This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
G. Payne
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East Ham war memorial
This is a substantial monument, often described, understandably, as a cenotap...
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Private Albert Edwin Bowles
Albert Edwin Bowles was born in 1898 in Catford, London, one of at least seven children of David Inskipp Bowles (1865-1933) and Amelia Bowles née Robeson (1865-1964). His birth was registered in th...
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Poet and Jesuit priest. Born 87 The Grove, Stratford, of Welsh ancestry. 1852 the family moved to Hampstead and GMH attended Highgate School where he flourished. At Oxford University he converted ...
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World War 1
We'd always assumed that this war was known as the Great War until WW2 came along at which point it was renamed as World War One or the First World War. But the term was first used in print in 1920...
Women's Transport Service (FANY)
SW1, Wilton Place, St Pauls church
We like the bespoke layout of this plaque: the medals, the maiden-name, the "in Japan", all fitted in, one way or another, achieving a pl...
58 subjects commemorated
Camp Griffiss / Widewing
WW2 US military base in Bushy Park named after the first American aviator killed in Europe in WW2. Four blocks of temporary buildings were constructed in 60 acres in the north-east section of Bush...