This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
A. E. Pryke
Commemorated ati
Victoria Station - war memorial - west
"... and of whom those whose names ..." - we just don't write English like th...
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Thomas Gammon
From the parish of St Peter's in Bethnal Green and killed in WW1, a private aged 19.
Oliver Tambo
Born Mbizana, in what is now Eastern Cape. President of the African National Congress. Fled to the UK from South Africa in 1960 to run the ANC abroad. Returned to South Africa after the collapse...
Person, Politics & Administration, Race Issues, South Africa
B. G. Platten
WW2 civilian death in Loughton. Loughton Town Council (link provided by IWM) provides: "... Mr Platten, a pacifist who was killed in Loughton in the war. He was a well-known local figure, a journa...
Alfred George Stevens
Sculptor. Born Blandford Forum. Spent most of his life and energy creating the Wellington memorial in St Paul's Cathedral. The railings with lions (also by Stevens) around this were originally, 185...
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W. L. York
Andrew Behan has kindly carried out some research on this man: Acting Corporal William Leonard York was born on 30 March 1886 in St John's Wood, London, the 3rd of five sons of William York and Ja...
Ping Pong
Sport. Also known as gossima, indoor tennis, table tennis, wiff-waff or whiff-whaff. The John Jaques and Son Company were producing equipment in the 1890s, and patented the game in 1901. Its origi...
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