This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
E. J. Dryland
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Surbiton war memorial - WW2 names
{Two panels headed:} In commemoration of World War II, 1939 - 1945 {Followed ...
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Edmond Hoyle
Writer on games. Wrote his first book, "A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist" in 1742. Died in London.
Col. John Meldrum
Listed in the Parliamentary Army in 1642. Fought at Newbury and was probably mortally wounded at the Battle of Brandon (or Cheriton) Heath. Buried Westminster Abbey, 18 April 1644. According to Th...
Robert Hollond
Balloonist and politician. Born London to a wealthy Bengal civil servant. Financed the 1836 balloon voyage from Vauxhall Gardens to Weilburg in Germany, on which he was a passenger. This set a reco...
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Ben Okri
Poet and novelist. Born Nigeria but spent his early childhood in London. Returned to England to study in the late 1970s. His 1991 novel 'The Famished Road' won the Booker Prize.
Gregory de Rokesley
Eight times Mayor of London, 1274 - 1281 and 1285.
Octavia Hill seat
GU8, near Hascombe, Hydon's Ball
Well outside the M25, by no stretch of the rules is this in London but Octavia is a London person so we had to collect this giant seat wh...
Chenies Street War Memorial
WC1, Chenies Street
Prior to WW2 this crescent was occupied by a landscaped garden and was quite a swanky address. Ornamental Passions has an article on the...
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