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Private J. M. Rayner

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Commemorated on a memorial as having died in a war, not WW1 or WW2.

Private J. M. Rayner

HMS Terrible, Royal Marine Light Infantry, China

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Private J. M. Rayner

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Royal Marines

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George Green

George Green

Shipbuilder and philanthropist. Founder of a shipyard in Blackwall, which was subsequently taken over by his three sons, Frederick, Henry and Richard. George endowed several schools in Poplar. He a...

Person, Education, Engineering, Philanthropy

2 memorials
T. S. Eliot

T. S. Eliot

Poet and publisher. Born Saint Louis, Missouri as Thomas Stearns Eliot. His works include: The Waste Land, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (on which Lloyd Webber based Cats), Murder in the Cath...

Person, Literature, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre, USA

7 memorials
Francis Barber

Francis Barber

Born in Jamaica circa 1742/3 with the name 'Quashey' (a common name for male slaves). He was brought to England by his owner, Colonel Richard Bathhurst, and was sent to school in Yorkshire and then...

Person, Friend / family, Race Issues, Caribbean Islands

1 memorial
Robert Sprague

Robert Sprague

Flight Lieutenant, 71 Eagle Squadron, American

Person, USA

War served, WW2
1 memorial
James A. Creigh
War dead, WW1
1 memorial

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Marmaduke Langdale

Marmaduke Langdale

Active in 1859. Via JudyGr we found "1794: Langdale Marmaduke & Thomas, Distillers, 26, Holborn", mentioned in Dickens' 'Barnaby Rudge'. A connection seems very likely. 2018: The British Museu...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce

1 memorial
George Gissing - SW3

George Gissing - SW3

SW3, Oakley Gardens, 33

George Gissing, 1857-1903, novelist, lived here, 1882-1884. Greater London Council

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Charles H. Q. Newling
War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Denis Frank Brooker

Denis Frank Brooker

Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW2.

Person

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Bartholomew Gosnold

Bartholomew Gosnold

Explorer. Born in Grundisburgh, Suffolk. He led the first recorded European expedition to Cape Cod, and is considered to be the prime mover in the colonisation of Virginia. He captained the 'Godspe...

Person, Exploring, USA

1 memorial