Wilfrid Brambell

Wilfrid Brambell

Born 22/3/1912, 111 years ago

Actor Born Dublin.  Played the 'dirty old man' in the TV series 'Steptoe and Son' with Harry H. Corbett and Paul McCartney's granddad in 'A hard day's night'.  Died in Westminster.

Person, Cinema, Humour, TV & Radio, Ireland

1 memorial
Michael Stanley Brewster

Michael Stanley Brewster

Born 22/3/1953, 70 years ago

Michael Stanley Brewster was born on 22 March 1953 in Derby, Derbyshire, the son of William Stanley Brewster and Margaret Brewster née O'Neill. He married Sandra Wall (b.1957) and the marriage was ...

Person, Tragedy

2 memorials
Herbert Columbine, VC

Herbert Columbine, VC

Died 22/3/1918, 105 years ago

Born Herbert George Columbine. He was a private in the 9th Squadron machine gun corps. On the 22nd March 1918 at Hervilly Wood, France he took over command of a Vickers gun and fired it at the enem...

Person, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
W. J. Creswick

W. J. Creswick

Died 22/3/1918, 105 years ago

Lance Corporal William James Creswick was the eldest of the nine children of William Creswick (1859-1904) and Ada Creswick née Camm (1861-1946). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1881 ...

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Mabel Dearmer

Mabel Dearmer

Born 22/3/1872, 151 years ago

Novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator.  Born Jessie Mabel Prichard White, daughter of Surgeon-Major William White. Her illustrations were accepted by the Yellow Book. 1892 married Percy ...

Person, Art, Literature, Theatre, Balkans

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Died 22/3/1832, 191 years ago

Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died Weimar.

Person, Literature, Philosophy, Seriously Famous, Germany

2 memorials
Sir Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

Sir Robert Grosvenor, 1st Marquess of Westminster

Born 22/3/1767, 256 years ago

Born in the parish of St George, Hanover Square and educated at Harrow and Cambridge. Succeeded his father as Earl Grosvenor in 1802.  Became an MP in 1788 as a Tory but after the death of William ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
William Holford, Baron Holford

William Holford, Baron Holford

Born 22/3/1907, 116 years ago

Architect and town planner. Born South Africa. Designed a rejected plan for pedestrians to be raised on walkways around Piccadilly Circus, and a much-loathed Paternoster Square which was, partly, b...

Person, Architecture, South Africa

1 memorial
Hospital of the Holy Trinity

Hospital of the Holy Trinity

Started 22/3/1596, 427 years ago

Erected by Archbishop John Whitgift, after he had petitioned and received permission from Queen Elizabeth I to establish a hospital and school in Croydon. The premises provided accommodation for be...

Building, Medicine

1 memorial
David Ingman

David Ingman

Born 22/3/1928, 95 years ago

David Charles Ingham was born on 22 March 1928, the younger son of Charles Ingman (1896-1983) and Hetty Muriel Ingham née Bevan (1897-1974). His father was a chemical engineer. The 1939 England and...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
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