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Those from Indian Sub-continent, Africa & Caribbean who fought with Britain in the 2 world wars

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Those from Indian Sub-continent, Africa & Caribbean who fought with Britain in the 2 world wars

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Memorial Gates

Designed by Liam O'Connor as a reduced-scale version of Lutyens' monument at ...

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Jayaben Desai

Jayaben Desai

Trade Unionist and teacher. Born as Jayaben Suryakant Patel in Dharmaj, Gujarat, India. She moved with her husband to Tanganyika (now Tanzania), but was forced to leave for Britain following the co...

Person, Politics & Administration, Africa, India

1 memorial
Patrica Shields

Patrica Shields

Shields and her sister Fortunia Moses came from Sierra Leone and made their home in England, in or before 2022.

Person, Friend / family, Africa

1 memorial
Christiana Valcarcel

Christiana Valcarcel

Local councillor and Mayor of Lambeth 2011 - 2012.  Originally from Sierra Leone.

Person, Politics & Administration, Africa

1 memorial
Major Ernest Edward Austen, DSO

Major Ernest Edward Austen, DSO

Ernest Edward Austen was born in 1867 in Dalston, Middlesex (now Greater London), the eldest of the five children of Ambrose Austen (1838-1924) and Eliza Burnet Austen née Smith (1839-1916). His bi...

Person, Armed Forces, Museums / Libraries, Africa, Brazil

War served, Other war
1 memorial
Abolition of slavery

Abolition of slavery

The British abolition of slavery came in two parts: first the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act became law on 25 March 1807, which left slavery itself still permitted until the Slavery Abolition Act...

Event, Race Issues, Social Welfare, Africa, Australia, Bermuda, Caribbean Islands, Indian Sub-continent, Jamaica, Sri Lanka

11 memorials