David Bomberg

David Bomberg

Artist. Born David Garshen Bomberg in Birmingham. His family moved to the east end of London, and he studied at the Slade School of Art, where his fellow pupils included Mark Gertler and Stanley Sp...

Person, Art, France

1 memorial
Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte

Military and political leader. Born at Ajaccio, Corsica. He trained as an officer in France and achieved prominence under the first French Republic. He led successful campaigns against the first an...

Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Seriously Famous, France

8 memorials
Leo Bonn

Leo Bonn

A merchant banker. Aged about 70 he started to lose his hearing. Founded what is now the Royal National Institute for Deaf People at his London home. Leopold Bernhard Bonn was born on 3 August 185...

Person, Commerce, Social Welfare, France, Germany

1 memorial
Lance Corporal Albert George Booth

Lance Corporal Albert George Booth

Albert George Booth was born on 6 September 1898 in Devonport, Devon, a son of Thomas and Agnes Elizabeth Booth. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1898 in the Devonport registration di...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Drummer Thomas Booth

Drummer Thomas Booth

Thomas Booth was born circa 1894 in Nowgong, East India, a son of Thomas and Agnes Elizabeth Booth. On 31 March 1901 when the 1901 census was undertaken, he is shown as a 6-year-old boy living at ...

Person, Armed Forces, France, India

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Second Lieutenant Cecil Abraham Botibol

Second Lieutenant Cecil Abraham Botibol

Cecil Abraham Botibol was born in 1917, the son of Leslie David Botibol (1889-1977) and Dora Botibol née Gartman (1894-1977). His birth was registered in the 3rd quarter of 1917 in the Hampstead Re...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW2
2 memorials
Private Albert Edwin Bowles

Private Albert Edwin Bowles

Albert Edwin Bowles was born in 1898 in Catford, London, one of at least seven children of David Inskipp Bowles (1865-1933) and Amelia Bowles née Robeson (1865-1964). His birth was registered in th...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Private Alfred Richard Bowyer

Private Alfred Richard Bowyer

Alfred Richard Bowyer was born on the 26 April 1893 in Marylebone, one of the eight children of James Bowyer (1866-1942) and Frances Bowyer née Parnell (1868-1945). He was baptised on 28 May 1893 a...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Lance Corporal Frederick Joshua Bright

Lance Corporal Frederick Joshua Bright

Frederick Joshua Bright was born on 20 November 1892 in Haggerston, London, one of the nine children of Edward Charles Bright (1860-1936) and Alice Sarah Bright née Slater (1861-1948). He was bapt...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
First British public airmail flight

First British public airmail flight

The balloon flight was organised to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII, and was piloted by M. Auguste Eugine Gaudron and Dr Francis Alexander Barton. It ascended from the Croydon Road Recr...

Event, Aviation, France

1 memorial
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