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George Cross Island Association

Categories: History

Countries: Malta

From the picture source website: "The association came into being to commemorate and bring together veterans and families of the Siege of Malta (1940 to 1943)."

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This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
George Cross Island Association

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Malta Siege

The solid block of stone for the memorial came from Gozo, one of the three in...

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Museum of London / London Museum

Museum of London / London Museum

One of their responsibilities is all the archaeology in London, run by MOLA. 2024: As part of its move from the London Wall site to Smithfield the Museum of London rebranded as the London Museum. ...

Group, History, Museums / Libraries

4 memorials
Dick Moy

Dick Moy

Richard Francis Moy was born on 6 May 1932, the son of Richard Albert Moy (1902-1971) and Doris Winifred Garrood (1907-2009). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1932 in the Lambeth regi...

Person, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
London Dungeon

London Dungeon

Tourist attraction. It portrays various gory and macabre historical events, using a mixture of live actors, special effects and rides. Originally located in Tooley Street by London Bridge station, ...

Place, Commerce, History

1 memorial
Rachel Pantrey

Rachel Pantrey

One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.

Person, History

1 memorial

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B. E. Nightingale

B. E. Nightingale

Benjamin Ebenezer Nightingale was born in 1837 in Lambeth, Surrey. He was a son of Benjamin Ebenezer Nightingale (1803-1868) and Margaret Nightingale née Dickinson (1811-1887). On 7 January 1838 he...

Person, Property

2 memorials
Olympic Games 1908, & Stadium

Olympic Games 1908, & Stadium

The original plan was that Italy would host these games but in 1906 they dropped out, partly due to the consequential costs of the 1906 eruption of Mount Vesuvius.  Within a week the IOC accepted B...

Event, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Rifle Brigade

Rifle Brigade

Formed initially as the 'Experimental Corps of Riflemen' it became the 'Rifle Corps' and then the '95th Regiment of Foot (Rifles)'.  In 1816 it became the Rifle Brigade.  Unusually the soldiers wor...

Group

1 memorial
Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts

Baroness Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts

One of the great Victorian philanthropists who sought to rid London of its slums. Also one of the richest women in Britain in the mid 19th Century, widely respected for her undying generosity and p...

Person, Philanthropy

11 memorials
Auguste Rodin

Auguste Rodin

Sculptor. Born Paris. His works include:  the Thinker, the Kiss.  Regularly visited England from 1900 on and in 1914 he donated some significant pieces of his work to Britain. Died at home, Paris.

Person, Sculpture, Seriously Famous, France

1 memorial