Memorial: Frederick Parslow VC
Erected 4/7/2015, 10 years ago
N1, Islington Green
More information about the VC plaque project at Centenary News.
War dead | WW1
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Subject: Bernard Cyril Freyberg, VC
Died 4/7/1963, 62 years ago
Soldier and administrator. Born Bernard Cyril Freyberg in Richmond, Surrey. He spent his early life in New Zealand, and at the outbreak of WWI enlisted in Britain and fought in Gallipoli and France...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, France, New Zealand, Turkey
War served, WW1
3 memorials
Memorial: George Webb's Dixielanders
Erected 4/7/1985, 40 years ago
DA7, Barnehurst Road, 98 - 100, The Red Barn Public House
Plaque unveiled by George Melly.
9 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
Subject: Walter Greaves
Born 4/7/1846, 179 years ago
Painter and boat builder. Born at 31 Cheyne Walk. His father was J.M.W. Turner's boatman. His most famous painting is 'Hammersmith Bridge on Boat-Race Day'. Although a colleague of Whistler, he fel...
1 memorial
Subject: Henry Grissell
Born 4/7/1817, 208 years ago
Active in 1864. Prompted by London Details we think this school committee man might be "Iron Henry". Born in London he set up an iron foundry with his brother at Regent's Canal Ironworks, Eagle W...
1 memorial
Subject: Lord Christopher Hatton
Died 4/7/1670, 355 years ago
1st Baron Hatton of Kirby PC. Died Kirby.
1 memorial
Subject: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Born 4/7/1804, 221 years ago
Novelist. Born in Salem, Massachusetts. His ancestor was John Hathorne, the only judge involved in the Salem witch trials who never repented of his actions. Nathaniel added a 'w' to his name in ord...
1 memorial
Subject: Georgette Heyer
Died 4/7/1974, 51 years ago
Novelist. Born at 103 Woodside, Wimbledon. From 1932, she produced one romance novel and one thriller each year. In all she wrote nearly sixty volumes. Died at Guy's Hospital.
1 memorial
Subject: Terrence Higgins
Died 4/7/1982, 43 years ago
AIDS victim. Born Terrence Lionel Seymour Higgins (known as Terry) in Priory Mount Hospital, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. He joined the Royal Navy, but as a gay man, he came into conflict with the...
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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