World speed record holder. Born Maryland, USA. His American mother died when he was 2. His father was Irish and he was brought up in Britain. Took the land record in 1929. Then at Lake Windermere, having taken the water record, he crashed on a third run and died at nearby Hawkshead.
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Sir Henry Segrave
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Sir Segrave
English Heritage Sir Henry Segrave, 1896 - 1930, world speed record holder, ...
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Pete Reed
British Olympic rower., Gold Medal winner, three-times Olympic gold medallist. Born in USA but brought up in the UK, in Gloucestershire. Lieutenant in the Royal Navy.
1 memorial
1 memorial
1 memorial
The Ring / Surrey Chapel / Rowland Hill's Chapel
On the site now occupied by TfL's Palastre House. Â Built in fields as an octagonal independent chapel by Reverend Rowland Hill, no relative to Sir Rowland Hill, although the PO man is said to have ...
4 memorials
John Robert Collard Dunn
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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