Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association. Born Somerset. Died in a hotel in Torquay.
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Sir George Williams
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Sir George Williams
In the photograph of the current building the plaque is behind the portico.
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LEO Computers Society
From the Picture source: "This is the site of the LEO Computers Society celebrating the World's first business computer. Membership of the Society is open to: all ex-employees of LEO Computers and ...
1 memorial
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Festival
A year-long series of events organised by the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, to mark the anniversary of the composer's death.
1 memorial
Samuel Pepys Club
Formed as a dining club for eminent Pepys admirers and still limited in number, currently to 140 in the UK and 14 abroad.
1 memorial
Lissenden Gardens Tenants Association
When we first researched this area in 2008 there were three plaques erected by the LGTA; others were erected later so we had to go back. The first three plaques all end with the text "Awards for ...
6 memorials
International Desalination Association
The International Desalination Association (IDA) is the world’s leading resource for information and professional development for the global desalination industry – and the only global association ...
1 memorial
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Sewell's Daimler car
On 25 February 1899 this petrol-driven, Diamler, motor car was being driven by Edwin Sewell on Grove Hill in Harrow, when the rear wheel collapsed and Sewell and his passenger, Major Richer, were t...
1 memorial
Georges Levillain
In 1961 Mayor of Clichy, France, and Vice-President of the General Council of the Seine.
1 memorial
St George the Martyr School
This school started on two floors of the Church’s Vestry House in Cosmo Place. It was then housed in two nearby purpose-built properties, both now listed, and both now thought to be private residen...
2 memorials
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
Canon Lewis John Collins
Treasurer of St Paul's Cathedral in 1979 and was Canon of St Paul's from 1948 to 1981. Lewis John Collins was born on 23 March 1905 in Hawkhurst, Kent, one of the four children of Arthur Collins (...
1 memorial
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