David Blakely was a racing driver engaged to one woman and also in a relationship with Ruth Ellis. Ellis shot Blakely dead outside the Magdala pub, in front of witnesses.
More information at Motorsport Memorials.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
David Blakely
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Ruth Ellis bullet holes - 1st plaque
The naming error on the plaque is interesting. Derek Bentley (1933-53) was a ...
Ruth Ellis bullet holes - 2nd plaque
In 1954 Ruth Ellis shot David Blakely producing these bullet holes. Ruth Elli...
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Kirsty Boden
Killed in the 2017 London Bridge attack. Aged 28, an Australian she had moved to the UK and was working at Guy's Hospital as a staff nurse in a recovery theatre.
1 memorial
Giles Vernon Hart
Telecommunications engineer and trades union activist. Born in Khartoum, Sudan. While working as an executive officer at Trinity House lighthouse authority, he set up a union branch. In the 1980s, ...
Person, Community / Clubs, Politics & Administration, Tragedy, Poland, Sudan
4 memorials
Leslie A. Rhodes
Died following an act of terrorism on 22 March 2017 on Westminster Bridge. Leslie Rhodes, from Clapham, had been visiting St Thomas' Hospital when he was hit by the car driven by the terrorist. The...
1 memorial
William Reed
Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Hebrew Dramatic Club
Londonist have a good post about London’s Lost Yiddish Theatre with an item on this theatre, the first purpose-built Yiddish theatre in London, founded by the actor Jacob Adler. A-misleadingly-nam...
1 memorial
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