Rachel Elizabeth Rackow

Subject: Rachel Elizabeth Rackow

Died 20/8/1989, 36 years ago

Rachel Elizabeth Rackow was born on 5 July 1964, the youngest of the five children of Dr Francis Isidore Rackow (1922-2003) and Daphne Jean Rackow née Spittle (1928-2019). Her birth was registered ...

Person, Photography, Tragedy

1 memorial
Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC

Subject: Eric Gascoigne Robinson, VC

Died 20/8/1965, 60 years ago

Rear Admiral. Born Eric Gascoigne Robinson in Greenwich. He joined the Royal Navy in 1897 and by 1910 had reached the rank of Lieutenant Commander. At the outbreak of WW1, he was despatched to the ...

Person, Armed Forces, Turkey

War served, WW1
2 memorials
Sir Kenneth Clark

Memorial: Sir Kenneth Clark

Erected 20/8/2021, 4 years ago

W1, Portland Place, 30

Sir Kenneth Clark, 1903 - 1983, Art historian and broadcaster, lived here 1934 - 1939. English Heritage

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Eduard Suess

Subject: Eduard Suess

Born 20/8/1831, 194 years ago

Geologist, educationalist, economist, statesman. Expert on the geography of the Alps. Born 4 Duncan Terrace, of German parentage, grew up in Prague and Vienna. Died in Vienna.

Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Science, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland

1 memorial
Julian Kent Tremain

Subject: Julian Kent Tremain

Died 20/8/1989, 36 years ago

Julian Kent Tremain was born on 30 September 1960 in Pittsburgh, County Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA, the son of Gordon Hoyland Tremain (1942-2006) and Monica Anne Tremain née Sones (1940-2011). H...

Person, Tragedy, USA

1 memorial
Thomas Bentley Westacott

Subject: Thomas Bentley Westacott

Died 20/8/1924, 101 years ago

Deputy Chairman of the St Pancras Vestry General Purposes Committee in the late 1800s. The birth of Thomas Bentley Westacott was registered in the 4th quarter of 1839 in the South Molton Registrat...

Person, Liveries & Guilds, Politics & Administration

3 memorials
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