Historical

Composer - see www.likal.com/uk/gloucester/content/john-sanders-organist-and-composer-1933-2003

Composer - see www.likal.com/uk/gloucester/content/capel-bond

Composer and musician

The world premiere of the Slow Movement for Violin and Piano of 1924, performed by Chamber Domaine at Gresham College, 26th September 2007.

The Target

I shot him,and it had to be
One of us "Twas him or me.
'Coulnt be helped' and none can blame
Me,for you would do the same

My mother, she cant sleep for fear
Of what might be a-happening here
To me. Perhaps it might be best

John Sanders

See also the Sanders Society

John Taylor - The Water Poet

The Water Poet pub - Eastgate St is named in his honour.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Taylor_%28poet%29

Richard (Dick) Whittington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Whittington

John Stafford Smith

Who would have guessed that a local boy wrote the American National Anthem!

To be precise - he wrote the tune that later had the words "The Star Spangled Banner" set to it by the American Francis Scott Key.

Oh! say, can you see,by the dawns early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last Gleamings
Whose broad Stripes and bright Stars,thro' the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming
and the rockets red glare,the bombs bursting in air
Gave proof thro' the night that our flag was still there.

Beatrice Webb - Early Socialist

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Webb