Subject: Sir Wiliam Fairbairn
Died 18/8/1874, 151 years ago
Born Kelso. Structural engineer. Worked in shipbuilding and boiler design. Died at a relative's house at Moor Park, Farnham, Surrey.
1 memorial
Subject: Sir Bruce Forsyth
Died 18/8/2017, 8 years ago
TV presenter and all-round entertainer. Born Edmonton. Sunday Night at the London Palladium, The Generation Game, Play Your Cards Right, The Price Is Right, Strictly Come Dancing - the shows just...
3 memorials
Memorial: Frederick Hobson VC
Erected 18/8/2017, 8 years ago
WC1, Argyle Walk
This plaque was unveiled on the centenary of his death.
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Subject: Hugh Garside
Born 18/8/1928, 97 years ago
Westminster Councillor. Married to Mair Garside. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly investigated this man: Hugh Gervais Garside was born on 18 August 1928 the son of Robert Ollerenshaw Garside ...
1 memorial
Memorial: Greenwich Palace
Erected 18/8/2003, 22 years ago
SE10, Old Royal Naval College, Grand Square
The plaque was unveiled to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth's birth. It is positioned directly above the foundations...
5 subjects commemorated
Subject: Russell Henderson
Died 18/8/2015, 10 years ago
Musician. Born Russell Audley Ferdinand Henderson in Belmont, Trinidad. He came to Britain in 1951, and is widely recognised as one of the founding figures of the Notting Hill Carnival. His band ha...
1 memorial
Subject: Vernon W. Hill II
Born 18/8/1945, 80 years ago
Co-funder of the Reagan statue. American businessman and banker.
1 memorial
Subject: Sergeant Frederick Hobson, VC
Died 18/8/1917, 108 years ago
Born as Frederick John Hobson. From our Picture source, the excellent Camden New Journal: "... joined the army aged 24 and was deployed to fight in the Boer War. After he was discharged, he spent a...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Subject: William Henry Hudson
Died 18/8/1922, 103 years ago
Author, naturalist and ornithologist. Born on a small ranch, Los Viente-cinco Ombúes, near Quilmes in Buenos Aires province. Came to Britain in 1874 and produced a series of ornithological studies...
4 memorials
Subject: Leslie Hutchinson
Died 18/8/1969, 56 years ago
Singer and pianist who performed under the name of 'Hutch'. Born Leslie Arthur Julien Hutchinson in Gouyave, Grenada. He moved to New York with the intention of studying medicine, but started sing...
1 memorial
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