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Horace Thomas Pelling
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Stockwell WW1 memorial
The design of this Portland stone clock tower was chosen through competition ...
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John Alexander Christie, VC
Soldier. He fought at Gallipoli, and then at Fejja in Palestine. After his position had been captured, he took a supply of bombs and went alone along the communication trench, and attacked the enem...
W. H. J. Pyne
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Private William Henry John Pyne was born about 1906 in East London, the son of William and Amelia Jane Pyne and was the husband of Mar...
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Royal Avenue
SW3, St Leonard's Terrace, 14
The plaque is actually in Royal Avenue on the side of this building. Note: Unusually traffic travels anti-clockwise around Royal Avenue.
Anti-fascists in Bermondsey
One day before the anniversary of the Cable Street battle Mosley's Fascists, now banned from the East End and prevented from wearing uniforms, attempted to march through Bermondsey. 20,000 people ...
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Established in 1903 it continued until 1958 when all British naval reserve forces were amalgamated and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) was absorbed into the much larger Royal Naval Reserve...
W. H. Smith
William Henry Smith. Bookseller and politician. The son in "W. H. Smith and Son". He introduced the W. H. Smith stalls at railway stations and the business thrived. Entered politics in 1868. Appo...
Hamleys of London
Established by William Hamley as 'Noah's Ark' at 231 High Holborn. Branch at 200 Regent Street opened in 1881. The original shop was destroyed by fire in 1901 and moved down the road to 86-87 High ...
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