Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
W. H. Corsham
Commemorated ati
East Ham war memorial
This is a substantial monument, often described, understandably, as a cenotap...
Other Subjects
Ignatius Sancho
Writer, shopkeeper and socialite. Born on a slave ship bound for the West Indies (his birth year is approximate). His first name was Charles, but he was baptised Ignatius. His mother died soon afte...
2 memorials
Nobby Clark
In 2001-2 Clark was living close to Vauxhall Park and was a member of the Friends of Vauxhall Park. He restored the model village there. Harry, his son, seems (2021) to be connected with Southwark...
1 memorial
Joshua Henry Darke
From the parish of St Thomas in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a private aged 19.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Anna Akhmatova
Russian poet. Living at a time of war, revolution and the Soviet regime, she was often out of favour with the powerful. Her first husband was executed by the Soviet secret police. Her son and her c...
2 memorials
Admiral John Benbow
Admiral. Born Shropshire. Whilst in the West Indies fighting the French, Benbow was in charge of a fleet of seven ships. During the fight, which lasted a few days, he sustained a broken leg fr...
1 memorial
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John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester
Born Yorkshire. Opposed Henry VIII's self-appointment as head of the Church of England. Result: decapitation on Tower Hill.
2 memorials
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Centenary Festival
A year-long series of events organised by the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Foundation, to mark the anniversary of the composer's death.
1 memorial
1 subject commemorated
Sir William Dundas
A landowner in Richmond, Surrey, who built Queensberry House. His father, the first baronet, (Sir David Dundas, d.1826) was appointed Sergeant Surgeon to King George III in 1792.
1 memorial
Arthur Waley
N6, Southwood Lane, 50
English Heritage Arthur Waley, 1889 - 1966, poet, translator and orientalist, lived and died here.
1 subject commemorated,
1 creator
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