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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John Michele

John Michele

Second son of Simon in the parish of St John Clerkenwell. Active in 1714.

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Women's Initiative Network

Women's Initiative Network

The name 'Women's Initiative Network' seems to be used by groups of women in various organisation. The groups are formed to work towards gender equality and empowerment of women and girls in those ...

Group, Benefactor, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Miss Jeanne Valentine Pelletier

Miss Jeanne Valentine Pelletier

Jeanne Valentine Pelletier was born on 7 December 1894 but nothing would appear to be known of her early life. In the 1935 edition of Kelly's Directory of Kensington she is listed as Madame Jeanne ...

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial
Mrs S. F. Kirby

Mrs S. F. Kirby

A pdf from RBKC tells us that SFK is "Mrs Kirby, who sponsored nine other drinking fountains in London".

Person, Benefactor

1 memorial

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Execution Dock

Execution Dock

Execution dock is where, Frog blog says: "those condemned by the High Court of Admiralty were hung. It is not true they were all pirates, most were murderers or thieves." Its precise location is no...

Place, Law, Tragedy

1 memorial
Marcus Grantham

Marcus Grantham

Member of Middle Temple. Father of Adrianne Uziell-Hamilton. Andrew Behan has established, from the 1939 England and Wales register compiled on the outbreak of WW2, that there was a Marcus Grantha...

Person, Law

1 memorial
High Tide - 1928

High Tide - 1928

SE10, High Bridge Wharf, Trinity Hospital

The 75 ft of wall which collapsed may actually have been in Millbank which is not only a long way away but is on the other side of the ri...

2 subjects commemorated, 1 creator