Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London.
Example:
"Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms,
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms."
Born 31 Poultry and died at home in Devonshire Lodge, London.
Example:
"Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war's alarms,
But a cannon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms."
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Hood
We understand the "here" on the plaque to refer to the whole of Adelphi Terra...
In a house on this site Thomas Hood was born 23rd May 1799. The Corporation ...
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
Comedy actor. Born in Johannesburg (on Hancock Street), South Africa, to a pair of British music hall performers and brought up in both South Africa and England. Worked as a diamond sorter and th...
Originated in the front room of John Gatenbys' family home in Highgate, during a discussion concerning Peter Seller's nearby childhood home. Out of this the 'Dead Comics Society' was born and their...
Actor, songwriter. Born London. Wrote that Cliff Richard hit 'Marianne'. Played Compo in 'Last of the Summer Wine'. Died Westminster.
Bernard 'Benny' Green, jazz musician, saxophonist, writer, author, broadcaster and raconteur. When his long-running BBC radio show was cancelled there were demonstrations outside Broadcasting Hou...
Character actor. Born Lancashire. Played Mr. Salt in the 1971 'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory'. Died following a fall from a horse while filming in Spain.