Second Lieutenant. Number M2/177543. Served in the Motor Transport section of the Army Service Corps. Died aged 37 and buried in plot V.D.27 of Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery, France.
Musician and political activist. Born Olufela Olusegun Oludotun Ransome-Kuti in Abeokuta, British Nigeria. In 1958, he was sent to London to study medicine but decided on music instead, and formed ...
Herbert Henry Leonard was born on 2 August 1877 in Dilton Marsh, Wiltshire, the fifth of the six children of James Leonard (b.1838) and Mary Leonard née Gale (b1840). In the 1881 census he is show...
Gerald Edward Moira was an English painter best known for his murals. Born in London, the son of a former Portuguese diplomat. His first commission was a mural for J. Lyons and Co., for the Trocad...
Lionel Murray, known as Len, was a Labour politician and trade union leader, later known as Baron Murray of Epping Forest, OBE, PC. Born Shropshire. Went to London University. Served in the army i...
Caroline's Miscellany has an excellent post on Mydiddee. We hope she won't mind if we quote her: "Bligh paid for Mydiddee's funeral and ...
Sculptor. Possibly born and brought up in London. Died at his home, Kennington Place, Kennington Common.
Died at the Siege of Sidney Street. Andrew Behan has researched this man: District Officer Charles Edward Pearson was born on 2 August 1869 in Shadwell, a son of Henry Grove Pearson and Sarah Pea...
Architect. Father of Robert Tor Russell who designed some notable buildings in the development of New Delhi. Despite the information contained on his Wikipedia page (2021) that he was a Scottish a...
United Kingdom citizen who died in the terrorist attacks in America on 11 September 2001. Howard Selwyn was born on 2 August 1954 in Leeds, Yorkshire, the eldest of the four children of Leslie Sel...
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