Erection date: 25/4/2016
{Below an image of a Victoria Cross medal:}
Lieutenant Humphrey Firman, Royal Navy, 24th - 25th April 1916.
SW7, Old Brompton Road, South Kensington Station
The plaque is laid in the pavement, but the strong sunlight in our photo means you can't see it.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of plaquesoflondon.co.uk
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Humphrey Firman VC
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came a...
Seaman. Born Humphrey Osbaldston Brooke Firman in Kensington. In April 1916, ...
This section lists the subjects who helped to create/erect the memorial on this page:
Humphrey Firman VC
A department of the government of the UK. From Victoria Cross commemorative p...
{A laurel wreath surrounding the entwined letters: H B.} To commemorate the services of Henry Burt, J. P. who was the originator of the ...
Site of the City of London School, 1835 - 1882 The Corporation of the City of London
The Marchmont Association give the address at the time as 31 Tavistock Place. Old maps show a chapel (with various names over the years) ...
The plaque blends in so well with the railings, that it's easily missed.
The plaque was unveiled by Brian Poole (of Brian Poole and the Tremeloes). Poole wrote "This is where Jim’s first shop was and on the day...
