Person    | Male  Born 19/6/1861  Died 30/12/1896

Dr Jose Rizal

Writer and national hero of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial times. Born Laguna. Executed by firing squad in Manila. He was in London, working at the British Library, May 1888 to January 1889. We learn from Filipino Home that Rizal is a Jack the Ripper suspect - his initials are the clincher.

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Dr Jose Rizal

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Dr Rizal

Greater London Council Dr Jose Rizal, 1861 - 1896, writer and national hero o...

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Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham

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Humphrey Middlemore

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1 memorial
E. Gordon Brettell

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War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Catherine Howard

Catherine Howard

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Ensign Madeleine Léonie Zoé Damerment, Legion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre

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Person, Espionage, Execution, France, Germany

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Carol Goddard

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1 memorial
Walter Mauger

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Bloomberg L. P.

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