Inflicted by the Turkish government on the Armenian population of the Ottoman Empire, 1915-18 and 1920-3, with one and a half million victims. However it is a sensitive issue, with the numbers disputed (Turkey would say 300,000) and also the degree to which it was pre-meditated and orchestrated. the BBC give a good primer.
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Armenian Genocide
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Armenian Genocide
This apricot tree (Prunus armeniaca) serves as a memorial to the one and a ha...
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Captain Ralph Douglas Binney
Hero. Born Berkshire. Royal Navy captain. Served in WW1 and WW2 and awarded CBE in 1943. This 'Have-a-go' hero single-handed attempted to stop 'smash-and-grab' thieves at a jeweller's shop in B...
1 memorial
Charles Johnson
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
William Lambert
Employed at the Silvertown Brunner Mond works and killed in the 1917 Silvertown explosion.
1 memorial
Bdsm. John Heritage
Killed by the IRA Regent's Park bomb - not killed outright but was mortally wounded, dying 12 days later, aged 29 years.
1 memorial
Anthony Marshall
Firefighter. He died whilst fighting a fire in the Wimbledon branch of Woolworth in the Broadway. He was aged 26. Our photograph shows him with his baby son whose first birthday was on the day he d...
1 memorial
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Islington Boat Club
The club has provided safe boating for thousands of youngsters on City Road Basin.
1 memorial
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