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.
1 memorial
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 ...
2 memorials
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...
War dead, WW1
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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 ...
War dead, WW1
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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 ...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Died 22/3/1832, 191 years ago
Born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Died Weimar.
2 memorials
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 ...
1 memorial
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...
1 memorial
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...
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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...
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