Born in Egypt, eldest son of millionaire Mohamed Al-Fayed. Briefly married to a model in 1986. July 1997 began a romantic relationship with Princess Diana. August 1997, returning from a holiday, they stopped off in Paris and died together in a car crash there.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dodi Fayed
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Dodi and Diana - Harrods
Both the Egyptian escalator and associated decorations and the bronze statue ...
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Amelia Edwards
Egyptologist, novelist, journalist, traveller. Born Colebrook Row, Islington. First visited Egypt in 1873 and co-founded the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. Never married and bequeathed her collect...
Charles Dello Strologo
Strologo gave about 80 bus shelters to Surrey. Researching Strologo we found that someone was ahead of us: John Slatford, who has very kindly allowed us to re-present his findings here: "Charles D...
Mohamed Al-Fayed
Shop-keeper. Born Egypt. Arrived in London in the 70s and added the aristocratic "al" prefix to his name. He owned Harrods, the Paris Ritz and Fulham Football Club. The drunk chauffeur of the ca...
Robert Graves
Poet and novelist. Born Robert von Ranke Graves at Red Branch House, Lauriston Road, Wimbledon. Professor of English at Cairo and Professor of Poetry at Oxford. His early poetry included 'Over the ...
Person, Literature, Poetry, Egypt, Spain
Sir Maurice Fitzmaurice
Civil engineer. Born at Clogher, near Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. He worked on a wide range of projects around the world including the Forth Bridge, the Aswam Dam and the aborted Chignecto Ship ...
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Bearman's Department Store
E11, Leytonstone High Road, 829
Bearmans Department Store. On this site stood 'Bearmans of Leytonstone' department store - "The Store with the Personal Touch". Opened by...
Frank Bruno
Boxer. Born London. Won the WBC Heavyweight championship in 1995.
World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
John Birnie Philip
John Birnie Philip was born on 23 November 1824 in London, the third son of the five children of William Philip (1781-1865) and Elizabeth Philip née Rhind (b.1786). His father was a tailor and he ...
Harland & Wolff factory gates
E16, Lyle Park
The steps are rather grand for a public park and look to us as if left over from a now-demolished substantial building (factory, head off...
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