Person    | Male  Born 1940 

Roger Jefcoate

Categories: Benefactor

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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Vice-Admiral Sir Donald Gosling

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R. M. Barr

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Raising the tower - Wandsworth All Saints

Raising the tower - Wandsworth All Saints

The upper storey of the west tower was added in 1841 to enable a peal of eight bells to be installed.  The picture shows the tower in 1810, pre-works.

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Baron Paul Julius Reuter

Baron Paul Julius Reuter

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London Scottish Regiment

SW1, Buckingham Gate, 59, Swire House

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W. R. Wiles

W. R. Wiles

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