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London Borough of Lambeth
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Dave Squires
Dave Squires, 1949 - 2009, much loved street sweeper. Southbankmosaics Suppor...
Dorothy 'Cherry' Groce
Cherry Dorothy Groce, 1948 - 2011, innocently shot in this house by police wh...
Lambeth war memorial - WW1
"Lest we forget" is a quote from Kipling, often used on war memorials for WW1...
Millennium tree - SE1
London Borough of Lambeth Millennium Tree (Quercus Ilex) Evergreen Holm Oak...
Other Subjects
Sir Roy Watts
Chief Executive of British Airways and then Chairman of Thames Water. Obituary at the Independent. The Independent of 4 May 1993 reported that his body was spotted 50 yards down river of Westminst...
Jonathan Thorp
Chairman of the Thames Navigation & Port of London Committee in 1857. We can’t find a picture of the man but here’s the cup he was presented with, inscribed: “Thames Navigation & Port of ...
Cllr. Maurice Heaster
Conservative councillor. Mayor of Wandsworth in 1985. Chair of the Wandsworth Policy and Finance Committee 1994. Awarded an OBE in 2010 when he had "been a councillor for 40 years, and deputy leade...
Samuel Pepys
Diarist and Secretary of the Admiralty. Born Salisbury Court, where his father ran a tailoring business. The house backed onto St Brides church. Highly regarded administrator of the navy. Served C...
Person, Literature, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Seriously Famous
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Founder and first Govenor-General of Pakistan. Born on Christmas day and died on 9/11 - any celebrations of this man will have to compete with other newsworthy events. Born and died in Karachi. Sa...
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Eliza Cadogan
Born after 1695. Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Hans Sloane. Married General Charles Cadogan, 2nd Baron Cadogan of Oakley on 25th July 1717.
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...
Earl Beatty
Admiral. Born Nantwich. The youngest non-royal to become Rear Admiral since Nelson. Fought in WWI but more importantly, fearing defeat, kept the British Navy out of major sea battles and thus maint...
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