Sir Allan Hume Nicholl CBE

Subject: Sir Allan Hume Nicholl CBE

Died 8/7/1941, 84 years ago

Mayor of Lewisham for 4 successive terms, 1915 - 19. Chairman of the London Safety First Council and of the National Executive of the National Safety First Association. CBE.  Knighted in the 1938 B...

Person, Politics & Administration, Wales

1 memorial
Omega Workshops

Subject: Omega Workshops

Started 8/7/1913, 112 years ago

A design enterprise founded by Roger Fry and members of the Bloomsbury Group. The workshops, which included studios and showrooms were at 33 Fitzroy Square.  The aim was to remove the perceived div...

Place, Art

1 memorial
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS

Subject: Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS

Died 8/7/1855, 170 years ago

Naval officer and arctic explorer.  Born Bath.  The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole."  Lieut-Governor of Greenw...

Person, Armed Forces, Exploring, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Haroon Shamsher

Subject: Haroon Shamsher

Died 8/7/1999, 26 years ago

Musician. Born in Bradford. His father was a Bangladeshi immigrant who ran a traditional tape shop in London’s East End. Haroon and his younger brother Farook, started the Joi Bangla Sound System i...

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Percy Bysshe Shelley

Subject: Percy Bysshe Shelley

Died 8/7/1822, 203 years ago

Poet. Born at Field Place, near Horsham in Sussex. Had a habit of eloping with and then marrying 16 or 17 year olds: first Harriet Westbrook. When she, pregnant, drowned herself in the Serpentine P...

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Italy

6 memorials
Silver Thimble Fund

Subject: Silver Thimble Fund

Started 8/7/1915, 110 years ago

Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged silver thimble, started collecting damaged or unwanted thimbles and other trinkets to contribute to the war effort.  She...

Group, Benefactor

2 memorials
Henry Charles Stephens

Subject: Henry Charles Stephens

Died 8/7/1918, 107 years ago

Businessman and politician. Born at 71 York Road, Lambeth (demolished), the son of Dr Henry Stephens. Known as 'Inky', he developed the writing fluid invented by his father. He served as member of ...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Captain Ferdinand West, VC

Subject: Captain Ferdinand West, VC

Died 8/7/1988, 37 years ago

Aviator. Born Ferdinand Maurice Felix West in Paddington. Known as Freddie, he enlisted in the army at the outbreak of WW1 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. On the 12th August 1918...

Person

War served, WW1
1 memorial
John Wilkinson

Subject: John Wilkinson

Died 8/7/1804, 221 years ago

Son of Uriah Wilkinson?

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
William Booth College - 1

Memorial: William Booth College - 1

Erected 8/7/1929, 96 years ago

SE5, Champion Park, William Booth Memorial Training College

The plaque is in the entrance porch of the building.

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators
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