Person    | Male  Born 23/8/1946  Died 7/9/1978

Keith Moon

Drummer with the Who. Born Central Middlesex County Hospital, Willesden. Grew up in Wembley. Led a wild life and died of a drug overdose in a flat on loan from Harry Nilsson, flat 12 at 9 Curzon Place, Shepherd Market. The same flat in which Cass Elliot had died, probably of a heart attack, just over 4 years earlier.

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Keith Moon

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Keith Moon

Unveiled by Roger Daltrey and Keith's mum.

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Laurence Corner Army Surplus

Laurence Corner On this site was the famous chic Army Surplus store, which sa...

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The Triffids

The Triffids

Australian. Relocated to London in August 1984. We guess their name came from the novel "The Day of the Triffids".

Group, Music / songs, Australia

1 memorial
Peter Warlock Society

Peter Warlock Society

The address of the Society is given as Schenectady, NY.

Group, Community / Clubs, Music / songs, USA

1 memorial
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

Composer. Born 15 Theobalds Road, of a mixed race couple, his father being a Sierra Leonean Creole, and brought up in Croydon. His surname was Taylor and he was given the names Samuel Coleridge in ...

Person, Music / songs, Race Issues

3 memorials
The Cimarons

The Cimarons

The UK's first self-contained indigenous reggae band. The original members (all from Jamaica) were session musicians backing various musicians. They emigrated to Britain and produced their first al...

Group, Music / songs, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Hetty King

Hetty King

Music hall entertainer. Born Winifred Emms in New Brighton, Cheshire. She adopted her stage name when she appeared on stage at the Shoreditch Theatre, with her father, William Emms, who used the st...

Person, Music / songs, Theatre

1 memorial

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A. C. Pearson
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Prisoner of War statue group - Kormis

Prisoner of War statue group - Kormis

NW2, Dollis Hill Lane, Gladstone Park

West Hampstead Live has a quote from Kormis explaining that each of the first 4 seated figures illustrates an aspect of his war experienc...

2 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Sylvia Pankhurst

Sylvia Pankhurst

Born in Manchester as Estelle Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst.  Trained and initially worked as an artist. Worked with George Lansbury in the East End. 1924 Sylvia moved from the East End of...

Person, Gender Issues, Peace, Seriously Famous, Ethiopia

10 memorials
W. J. Tricker

W. J. Tricker

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial