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W. A. Atkin

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W. A. Atkin
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

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W. A. Atkin

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London Fire Brigade - Highgate Cemetery

The 104 names on the marble plaques are of men who either lost their lives, o...

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Order of St John of Jerusalem

Order of St John of Jerusalem

Order of St John of Jerusalem The Order of St John of Jerusalem combined religion, crusading military might and the care of the sick. 1309-1522 the primary home of the Order was the island of Rhode...

Group, Armed Forces, Emergency Services, Medicine, Religion

6 memorials
W. D. Liddell

W. D. Liddell

District Officer in the St John Ambulance Brigade, Metropolitan Corps, 1890-1926. Honorary Serving Brother in the Order of St John.

Person, Emergency Services, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Temporary Leading Fireman Stephen Thomas Maynard

Temporary Leading Fireman Stephen Thomas Maynard

Temporary Leading Fireman of Poplar Fire Station who died, aged 26 years, fighting a fire aboard the petroleum gas tanker the M. V. Rudi M, at Limehouse Basin on 25 January 1980. 50 firemen had bee...

Person, Emergency Services, Tragedy

3 memorials
L. W. Skitt

L. W. Skitt

Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

Person, Emergency Services

1 memorial
Cyril John Hawthorn

Cyril John Hawthorn

Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - stretcher bearer. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Cyril John Hawthorn was born 23 April 1909, the third of the four sons of Elwin Hawthor...

Person, Emergency Services

War dead non-military, WW2
1 memorial

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Borough of Walthamstow

Borough of Walthamstow

Walthamstow was a  local government district 1894 -1965 when it combined with Chingford and Leyton to form Waltham Forest.

Group, Politics & Administration

4 memorials
35, Dorset Square, Notcutt House

35, Dorset Square, Notcutt House

Researching this address unexpectedly turned up two terrific items. Firstly, the 1932 Wakefield High School Magazine.  In the list of members (old girls, presumably) we find: "Hemingway, Maisie, N...

Building, Property

1 memorial
Ms Dynamite

Ms Dynamite

Award-winning rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. Born as Niomi Arleen McLean-Daley and raised in Archway.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Rob Turner

Rob Turner

Artist and mapmaker.

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
Sir Stewart Duke-Elder

Sir Stewart Duke-Elder

Ophthalmologist. Born in Pitlochry, Scotland. Wrote a classic manual for eye surgeons, entitled "Textbook of Ophthalmology".

Person, Medicine, Scotland

1 memorial