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Lady Lucy Gilbert
Lucy Agnes Turner was born on 14 November 1847 at The Grove, Yoxford, Suffolk, (now called Grove Park, Yoxford, Saxmundham, IP17 3HX), the youngest of the seven children of Thomas Metcalfe Blois Tu...
Lady Kortright
Aided by Andrew Behan we have found two candidates for the Lady Kortright who gave the funds to the Grosvenor Hospital but cannot conclusively identify her. See what you think… One candidate is th...
Captain Richard Maples
Benefactor of Trinity House Almshouses. From John Stype's A Survey... : "Anno 1680, Captain Richard Maples, who died Commander of a Ship in the East-Indies, left to the Poor of this Corporation th...
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St Matthias Stoke Newington war memorial - plaque
N16, Wordsworth Road, St Matthias Church
While almost devoid of decorative elements this plaque is extremely legible and long-lasting with lettering that is a pleasure to read (n...
194 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
Flight Lieutenant Charles Cholmondeley
Cholmondeley and Ewen Montagu conceived the idea behind Operation Mincemeat and carried it out. He joined the Royal Air Force Voluntary Reserve (RAFVR) in 1939 and was commissioned as a pilot offi...
Cedric Keith Simpson
Forensic pathologist. Born Brighton. When Simpson became interested in forensics Bernard Spilsbury was practically the only other person in the field. Spilsbury was not interested in training other...
Jeremiah le Souef
For 20 years vice-consul of the United States.
Nicholas Dimbleby
Son of Richard and younger brother of the better known David and Jonathan.
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