See Francis Smith for the story.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Thomas Millwood
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Black Lion pub ghost
The ghost was covering quite a large area - St Paul's Churchyard was at what ...
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Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding
Air Chief Marshal Lord Dowding, GCB, GCVO, CMG, RAF, Baron of Bentley Priory in the county of Middlesex. Commander-in-Chief Fighter Command Royal Air Force from its formation in 1936 until Novembe...
Sir Thomas Graham Jackson
Architect (and writer of ghost stories). Born Heath Street, Hampstead. Much of his work is of educational buildings, quite a few in Oxford. Died at home at 49 Evelyn Garden.
William Thomas Stead
Campaigning journalist and spiritualist. Born Northumberland. Committed to the peace movement, women's rights, civil liberties. As part of his campaign against juvenile prostitution he 'bought' 12 ...
Person, Gender Issues, Journalism / Publishing, Paranormal, Peace, Tragedy
Madge Gill
Artist. Born in a flat at the site of the plaque as Maude Ethel Eades. Being illegitimate she was an embarrassment to her family, who sent her to a Dr Barnado's orphanage. She later went to Canada ...
Viscount Combermere, Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
Born Bedford. Inherited the title from his father, the first Viscount, in 1865. Was killed in a collision with a horse-drawn carriage and while all the family and staff were away at the funeral his...
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Newham Council
West Ham was merged with parts of Barking and Woolwich to form the London Borough of Newham in 1965.
Joan Rosemary Lillian Bentley
From CWGC: Civilian of 1365 {sic} Union Street flats. Daughter of Lilian {sic} Rose Bentley. Died aged 12. Joan Rosemary Lillian Bentley was the eldest of the four children of William George Bentl...
Olaudah Equiano
Born in an African village, he was sold into slavery, first locally, then in England, then in America where he managed to buy his freedom. He returned to England and wrote the first autobiography o...
Khalil Gibran
Lebanese American artist, poet, and writer. Born in what is now Lebanon, emigrated as a young man with his family to US. Best known for The Prophet, 1923, popular in the 60s.
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