Inflicted by the Turkish government on the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire, 1915-18 and 1920-3, with one and a half million victims. However it is a sensitive issue, with the numbers disputed (Turkey would say 300,000) and also the degree to which it was pre-meditated and orchestrated. the BBC give a good primer.
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Armenian Genocide
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Armenian Genocide
This apricot tree (Prunus armeniaca) serves as a memorial to the one and a ha...
Other Subjects
Captain M. F. Blaney
Royal Engineer killed defusing a bomb. Awarded the George Cross posthumously and Blaney Crescent, E6, where we understand there is/was another plaque, was named for him. Blaney had already defused ...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Henry Sait
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Natalie A. Falco
Natalina A. G. Cavanna was born on 23 December 1921, the younger daughter of Giuseppe Cavanna (1887-1962) and Maria Domenica M. Cavanna née Secchi (1898-1929). Her elder sister, Giovanna M. M. Cava...
1 memorial
PC Alfred Smith
From Islington Tribune: "PC Smith heard the German Gotha G.V aircraft approaching and warned panicking factory workers in Central Street, Finsbury, to stay inside. He died when a bomb exploded a fe...
War dead non-military, WW1
2 memorials
Henry Warwick
For many years commuted by bike from West Drayton to his job as a cycle courier at Rico Logistics in Tabernacle Street, EC2. Died when hit by a left-turning Terravision airport bus at about 1 pm o...
1 memorial
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