American army surgeon prominent in proving that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes.
Born Belroi, Virginia. Died Washington.
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Walter Reed
Commemorated ati
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A. Carton
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Royal Hospital Chelsea
A retirement and nursing home for British soldiers who are unfit for further duty due to injury or old age. They are popularly known as ‘Chelsea Pensioners’. Founded by King Charles II in 1682 and...
Building, Armed Forces, Gardens / Agriculture, Social Welfare
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W. W. Tyler
Member of the Commissioners of the 1890 Bermondsey Library.
Burgess Park designers - 1979 air crash
SE5, Burgess Park, Cobourg Road
Geoffrey Mills was the pilot - see his page for more details. Our information comes from the British Newspaper Archive: the Birmingham Da...
Cavalry Memorial - original position
W1, Park Lane, Stanhope Gate
Go to the page for the memorial in its current position for the Inscription and all the Commemorated subjects, sculptor, etc. The archit...
Donald Swann
Composer, pianist and entertainer. Born Donald Ibrahim Swann at 27 Coleshill Terrace, Llanelli, Wales. His mother was a Muslim Azerbaijani. He is best remembered for his partnership with Michael Fl...
Reverend James Palmer
In 1656 he founded almshouses in Palmer’s Passage for six poor old men and six poor old women together with a school for the education of twenty boys. Old maps show these almshouses running most of...
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