War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Subject: Lilian Gladys Hawkridge
Born 12/3/1910, 115 years ago
Member of the ARP/Civil Defence Services - nurse. Andrew Behan has kindly provided this research: Lilian Gladys Hawkridge was born on 12 March 1910 in Upton Park, the daughter of William James Haw...
War dead non-military, WW2
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Subject: Anne Hyde
Born 12/3/1637, 388 years ago
Daughter of the 1st Earl of Clarendon. Born at Windsor Great Park. Midnight on 3rd September 1660, secretly married to the Duke of York (afterwards James II). She seems to have been the leader in t...
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Subject: Philip Jones
Born 12/3/1928, 97 years ago
Trumpeter. Born in Bath into a family of musicians. Came to London with his family in 1933. Founded the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and pioneered brass chamber music. Died at home, 14 Hamilton ...
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Subject: Eric Kennington
Born 12/3/1888, 137 years ago
Artist and sculptor. Born Chelsea. Served on the Western Front in WW1 and was invalided out in June 1915.
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Subject: Rosamond Lehmann
Died 12/3/1990, 35 years ago
Novelist. Born Rosamond Nina Lehmann in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire. An associate of the Bloomsbury Group, she achieved great success with her first novel 'Dusty Answer' in 1927. Her subsequent wor...
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Memorial: Max Wall
Erected 12/3/2006, 19 years ago
SW9, Mowll Street, 38 - 40 Glenshaw Mansions
Max Wall, entertainer, 1908 - 1990, was born here. The Max Wall Society The Heritage Foundation
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Subject: Sir Yehudi Menuhin
Died 12/3/1999, 26 years ago
Born in New York, child of recent immigrants, achieved fame as a violinist at age 7. Spent most of his career in Britain, becoming a British citizen in 1985. Initially working in the classics, as p...
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Subject: Scipio Africanus Mussabini
Died 12/3/1927, 98 years ago
Athletics coach. Born Scipio Arnaud Godolphin Mussabini at 6 Collyer Buildings, Blackheath Hill, Lewisham. He was educated in France and initially worked as a journalist. He changed his first names...
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Subject: Sir Allan Hume Nicholl CBE
Born 12/3/1866, 159 years ago
Mayor of Lewisham for 4 successive terms, 1915 - 19. Chairman of the London Safety First Council and of the National Executive of the National Safety First Association. CBE. Knighted in the 1938 B...
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