Subject: Bernard N. Mills
Born 10/5/1905, 120 years ago
Second son of Bertram. The picture shows him with his brother, Cyril. We think Bernard is on the left. Died at home in London.
1 memorial
Subject: Jimmy Mizen
Died 10/5/2008, 17 years ago
The day after his 16th birthday he was attacked and killed at the Three Cooks bakery on Burnt Ash Hill.
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Subject: John Morley
Died 10/5/1848, 177 years ago
Manufacturer with premises in Nottingham and a warehouse and offices in London. Father of Samuel Morley. Our Picture Source gives much information about his life and confirms that he was born in ...
1 memorial
Subject: National Gallery
Started 10/5/1824, 201 years ago
In the late 1700s national galleries were all the rage in Europe. A number of countries nationalised their royal collections but the British government instead wanted to purchase a major collection...
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Subject: Ernest Nokes
Died 10/5/1945, 80 years ago
Ernest Edward Nokes. It would appear that his name is spelt incorrectly on the Hoxton War Memorial as Edward Noakes. He was born on 18 December 1890 in Haggerston, the elder child of Edward Charl...
War dead non-military, WW2
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Subject: Dr Alphonse Normandy
Died 10/5/1864, 161 years ago
Full name: Dr Alphonse Rene Le Mire de Normandy. Born Rouen, France. He completed a medical course but then devoted himself to chemistry. Came to England in the late 1830s/early 1840s, initially li...
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Subject: Old Bailey WW2 bomb
Started 10/5/1941, 84 years ago
A bomb landed on the Old Bailey on 10/11 May 1941 destroying the north-west corner. The mural shows the damaged building, which is also recorded in this photograph held by the Science Museum Group ...
2 memorials
Subject: Potters Bar rail crash
Started 10/5/2002, 23 years ago
A West Anglian Great Northern train left King's Cross at 12.45 bound for King's Lynn. At 12.55 it crossed over a set of points on which the blades moved suddenly without warning. The rear of the tr...
2 memorials
Subject: Violet May Preston
Born 10/5/1899, 126 years ago
She was born as Violet May Peters on 10 May 1899, the youngest of the three children of Edwin Peters (1856-1933) and Jane Peters née Ralph (1864-1957). Her birth was registered in the 2nd quarter o...
War dead non-military, WW2
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Subject: Queen's Hall
Ended 10/5/1941, 84 years ago
Opened in 1893 designed by the architect Thomas Knightley. He is said to have used the bellies of dead mice as a guide for the shade of grey that he required (but see below). He aimed at, and accor...
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