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Ben Helfgott

Categories: Sport / Games

Holocaust survivor and British Olympian (1956 and 1960) who knew the murdered Israeli athletes.

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Ben Helfgott

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Munich Olympics 40 years

The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...

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Iyengar Yoga

Iyengar Yoga

A form of Hatha Yoga in which there is a focus on the structural alignment of the physical body through the development of asanas. It aims to unite the body, mind and spirit for health and well-being.

Concept, Sport / Games

1 memorial
George Lewis Rogers

George Lewis Rogers

A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.

Person, Sport / Games

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Malcolm Campbell

Malcolm Campbell

Holder of land and water speed records. Born Chislehurst, Kent. He broke the land speed record for the first time in 1924 and went on to break it a further nine times (five at Daytona Beach, Florid...

Person, Sport / Games, Transport, USA

2 memorials
Harry Vardon

Harry Vardon

Golfer. Born Henry William Vardon in Grouville, Jersey, Channel Islands. He won the British Open championship six times, the U.S. Open in 1900 and the German Open in 1911. He is remembered for his ...

Person, Sport / Games, Channel Islands, Germany, USA

1 memorial
Aboriginal Cricket Association

Aboriginal Cricket Association

We can't find any indication that this group still exists.

Group, Sport / Games, Australia

1 memorial

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Eric Coates

Eric Coates

Composer of light music, e.g. "The Dambusters March" for the film and "Sleepy Lagoon", possibly the best known melody in the UK, being the theme tune for the radio programme "Desert Island Discs". ...

Person, Music / songs

2 memorials
Gordon of Greenwich

Gordon of Greenwich

At a London Inheritance, some comments refer to Gordon. One in particular says "The Gordon referred to on the plaque is my old schoolmate, Gordon Oswald, who was a hairdresser at “Bavardez” in Traf...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
Chevalier d'Eon

Chevalier d'Eon

Diplomat and transvestite. Born Tonnerre, Burgundy, France. Full name: D'Éon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, born of the French nobility. Up until 1763 he had a disting...

Person, Espionage, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, France

3 memorials
Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria

The fiftieth anniversary of the accession of Queen Victoria was celebrated on Monday 20 June 1887. In George Gissing's 1894 novel 'In the Year of Jubilee' characters discuss whether to participate...

Event, Royalty

13 memorials
B. Patman
War dead, WW1
1 memorial