Alexander McQueen

Memorial: Alexander McQueen

Erected 21/3/2014, 11 years ago

N5, Aberdeen Road, 11

Lee Alexander McQueen, 1969 - 2010, fashion designer, lived here from 2001 - 2005. London Borough of Islington Islington People's Plaque

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Johann Sebastian Bach

Subject: Johann Sebastian Bach

Born 21/3/1685, 340 years ago

German composer and musician of the Baroque period. Born into a musical family.

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Germany

2 memorials
O. Bellamy

Subject: O. Bellamy

Died 21/3/1918, 107 years ago

Lieutenant Osmund Bellamy was born in 1891, a son of William Charles Bellamy (1857-1949) and Alice Mary Bellamy née Bayton (1857-1947), his birth being registered in the 2nd quarter of 1891 in the ...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Serjeant Thomas James Brock

Subject: Serjeant Thomas James Brock

Died 21/3/1918, 107 years ago

Thomas James Brock was born on 29 September 1879 in Peckham, Surrey (now Greater London), one of the seven children of William and Emily Brock. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1879 i...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
John Henry Buxton

Subject: John Henry Buxton

Died 21/3/1934, 91 years ago

Our colleague, Andrew Behan, did some searching and at the Cambridge Alumni Database he found a John Henry Buxton who was a trustee of the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Associati...

Person, Benefactor

3 memorials
Charing Cross

Memorial: Charing Cross

Erected 21/3/1864, 161 years ago

WC2, Strand

Around the monument are 8 standing, crowned statues of Eleanor. This is a recreation of one of 12 Eleanor Crosses erected by King Edward ...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Albert Chevalier

Subject: Albert Chevalier

Born 21/3/1861, 164 years ago

Music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. Born at St Ann's Villas where the plaque now is, to a French father and Welsh mother. Married Florence, daughter of George Leybourne. His ful...

Person, Humour, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial
Harry H. Corbett OBE

Subject: Harry H. Corbett OBE

Died 21/3/1982, 43 years ago

Actor.  Son of an army officer he was born in Burma.  The Son of Wilfrid Brambell in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son'.  Died Hastings. Not to be confused with Harry Corbett, Sooty and Sweep's handler.

Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio, Burma

1 memorial
Susheila N. Cottle

Subject: Susheila N. Cottle

Born 21/3/1959, 66 years ago

Shusheila Nirmala Singh was born on 21 March 1959. In 1976 she married Toni E. Cottle in the Waltham Forest registration district and they had three children. Marvin Tonie Cottle was born on 1 Aug...

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial
S. Crampton

Subject: S. Crampton

Born 21/3/1897, 128 years ago

Corporal in the 1/13 London Regt. The "1/" may be wrong, it is very difficult to read the inscription at this point. Andrew Behan has researched this man: Corporal Stanley Albert Crampton was born...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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