Born Italy. Composer of music and songs. Came to London in 1875. Taught and sang with the royal family, including Queen Victoria. Returned to Italy in 1910 and died Rome.
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Sir Paolo Tosti
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Sir F. Paolo Tosti
City of Westminster Sir F. Paolo Tosti, K.C.V.O., musician, 1846 - 1916, liv...
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The Triffids
Australian. Relocated to London in August 1984. We guess their name came from the novel "The Day of the Triffids".
1 memorial
Roland Wynne
Son of Sir David Wynne. View from the Mirror tells us "The boy featured in the artwork was modelled upon Roland David Amadeus Wynne (Roly for short) who was 11 years old at the time and later went...
1 memorial
Joe Meek
Record producer, e.g. 'Have I the right'. Born Robert George Meek in Newent Gloucestershire, where there is a plaque. First truly independent record producer. 'Telstar' for The Tornados was the f...
1 memorial
S. K. Golder
Member of the office staff of Trinity College of Music, killed in WW1.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Webb's Dixielanders
Jazz band. The plaque says it was formed in 1944, but other sources say 1941 or 1943. They regularly performed at the Red Barn Public House in Barnehurst. The original line-up changed, and at one t...
1 memorial
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John Masefield
Poet. Born Herefordshire. Orphaned early he was sent to sea, aged 13, to train as an officer and seems to have spent a lot of time reading and writing. Aged 17 he jumped ship in New York where he c...
1 memorial
Deptford Trinity Almshouses
Not to be confused with the splendid Trinity Green Almshouses which were more almshouses also run by Trinity House. The almshouses were built on land given by Sir Richard Browne, Master of the Cor...
1 memorial
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett
Intellectual, political leader, activist and writer. Born Suffolk and brought up at Snape where her family owned the maltings. Pioneer of the women's suffrage movement but she advocated a non-viole...
6 memorials
Sydney Smirke
Architect. Born London, younger brother to Robert. London works include: Carlton Club Pall Mall, Dome Chapel in what is now the Imperial War Museum, Reading Room in the British Museum, exhibition ...
1 memorial
Joseph da Costa Andrade
This person's grave was destroyed by a WW2 bomb. The name is on the south-west face of the pedestal. Joseph da Costa Andrade was born circa 1836 in London. He was the fifth of the eleven children ...
1 memorial
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