Albert Beer
Albert Henry Beer was born on 19 June 1879 in Islington. He was the son of George Beer and Mary Elizabeth Beer née Picket. His father was a glass fitter. He was educated at the Bath Street Council...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Annie Besant
Theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator and supporter of Irish and Indian self rule. Born Annie Wood at 2 Fish Street Hill. Married, aged 19, Frank Besant (brother to Sir Walter) bu...
Person, Gender Issues, Nationalism, Paranormal, Politics & Administration, India, Ireland
4 memorials
Hannah Billig
Doctor. Born at 41 Hanbury Street, Spitalfields. Qualified as a doctor in 1925, she set up her first clinic in the east end of London in 1935. During WW2 she was the doctor in charge of air raid sh...
Person, Community / Clubs, Medicine, India, Israel/Palestine
1 memorial
Alexander Binnie
Civil engineer. Born 77 Ladbroke Grove. Worked in Wales and then India. Returned and in 1890 was appointed chief engineer to the London County Council. Worked on the Blackwall road tunnel, the...
3 memorials
Drummer Thomas Booth
Thomas Booth was born circa 1894 in Nowgong, East India, a son of Thomas and Agnes Elizabeth Booth. On 31 March 1901 when the 1901 census was undertaken, he is shown as a 6-year-old boy living at ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Fenner Brockway
Pacifist, Labour MP, life peer, CND founder, free-thinker, campaigner for peace and racial equality. President of Liberation. Born Calcutta. Died Watford General Hospital, Hertfordshire. Until at l...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Peace, Politics & Administration, India
3 memorials
George Alfred Brown
Group Captain George Alfred Brown, DFC, was born 6 July 1912 in India and our Picture source gives details of his career in the Royal Air Force. This confirms that he was one of the 2,937 airmen wh...
War served, WW2
1 memorial
George Bunting
From Orra: “George, an engineer by profession, was an easy-going, pipe smoking and puckish ‘mein host’. His auburn close-cropped hair and goatee made him instantly recognizable, and his infectious...
1 memorial
Colin Campbell, Lord Clyde
Field Marshal. Born Glasgow as Colin Macliver but his maternal uncle financed his education so he took his surname, Campbell. Rose through the army ranks, fought at the Crimea and as Commander-in-C...
1 memorial
Mario Alberto Campora
Ambassador. Born in Mendoza, Argentina. He entered the diplomatic service in 1955, and held posts in Washington, The Hague and New Delhi. He subsequently became ambassador of Argentina to Belgium ...
Person, Politics & Administration, Argentina, Belgium, India, Netherlands, USA
2 memorials
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