Born Mobile, Alabama. Worked in the medical department of the US army and specialised in yellow fever. Died in London from a stroke while on his way to West Africa.
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William Crawford Gorgas
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Lieutenant Frederick Reginald Hart, MC
Frederick Reginald Hart was born on 17 January 1894 in Marylebone, the second of the three children of Frederick Hart (1867-1947) and Lizzie Maria Hart née Sapseid (1867-1956). His birth was regist...
A. Heywood
Member of the staff of A. W. Gamage Ltd and/or Benetfink & Co. Ltd. Killed in WW1.
W. G. P. Stanbury
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Berlin Airlift
After WW2 Berlin was divided into 4 sectors, controlled by Britain, France, the USA and the Soviet Union respectively. Berlin was inside East Germany which was also controlled by the Soviets. Thi...
J. Palmer
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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Burtons Menswear
Clothing manufacturer and retailer. Montague Burton (1885 - 1952) was raised as Meshe David Osinsky,and emigrated from what is now Lithuania to England in 1900. He set up a business making and sell...
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
Bag o' Nails Club
Established in the 1930’s. From their own website: A well-known basement music hangout of the 1930's. Featured in Anthony Powell's novel 'A Dance to the Music of Time". WW2 the club was used as ...
Christchurch - Greyfriars Vestry
EC1, Newgate Street
Vestry House Originally built 1760, partially destroyed 1940, rebuilt in 1981.
Lewisham Hospital war memorial
SE13, Lewisham High Street, Former Lewisham Library
Some of the names on the memorial are illegible. We have found a list on the War Memorials Register and another on the Lewisham War Memor...
116 subjects commemorated
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