addresses his men, 4 June 1944.
Hampton Court Palace
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Hampton Court Palace is a Grade I listed royal palace in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, 12 miles southwest and upstream of central London on the River Thames.
Richard Gale (British Army officer)
…Kingston upon Thames on 29 July 1982, just four days after his 86th birthday. His widow, Daphne, subsequently lived in a grace and favour apartment in Hampton Court Palace; she died during a major fire at the palace in March 1986, caused by the lighted candle she used in her bedroom at night whilst having a drink, as was…
Hampton Court Palace, west front, Richmond upon Thames
Hampton Court Palace, with marked reference points referred to on this page. A: West Front & Main Entrance; B: Base Court; C: Clock Tower; D: Clock Court, E: Fountain Court; F: East Front; G: South Front; H: Banqueting House; J: Great Hall; K: River Thames; L: Pond Gardens; M: East Gardens; O: Cardinal Wolsey's Rooms; P: Chapel.
An original Tudor roasting hearth in the Great Kitchens
Christopher Wren's south front (G on plan), built for William III and Mary II, viewed from the Privy Garden