Wing Commander. Born Simla, India. Leader of the Dambusters Raid for which he was awarded the V.C. Died when his plane crashed in the Netherlands returning from a bombing raid in Germany. Played by Richard Todd in the 1955 film, 'The Dam Busters'.
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Guy Penrose Gibson
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Guy Gibson
English Heritage Guy Gibson VC, 1918 - 1944, pilot, leader of the Dambusters ...
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Thomas Dunckerley
Freemason. Following a naval career, he was appointed a Provincial Grand Master. He instituted a national body for Templar masonry, which was made possible by an annuity obtained from King George I...
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Percy John Owlett
Percy John Owlett was born on 10 June 1885 in Battersea, Surrey (now Greater London) the fifth of the six children of Benjamin James Owlett (1852-1918) and Mary Ann Owlett (c.1845-1908). His birth ...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Ernest J. Leach
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
A. S. Johnson
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Private Frank William Glithro
Frank William Glithro was born in 1881 in Islington, Middlesex (now Greater London), the third of the seven children of William Glithro (1842-1905) and Elizabeth Margaret Glithro née Snow (1856-191...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Lord William Russell
Son of the 5th Earl Bedford. MP for Tavistock. Convicted of being part of the Rye House Plot to assassinate the Catholic King Charles II and beheaded, eventually, in Lincoln's Inn Fields. When th...
1 memorial
Tyrannosaurus Rex / T.Rex
Formed by Marc Bolan and Steve Took as Tyrannosaurus Rex, the name was shortened to T.Rex round about the time success came with 'Ride a White Swan' in 1970/1. The band ended when Bolan was killed...
5 memorials
William Shakespeare
Born and died in Stratford-upon-Avon. His birth date is usually given as the 23rd, the same date as his death, but all that is actually known is that he was baptised 3 days later, on the 26th. Even...
46 memorials
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