Organist and composer. Born St Ann's Lane, Old Pye Street, Westminster, c. 10 September 1959. Died at home in Marsham Street.
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Henry Purcell
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Henry Purcell statue
The form of the statue is similar to that of the 'Green Man' carvings in chur...
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Jimmy Winston
Actor and musician. He was in the original line-up of Small Faces but left after a clash of personalities with the other group members. He went on to an acting career, appearing on stage in the mus...
George Webb's Dixielanders
Jazz band. The plaque says it was formed in 1944, but other sources say 1941 or 1943. They regularly performed at the Red Barn Public House in Barnehurst. The original line-up changed, and at one t...
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Lieutenant Christopher Dearmer
Born London, son of Percy and Mabel. Served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and died at Gallipoli. Buried at sea. Also commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
New River Company
See the New River for an explanation of why the New River Company came into being. Puzzled why the Company should have been so involved in rebuilding after war damage we found the explanation at A...
Cornet William George Hawtrey Bankes
Died as a result of serving in the Indian War 1857-8. HM 7th Hussars VC. Wikipedia gives his middle name as Hawtry. Educated at Westminster School. Enlisted in the army in 1857. He was awarded the...
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
The borough was formed in 1965 by the merging of the separate former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. It was originally planned to call it just Kensington, but Chelsea was added after local prot...
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