Born Brazil. Electrician. Shot dead in a tube carriage by counter-terrorist police officers hunting for would-be suicide bombers who had attempted to attack the London transport system the day before. He had been incorrectly identified as one of the bombers and the police followed him from his Tulse Hill flat, on to a bus, another bus, and thence to the tube where specialist firearm officers pinned him down and shot him 9 times at close range. Investigations into the shooting failed to pin the blame on anyone. Details about the campaign Justice4Jean.
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Jean Charles de Menezes
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Jean Charles de Menezes
Unveiled on what would have been Menezes' 32nd birthday. This replaced the p...
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Stainer Street Arch Bombing
300 people were sheltering during an air raid under this arch. 68 died and 175 were injured. Many were killed by the 10 tonne steel doors that were at each end of the shelter. It is said that so...
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Lidice massacre
Lidice is a village in the Czech Republic just north-west of Prague. Following the assassination of Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich, a high-ranking Nazi, the search for the culprits failed, desp...
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Philip Logan
Philip Paul Logan was the eldest of the three children of John W. Logan and Joan M. Logan née Guthrie. His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of 1964 in the Croydon registration district. His ...
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John Williams
"Martyred" missionary. Born Tottenham. Trained as a foundry worker and mechanic. In 1817 the London Missionary Society sent him and his wife to the Pacific Islands where they took the good word to ...
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Carlo Gatti
Cafe owner and ice-dealer. Born Switzerland. Arrived in England in July 1847. Built up a French-style cafe business. In the 1850s he became the first seller of ice-cream to the masses. He had owned...
1 memorial
Dame Sheila Sherlock
Born Dublin shortly before her parents moved to London. 1929 the family moved to Kent. With difficulty (due to her gender) she managed to gain a place to study medicine at the University of Edinbur...
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Peter Paul Rubens
Artist and diplomat. Born in Siegen, Westphalia (modern day Germany). He studied art in Antwerp and Venice, and entered the service of Vincenzo Gonzago, Duke of Mantua, where he began a parallel ca...
Person, Art, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, Belgium, Germany, Italy
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