One of the leading British artists of the interwar period. Born and lived at Fernlea, High Street, Cookham.
Sir Stanley Spencer
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Theodore Randue
He left £500 in his will to allow the building of the Royal Free School on Church Lane. It opened in 1726 with pupils moving from temporary accommodation thought to be at the local Church Vestry.
Sir Nicholas Winton
The Kindertransport Hero: saved the lives of 669 Jewish children before they were sent to concentration camps and has created a lasting legacy. A Freeman of the Borough.
The Windsor Martyrs
The Windsor Martyrs were English Protestants who were burned at the stake and martyred at Windsor in 1543. Image:
Lord Frederick Roberts VC
A successful 19th-century military commander, with important victories during the 2nd Afghan War and revitalised the campaign in the Boer War. Awarded the VC during the Indian Mutiny.
Sir Sydney Camm
Designer for Hawker Aircraft Company, including the Hurricane, Typhoon, Tempest, Sea Fury, Hunter, and major innovative parts of the Harrier.
Sir Henry Walford Davies
British composer, organist at St George’s Chapel from 1927. Established the RAF bands, composing the well-known Royal AIR Force March Past.
Sir Edwin Lutyens
Chief Architect of New Delhi, the designer of the Whitehall Cenotaph and the George V Memorial in Windsor.
Sir Edward Henry
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis from 1903 to 1918. Best known as the inventor of the ‘Henry’ Finger Printing Classification System.
Richard Dimbleby
Renowned radio and TV broadcaster. A BAFTA, a lecture and a Cancer Charity have been set up in his memory.