Group Captain George Alfred Brown, DFC, was born 6 July 1912 in India and our Picture source gives details of his career in the Royal Air Force. This confirms that he was one of the 2,937 airmen wh...

Person, Armed Forces, India

War served, WW2

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S. J. Parkins

Resident of Hendon who served and died in WW2.

Person, Armed Forces

War dead, WW2

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Stephen Lushington

Doctor of Civil Law, judge, MP, supporter of the campaigns for the abolition of slavery and of capital punishment. Born Berkshire. Died Surrey.

Person, Law, Politics & Administration, Race Issues

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Erasmus Wilson F.R.S

Surgeon, dermatologist and philanthropist. Born Marylebone High Street. Died at home in Kent.

Person, Medicine, Philanthropy

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Frieze of Parnassus - Goethe

SW7, Kensington Road

The monument, officially titled the Prince Consort National Memorial, celebrates Victorian achievement and Prince Albert's passions and i...

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator

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Sherlock Holmes

Originally named Sheridan Hope, then Sherringford Holmes and finally Sherlock Holmes. Created by Arthur Conan Doyle, the first story was begun in 1886. The Festival of Britain had an exhibition es...

Fiction, Fictional, Seriously Famous

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Father Thomas Byles

Catholic priest. Born Roussel Davids Byles in Leeds. He was ordained in 1902, (which is when he took the name of Thomas), and in 1905 was assigned to St Helen's Parish in Chipping Ongar, Essex. He ...

Person, Religion

2 memorials