Author for children. Born Oak Street, Ealing, where the plaque now is. Specialised in writing long series of stories generally using a different pen-name for each. Most famously, as Charles Hamilton he wrote the Billy Bunter stories. Never married. Died at home at Kingsgate-on-Sea, Kent.
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Charles Hamilton (Frank Richards)
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Billy Bunter creator
Charles Hamilton, known as Frank Richards, creator of Billy Bunter, was born ...
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E. H. Shepard
Painter and illustrator, most famously of Winnie the Pooh. Ernest Howard was born 55 Springfield Road, St John's Wood. His art school nickname, Kipper, stayed with him for life. Served in WW1 e...
1 memorial
First Belgian School WW1
By June 1915, the population of Belgian refugees in Britain rose to 265,000. But we couldn't find anything on the web about the school in Cale Street.
1 memorial
St Nicholas Nursery
In association with the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street.
1 memorial
Day nursery, Pond Street
2012 and we are delighted to report that this building is still a day nursery: the "Royal Free Hospital Staff Day Nursery".
1 memorial
James Henry Skipsey
James Henry Skipsey is the 1st on the right of the seven boys sitting in the photograph of the scout troop. He was born on 15 February 1900 in Walworth, the eldest of the thirteen children of Jame...
2 memorials
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James Ernest Adams
James Ernest Adams was born on 6 October 1972 in Chester, Cheshire, the son of Ernest Adams and Elaine Adams née Valentine. Electoral registers in 2003 show him listed at 23 Artindale, Bretton, Pet...
3 memorials
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Newham Council
West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.
11 memorials
S. J. Pratchett
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
St Silas cross
N1, Penton Street, St Silas Church
Unusually this memorial was erected before the end of the war. There may be more but the only other one we know of is at St Botolphs.
2 subjects commemorated,
1 creator
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