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Colonel R. E. B. Crompton, 1845 - 1940, electrical engineer, lived and worked here, 1891 - 1939.
English Heritage
Site: Colonel Crompton (1 memorial)
W8, Kensington Court
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Colonel Crompton
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Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton
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