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Birkbeck students killed in WW2

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 says that the memorial was created "... to commemorate the lives of the thousands of Birkbeck students who were killed, injured or bereaved by the Second World War." We'd be surprised if that was the thinking in the 1950s; this degree of inclusivity is a more recent phenomenon. WW2 memorials were generally raised to those killed in the war, often just the armed forces, and often just the men.

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Birkbeck students killed in WW2

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Birkbeck WW2 memorial

From Birkbeck: "The sculpture, which is thought to have been created in the 1...

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Suffragette Fellowship

Suffragette Fellowship

Founded by Edith How-Martyn to "perpetuate the memory of the pioneers and outstanding events connected with women's emancipation and especially with the militant suffrage campaign, 1905-14, and thu...

Group, Gender Issues

1 memorial
Manze's pie and mash shops

Manze's pie and mash shops

The Manze family came to Bermondsey from Ravello in Italy. Initially they were ice-merchants, and then ice-cream makers. Michele Manze branched out and opened their first eel, pie and mash shop in ...

Group, Commerce, Food & Drink, Italy

2 memorials
Atkins Landscape Architects

Atkins Landscape Architects

Garden and landscape designers.

Group, Gardens / Agriculture

2 memorials
men of the N. E. Ward of this Borough who fell in WW1

men of the N. E. Ward of this Borough who fell in WW1

"men of the N. E. Ward of this Borough who fell in the Great War, 1914 - 1919."

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1 memorial