Person    | Male  Born 29/4/1870  Died 17/4/1941

Rev. Austin Thompson

Categories: Religion

War dead non-military, WW2 i

Commemorated on a memorial as being a civilian who was killed in WW2. Includes mercantile marines and emergency services personnel.

Rev. Austin Thompson

Born Malta, son of an army man. From his alma mater, the King's School Canterbury "From 1909 to 1916 he was Vicar of St Peter's Ealing and from 1916 until his death he was Vicar of St Peter's Eaton Square. In 1929 he took the additional duties of Rural Dean of Westminster and in 1934 was appointed a Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral. During the war he served as a shelter warden and a firewatcher. He was killed during an enemy air raid when bombs hit St Peter's Church, Eaton Square."

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Rev. Austin Thompson

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St Peters Eaton Square - Austin Thompson

That last phrase "Pray for his soul..." is surely a quotation but we can't so...

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Sandemanian chapel

Sandemanian chapel

The Sandemanians were a Christian sect founded by John Glas in Scotland and spread into England and America by his son-in-law Robert Sandeman. Sandeman arrived in London in April 1761 and establish...

Building, Religion

2 memorials
Rev. William Walker

Rev. William Walker

Vicar of St Nicholas Chiswick at least during 1623 - 29.

Person, Religion

1 memorial
Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Thomas Bowman Stephenson

Wesleyan minister and benefactor. Born at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He entered the Wesleyan ministry in 1860. In 1869 he founded the Children's Home (now known as the charity Action for Children) to pro...

Person, Benefactor, Children, Religion

1 memorial
Notting Hill Group Ministry

Notting Hill Group Ministry

The Guardian obituary for Rev. Norwyn Denny gives "The Methodist minister the Rev Norwyn Denny, who has died aged 85, was a pioneer of the modern urban mission in Britain. His work in Notting Hill,...

Group, Religion, Social Welfare

1 memorial
First Dutch church, Austin Friars

First Dutch church, Austin Friars

The original Austin Friars monestery dates from about 1250. In 1550 Edward VI granted Protestant refugees from the Netherlands permission to establish a church here, the first Dutch Protestant chur...

Building, Religion, Netherlands

2 memorials