Person    | Male  Born 1940 

Roger Jefcoate

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From The Woodland Trust: "Roger Jefcoate has spent 30 years secretly planting his beloved black poplars.... As a scientist and engineer, Roger developed Possum, the first remote control to help disabled people with their mobility....".

The birth date is approximate. From Buckingham Today: "In 1998, he was made a CBE for services to disabled people and in 2010 he was awarded the Order of St John; in 2011 he became a Deputy Lieutenant of Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes."

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Roger Jefcoate

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Diamond Jubilee QEII - Jefcoate tree

This tree is in the borough of Wandsworth. There are 32 Greater London boroug...

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Carnegie Hero Fund Trust

Carnegie Hero Fund Trust

From the Trust's website: "In 1886, over 20 years before the Carnegie Hero Fund was established in the UK, {Andrew} Carnegie heard about the death of a Dunfermline boy who drowned in an heroic atte...

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial
William Henry Morris

William Henry Morris

Active in 1956. Son of Anna and Samuel. William Henry Morris was born on 24 December 1895 in Doncaster, Yorkshire, the elder son of Samuel Morris (1872-1950) and Anna Morris née Jacob-Furmansky (1...

Person, Benefactor, Friend / family

1 memorial
Douglas Macmillan

Douglas Macmillan

Civil servant and charity founder. Born at 12 Cunnock Terrace, Castle Cary, Somerset. The death of his father from cancer inspired him to found the Society for the Prevention and Relief of Cancer, ...

Person, Benefactor, Politics & Administration

2 memorials
people of Dorking

people of Dorking

The town where Laurence Olivier was born.

Group, Benefactor

1 memorial