In 1927 she was writing as “Commissioner Adelaide Cox, CBE, until recently Leader of the Women’s Social Work of the Salvation Army”.
Our colleague, Andrew Behan provides:
Born in Childs Hill, Hendon, the daughter of Alfred T and Caroline Cox. Her father was a Surveyor. She died, a spinster aged 84 years, and had been living at 28 Rotherwick Road, Golders Green. Her estate amounted to £18, 882 1s.7d.
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Commissioner Adelaide Cox
This stone was laid for the glory of God by Commissioner Adelaide Cox on beha...
In 1986 the Circle 33 Housing Trust and the New Islington and Hackney Housing Association jointly bought the site of the Royal Free Hospital in Islington to develop for housing. Housing Groups go ...
Frank Gilbert Crichlow was a human rights campaigner, community organiser and restauranteur. Born Trinidad, brother of Victor Critchlow. Came to England in June 1953. Founded Mangrove Restaurant....
Person, Community / Clubs, Food & Drink, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Caribbean Islands
Trustee of the Putney Pest House Charity, 1862.
Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...
Missionary and social worker with the British poor, especially children. Born Thomas John Barnardo in Dublin with a Prussian father. "Brought to Christ" in 1862. Arrived at 30 Coburn Street in 1866...
Person, Children, Jack the Ripper suspects, Social Welfare, Ireland
From the school's website: "In 1666, after the Great Fire of London, many inhabitants of the Old City of London moved to the medieval town of Westminster. With its congested and squalid alleys, the...
Screenwriter and novelist. Born on 12 August 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He's the one who first said "Nobody knows anything" in reference to predicting which films will be successful. He died ...
Isabella Ormston Ford was a social reformer, suffragist and writer. She became a public speaker and wrote pamphlets on issues related to socialism, feminism and worker's rights. After becoming conc...
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