General. Born Stanisław Franciszek Sosabowski at Stanisławów, Poland. He served with distinction in the Austro-Hungarian army during WW1. In WW2 he was made a prisoner of war following Poland's surrender, but escaped to France and eventually to Britain. Here he set up what was to become the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade, which fought at the Battle of Arnhem. Died in Hillingdon, London.
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Stanisław Sosabowski
{Beneath the Polish coat of arms and beside the emblem of the Polish undergro...
Naval officer. Governor of of Greenwich Hospital, 1 May 1841 until his death.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
The Caladonian Road plaque probably refers to the Thomas Burnitt mentioned as a speaker at a meeting following the laying of the foundation stone, on 18 May 1865, for the new Camden Town Primitive ...
Born Yorkshire. 1967 Nobel Laureate for his work on photosynthesis relating to the potential use of hydrogen to supply energy.
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