6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards

6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards

The 6th Battalion, Grenadier Guards, was raised in 1941 in Caterham, Surrey. In June 1942 it set sail from Liverpool to Syria where it became part of 201st Guards Brigade. It had to guard the borde...

Group, Armed Forces, Africa, Italy, Syria

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Mary Kingsley

Mary Kingsley

Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...

Person, Exploring, Africa

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Lord Kitchener

Lord Kitchener

Field-Marshal Earl Kitchener of Khartoum, K.G. Born near Ballylongford, County Kerry, Ireland. Became a national hero leading the British army in the Sudan. Continued his career in the Boer War, In...

Person, Armed Forces, Seriously Famous, Africa, Egypt, India, Ireland, Scotland

4 memorials
Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham

Rt. Rev. Charles John Klyberg, Bishop of Fulham

Charles John Klyberg was born on 29 July 1931, the son of Charles Augustine Klyberg (1890-1975) and Ivy Lillian Klyberg née Waddington (1891-1979). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 19...

Person, Armed Forces, Religion, Africa

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David Livingstone

David Livingstone

Explorer, missionary, writer and medic. Born at Blantyre, just south of Glasgow. Qualified as a doctor in order to go as a medical missionary to China. Got the source of the Nile wrong and failed t...

Person, Exploring, Religion, Seriously Famous, Africa, Scotland

2 memorials
Janani Luwum

Janani Luwum

Anglican archbishop assassinated during the rule of Idi Amin, in Uganda.

Person, Religion, Tragedy, Africa

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Zachary Macaulay

Zachary Macaulay

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Scotland. Aged 16 emigrated to Jamaica and saw slavery first hand as a slave overseer on a sugar plantation. Returned to England 1789. Sister Jean’s husband, Thomas Ba...

Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Africa, Jamaica, Scotland

4 memorials
Hugo Manning

Hugo Manning

Poet.  Born as Lazarus Perkoff at "123 Oxford Street in Mile End Road"  according to UCL Archives.  His parents were Polish Jews so we believe the Mile End bit.  Spent 1938 - 43 in Argentina.  On h...

Person, Poetry, Africa, Argentina, South America

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Mervyn Mansell

Mervyn Mansell

Born Arthur James Mervyn Mansell in Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (modern day Zimbabwe). He came to England in 1937 to study pharmacy. A leading player in the Ealing Cricket Club during the 1950s. He...

Person, Sport / Games, Africa

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