Auxiliary fireman killed in the bomb attack on Henry Cavendish School, Balham. Our colleague Andrew Behan has kindly researched this man: Auxiliary Fireman Henry Herbert Butcher was born on 20 Feb...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2

1 memorial

Novelist and playwright. Born Anthony Walter Patrick Hamilton at Dale House, Hassocks, Sussex. He suffered multiple injuries when hit by a drunken driver in 1932. This may well have had a bearing o...

Person, Literature, Theatre

1 memorial

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Dartford Borough Council

Formed by the merger of the Municipal Borough of Dartford, Swanscombe Urban District and part of Dartford Rural District.

Group, Politics & Administration

5 memorials

Private Herbert Baldwin Perrett

Herbert Baldwin Perrett was the youngest of the eight children of Lewis John Perrett (1854-1925) and Eliza Matilda Perrett née Jones (1856-1948). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1898...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Navy Office, Seething Lane

Built on the site of Walsingham's mansion, this was the Navy Office in which Samuel Pepys lived and worked. Survived the Great Fire partly due to Pepys' efforts. Destroyed by another fire in 1673...

Building, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration

2 memorials

Sir Edward David Stern

1st and last Baronet of Chertsey. Son of David Stern. Army officer and businessman. Stern Bros. of 57 Gracechurch Street were merchant banks and manufacturers of lubricating oils. Stern Brothers w...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

Hackney Council

Hackney Council was created in 1965 from the 3 Metropolitan Borough Councils of Hackney, Shoreditch and Stoke Newington, all three of which had been created in 1900. Previously they had been paris...

Group, Politics & Administration

61 memorials