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Ben Helfgott

Categories: Sport / Games

Holocaust survivor and British Olympian (1956 and 1960) who knew the murdered Israeli athletes.

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Ben Helfgott

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Munich Olympics 40 years

The Hackney Gazette give the unveiling date as 25th but we believe Boris John...

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Nicola Adams

Nicola Adams

Boxer. Born in Leeds. She fought (and won) her first bout at the age of thirteen. She won several medals in her career, before becoming the first woman boxer to win a medal in the 2012 Olympic Game...

Person, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.

Ronald William Godfrey Jones, B.E.M.

Footballer. A serving soldier n WW2, he was taken prisoner and sent to a camp in Italy. He volunteered to be an engineer, but found himself being sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. Here he witne...

Person, Armed Forces, Social Welfare, Sport / Games, Wales

1 memorial
Fred Perry

Fred Perry

Lawn tennis and table tennis player. Born Frederick John Perry at 33 Carrington Road, Stockport. Table tennis was his first sport and he became world singles champion in 1929. Between 1933 and 1936...

Person, Sport / Games, Australia, USA

2 memorials
John Alexander Mackenzie

John Alexander Mackenzie

First Honorary Secretary of Charlton Athletic F.C.. Born in Dundee and known as Jim. He joined the Merchant Navy and was killed when his ship 'The Heron' was torpedoed in the Bay of Biscay. The pho...

Person, Sport / Games, Scotland

War dead non-military, WW1
1 memorial

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Art Fund

Art Fund

"Helping museums and galleries buy art for everyone to enjoy".  Previously known as the National Art Collections Fund.

Group, Art, Benefactor

4 memorials