John 'Jack' Kennedy
Campaigner. Born in Tipperary. He worked as a bricklayer both in the private sector and then for Islington Council. He was active in the building construction safety campaign and as a London commit...
1 memorial
Rev. Richard Carr Kirkpatrick
Priest. Founder of St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, and first vicar there: 1870 - 1907. From St Augustine's Church website: "Richard Carr Kirkpatrick was the son of an Irish landowner and a friend ...
1 memorial
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
Sir Hugh Lane
Art dealer and collector. Born Hugh Percy Lane In Ballybrack House, Douglas, Cork. He moved to London, and opened an art gallery in 1898. Here he developed a reputation as a shrewd gentleman-deale...
1 memorial
Private George Albert Larkin
George Albert Larkin was born on 21 September 1898 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland, the third of the ten children of George Albert Larkin (1873-1947) and Mary Teresa Larkin née Kelly (1878-1920). ...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Lance Serjeant John Edward Lavery
John Edward Lavery was born in County Down, Northern Ireland and resided in Armagh, Northern Ireland. On 28 July 1938 he was appointed as a postman in the London Postal Region. He was serving as a...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Sir John Lavery
Painter. Born Belfast. One of the "Glasgow Boys" he went on to become a successful portrait painter.
1 memorial
Philip Lawrence
Teacher. Born Ireland. 1993 appointed headteacher of St George's School. Stabbed to death when he tried to help a pupil who was being attacked by a gang. The 15-year-old killer, Learco Chindamo...
1 memorial
W. E. H. Lecky
Historian. Born William Edward Hartpole Lecky in Newtonpark, County Dublin, Ireland. Initially he studied to be a priest in the Protestant Church of Ireland, but turned to historiography. His chief...
1 memorial
Cecil Day Lewis
Poet and novelist. Born Ireland but brought up in London. His mystery novels were written under his pseudonym, Nicholas Blake. During the 1940s, while still married to his first wife, he had a long...
3 memorials
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