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Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief

Categories: Religion, Social Welfare

Now known as the World Jewish Fund.  Established in 1933 as the Central British Fund, the charity rescued over 100,000 Jewish people from Germany before WWII and was also largely responsible for organising the Kindertransport, bringing over 10,000 unaccompanied, mainly Jewish children, from Nazi-occupied Europe.

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Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief

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Kindertransport - Meisler

Such a sad and touching subject, these children can't fail but bring to mind ...

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Manresa House

Manresa House

Originally called Bessborough House, it was built by William Ponsonby in the 1760s. It was sold to the Society of Jesus (The Jesuits) in 1861 and renamed Manresa House after the town in Spain where...

Building, Education, Religion

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Samuel Stennett, DD

Samuel Stennett, DD

Baptist minister and hymnwriter.  Born Exeter.  His father was appointed minister at Little Wild Street chapel from 1737 so the family moved to London.  See Andrew Gifford for the rather unsavoury ...

Person, Music / songs, Religion

1 memorial
Henry Donald Maurice Spence
1 memorial
Edith Martineau

Edith Martineau

Daughter of keen Unitarian Frederick Nettlefold and his wife Mary. Married Sydney Martineau (1863 – 1945, British Olympic fencer). From 1929 was the lay president of the General Assembly of Unitar...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial
Stephen Marshall

Stephen Marshall

Born Huntingdon. 1619 ordained as a clergyman. Became a preacher to the House of Commons and was an influential speaker and supported the Parliamentary cause. Died Ipswich and buried in Westminster...

Person, Politics & Administration, Religion

1 memorial

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Luigi Gadini
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Henry Richard Dooley
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat

Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat

Jacobite. Taken prisoner at the Battle of Culloden. Tried and was the last man to be beheaded on the Tower Hill scaffold. We're sure that made him feel a lot better about it. 2017: The Scotsman re...

Person, Armed Forces, Execution, Scotland

1 memorial
Richard Courtney Balding

Richard Courtney Balding

Born Camberwell. Employed as an insurance company director. Edwin Richard, his father, was MD of United Friendly Insurance Company. A 1938 London Gazette refers to UF at 42 Southwark Bridge Road. H...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
House of Commons

House of Commons

The palace of Westminster has been the home of Parliament since a meeting there in 1295. It split into two "houses" in 1341 but, having been built as a royal residence, the palace had no suitable m...

Building, Politics & Administration, Property

4 memorials