From 2013 Organ Donation news item: "In the last ten years, around 10,000 people have been honoured {with the St John award} and are estimated to have made more than 25,000 organ transplants possible. Around 45,000 people have helped others after their death in the UK since donation began here, and more than 60,000 people are alive today thanks to an organ transplant."
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Organ donors
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Organ donors
As you can see in this photo, the plaque was unveiled inside, on a table, wit...
Other Subjects
War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial
William Marsden
Surgeon who founded two hospitals. 1828 established a small dispensary in Greville Street which was the first to provide free treatment even to people not sent by the benefactors of the institution...
3 memorials
1 memorial
Sir Henry Wellcome
Born Wisconsin, USA, moved to London in 1880 for business reasons. Pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation. His collection of books & artefacts relating to the history of medic...
Person, Benefactor, Industry, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, USA
1 memorial
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Trident Studios
Recording studios. Many famous musicians worked here including David Bowie, the Bee Gees, Elton John and the Rolling Stones.
1 memorial
Greater London Council
Replaced the LCC. The GLC was abolished, some say, because Mrs Thatcher could not abide its left-wing politics, nor its leader, Ken Livingstone. On its 50th anniversary Diamond Geezer posted a goo...
241 memorials
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