Boxer. Won the English heavyweight prize-fighting championship in 1800, retaining it until 1805. His younger brother Tom was also an accomplished boxer.
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Jim Belcher (or Jem)
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The Round Table
Round Table The neighbourhood of St. Martins Lane was, in the middle of the ...
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Bobby Abel
Cricketer. Born Robert Abel at 18 Commercial Street, Rotherhithe. He was the first England player to "carry his bat", i.e. opening the batting and remaining not out at the end of an innings, and th...
1 memorial
David Brynmor Chiles-Evans
A player at the London Welsh Rugby Football Club who was killed in WW1. 2022: Geraint Llewelyn has kindly allowed us to use this photo and has provided the following information: The photo was tak...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Geoff Hurst
Football player and manager. Born Geoffrey Charles Hurst in the Lake Hospital, Ashton-under-Lyne, Lancashire. He played principally for West Ham United and England and went on to manage Telford Uni...
2 memorials
Rugby Football Union
Created when delegates from 22 clubs met at the Pall Mall Restaurant and rules were drawn up based on those of Rugby School.
1 memorial
3 memorials
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PP - 3O - Drake
EC1, Edward Street
We believe a 2-horse carriage pole is the long horizontal bar between the pair of horses that connects them to the body of the carriage.
1 subject commemorated,
2 creators
Private Dwyer, VC
Soldier. Born Edward Dwyer in Fulham. He was a private in the 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment. On 20th April 1915 at 'Hill 60' in Belgium, his trench was heavily attacked by German grenade thro...
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Operation Overlord
The allied campaign in WW2 for the liberation of North West Europe including the Normandy D-Day landings.
3 memorials
Sandemanian chapel
The Sandemanians were a Christian sect founded by John Glas in Scotland and spread into England and America by his son-in-law Robert Sandeman. Sandeman arrived in London in April 1761 and establish...
2 memorials
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