Person    | Male  Born 15/5/1808  Died 22/10/1870

Michael William Balfe

Categories: Music / songs

Countries: Ireland

Musical composer. Born Dublin (in a street which is now named after him). Wrote English-language operas the most successful being 'The Bohemian Girl'. In 1864 moved from Seymour Street to Hertfordshire where he died.

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Michael William Balfe

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Michael Balfe

L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.

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Blitz Club

Blitz Club

A Tuesday night club that attracted students from two nearby art colleges: Central School and St Martins.  Some claim it was the birthplace of New Romanticism.

Group, Community / Clubs, Music / songs

1 memorial
Southbank Centre

Southbank Centre

Arts centre. Oversees the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Saison Poetry Library, and the Arts Council Collection.

Group, Music / songs, Theatre

2 memorials
W. M. Witherick

W. M. Witherick

Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces, Music / songs

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Jah Globe

Jah Globe

Reggae musician. Saxophone and flute player. Played with Cliff And His Rhythm Ryders. Died London. No photos seem to be available so here's a record label instead.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn

Musician, singer, songwriter, composer and record producer. Born Whitechapel, son of artist Keith Albarn (1939 - ). Co-founder of the band Blur and the virtual group Gorillaz.

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

1 memorial

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St Katharine by the Tower

St Katharine by the Tower

E1, St Katharine's Lock, Dockmaster's house

Very similar iron plaques can be found on mooring bollards around the docks. The design looks early 19th century to us so perhaps this p...

1 subject commemorated
Rifleman Henry James Freeman

Rifleman Henry James Freeman

Henry James Freeman was born in 1887 in Peckham, a son of James Daines Freeman (1858-1925) and Annie Clementine Freeman née Johnson (1865-1955).His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1887 i...

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Thomas Snelling
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bert Barnes

Bert Barnes

SE15, Linden Grove, Nunhead Cemetery

This ruined chapel contains 3 memorials related to the Walworth Boy Scouts Tragedy.  This tragedy's main memorial  (the remains of the or...

2 subjects commemorated
W. H. Bennett

W. H. Bennett

Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial