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Edwin L. York

Countries: South Africa

War dead, Other war i

Commemorated on a memorial as having died in a war, not WW1 or WW2.

Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903

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Edwin L. York

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South African War

We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war...

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William A Warren

Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903

Person, South Africa

War dead, Other war

1 memorial

Air Marshal Lord Hugh Montague Trenchard

Founder of the Royal Air Force. Born Somerset. Aged 20 joined the Second Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and served in India, in the Boer War and in Nigeria. Learnt to fly in 1912 and ser...

Person, Armed Forces, India, Nigeria, South Africa

1 memorial

Nicholas Saunders

Researched, published and distributed 'Alternative London' 1970. Moved into a warehouse in Neal's Yard in 1976 and starting with a wholefood shop he developed the area as an alternative shopping c...

Person, Commerce, Journalism / Publishing, South Africa

1 memorial

Major Matthew Meiklejohn, VC

Gained his VC, and lost his right arm, as a captain in the 2nd Battalion, Gordon Highlanders in South Africa at the battle of Elandslaagte, during the Boer War. He died following a fall from his h...

Person, Armed Forces, Scotland, South Africa

1 memorial

Soweto children killed in 1976

Soweto is a township of Johannesburg, South Africa. At least 176 people were killed during a protest about the introduction of Afrikaans as the medium of instruction in local schools. Of these, 116...

Group, Children, Tragedy, South Africa

1 memorial

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Pasqua Rosee's Head

EC3, St Michael's Alley, Jamaica Wine House

This probably isn't a City of London plaque - though blue and oblong, the proportions are wrong, the style is different and its anonymous.

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator

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Carl Linnaeus

Born Stenbrohult, Småland in southern Sweden. Inventor of a system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms. One of the great collectors of the 18th century. At his death Joseph Banks tried b...

Person, Race Issues, Science, Sweden

2 memorials