Mayor of Lambeth 1919-20. Wrote 'The Musings of an Octogenarian", from where our picture comes.
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George Brittain
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Lambeth Chapel
1739 was the year after Wesley's 'Aldersgate experience' and the year in whic...
Other Subjects
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Guiseppe Pinelli
Anarchist. Born Milan, Italy. Worked as a railroad fitter. One of a number of anarchists who were taken in for questioning following a bomb that went off in Milan killing 17 people. Pinelli was see...
1 memorial
Frank Sharp
Frank William Sharp was born on 31 December 1923 in Ludlow, Shropshire, the elder child of Robert Kendrick Roberts Sharp (1883-1969) and Julia Mary Sharp née Turpin ( 1886-1975). His father was a l...
3 memorials
1 memorial
Rear-Admiral Sir William Edward Parry, DCL, FRS
Naval officer and arctic explorer. Born Bath. The Canadian Encyclopedia says "He contributed much to the eventual discovery of the Northwest Passage and the North Pole." Lieut-Governor of Greenw...
1 memorial
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
402 memorials
Harry Beck
Graphic artist and map designer. Born 14 Wesley Road, Leyton but he was only there for about 3 years. He was brought up and educated in Highgate Village. Joined London Underground in 1925 on a t...
4 memorials
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