Only 10 when caught in the cross-fire during the Tottenham Outrage.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Ralph Joscelyne
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Tottenham Outrage - Ralph Joscelyne
In memory of Ralph Joscelyne, 1899 - 1909 who was shot on this spot during th...
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Eleanor Harvey
Eleanor Harvey was born on 2 September 1907 in Merton, Surrey, (now the London Borough of Merton), the second of the three daughters of William George Harvey (b.1874) and Winifred Harvey née Gunner...
Coram's Fields
The memorial at the entrance to these fields tells how this playground came into existence. It is the only public space in London where adults are not allowed without children.
Jack Cornwell, VC
Sailor. Born as John Travers Cornwell in Clyde Place, Leyton, he enlisted in the Royal Navy at the age of 15. Killed at the Battle of Jutland, aged 16. He was serving on H.M.S. Chester during the ...
Royal Ballet School
Originally founded by Ninette de Valois as the Academy of Choreographic Art. Its students are chosen purely for their dancing talent and not for any academic ability. Famous dancers and choreograph...
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Camp Griffiss - SHAEF memorial
TW11, Bushy Park
The story of SHAEF is complex but we are pretty certain "Grosvenor Square" is wrong; Eisenhower moved SHAEF from Norfolk House in St Jame...
Teddington War Memorial
TW11, Broard Street
The group of names on the back of the monument headed "Additional Names, 1915 – 1918" gives a sense of the difficulties of managing so ma...
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Mortlake Tapestry Works
Barnes History has a nice hand-drawn map with a pin showing the location of these Tapestry Works, and it gives the history of the site. John Dee (1527 -1608) lived in a house on this site (with a l...
Sir Henry Bessemer
Engineer known for inventing the Bessemer process for producing steel. Born Charlton, Hertfordshire. Moved to London aged 17. From 1833 he lived at 15 Northampton Square, the EC1 site now occupied ...
Sybil Phoenix OBE
Born Sybil Theodora Phoenix Marshall in British Guiana (now Guyana). Community worker, the first black woman to be awarded the MBE, in 1973. Was Mayor of Lewisham. See EachOneTeachOne for more info.