Cecil Stanley Gaskain
Died 7/5/1917, 104 years ago
Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps. Killed in action aged 25. He is commemorated on the Arras Flying Services Memorial, France.
War dead, War Memorial WW1, France
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Revd. Thomas Helmore
Born 7/5/1811, 210 years ago
Choir-master and hymn-writer. Born Kidderminster. Died at home in Pimlico.
Person, Music / songs, Religion
1 memorial
John Gurney Hoare
Born 7/5/1810, 211 years ago
Born near Inverforth House, Hampstead. From the banking family. The prime mover in the battle to save Hampstead Heath from development. He was also the prime founder of Christ Church in Hampstead S...
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Sir Samuel John Gurney Hoare, Viscount Templewood
Died 7/5/1959, 62 years ago
Politician. Born London, grandson of John Gurney Hoare, into the banking family, originally Quaker but Catholic by this time. Married Lady Maud Lygon and had their London home at 18 Cadogan Gardens...
Person, Politics & Administration
1 memorial
Sir Hugh Lane
Died 7/5/1915, 106 years ago
Art dealer and collector. Born Hugh Percy Lane In Ballybrack House, Douglas, Cork. He moved to London, and opened an art gallery in 1898. Here he developed a reputation as a shrewd gentleman-deale...
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