Soldier. Born as Lee James McClure (he later took his stepfather's surname) in Crumpsall, Manchester. He joined the army in 2006, and was selected to be a member of the Corps of Drums, serving in Cyprus and Afghanistan. He was later based in Woolwich in a recruitment post, and it was here, while off-duty, that he was violently murdered in the street by a pair of fanatics.
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Lee Rigby
A touching tribute, especially since Rigby was a supporter of Manchester Unit...
In loving memory of Fusilier Lee James Rigby, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of...
{On the plaque:} In memory of Fusilier Lee Rigby 4 July 1987 - 22 May 2013. T...
Employed at the Holloway bus/tram garage - Pemberton Gardens. Served and was killed in WW1.
Pilot Officer Frank Norman Bartlett Bennett was born on 30 May 1919, the second of the three sons of Stanley Bartlett Bennett (1885-1966) and Nellie Bennett née Evans (1890-1970). His birth was reg...
Admiral. Born Staffordshire. 1740-4 circumnavigated the globe. Captured a Spanish galleon loaded with gold and silver (aren't they all?) and returned home a wealthy man. Died at home, Moor Par...
Resident of the Central Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.
Had served in the Grenadier Guards. At the time of his death worked at Chelsea Hospital as a Captain of Invalids. His wife Jessie, two sons, Ernest and Bernard, and niece, Alice, were killed in the...
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...
James Nicholson, a printer residing at St Thomas' Hospital was granted a license by Henry VIII to print the New Testament in Latin and in English and it was printed in 1537. However it's not clear...
Named after the Fountain Tavern which it contained, Fountain Court was built over by Savoy Buildings in 1883. In 1827 William Blake died at 3 Fountain Court, now part of the Savoy Hotel. Lawrenc...
The countless innocent men, women and children from the Soviet Union and other East European states who were imprisoned and died at the hands of Communist governments after being repatriated at the...
Children's comic strip character. Created by the artist Mary Tourtel. In 1935, when her eyesight started failing the stories and illustrations were taken over by Alfred Bestall. An annual of Rupert...
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