Founded Hamleys toy shop. Born Cornwall.
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Kitty Hopkins
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 10. Buried in grave 3 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
Winnie the Pooh
Children's storybook character. The creation of A.A. Milne, inspired by the teddy bear, made in Acton, belonging to his son Christopher Robin. The toy was named 'Winnie' after a Canadian black bear...
1 memorial
Sarah Elizabeth Simmons
Drowned in the 1898 HMS Albion disaster, aged 12. Buried in grave 1 at the memorial in East London Cemetery.
1 memorial
Peggy Jones
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
1 memorial
Josephine Trotman
One of the 11 "children of England" present on 7th July 1933 when The Princess Royal laid a foundation stone for a nurses home for the Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital.
1 memorial
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R. Fus. (C. of L. Regt) 32nd Batn. - Service (East Ham)
Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regt) 32nd Batn. - Service (East Ham)
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W. F. D. Smith, Lord Hambleden
On his father's death in 1891 he became head of the family firm of W.H. Smith and Son and also took over as MP for the Strand Division, until 1910. Chairman of King's College Hospital. Became 2nd V...
2 memorials
Marcus Grantham
Member of Middle Temple. Father of Adrianne Uziell-Hamilton. Andrew Behan has established, from the 1939 England and Wales register compiled on the outbreak of WW2, that there was a Marcus Grantha...
1 memorial
Old Westminster Library - head 5 - Milton
SW1, Great Smith Street
The hair seems a bit too curly but the sad eyes are right.
1 subject commemorated
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