The equivalent of the UK Ministry of Defence has a special section, named in the Ministry’s title, to deal with Veterans & War Victims – indeed there is a National Office – set up for this very purpose, similar to the MoD’s own Veteran’s Advisory & Pensions Committees, but seemingly offering wider range of services for Veterans, Widow(er)s & Orphans all under one roof, so to speak.
Credit for this entry to: John Hartley
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Ministere de la Defense et des Anciens Combattants - France
The campaign to bomb civilians was so controversial that the bombers were giv...
Chairman of the Pulford Street Site Committee. Her generosity enabled the building of a new social centre (Walston House) on the Tachbrook Estate. We haven't managed to prove it but we believe th...
Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare, USA
Incorporated by royal charter in 1854, possibly on 7th April. Still operating in 1928.
From their website: "... started in the 1980’s by a group of local women from Somers Town who had decided that they needed an informal environment in which they could learn more about their health,...
Economist, politician and educational reformer. Born Salisbury. Blinded in a shooting accident as a young man. The first blind MP. As Postmaster General (1880-4) he developed the parcel post and in...
Person, Economist, Education, Politics & Administration, Social Welfare
Bishop and opponent of apartheid and campaigner on many other causes: AIDS, homophobia, etc. Received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984. His Wikipedia page and obituary confirm that he died, aged 90 ...
Person, Peace, Race Issues, Religion, Seriously Famous, Social Welfare, South Africa
We have seen a map showing the London parishes of 1877 which shows a major boundary here but it is between Islington and St Pancras. Pres...
Opened in 1893, destroyed by the Luftwaffe on 10 May 1941. 2024: Described on page 240 of J. B. Priestley's 1930 London-set novel Angel Pavement: "... with its bluey-green walls and gilded organ-p...
Family of mosaic artists from Italy. When they moved into new premises in 1898 they decorated the frontage with mosaics - this is now the Regent Street Apple building.
