Born Italy. Based in London and naturalized British by 1871.
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Giovanni Fontana
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Albert Grant & Shakespeare
"There is no darkness but ignorance" is a quote from "Twelfth Night". The scu...
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Henry William McCarthy
Born Chelsea. Died Lambeth. Bolckow's Flickr page shows another McCarthy memorial, to Cardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan, and asserts that McCarthy had worked for John Francis Bentley at Westminster...
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Hazel Reeves
Our picture comes from the video of the unveiling of the Gresley statue, on Reeves' website.
1 memorial
Kevin Boys
Boys is an artist and blacksmith based in Rotherhithe. Kevin Boys Blacksmiths is a family-run business which has been operating for over 30 years.
1 memorial
Sokari Douglas Camp
Nigerian-born. Moved to England where she attended school. A Southwark resident for 22 years, in 2010. CBE.
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Harold Bride
Born Harold Sidney Bride in Nunhead. He was trained by the Marconi Wireless Company and joined the RMS Titanic as junior wireless operator. After the ship's collision, he remained at his post until...
1 memorial
Joseph Kesterton
Co-churchwarden of the Surrey Chapel parish in 1820.
1 memorial
Rudyard Kipling
Poet and story writer. Born: Bombay, India. Died: London. See Waterloo Free Buffet. 2021: The Guardian reported some updates to English Heritage's information on Kipling: "While his children’s sto...
Person, Literature, Poetry, Race Issues, Seriously Famous, India
2 memorials
Southwark Council
The London Borough of Southwark was created as an amalgamation of the Metropolitan Boroughs of Southwark, Camberwell and Bermondsey. Southwark council annually invites proposals for new plaques fro...
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Daily Express
The first edition of the Daily Express was published in Fleet Street. It was one of the first papers in Britain to carry gossip, sports, women's features and a crossword. Their magnificent 1932 bu...
2 memorials
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