Subject: F. W. Horne
Died 19/4/1916, 109 years ago
Stoker First CL RN SS/108665 H.M.S. Hibernia. Age 24. Gone but not forgotten my dear son.
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Subject: Frankie Howerd
Died 19/4/1992, 33 years ago
Comedian and actor. Born Francis Alick Howard in York. He started entertaining whilst serving in the army in WW2 during which time he changed the spelling of his surname, 'to be different'. After a...
1 memorial
Subject: Alexis Korner
Born 19/4/1928, 97 years ago
Musician. Born Alexis Andrew Nicholas Koerner in Paris. His family moved to Britain at the outbreak of WW2. He played with various bands and in 1961 formed 'Blues Incorporated' with harmonica playe...
1 memorial
Subject: Jeffrey S. Kruger
Born 19/4/1931, 94 years ago
Entertainment business executive. Born Jeffrey Sonny Krugerkoff. He founded the Flamingo Club in London's West End. Died in Miami, Florida.
1 memorial
Subject: Corporal Frank Sidney Levy
Died 19/4/1917, 108 years ago
Frank Sidney Levy was born in c.1887 in Canonbury, Islington, the second of the six children of Hyman Levy (born c.1856) and Clara Levy (born c.1863). His birth was registered in the 1st quarter of...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Subject: Marquee Club
Started 19/4/1958, 67 years ago
First opened on 19 April 1958 at 165 Oxford Street and then in 1964 moved to 90 Wardour Street, where it stayed until 1988. It was at 105-107 Charing Cross Road (a former cinema) from August 1988 -...
2 memorials
Subject: Sir William Maynard
Born 19/4/1721, 304 years ago
Politician. He served as member of parliament for Essex from 1759 until 1772.
1 memorial
Subject: Eadweard Muybridge
Born 19/4/1830, 195 years ago
Photographer and motion picture pioneer. Born Edward James Muggeridge in Kingston upon Thames. He changed his name, probably inspired by the recent discovery in Kingston of a Saxon coronation stone...
3 memorials
Subject: Sir Henry Newbolt
Died 19/4/1938, 87 years ago
Poet. Also: lawyer, novelist, playwright and magazine editor. Born Staffordshire. Famous for one poem: 'Vitai Lampada'. Written in 1897 this oh-so-British plea for war to be played in the same spir...
2 memorials
Subject: Serjeant James Beaconsfield Nightingale
Born 19/4/1892, 133 years ago
James Beaconsfield Nightingale was born on 19 April 1892 in Horley, Surrey, the fourth of the seven children of James Nightingale (1863-1941) and Alice Mary Nightingale née Potter (1861-1928). His ...
War dead, WW1
2 memorials
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