Person    | Male  Born 1940 

Roger Jefcoate

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From The Woodland Trust: "Roger Jefcoate has spent 30 years secretly planting his beloved black poplars.... As a scientist and engineer, Roger developed Possum, the first remote control to help disabled people with their mobility....".

The birth date is approximate. From Buckingham Today: "In 1998, he was made a CBE for services to disabled people and in 2010 he was awarded the Order of St John; in 2011 he became a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes."

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Roger Jefcoate

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Diamond Jubilee QEII - Jefcoate tree

This tree is in the borough of Wandsworth. There are 32 Greater London boroug...

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Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Metropolitan Drinking Fountain and Cattle Trough Association

Started by Samuel Gurney MP and the barrister, Edward Thomas Wakefield. Founded as the Metropolitan Free Drinking Fountain Association it changed its name to include cattle troughs in 1867.  London...

Group, Benefactor, Animals, Food & Drink

38 memorials
Sir Henry Wellcome

Sir Henry Wellcome

Born Wisconsin, USA, moved to London in 1880 for business reasons. Pharmacist, founder of the Wellcome Trust and Foundation. His collection of books & artefacts relating to the history of medic...

Person, Benefactor, Industry, Medicine, Museums / Libraries, USA

1 memorial
Hon. Robert Rayne

Hon. Robert Rayne

We think Robert is the stepson of Lady Jane Rayne.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial

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Sir Arthur Sullivan

Sir Arthur Sullivan

Composer With W. S. Gilbert wrote the Savoy Operas, including The Mikado and The Pirates of Penzance. Sullivan also wrote Onward Christian Soldiers and The Lost Chord, which was the first phonogr...

Person, Music / songs, Seriously Famous

1 memorial
Sir Sydney Waterlow - SW1 statue

Sir Sydney Waterlow - SW1 statue

SW1, Palace Street, Westminster City School

This statue is a copy of the one in Highgate.

1 subject commemorated
Nathan Pass

Nathan Pass

Part of Somers Town Community.

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Lance Corporal G. B. Baxter

Lance Corporal G. B. Baxter

Parishioner of St Saviour's Church Lewisham

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Frederick Dodman

Private Frederick Dodman

Frederick Dodman was born on 2 February 1879 in Paddington, London, the son of John Dodman (1844-1917) and Sarah Dodman née Stevens (1846-1879). He was baptised on the 20 July 1879 at St Michael an...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial