Royal Engineer killed by an exploding bomb while assisting in the attempt to disarm it. Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Sapper Stanley Victor White was born on 20 Ju...

Person, Armed Forces, Tragedy

War dead, WW2

1 memorial

Hugo Manning

Poet. Born as Lazarus Perkoff at "123 Oxford Street in Mile End Road" according to UCL Archives. His parents were Polish Jews so we believe the Mile End bit. Spent 1938 - 43 in Argentina. On h...

Person, Poetry, Africa, Argentina, South America

1 memorial

A. Bull

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Andrew Mellor

Associated with Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Person, Children, Medicine

1 memorial

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William Frederick Woodington, ARA

William Frederick Woodington was born on 10 February 1806 at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, the eighth of the ten children of Thomas Woodington (1767-1819) and Elizabeth Woodington née Styan. On 3...

Person, Art, Sculpture

6 memorials

Chauncy Hare Townshend

Collector, dilettante, ordained clergyman, mesmerist, and hypochondriac (list from Wikipedia). Born Godalming into a wealthy family. Famous for his 1821 meeting with the poet John Clare (whom he i...

Person, Museums / Libraries, Philanthropy

1 memorial

William Patan

Crew member of the 'Olga'. Died during the voyage bringing Cleopatra's Needle to London.

Person, Tragedy

1 memorial

Hippocrates

Greek physician, known as the father of medicine. Born in 460 BC on the island of Cos, Greece. Died in 377 BC

Person, Medicine, Greece

2 memorials