Person    | Male  Born 6/4/1945  Died 3/10/2017

Rodney Bickerstaffe

Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe was born on 6 April 1945 in Hammersmith.

He was the General Secretary of National Union of Public Employees from 1982 to 1993 and of UNISON from 1996 to 2001. He died from cancer of the oesophagus, aged 72 years, on 3 October 2017, at the Marie Curie Hospice in Camden.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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Rodney Bickerstaffe

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National Union of Public Employees

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Corporation of the City of London

Corporation of the City of London

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Matthew Wallace - Camberwell

Matthew Wallace - Camberwell

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William Johnson Fox

William Johnson Fox

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1 memorial
Mrs A. Davis

Mrs A. Davis

Director of Lady Workers' Homes Ltd in 1936. Probably Helena the wife of Abraham Davis (or possibly the wife of Arthur Davis).

Person, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
Girishbhai Bapalal Joshi

Girishbhai Bapalal Joshi

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1 memorial
Clarendon Arch

Clarendon Arch

The New River had to be carried over Salmon's Brook (now dry).  To do this a 660-feet long lead-lined wooden aqueduct was built in 1608-13, known as the Bush Hill Frame.  At the same time a bridge ...

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2 memorials
Edward J. Neville

Edward J. Neville

Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903

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War dead, Other war
1 memorial
Barnett Lewis, GM

Barnett Lewis, GM

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Person, Other

1 memorial
W. H. Hawkins

W. H. Hawkins

Church warden of St Dunstans Stepney, 1844.

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial