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Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1896 - 1901.
E1, Whitechapel Road, Royal London Hospital
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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
Edith Cavell was born on 4 December 1865 in Swardeston in Norfolk. At the age...
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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that ma...
We only know about this plaque from an article in the 24 November 2019 Hindustan Times, whence our photo. "The Royal College of General P...
Site of Old Serjeant's Inn, 1415 - 1910 {In the border, top and bottom:} The Corporation of the City of London
As the gateway to Metroland, Betjeman was fond of this station.
We find this building puzzling since in some ways it looks more modern than those around but it retains many characteristics that suggest...
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
Church warden at Christ Church Spitalfields in 1836. We've found two sites which have information about a William Sykes that may be our man, or maybe not: you decide: London Street Views and the Ol...
Former king of Tonga. His full name was Siaosi Tāufaʻāhau Manumataongo Tukuʻaho Tupou V. Educated in New Zealand, Britain and Switzerland and trained at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. He su...
From Orra: “George, an engineer by profession, was an easy-going, pipe smoking and puckish ‘mein host’. His auburn close-cropped hair and goatee made him instantly recognizable, and his infectious...
Church warden of St Mary Aldermary, 1989 - 2000. Andrew Behan has kindly provided the following research: Douglas Alfred Barber was born on 31 March 1928 in Romford, Essex, the youngest of the thr...
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