Television personality and author. Born Raymond Paul Mears in Kenley, Croydon. Presenter of several television programmes about bushcraft and survival techniques.
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Jim Henson
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Terry-Thomas
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Gyles Brandreth
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Jessica Tandy
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Person, Cinema, Theatre, TV & Radio, USA
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Roger Lloyd-Pack
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Robert William Baggott
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1. Robert William Baggott was born on 14 August 1898, the eldest of the six children of Robert John Baggott (1...
War served, WW1
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Thomas James Clements
1883, Trustee of Lopping Hall, Loughton. According to G. Sludge, ".. a tea broker".
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Petronella Cordelia Paton Walsh
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