Ballet dancer. Partnered Margot Fonteyn. A Governor of the Royal Ballet.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
David Wall, CBE
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Dancer statue
{Top plaque:} Jete (1975) by Enzo Plazzotta, unveiled by The Rt. Hon. The Ear...
Other Subjects
Nicolai Legat
Dancer. Born in St Petersburg, Russia. He joined the ballet company of the Mariinsky Theatre in 1888 and later became balletmaster. His pupils included Anna Pavlova, and Vaslav Nijinsky. He left Ru...
Jack Buchanan
Actor-manager, song-and-dance entertainer. Born Helensburgh near Glasgow. Died in the Middlesex Hospital. His ashes were scattered from the deck of a Cunard Liner in recognition of his 50+ trans...
Princess Seraphine Astafieva
Ballerina. Danced for Diaghilev, and opened a ballet school in 1916 in London. The title of ‘Princess’ may be spurious. In the picture the Princess is on the right. Alicia Markova is the dancer on ...
Anya Sainsbury
Former ballerina. Born Anya Linden. She studied at the Royal Ballet School under Sir Frederick Ashton and others. She and her husband Sir John Sainsbury, established the Linbury Trust, which offers...
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Hertha Ayrton
W2, Norfolk Square, 41
Hertha Ayrton, 1854 - 1923, physicist, lived here, 1903 - 1923. English Heritage
Pete Curran
E17, Pretoria Avenue, 1
Pete Curran MP 1860 - 1910 the pioneering socialist, trade union leader and first Labour MP for Jarrow lived at 1 Pretoria Avenue, since ...
V1 and V2 rockets
The V1 and V2 rockets were developed as a reaction to the heavy allied bombing of German cities towards the end of WW2. (V stands for Vergeltungswaffe - retribution weapon'). In total, over 3,000 V...
Joseph Bazalgette - NW8
NW8, Hamilton Terrace, 17
Sir Joseph William Bazalgette, 1819 - 1891, civil engineer, lived here. Greater London Council
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