Anna Akhmatova

Subject: Anna Akhmatova

Born 23/6/1889, 136 years ago

Russian poet. Living at a time of war, revolution and the Soviet regime, she was often out of favour with the powerful. Her first husband was executed by the Soviet secret police. Her son and her c...

Person, Poetry, Russia

2 memorials
Alan Turing - W9

Memorial: Alan Turing - W9

Erected 23/6/1998, 27 years ago

W9, Warrington Crescent, 2, Warrington Lodge

Plaque unveiled by Andrew Hodges, author of 'Alan Turing: The Enigma'.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
James Baldwin Brown

Subject: James Baldwin Brown

Died 23/6/1884, 141 years ago

Born 10, Harcourt Buildings, in the Inner Temple, to a barrister father with the same name. Congregational minister. 1846 elected as pastor at Claylands Chapel. 1870/1 Brown took most of his congre...

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Horace (Ruddy Ranks) Burke

Subject: Horace (Ruddy Ranks) Burke

Born 23/6/1958, 67 years ago

Horace Alexander Burke, aka Ruddy Ranks. From the Just Giving page: "By trade he was a Reggae musician playing several instruments but was mainly a keyboard player. He has been in a couple of band...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Carabiniers' memorial

Memorial: Carabiniers' memorial

Erected 23/6/1906, 119 years ago

SW1, Chelsea Embankment

{On a shield at the top of the monument:} Sixth Dragoon Guards Carabiniers. {On five scrolls beneath the shield:} Blenheim Sevastopol {s...

War dead | Other war
79 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Lawrence Albert Chatterton

Subject: Lawrence Albert Chatterton

Born 23/6/1919, 106 years ago

Pilot Officer Lawrence Albert Chatterton was born on 23 June 1919 in New York, USA. He was the son of Lorraine Benton Chatterton (1892-1960) and Marie Louise Chatterton née Carlisle (b.1898). The f...

Person, USA

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Oscar Hoffman Coen

Subject: Oscar Hoffman Coen

Died 23/6/2004, 21 years ago

Colonel Oscar Hoffman Coen was born on 11 May 1917 in Walum, Hannaford, Griggs County, North Dakota, USA, the second child of Archie Blain Coen (1890-1963) and Mary Henrietta Coen née Hoffman (1894...

Person, Armed Forces, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
de Gaulle statue

Memorial: de Gaulle statue

Erected 23/6/1993, 32 years ago

SW1, Carlton Gardens, 5

See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).

1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
King Edward VIII

Subject: King Edward VIII

Born 23/6/1894, 131 years ago

Born as Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, at White Lodge in Richmond Park. Known to friends and family as David.  Reigned 20 January - 10 December 1936 when he abdicated in favo...

Person, Royalty, Seriously Famous

17 memorials
Adam Faith

Subject: Adam Faith

Born 23/6/1940, 85 years ago

Singer and actor. Born as Terence Nelhams Wright at 4 Churchfield Road East, Acton. He was spotted while playing in a skiffle group in the 2i's Coffee Bar Soho, and subsequently made his first appe...

Person, Music / songs, Theatre, TV & Radio

1 memorial
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