Pugilist. Born Thame, Oxfordshire, regarded as the first heavyweight champion in the history of the sport.
Died London.
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Sir Leslie Stephen
Scholar, writer and mountaineer. Born in Kensington Gore, (now 42 Hyde Park Gate). Father of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. He became an Anglican clergyman but later renounced his religious belie...
1 memorial
Julius Hirsch
Footballer. Born in Achern, Germany. He was the first Jewish player in the German national football team, and played in the 1912 Olympic Games. He fought in the German Army in WW1, and was decorate...
1 memorial
Nobby Stiles
Football player and manager. Born Norbert Peter Stiles in Collyhurst, Manchester. He played for Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Preston North End and was in the winning England team in the 1966 W...
1 memorial
Queen's Park Rangers Football Club
Formed from the merger of the St Jude's and Christchurch Rangers football teams. The name derives from the fact that most of the players came from the Queen's Park area of London. They have played ...
1 memorial
Nicola Adams
Boxer. Born in Leeds. She fought (and won) her first bout at the age of thirteen. She won several medals in her career, before becoming the first woman boxer to win a medal in the 2012 Olympic Game...
1 memorial
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J. Palmer
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
War dead, WW1
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J. A. Maslin
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
War served, WW1
1 memorial
Hugh Mason
Records are sparse but it seems Mason owned a shop in St James's Market and in 1734 was appointed as porter at "His Majesty's Royal Palace of Somerset House". See William Fortnum for a few more wor...
1 memorial
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