Poet. Also: lawyer, novelist, playwright and magazine editor. Born Staffordshire. Famous for one poem: 'Vitai Lampada'. Written in 1897 this oh-so-British plea for war to be played in the same spirit as cricket was immensely popular at the time and again at the start of WW1. Subsequently it fell out of favour, especially with its author.
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Old Baptist Union
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Gassiot - new hall
SW17, Church Lane
Surely anyone who decides to repaint a plaque should first check what the inscription is meant to be? We've corrected the rector's name, ...
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