Person    | Male  Born 11/10/1821  Died 6/11/1905

Sir George Williams

Founder of the Young Men's Christian Association. Born Somerset. Died in a hotel in Torquay.

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Sir George Williams

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Sir George Williams

In the photograph of the current building the plaque is behind the portico.

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YMCA

Williams was working as a buyer at Hitchcock, Rogers & Co., a large retai...

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Richmond Society

Richmond Society

From their website: "Welcome to The Richmond Society, local residents who have been protecting and enhancing the natural and built environment of Richmond, south-west London, since 1957. Our purpos...

Group, Community / Clubs, Gardens / Agriculture, History

1 memorial
Sutton and Cheam Society
1 memorial
Wandsworth Council EMAS

Wandsworth Council EMAS

Wandsworth Ethnic Minority Achievement Service. it works in partnership with schools, governors, parents and colleagues in the Wandsworth Children and Young People's Services Department to ensure h...

Group, Community / Clubs, Nationalism

1 memorial
Debbie Bunting

Debbie Bunting

2018: Our colleague Andrew Behan provides: Deborah R. Friedlander, also spelt Freedlander was born on 13 August 1920, the daughter of Alfred Freedlander and Ethel Eleanor Freedlander née Stammers. ...

Person, Art, Community / Clubs

1 memorial

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Henry Charles Fehr

Henry Charles Fehr

Sculptor.  Born Forest Hill into a family of Swiss origin.  Died London.  Other work in London: Passmore Edwards Library E3, Methodist Central Hall (with Henry Poole) and the 1893 Perseus Rescuing ...

Person, Sculpture

13 memorials
Rodney Bickerstaffe

Rodney Bickerstaffe

Rodney Kevan Bickerstaffe was born on 6 April 1945 in Hammersmith. He was the General Secretary of National Union of Public Employees from 1982 to 1993 and of UNISON from 1996 to 2001. He died fro...

Person, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Judge Donald Cryan

Judge Donald Cryan

His Honour Judge Donald Michael Cryan was born on 18 January 1948 and his birth was registered in Ealing. He was Called to the Bar by Inner Temple in 1970 and appointed as a Circuit Judge in 1996....

Person, Law

2 memorials
Walter de la Mare

Walter de la Mare

Poet and writer. Born 83 Maryon Road, Charlton. Best known poem "The Listeners" ("Is there anybody there?" said the Traveller, Knocking on the moonlit door ....).  Lived at: Bovill Road, Forest Hil...

Person, Poetry

5 memorials
Thomas Gainsborough

Thomas Gainsborough

Born Sudbury, Suffolk.

Person, Art, Seriously Famous

4 memorials