The distinguished physician Dr Hannah Billig G.M., M.B.E., 1901 - 1987, known locally as "The Angel of Cable Street", honoured for her bravery in World War II and famine relief work in India, lived and worked here, 1935 - 1964.
E1, Cable Street, 198
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Hannah Billig
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