Grew up in Wapping. A spokesman for the Levellers and a colonel in the New Model Army. Killed by a Royalist raiding party during the siege of Pontefract. The Levellers arranged for his funeral, 14 November 1648, to also be a mass demonstration for their cause.
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Thomas Rainsborough
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Thomas Rainsborough
Thomas Rainsborough was buried in this churchyard on the 14th November 1648 a...
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P. Fenton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Salvageman Henry George Sharp
Henry George Sharp was born on 27 August 1883 in Clapham, Surrey (now Greater London), his birth being registered in the 4th quarter of 1883 in the Wandsworth Registration District, Surrey. On 17 ...
1 memorial
Serjeant Adam Cubie Brand
Adam Cubie Brand was born on 18 March 1909 and was married to his wife Daisy Anne Brand (b.18 February 1914). U.K. Postal Appointment Books lists him twice as a sorter in the London Postal Service...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
R. H. Preston
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
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Levellers
A group of political radicals during the Civil War and the interregnum. Its origins lie in discussions within the New Model Army concerning soldiers' individual rights. They promoted: law reform,...
1 memorial
Rania Khan
Councillor in Hackney council, on the right of this picture. Born Tripoli. When elected, aged 23, she was the youngest councillor in the country.
1 memorial
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