Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association. Born Somerset. Died in a hotel in Torquay.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Sir George Williams
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Sir George Williams
In the photograph of the current building the plaque is behind the portico.
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Empire Memorial Sailors' Hospital
Built following an appeal (largely organised by women) throughout the British Empire. It provided 205 single cabins for homeless merchant seamen in London, and by 1929 had accommodated over a milli...
1 memorial
Dickens Fellowship
A worldwide association of people who share an interest in the life and works of Charles Dickens, based at the Charles Dickens Museum since 1925.
3 memorials
Epsom and Ewell famous people
We have found another plaque in the same style erected under the name of 1937 - 1987 golden jubilee.
1 memorial
1 memorial
Thorney Island Society
A local conservation and amenity group founded in 1985 (following a campaign to save Old Westminster Library) to protect and represent the interests of residents and businesses in the 'village' of ...
1 memorial
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G. D. Taylor
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Rifleman George Daniel Taylor, M.M., was born on 20 February 1888 in Paddington, the elder son of James Taylor and Alice Taylor née Py...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Benjamin Brookman
Church warden of Christ Church Spitalfields in 1867. There was a butcher with this name in Pearl Street in the Christ Church parish in 1844, who may be our man.
1 memorial
W. E. H. Lecky
Historian. Born William Edward Hartpole Lecky in Newtonpark, County Dublin, Ireland. Initially he studied to be a priest in the Protestant Church of Ireland, but turned to historiography. His chief...
1 memorial
1 memorial
Emily Hoffnung
Designed and carved the Great Rising memorial. Has a studio in West London. See more of her work.
1 memorial
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