HMS Terrible, Royal Marine Light Infantry, China
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Private J. M. Rayner
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Royal Marines
The statue and the reliefs are by Jones with Jackson responsible for the arch...
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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...
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...
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...
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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...
George Gissing - SW3
SW3, Oakley Gardens, 33
George Gissing, 1857-1903, novelist, lived here, 1882-1884. Greater London Council
Denis Frank Brooker
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW2.
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...
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