Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera epidemic - at least 1,618 Lambeth waterfront residents perished and were buried in unmarked graves in the burial ground in Lambeth High Street, now Lambeth Recreation Ground. However, it is likely many victims were unrecorded and the death toll was much higher.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Victims of the 1848-9 Lambeth cholera outbreak
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Cholera - Lambeth - 1848-9
We are tempted to write a letter to the Times ourselves, bemoaning the excess...
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Sir William Bowman
Ophthalmic surgeon and anatomist. Best known for his research using microscopes to study various human organs, though during his lifetime he pursued a successful career as an ophthalmologist. Born...
1 memorial
Sir Jonathan Hutchinson
Surgeon and pathologist. He was born on 23 July 1828 in Selby, Yorkshire and our picture source gives a biography of his life. He died, aged 84 years, on 23 June 1913 in Haslemere, Surrey and was ...
1 memorial
St Olave's Hospital
Built originally as the Rotherhithe Infirmary in the early 1870s. It became the infirmary of St Olave's Union in 1875, and was renamed St Olave's Hospital in 1930. In 1966 it became part of the Guy...
1 memorial
Councillor M. Sorsby, LMSSA
Member of Hackney's Maternity and Child Welfare Committee in 1938. "LMSSA" indicates Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries.
1 memorial
Hugh Arnold Bryant
A "Guy's man" who died in the South African War, 1899-1902. An obituary for this man can be found on the Kings College London war memorial website. Hugh Arnold Bryant was born on 27 March 1867, on...
War dead, Other war
1 memorial
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