Comedian and comic writer. Born Barnes. Achieved national fame as Pa Glum in 'Take It From Here', as the headmaster in 'Whack-O!' and on the radio quiz show that he devised 'Does the Team Think?' in which he appeared 1957-1977. Died in the Cromwell Hospital, London.
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Jimmy Edwards DFC
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BBC Television Centre - Jimmy Edwards
Jimmy Edwards DFC, 1920 - 1988. BBC and the Heritage Foundation
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Norman Wisdom
Comedian, actor, singer and songwriter. Born Norman Joseph Wisdom at 91 Fernhead Road. He made his stage debut in 1946 and went on to star in many films, most of them featuring his downtrodden char...
1 memorial
Benny Hill
Comedian and actor. Born Alfred Hawthorne Hill in Southampton. In his teens he worked as a milkman, an experience which he later put to good use in his hit song 'Ernie - The Fastest Milkman in the ...
3 memorials
Dame Thora Hird DBE
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played many comic roles. Late in her life Alan Bennett wrote a number of roles for her.
2 memorials
Willie Rushton
Satirical cartoonist, comedian and author. Born 3 Wilbraham Place, Chelsea. Worked on 'That was the week that was', 'Not only...But also', 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue' (where he revelled in the arc...
2 memorials
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Sean O'Casey
SW11, Prince of Wales Drive, 49 Overstrand Mansions
Jeanne Rathbone has posted about O'Casey and his time in Battersea, with extracts from his Autobiography.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
David Ritchie
EC2, Devonshire Square
From London Gardens Online: "Cutlers Gardens, now renamed Devonshire Sq. is an office development with generous landscaping on the histor...
1 subject commemorated
Sir William Robertson, Field Marshal
Born Lincolnshire with humble origins. He enlisted in 1877 and rose rapidly through the ranks, not commanding troops but excelling in intellectual work such as languages and intelligence. Died at...
1 memorial
Viscount Nuffield statue
SE1, Great Maze Pond, Guy's Hospital - the Colonnade
This is one of only a handful of statues in London unveiled while the subject was still alive. The others are listed at Fenner Brockway.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Sir Christopher Wren - Walbrook
EC4, Walbrook, 39, St Stephen Walbrook church
The small blue plaque is below the Palladian window to the left of our photo. Before 2011 the large blue plaque was where the red informa...
1 subject commemorated
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