Venetian painter. When the supply of Grand Tourists coming to Venice and buying his paintings dried up due to war, Canaletto decided to come to England. He arrived in 1746 and stayed until 1755, ...

Person, Art, Seriously Famous, Italy

4 memorials

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H. Martin

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

V. Blackwell, Pte.

Imperial Camel Corps, British Contingent, 2nd Battalion

Person

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Takeshi Araki

Politician. A survivor of the bombing of Hiroshima. He was mayor of the city from 1975 to 1991. Every year on the anniversary of the bombing, he made appeals to the world to ban nuclear weapons. I...

Person, Politics & Administration, Japan

1 memorial

P. Williams

Surbiton man killed serving in WW2.

Person

War dead, WW2

1 memorial

Emma Dorey

Killed in the Hither Green Zeppelin air raid aged 72.

Person

War dead non-military, WW1

1 memorial