Person    | Male  Born 1830  Died 1896

Col. Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, K.C.V.O., LL.D.

Col. Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, K.C.V.O., LL.D.

Very successfully pioneered bookshops on railway stations with the business name Horace Marshall and Son. The son being Horace Brooks Marshall, Jnr.  Snr. was a Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.

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Col. Sir Horace Brooks Marshall, K.C.V.O., LL.D.

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Tower Bridge, 1894 - opening

In 1894 the royal personages listed at the top of the plaque as: Prince of Wa...

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Victualling Yard, Deptford

Victualling Yard, Deptford

An information board “Docklands Heritage – Deptford River Walk” gives a good introduction to the area so we have transcribed it: "Alongside the Dockyard a Navy victualling and supply centre grew u...

Place, Armed Forces, Food & Drink

2 memorials
A. H. Yardley, Jnr.

A. H. Yardley, Jnr.

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Falklands War

Falklands War

Died: 649 Argentinians, 255 British, 3 civilian Falkland Islanders. 

Event, Armed Forces, Tragedy, Argentina

6 memorials
13 London firemen & women & 21 Beckenham firemen killed

13 London firemen & women & 21 Beckenham firemen killed

32 firemen and 2 firewomen, including:  Hilda Dupree, Winifred Peters, three crews from Beckenham along with several other more local crews from Hackney and Homerton. More information at Firemen Re...

Group, Armed Forces, Tragedy

1 memorial