British Olympic rower., Gold Medal winner, three-times Olympic gold medallist. Born in USA but brought up in the UK, in Gloucestershire. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
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Pete Reed
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Pete Reed gold post box
{On plaque attached to side:} This post box has been painted gold by Royal Ma...
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Francis Morgan Ayodélé Thompson, CBE
Better known as Daley Thompson, he was a decathlete. Born Notting Hill or Worcester Park (sources differ). Olympic gold in 1980 and 1984. Not sure what the South Bank/Southwark connection might b...
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John Forbes O'Connell
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
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Kenny Sansom
Footballer. Most of his professional career was spent playing for Arsenal Football Club, and until 2011 he was the most capped player for the England team. He went on to play for several other club...
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David Sheppard
Cricketer and bishop. Born David Stuart Sheppard in Reigate, As a cricketer he played for Cambridge University, Sussex and England. He converted to Evangelical Christianity while at Cambridge, and ...
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Tom Sayers
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Thomas Clarkson
Leading campaigner against the slave trade. A founding member of The Society for the Abolition of the Slave Trade, in 1787, whose work was later taken over by the Anti-Slavery Society.
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William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne
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Edward McKnight Kauffer
Artist and designer. Born in Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA. As an art student, he was sponsored by Professor Joseph McKnight, from whom he adopted his middle name. He moved to Paris whe...
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Sir Thomas Bazley
One of the Commissioners for the Great Exhibition, 1851. First baronet. Manufacturer in cotton spinning industry and politician. Born Gilnow, hear Bolton, Lancashire. Died at his summer home, Riv...
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