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.
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Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
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Arthur Deakin
Arthur Deakin House This block was built in 1956 by Stepney Borough Council a...
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Arthur Deakin, CH, CBE
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Ernest Bevin bust
Unveiled by Bermondsey Mayor Geoghegan, Chairman of the statue committee. The...
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George Grote, DCL, LLD
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Capt. G. Gerhold
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Sir William J. Lancaster
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2 memorials
Reinhard Heydrich
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Bill Owen, MBE
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Norma Elaine Williamson
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King William III (of Orange)
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12 memorials
Cecil Rhodes
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1 memorial
Stanley G. Shaw
Worked for the St. Pancras Housing Society from 1929 to 1958.
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