Soldier and traitor. Born Connecticut. In the American War of Independence Arnold started in the American army where he distinguished himself but then defected to the British, Died 62 Gloucester Pl...
Actor. Born Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft in Croydon.
Born in "The Lodge" in Helensburgh, near Glasgow. Inventor of mechanical television. Picture of him demonstrating a prototype at Selfridges, 1925. Died in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex.
Wayne Aloes Becker was born on 15 November 1911 in Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, USA, a son of Aloes Seymour Becker (1886-1960) and Etta V. Becker née Rutan (1896-1919). He graduated from Sprin...
Along the front edge of the bench 10 sets of deviders are carved and along the top of the back 6 of the Masons' shield.
Lieutenant Ernest Stafford Carlos was born on 4 June 1883 in Kennington, one of the nine children of John Gregory Carlos (1850-1919) and Anne Chessell Carlos née Buckler (1851-1934). His father was...
In 1958 this building opened as Herbert Morrison House, 195, Walworth Road - the Labour Party headquarters until the 1990s. At some poin...
Plaque unveiled by Paul Merton (a short video with some appropriate clips of Chaplin edited in).
Writer. Born 32 Sheffield Terrace, Campden Hill, as Gilbert Keith Chesterton. Best known for the Father Brown stories. He often wrote about religion and in 1922 converted to Roman Catholicism. In l...
First Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, or MI6. Born as Mansfield George Smith. Began his career in the navy aged 13, but suffering severe sea-sickness he was retired in 1885, and married...
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