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W. A. Atkin

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W. A. Atkin
Either lost his life, or gave distinguished service to the London Fire Brigade, and was buried in the Highgate Cemetery plot between 1884 and 1955.

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W. A. Atkin

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London Fire Brigade - Highgate Cemetery

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G. C. Thornton

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H. T. Purkis

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ARP Warden Edith Watts

ARP Warden Edith Watts

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King Leopold II of Belgium

E1, Mile End Road, Queen Mary University, Octagon Library

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Tompion at St John's

EC1, St John's Lane, 33, Watchmaker Court

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J. M. W. Turner

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Marcus Garvey - Talgarth Road

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Marcus Garvey, 1887 - 1940, Pan-Africanist leader, lived and died here. L.C.C. 

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