forty one players and staff of Clapton Orient Football Club served with the 17th Bn Middlesex Regiment (The Footballers' Battalion) during WW1.
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players and staff of Clapton Orient Football Club who served in WW1
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Leyton war memorial
When we visited the location, the Cornwell plaque was obscured by wreaths and...
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Col. Robert Slingsby
Naval officer and administrator. Died of typhus at home in Lime Street. Some information at Pepys' Diary.
Lance Corporal Sydney Alfred Everton
Sydney Alfred Everton was born on 5 October 1894 in Sudbury, Middlesex (now Greater London), the elder child of Alfred Wallis Everton (1863-1931) and Jessie Everton née Langford (1873-1965). His bi...
Shadwell Drill Shed
We can find no image of the Drill Hall but have found a "Drill Shed" on a 1887 map. In Google Satellite View we can see about 3 buildings labelled Shadwell Basin Activities Centre on the site.
Warrant Officer Robert William Long
Robert William Long was born on 16 November 1909, a son of Frederick Henry Long and Rebecca Long née George. His birth was registered in the 4th quarter of 1909 in the West Ham registration distric...
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Rosehaugh Stanhope self-build housing initiative for the unemployed
Rosehaugh Stanhope Developments was responsible for a number of high-profile developments in the City, such as Broadgate. The Independent's 1992 report on the failure of the Rosehaugh company descr...
Members of Kew Guild and staff of Royal Botanic Gdns Kew lost in WW1, WW2
From the Kew Guild: "The Kew Guild was founded in 1893, as an offshoot of the Kew Mutual Improvement Society (itself created in 1871), with an intention of uniting past and present “Kewites” by mea...
Lord Holland, Henry Richard Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland
Whig politician. Grandson of the first Baron, and nephew of Charles James Fox. Born Wiltshire and orphaned by the age of 5. Owned 401 slaves. Express Informer provides "‘By the unexpected death of...
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