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Olive Katherine Lloyd-Baker

Subject: Olive Katherine Lloyd-Baker

Born 15/8/1902, 123 years ago

From Cotswoldsaonb: "Olive Lloyd-Baker was born ... the middle of three daughters of Michael Granville Lloyd-Baker, eldest son and heir to the Estate. There are glimpses of her strong character in ...

Person, Gardens / Agriculture, Museums / Libraries, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Malta Siege

Memorial: Malta Siege

Erected 15/8/2005, 20 years ago

EC3, Byward Street, All Hallows by the Tower

The solid block of stone for the memorial came from Gozo, one of the three inhabited islands that make up Malta. This stone was easily av...

3 subjects commemorated, 3 creators
Dr. Frederick Montague Miller

Subject: Dr. Frederick Montague Miller

Died 15/8/1913, 112 years ago

Twice Mayor of Hackney. Our colleague, Andrew Behan, has researched Miller and found this photo: Frederick Montague Miller was born in 1848 in Hackney, the son of Claudius Montague Miller and Eliz...

Person, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Edith Nesbit

Subject: Edith Nesbit

Born 15/8/1858, 167 years ago

Author and poet. Wrote approximately 40 books for children including 'The Railway Children'. Born at 38 Lower Kensington Lane. She married the journalist and politician, Hubert Bland in 1880, but u...

Person, Literature, Poetry

2 memorials
Tony Nind

Subject: Tony Nind

Died 15/8/1998, 27 years ago

Anthony Michael Nind was born on 2 January 1957, the second child of Albert E. Nind (b.1929) and Doris Lilian Nind née Pantry (b.1930). His birth was registered in the Islington registration distri...

Person, Community / Clubs

1 memorial
Nipper - buried (shop)

Memorial: Nipper - buried (shop)

Erected 15/8/1984, 41 years ago

KT1, Clarence Street, 83, Lloyds Bank

The plaque is to the right, inside the door.

1 subject commemorated, 1 creator
Walter Hines Page

Subject: Walter Hines Page

Born 15/8/1855, 170 years ago

Ambassador of the United States of America to the Court of St. James, 1913 - 1918. Yahoo! has "... Page was vice-president and partner of Doubeday, Page & Co, the largest publishing business i...

Person, Politics & Administration, USA

1 memorial
Henry Poole

Subject: Henry Poole

Died 15/8/1928, 97 years ago

Architectural sculptor. Born Westminster. Son of architectural sculptor Samuel Poole and brother of painter Samuel Jr. He studied with G. F. Watts and was a Studio assistant on Physical Energy. Pro...

Person, Sculpture

6 memorials
Mujibur Rahman

Subject: Mujibur Rahman

Died 15/8/1975, 50 years ago

Born Bengal. Bangladeshi politician and statesman. Father of the Bangladeshi nation, popularly known as Bangabandhu (various spellings), Bengali for "Friend of Bengal". First President of Banglade...

Person, Nationalism, Tragedy, Bengal, Indian Sub-continent

1 memorial
Lance Corporal Albert Thomas Read

Subject: Lance Corporal Albert Thomas Read

Born 15/8/1910, 115 years ago

Albert Thomas Read was born on 15 August 1910 in Finsbury, London, the tenth of the eleven children of William John Read (1867-1948) and Hannah Maud Read née Sweeny (1874-1949). His birth was regis...

Person, Armed Forces, Egypt

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
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