General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally.
Alamy have a lovely photo of Deakin.
General Secretary of the Transport & General Workers Union, 1940 until his death. Born Warwickshire. Died Leicester where he had been addressing a May Day rally.
Alamy have a lovely photo of Deakin.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
Arthur Deakin House This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council a...
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
Unveiled by Bermondsey Mayor Geoghegan, Chairman of the statue committee. The...
Ottoman statesman and reformer. Born and died in Constantinople. Ambassador in London 1836 and 1838.
Simon de Montfort, having seized power from King Henry III, called a Parliament with a wider representation catchment than the usual knights and barons; he summoned representatives of cities and bo...
Co-churchwarden of Christ Church Spitalfields, 1843 - 46, at least.
There is much of interest in this man's life. Born the son of a career diplomat who served for a time as Governor of Hong Kong, his mother was poisoned with arsenic whilst in Hong Kong and died in ...