Actor and wild-life campaigner. Born Marylebone. Briefly married to actor Denholm Elliott, then to actor Bill Travers 1957 until his death in 1994. Played Violette Szabo, in the 1958 film 'Carve Her Name with Pride'. 1966 McKenna and Travers made the film 'Born Free' and through that they both became life-long campaigners for wild-life.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Virginia McKenna
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Szabo plaque
In memory of Violette Szabo GC and the Stockwell residents who gave their liv...
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Geoffrey Barkington
In the January 2025 RIBA Journal the creator wrote: "I shared a house with friends who regularly looked after a pampered dachshund called Geoffrey. He had even appeared in Vogue, so I am told. I’m ...
Alice Drakoules
Campaigner for animal welfare. Alice Marie Drakoules (née Lambe) was born c.1850 near Brussels to English parents. 1876 married William Lewis, the managing director of the Union Assurance Company...
William Moorcroft
Pioneer veterinary surgeon, Asian explorer. Born Lancashire. First Englishman to qualify as a vet, in France, during a revolution. He set up in practice in Oxford Street, creating a horse hosp...
Person, Animals, Exploring, Medicine, Afghanistan, Central Asia, Tibet, Uzbekistan
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