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Brian William Challis

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in WW2.

Brian William Challis

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Brian William Challis

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Lloyd's of London WW2 memorial

{Below a laurel swag and wreath around the crest of Lloyd's:} To the glorious...

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C. Humphreys

C. Humphreys

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.

Person, Armed Forces

War served, WW1
1 memorial
Sarah Ellen Kershaw

Sarah Ellen Kershaw

Annoyingly we discover that she was not the "First Mayoress of Shoreditch" in the sense that we would take that now.  No, she was married to the first mayor Henry Edward Kershaw.  Henry (1864-1928)...

Person, Friend / family

1 memorial
W. G. Staggs
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
William Huskisson

William Huskisson

Huskisson is famous for being the victim of the first fatal railway accident (not quite true), being run over by the train known as Stevenson's Rocket, at the opening ceremony of the Manchester to ...

Person, Politics & Administration, Tragedy

2 memorials
W. Gorshaw

W. Gorshaw

Name on one of the main panels of the East Ham WW1 memorial.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Charles William Bunce

Charles William Bunce

A parishioner or member of the congregation of St Matthias, N16, who died in WW1.

Person

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Bridget Mary Kingston

Bridget Mary Kingston

Killed in the Hither Green Zeppelin air raid aged 16.

Person

War dead non-military, WW1
1 memorial
Tower Hamlets Mission

Tower Hamlets Mission

Information about this site before the Mission arrived, from the "Black History Walk, Aldgate to Stepney Green" pdf: "On this site in the 18th century stood a inn called the White Raven Tavern. ......

Group, Social Welfare

2 memorials
Pickwick Bicycle Club

Pickwick Bicycle Club

The oldest surviving cycling club in the world was founded at Downs Hotel, during the craze for the newly evolving bicycle, just 2 weeks after Charles Dickens died. The founding members honoured hi...

Group, Community / Clubs, Sport / Games

1 memorial
Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson

Fitzroy "Bunny" Simpson

A member of the Jamaican harmony trio Mighty Diamonds (see Donald "Tabby" Shaw for more information). Simpson died, aged 71, of a combination of Covid-19 and diabetes just 3 days after Shaw had bee...

Person, Music / songs, Jamaica

1 memorial