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Veterans of the Danish Resistance, WW2
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RAF thanks from Denmark at St Clement Danes
In honour and gratitude for assistance and support 1940 - 1945 Royal Air Fo...
Other Subjects
Terence MacSwiney
Playwright, author and politician. Born Terence James MacSwiney in Cork. Elected as MP for Mid Cork in 1918, and as Lord Mayor of Cork in 1920. On 12th August 1920, he was arrested by the British f...
Jack Cade
Jack Cade led a rebellion in April - July, 1450, against the government of England, seen to be corrupt. He led an army of men from south-eastern England, and marched on London. Upon entering Londo...
Lokamanya Tilak
Nationalist and journalist. Born Bal Gangadhar Tilak in the Ratnagiri district, India. He joined the Indian National Congress, but opposed its moderate attitude. Imprisoned for sedition in 1908. He...
Cato Street Conspiracy
A plot to murder the Tory Prime Minister, Lord Liverpool, and the whole cabinet, as they had dinner at a house on Grosvenor Square. The dinner had been announced in a newspaper but this was probabl...
Thomas Flamank
Lawyer, born in Bodmin, Cornwall. In 1497, King Henry VII needed to raise money for a war against Scotland, and imposed a country-wide tax. Cornishmen couldn't see that the war was anything to do w...
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St John's church Clerkenwell - repairs
EC1, St John's Square, St John's Cloister Garden
Details of this repair work are given at British History Online. Until the post-war reconstruction it seems that these were the only sign...
Abolition of slavery
The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act...
Event, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Africa, Australia, Bermuda, Caribbean Islands, Indian Sub-continent, Jamaica, Sri Lanka
Charles de Gaulle and the Free French
SW1, Carlton Gardens, 4
See Musee de la Resistance for more information on this memorial (in French).
George Bridges Rodney
Born London. Naval officer involved in the American revolution. Died in Hanover Square.
Morris Singer Foundry
Founded by John Webb Singer as the Frome Art Metal Works. Cast many of the best known sculptures in London, including the statue of Justice on the Central Criminal Court, 1906. Merged with the Morr...
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