Footballer and soldier. He started his football career with Sunderland District Amateur League sides Braeside and Sunderland West End, and joined Clapton Orient in July 1908. At the outbreak of WW1 he enlisted with the 17th Middlesex Regiment, the 'Footballers' Battalion'. During the Battle of the Somme, he was wounded and taken prisoner, and died at a German military hospital.
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George Scott
When we visited the location, the Cornwell plaque was obscured by wreaths and...
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
Former Submarine in the Polish Navy. ORP stands for Okret Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Ship of the Polish Republic).
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Major Forrest Melvin Cox was born on 20 February 1916 in Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois, USA, the youngest of the three children of Joseph Ivan Cox (1891-1969) and Alta Maria Cox née Barrow (1...
This small brass plaque is attached to the panelling beside the door, near the bell-push.
Sculptor. Born Gloucestershire, studied in Bristol. Member of the Art Workers' Guild and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. Often worked for Charles Holden. Looking for Pibworth wo...
Born in Manchester as Estelle Sylvia, daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst. Trained and initially worked as an artist. Worked with George Lansbury in the East End. 1924 Sylvia moved from the East End of...
Note: the typeface used on this plaque is not "English Heritage’s own unique font" to quote EH, but London Underground’s own typeface, Ne...
Judge. Lord Keeper. Born Exeter. Lived in Essex Street. Died Teddington. Buried in St Mary with St Alban church where he is featured in a modern window.
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