Arthur Thomas Measures was born on 25 June 1890 in Plumstead, London, the son of Arthur Thomas Measures (1864-1929) and Mary Ann Measures née Lockwood (1869-1948). His birth was registered in the 3...

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Henry Thornton

Anti-slavery campaigner. Born Clapham. Successful banker. Good friends with his (indirect) cousin, William Wilberforce, prior to their marriages they shared a house bought by Thornton, Battersea Ri...

Person, Commerce, Philanthropy, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, Religion

1 memorial

Newbury Abbot Trent

Sculptor. Born Forest Gate. His cousin was a cinema architect which probably explains a number of theatrical commissions. Married Hilda, sister of Gilbert Ledward. Other work in London includes...

Person, Sculpture

2 memorials

Sir Edward Marsh

Collector, sponsor and friend to a number of creative people. Also closely associated with Winston Churchill. Born London. Died, unmarried, at his flat at 86 Walton Street. The picture shows Marsh ...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial

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W. H. Smith

Killed in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1

1 memorial

Dr Charles Vickery Drysdale

Electrical engineer and social reformer promoting family planning and eugenics. Born in Paris. As an engineer, he invented the phase-shifting transformer, and was co-founder of the Institute of Phy...

Person, Engineering, Social Welfare, France

1 memorial

Reverend Nicholas Richards

Priest. Ordained as a deacon in 1966 and as a priest in 1967. He served in curacies in Coventry and Winchester before coming to Southwark.

Person, Community / Clubs, Religion

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Hugh Card Brown

Pilot Officer Hugh Card Brown was born on 22 October 1919 in Cardston, Alberta, Canada, the eldest son and fifth of the seven children of Hugh Brown Brown (1885-1973) and Zina Young Brown née Card ...

Person, Canada, USA

War dead, WW2

1 memorial

Joan Mary Huggins

aged 17, of 61 Greenhundred Road

Person

War dead non-military, WW2

1 memorial