One of the Deacons at the Wandsworth chapel who provided lectures and popular entertainments during the week for the working classes. Active in 1883.
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Henry Geard
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Plaque 1 - Geards
This memorial stone was laid by Henry Geard, Esqre. on the 12th July 1882.
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