Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Harry H. Harper
Commemorated ati
South African War
We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war...
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M. P. Webster
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
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Harry H. Corbett OBE
Actor. Son of an army officer he was born in Burma. The Son of Wilfrid Brambell in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son'. Died Hastings. Not to be confused with Harry Corbett, Sooty and Sweep's handler.
Silver Thimble Fund
Miss {Elizabeth} H. E. Hope-Clarke of Wimbledon, inspired by her own damaged silver thimble, started collecting damaged or unwanted thimbles and other trinkets to contribute to the war effort. She...
Leigh Hunt
Poet. Born Southgate. Named 'James Henry Leigh Hunt' after the Duke of Chandos, James Henry Leigh, who was employing Hunt's father, a preacher, as tutor to his nephew at the time of Hunt's birth. F...
Avondale Park
W11, Walmer Road, The Lodge, Miss Delaney's Nursery School
From RBKC: "Avondale Park, at the top of Pottery Lane, was created in 1892 when the area that had been a huge fetid pool known as "the oc...
Missions to Seamen Institute
From Port Cities: " ... the Missions to Seamen organization {was} founded in 1856. Its task was to coordinate the work of various Anglican ministries on behalf of seamen. The organization's most o...
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