William Robert Arnell
Resident of Willesden who volunteered in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900. William Robert Arnell was born on 22 August 1877, the third of the ten children of Charles Arnell (1847-1931) and Emily Jane...
Serjeant Barbara Mary Austin
Barbara Mary Austin was born on 2 August 1920 in Queenstown, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa, the youngest of the four children of Edward Neville Lefroy Austin (1873-1924) and Nora Frances Aust...
Robert Baden-Powell
Army officer and founder of the boy scouts and girl guides. Born as Robert Stephenson Smyth Powell at 6 Stanhope Street, Paddington. His mother changed the family name to Baden-Powell after her hus...
Person, Armed Forces, Children, Community / Clubs, Seriously Famous, Afghanistan, India, Kenya, South Africa
J. Bailey, Junr.
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
Barnett I. Barnato
South African financier, b. London as Barnett Isaacs. Competitor of Cecil Rhodes in the South African diamond world. Entered politics in the Cape. His son Woolf became a successful racing driver an...