Comedian. Member of Monty Python's Flying Circus. Born Leicester. Went to Cambridge University and joined the Footlights Dramatic Club. After university he trained as a doctor but his comedy writing and performing career took over. Lived at 89 Southwood Lane, Highgate and drank rather too "copiously" at the nearby Angel Inn. Died Maidstone General Hospital.
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Graham Chapman
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Graham Chapman
Graham Chapman, "A very naughty boy", 8 January 1941 to 4 October 1989, comed...
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The Establishment Club
Peter Cook said this was modelled on "those wonderful Berlin cabarets which did so much to stop the rise of Hitler and prevent the outbreak of the Second World War". Lenny Bruce, Barry Humphries, ...
1 memorial
2 memorials
Goon Show Preservation Society
Formed as a result of the last Goon Show. Patron: Prince Charles.
1 memorial
Benny Hill
Comedian and actor. Born Alfred Hawthorne Hill in Southampton. In his teens he worked as a milkman, an experience which he later put to good use in his hit song 'Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the ...
3 memorials
Terry Scott
Actor and comedian. Born Watford. Starred in the TV series 'Terry and June' with June Whitfield. Died at home near Godalming.
1 memorial
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Richard Wall
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
James Purdey
W1, South Audley Street
Westminster City Council James Purdey the younger, 1828 - 1909, gunmaker, built these premises in 1880 to house his new showrooms and wo...
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
Croydon tram derailment
The tram carrying 69 passengers, had left New Addington bound for Wimbledon. At 6.07 a.m. as it approached Sandilands station on a sharp bend, it overturned on its right side. Seven passengers were...
2 memorials
Daniel Mendoza
E1, Commerical Road, Queen Mary College
Mendoza's burial site, "a spot nearby", is the Nuovo Sephardi cemetery in the grounds of Queen Mary College, just behind the building thi...
1 subject commemorated,
3 creators
Hammersmith and Fulham International Brigade
SW6, Fulham Palace Gardens, Bishop's Park
{Front of memorial:} International Brigade In honour of the volunteers who left Hammersmith and Fulham to fight in the International Brig...
War dead | Other war
40 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
40 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
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