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Queen's Road from Chelsea Barracks, has an air of 

 dignified repose. It has been closed since 1854. The 

 first soldier buried there in 1692, Simon Box, had 

 served four kings : Charles I., Charles II., James II., 



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and William III. The tombs are much worn with age, 

 and it is no longer possible to find some of those 

 known to have been laid to rest there. Among them 

 are two women who had served as privates ; one of 

 them, who died in 1739, Christian Davies or "Mother 

 Ross," had served in Marlborough's campaigns. The 



