Died aged five years. John Percy Brennan was born about 1912 at 4 Nankin Street, Poplar, a son of John Brennan and Jane Brennan née Constable. His father, who was born in Ireland, had been a Police Sergeant and who had died on 30 October 1911. John P Brennan, who was known in the family as 'Johnnie' to differentiate him from an older brother, John Martin Brennan, who was known as 'Jack', attended Upper North Street School where, along with 17 other children he was killed, aged 5 years, as a result of a bombing raid by German aircraft on 13 June 1917. One of three children not buried in the mass grave, he was buried at St Patrick's Cemetery, Leytonstone. FindaGrave has an image of his grave.
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John P. Brennan
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Upper North Street School WW1 bomb - memorial
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L.C.C. 1911 Michael William Balfe (1808 - 1870), musical composer, lived here.
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Samuel Phelps
N1, Canonbury Square, 8
{At the top, with the crossed laurel leaves:} L.C.C. {In the main area:} Samuel Phelps, 1804 - 1878, tragedian, lived here.
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Cyril Connolly
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