Husband and wife from Sierra Leone, who made their home in London. Deceased in or before 2022.
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Flying Officer Hugh Graham Stanhope Wyrill, DFC
Hugh Graham Stanhope Wyrill was born on 30 August 1919 in Putney, London, a son of Arthur Stanhope Wyrill (1886-1959) and Lilla Gertrude Wyrill née Simmonds (1887-1967). His birth was registered in...
War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Mo Farah
Track and field athelete. Â Born Somalia. Â Moved to Britain aged 8 to join his father in Hounslow. Â
1 memorial
Battle of Mareth
In Southern Tunisia.  Also known as the Battle of the Horseshoe.  To quote the plaque: "History records this as one of the greatest and most terrible battles fought by the Regiment in the Second Wo...
1 memorial
Mary Kingsley
Traveller and ethnologist. Born Islington as Mary Henrietta Kingsley. Only after the death of her parents could she fulfil her aspirations of travel. Her first book, "Travels in West Africa", publi...
1 memorial
Alfred Beit
Co-founder and funder (with Sir Julius Wernher) of the Royal School of Mines building. Born Hamburg, learnt the diamond trade in Amsterdam and went to Kimberley where he met Wernher and Cecil Rhod...
Person, Industry, Philanthropy, Race Issues, Africa, Germany, South Africa
1 memorial
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