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W. Pook

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW1.

W. Pook

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W. Pook

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Waterloo WW1 war memorial

Our photo shows just one of the four panels.  See Stockwell War Memorial for ...

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Robert Harbin

Robert Harbin

Magician-inventor, origami pioneer. Born as Ned Williams in South Africa. Came to London aged 20. Credited with introducing origami to this country. Throughout the 1960s he had his own TV show 'Pap...

Person, Theatre, South Africa

1 memorial
H. S. Osborn

H. S. Osborn

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Orren

William Orren

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Sammy Davis Jnr

Sammy Davis Jnr

Born Harlem in New York City into a show-biz family.  Hit the big-time in 1951.  Lost his left eye in a car crash in 1954.  Member of Sinatra's Rat Pack.  In 1967 on TV he greeted Frank's daughter,...

Person, Cinema, Dance, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA

1 memorial
Eliza Ann Stanley

Eliza Ann Stanley

Born Eliza Ann Savory. Married W. F. R. Stanley on 2 February 1857 (his 28th birthday).  They lived "above the shop" in central London as, at that time, they could afford only to rent four rooms in...

Person, Friend / family

2 memorials

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Edgar Wilson

Edgar Wilson

Maker of model houses. Born c.1870. At the time he made the villages he was about 75 years old and living at 70 Hamilton Road, Norwood. The Friends of Vauxhall Park are very informative: "The Mode...

Person, Craft / Design

1 memorial
George Dance the younger

George Dance the younger

Architect. Son of the architect George Dance the Elder, one of the 4 original members of the Royal Academy, he designed Newgate Prison and St Luke's Hospital. John Soane was his pupil. We have see...

Person, Architecture, Art

4 memorials
Jean Rhys

Jean Rhys

Writer. Born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams in Hillsborough Street, Roseau, Dominica. She moved to England in 1910 and studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. After marrying in 1919, she moved...

Person, Literature, Caribbean Islands, France

1 memorial
Bermondsey Abbey - Bermondsey Square

Bermondsey Abbey - Bermondsey Square

SE1, 3 Bermondsey Square

Photos from the other side of the street were made impossible by the bright sunshine. The Abbey plaque is trying to hide behind one of th...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator
William Wollaston - lost plaque

William Wollaston - lost plaque

W1, Greenwell Street, 14

We 'discovered' this lost plaque while researching Sir Frederick Hopkins. From: “Whatever is Under the Earth the Geological Society of L...

1 subject commemorated, 4 creators