Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Daniel Purcell
Commemorated ati
South African War
We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war...
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu
Bishop and opponent of apartheid and campaigner on many other causes: AIDS, homophobia, etc. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. His Wikipedia page and obituary confirm that he died, aged 90 ...
Person, Peace, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare, South Africa
Sharpeville Massacre
This took place near the police station in the South African township of Sharpeville in Transvaal (today part of Gauteng). After a day of demonstrations against pass laws (these were an internal pa...
Private Frederick E. Cole
HMS Thetis, Royal Marine Light Infantry, South Africa.
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John Wilson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
John Nelson
Published "History, topography, and antiquities of the Parish of St. Mary Islington, in the County of Middlesex..." in 1811.
P. L. Travers
Author. Born Helen Lyndon Goff in Maryborough, Queensland. She emigrated to England at the age of 25 and adopted the name Pamela Lyndon Travers whilst writing the Mary Poppins novels for which she ...
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