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Purley air crash

Subject: Purley air crash

Started 24/12/1924, 101 years ago

A de Havilland DH.34 G-EBBX of Imperial Airways, which had only just taken off from Croydon Airport bound for Paris, crashed at Purley in Surrey. All seven passengers and the pilot were killed.  A ...

Event, Tragedy, Transport

1 memorial
William Rankine

Subject: William Rankine

Died 24/12/1872, 153 years ago

Born Edinburgh. Physicist. Worked in thermodynamics. Never married but was musical and wrote humorous songs. Died Glasgow.

Person, Engineering, Scotland

2 memorials
Lieutenant Arthur Gilbey Shaw

Subject: Lieutenant Arthur Gilbey Shaw

Died 24/12/1915, 110 years ago

Arthur Gilbey Shaw was born on 15 February 1895 in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, the third of the ten children of the Reverend Edward Domett Shaw (1860-1937) and Agnes Shaw née Gilbey (1867-1944)....

Person, Armed Forces, Belgium

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
Toynbee Hall

Subject: Toynbee Hall

Started 24/12/1884, 141 years ago

The first university settlement house. Founded by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. It was named for their friend, Arnold Toynbee, the economic historian noted for his social commitment and desire to i...

Place, Social Welfare

5 memorials
Second Lieutenant George Henry Weinel

Subject: Second Lieutenant George Henry Weinel

Born 24/12/1884, 141 years ago

George Henry Weinel was born on 24 December 1884, the youngest of the nine children of Philip Jacob Weinel (1843-1902) and Ellen Weinel née Shepperdson (1842-1908). His birth was registered in the ...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW1
1 memorial
George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

Subject: George Robert Welby Wheeler, AMICE

Died 24/12/1920, 105 years ago

George Robert Welby Wheeler was born on 20 November 1845 in Bermondsey, Surrey (now Greater London), the eldest of the six children of George Charles Wheeler (1820-1886) and Charlotte Wheeler née W...

Person, Architecture, Engineering, Liveries & Guilds

1 memorial
William Frederick Woodington, ARA

Subject: William Frederick Woodington, ARA

Died 24/12/1893, 132 years ago

William Frederick Woodington was born on 10 February 1806 at Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, the eighth of the ten children of Thomas Woodington (1767-1819) and Elizabeth Woodington née Styan. On 3...

Person, Art, Sculpture

6 memorials
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