Person    | Female  Born 16/2/1873  Died 18/9/1940

Mrs Edith Emily Appleby

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Mrs Edith Emily Appleby

Born as Edith Emily Harrison. Wife of William Charles Appleby married 1900 in Stoke Newington. Mother of Alice, William, Louise, Jack, Edith, Thomas, Alfred, Alexander and Christopher. Lived at Hindle House Arcola Street Hackney. Killed by a high explosive bomb dropped on Hindle House. Buried at Abney Park Cemetery Stoke Newington.

Just 5 months after Edith was killed her son Christoher was killed serving in the Royal Navy.

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Mrs Edith Emily Appleby

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Hindle House Blitz bomb

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Hindle House - WW2 - first plaque - first appearance

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W. H. Whitaker

W. H. Whitaker

Student of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.

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War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private E. Frisby

Private E. Frisby

HMS Centurion, Royal Marine Light Infantry, China

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War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Father Jack Holden

Father Jack Holden

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Person, Religion, South America

1 memorial
Fred B. Hampton
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
D. T. Stuart-Harris
War dead, WW2
1 memorial

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Don Nee

Don Nee

Pilot Officer, 133 Eagle Squadron, American

Person, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
W. Brewer

W. Brewer

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geo. Hill

Geo. Hill

Resident of the West Ward, Hendon who served and died in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Margaret Damer Dawson - bird bath

Margaret Damer Dawson - bird bath

SW3, Chelsea Embankment, Chelsea Embankment Gardens

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1 subject commemorated, 3 creators
A. Shaw

A. Shaw

Limehouse man who died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial