Flor Kent

Subject: Flor Kent

Born 22/8/1961, 64 years ago

Sculptor. Saving Humans records "Kindertransport memorials by Kent at Liverpool Street Station, Westbahnhof (Vienna, 2008), The Holocaust Centre (Beth Shalom), as well as one at Hlavni Nádraži stat...

Person, Sculpture, Venezuela

1 memorial
Jomo Kenyatta

Subject: Jomo Kenyatta

Died 22/8/1978, 47 years ago

Prime Minister and President of Kenya. Born as Kamau wa Muigai, in the village of Gatundu, British East Africa (now Kenya). His birth year is approximate. He joined the Kikuyu Central Association a...

Person, Politics & Administration, Kenya

1 memorial
George Linton

Subject: George Linton

Died 22/8/1917, 108 years ago

George Frederick Linton was born on 20 October 1895 the third of the six children of George Frederick Linton (1860-1920) and Eliza Rose Linton née Norton (1864-1945). His birth was registered in th...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Jacques Lipchitz

Subject: Jacques Lipchitz

Born 22/8/1891, 134 years ago

Born as Chaim Jacob Lipchitz Druskieniki, Lithuania. Died on the island of Capri and was buried on Har Hamenuhot, Jerusalem. External website provides a good chronology and pictures of some works .

Person, Art, Sculpture, Israel/Palestine, Italy, Lithuania

2 memorials
Lance Corporal George Owen Moren

Subject: Lance Corporal George Owen Moren

Died 22/8/1918, 107 years ago

George Owen Moren was born on 4 August 1896, the third of the seven children of Nathaniel William Moren (1867-1946) and Louisa Moren née Woodall (1868-1938). His birth was registered in the 3rd qua...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Lord Nuffield, William Morris

Subject: Lord Nuffield, William Morris

Died 22/8/1963, 62 years ago

Motor manufacturer and philanthropist. Born Worcester. Began work in a bicycle shop and designed the first Morris car in 1912. Founder of the Morris Motor Company and founder of the Nuffield Fou...

Person, Engineering, Philanthropy, Transport

1 memorial
Paralympic Flame - 2012

Subject: Paralympic Flame - 2012

Started 22/8/2012, 13 years ago

The relay began with four flames kindled on the highest peaks of the four nations of the United Kingdom, which were then brought to their respective capital cities for special events honouring the ...

Event, Sport / Games

2 memorials
Anthony Richard Petch

Subject: Anthony Richard Petch

Born 22/8/1945, 80 years ago

Anthony Richard Petch was born on 22 August 1945 in East Appleton, North Yorkshire, a son of Hugh Herbert Petch (1914-1996) and Peggie Petch née Smith (1921-1979). His birth was registered in the 4...

Person, Commerce, Tragedy

1 memorial
Red Bull Theatre

Memorial: Red Bull Theatre

Erected 22/8/2018, 7 years ago

EC1, Hayward’s Place, 3

Seems they found so little information about this theatre that they filled the space on the plaque with tautology (specific dates and '17...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Veronica Maudlyn Ryan, OBE.

Subject: Veronica Maudlyn Ryan, OBE.

Born 22/8/1956, 69 years ago

Veronica Maudlyn Ryan was born on 22 August 1956 in Plymouth, Montserrat, according to the Prabook website. She moved to London with her parents Cyril & Eleanor Ryan when she was an infant and ...

Person, Sculpture, Caribbean Islands, USA

1 memorial
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