Plaque

Cy Grant

Erection date: 11/11/2017

Inscription

Cy Grant, 1919 - 2010, activist,writer,musician, pioneering actor and WWII RAF navigator, lived here 1962 - 2010.
Nubian Jak Community Trust
Supported by Friends of Cy Grant - Cy Grant Trust

Site: Cy Grant (1 memorial)

N6, Jackson's Lane, 54

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Cy Grant

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Cy Grant

Actor, musician, writer and poet. Born Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant in Beterverwa...

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Cy Grant Trust

A Facebook group remembering the performer Cy Grant.

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