Islingtonian who died in the South African War, 1899-1903
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
William Holloway
Commemorated ati
South African War
We are told by the people at The Register of the Anglo-Boer War that this war...
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Sid James
Comedy actor. Born in Johannesburg (on Hancock Street), South Africa, to a pair of British music hall performers and brought up in both South Africa and England. Worked as a diamond sorter and th...
Ruth First
South African freedom fighter. Born Johannesburg. Married Slovo in 1949; the writer Gillian Slovo is their daughter. Killed by a parcel bomb addressed to her in Mozambique where she was living in e...
Person, Journalism / Publishing, Nationalism, Race Issues, Africa, South Africa
Manche Masemola
An Anglican catechumen from South Africa who was killed by her animist parents at the age of 16. She had refused to stop visiting the missionaries who came to her town to convert them to Christianity.
George Robert Webb
Resident of Willesden who volunteered and died in the Anglo Boer War, 1899-1900.
James Henry Greathead
Railway and tunnelling engineer. Born in Grahamstown, South Africa. Arrived in England in 1859. Studied with and then worked with civil engineer Peter W. Barlow on the Tower Subway tunnel. The trav...
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Sidney John Baker
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Was killed serving in HM forces in WW1.
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