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This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Those from Indian Sub-continent, Africa & Caribbean who fought with Britain in the 2 world wars
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Memorial Gates
Designed by Liam O'Connor as a reduced-scale version of Lutyens' monument at ...
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John Blanke
Trumpeter in the courts of Henry VII and Henry VIII. He probably came to England as one of the African attendants of Catherine of Aragon in 1501, and is one of the earliest recorded black people in...
2 memorials
Hugo Manning
Poet. Born as Lazarus Perkoff at "123 Oxford Street in Mile End Road" according to UCL Archives. His parents were Polish Jews so we believe the Mile End bit. Spent 1938 - 43 in Argentina. On h...
1 memorial
Christopher John Turner CBE
British colonial administrator and diplomat. Born Kingston upon Thames. Joined the Colonial Service in Tanganyika as a District Officer in 1958 and become the youngest District Commissioner in Afr...
Group, Politics & Administration, Africa, Caribbean Islands, China/Hong Kong
1 memorial
Battle of Mareth
In Southern Tunisia. Also known as the Battle of the Horseshoe. To quote the plaque: "History records this as one of the greatest and most terrible battles fought by the Regiment in the Second Wo...
1 memorial
George Ryan
Born Mon{t}serrat. Appears to have been 'pressed' into service in April 1803 in Deptford. Served as an Ordinary Seaman on HMS Victory 11 May 1803 - 15 January 1806 and thus was at the Battle of Tra...
1 memorial
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