Writer and national hero of the Philippines during the Spanish colonial times. Born Laguna. Executed by firing squad in Manila. He was in London, working at the British Library, May 1888 to January 1889. We learn from that Rizal is a Jack the Ripper suspect - his initials are the clincher.
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Ensign Denise Madeleine Bloch, Légion d'honneur, Croix de Guerre
Denise Madeleine Bloch was born on 21 January 1916 in Paris, France to a Jewish family. Her father was Jacques Henri Bloch and her mother was Suzanne Levi-Strauss. She had three brothers. Her Wiki...
War dead, WW2
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Private Farquar Shaw
The Highland regiment, the Black Watch, had been marched down from Scotland to Finchley where, hearing rumours that they were to be sent to fight in America, about 100 soldiers went absent without ...
1 memorial
Thomas Reeding
Lay brother at London Charterhouse. Taken Taken to Newgate Prison, chained and left to starve to death.
1 memorial
Joan Warne
Burnt at the stake in Smithfield for her Protestant beliefs. Daughter of Elizabeth.
1 memorial
James Walworth
Monk at London Charterhouse. Exiled to the Charterhouse in Hull and then executed in York.
1 memorial
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