Poet. Born Lancaster. Worked at the British Museum and become expert in Chinese and Japanese art. Wrote 'For the Fallen' in 1914. Red Cross volunteer at the Western Front in WW1. Died in a nursing home, Reading.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.
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Laurence Binyon
On our first visit there was no plaque, but the 'ghost' marks on the plinth s...
"They shall grow not old..." is by Binyon. "When you go home..." is by Maxwel...
The first quotation is adapted from 'For the Fallen' by Laurence Binyon The s...
Poet.  Born near Wigan of Ethiopean parentage. Appointed MBE in 2010. Own website.
Poet.  Born as Lazarus Perkoff at "123 Oxford Street in Mile End Road"  according to UCL Archives. His parents were Polish Jews so we believe the Mile End bit.  Spent 1938 - 43 in Argentina.  On h...
Poet and journalist.  Alice Thompson was born in Barnes.  Her paternal grandmother was an unmarried Creole. Educated with her sister entirely by their father as they lived a peripatetic life mainl...
Poet. Born circa 1330. He is known for three major works, 'The Mirour de l'Omme', 'Vox Clamantis', and 'Confessio Amantis'.
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