Theatre manager impresario. Born Melbourne, Australia. Moved when young to England and helped his mother manage a music hall in Liverpool. Very successful and merged with his competitor to form the Stoll Moss Group, managing an Empire or Coliseum in most large towns. He arranged for his mother to make the first ticket sale in each new box office. Founder of the Royal Variety Performance in 1912. Died at home 33 Putney Hill.
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Sir Oswald Stoll
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Hackney Empire pavement plaque - Sir Oswald Stoll
Sir Oswald Stoll - theatre impresario & philanthropist
London Coliseum
London Coliseum Home of English National Opera since 1968, The London Colise...
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T. E. Collcutt
Architect. Born Thomas Edward Collcutt, in Jericho, Oxford. President of the Royal Institute of British Architects from 1906 to 1908. He designed the Imperial Institute building in Kensington, the ...
1 memorial
Highbury Barn
Long a rural pleasure resort for Londoners it became notorious in 1861, when Edward Giovanelli demolished the old buildings and built a lavish pleasure ground which attracted large crowds, includin...
1 memorial
Mabel Dearmer
Novelist, playwright, translator and illustrator. Born Jessie Mabel Prichard White, daughter of Surgeon-Major William White. Her illustrations were accepted by the Yellow Book. 1892 married Percy ...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Theatre Royal Marylebone
Opened as the Royal Pavilion West and subjected to many name changes over the years, including: Royal West London Theatre, Marylebone Theatre, West London Theatre. Converted to a cinema in 1932. ...
1 memorial
Circus Friends Association
Founded, as the Circus Fans' Association, in 1934 at Olympia, with the 'involvement and encouragement of Bertram Mills' Circus, to 'champion the cause of the circus in England, to right injustice, ...
1 memorial
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12th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Rangers)
The 12th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (The Rangers), was formed on 1 April 1908 by the amalgamation of regiments under the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907. Their Wikipe...
2 memorials
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
J. Illidge
Worked for the Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society. Was on the building committee for the Bostall Estate in 1900.
1 memorial
A. S. Diamond
President of the West London Synagogue in 1964 and a Master of the Supreme Court.
1 memorial
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