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George Leyton

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by selling copies of his popular songs, such as "Boys of the Chelsea School", "Forgotten", "The Best of Friends Must Part", and "All Hands on Deck", raising that way over £5,000 in total. He was an active member and supporter of the
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London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, Haggerston St Mary, Hackney, 26 August 1866
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in 1905, where 20 local boys performed the sketch "Britannia's Babes" on stage with him.
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He became a popular "descriptive and character vocalist" in
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British expatriate male actors in the United States
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As Henry V at Oxford Music Hall in 1895
Henry V
Oxford Music Hall
New Orleans
London
Music hall
New Orleans
Louisiana
Princess's Theatre
Royal Music Hall
Oxford Music Hall
music halls
monologues
veterans
Legion of Frontiersmen
Crimean War
Indian Mutiny
King Edward VII
military drill
Hanley
First World War
silent films
Land of My Fathers
Fred Rains


Caricature of George Leyton, V&A Museum


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